Marina Gashinova

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Professor Gashinova is the Head of Pervasive Sensing Group within the renowned Microwave Integrated Systems Laboratory, with the international leadership and growing portfolio of research in three main directions:

Sensing for vehicle autonomy

Since 2011 she has built a significant research portfolio on radar sensing for autonomous platforms with funding from EPSRC (PathCAD project: EP/N012372/1) and Innovate UK (COgnitive REal time SENsing SystEm for autonomous vehicles - CORTEX  and CO-Existence Simulation MOdeling of Radar for Self-Driving – COSMOS), where the focus is on development of new sensing strategy which re-define and transform traditional radar archetype into novel cognitive radar “vision” sensing modality of high agility, adaptability and unparalleled performance to provide situational awareness (SA) of ground vehicles, owing to advances in mmWave and sub-THz electronics and AI.  

She was a lead of one of UoB REF 2021 Impact Case Studies on The Development of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems using Novel Radar Sensing Technology.

She is an internationally recognised expert in the area, member of EU and UK funding panels within automotive and civil applications domains, regular track domain chair of IEEE, IET and EU radar conferences.  

Space Domain Awareness

In 2019 she have started a brand new research on multi-dimensional Inverse Synthetic Aperture Imagery (ISAR) and AI-based Recognition of Space Residents from space-borne platforms to provide Space Domain Awareness (SDA), which went from feasibility studies (SubTERIS and MARS projects funded by Defence and Security Accelerator) to full scale fundamental multi-disciplinary research, with recent project funded by EPSRC (EP/Y022092/1) on Multi-dimensional quantum-enabled sub-THz Space-Borne ISAR sensing for space domain awareness and critical infrastructure monitoring which will serve as a benchmark of the future in-orbit sensing capabilities development.

THz sensing

The core technology at the heart of Prof. Gashinova research is related to mm-wave/and sub-THz frequency regions. While this spectrum has traditionally been associated  with the proximity or very short range applications, Marina’s group have pushed its boundaries beyond mainstream research to demonstrate the advantages of use of such frequencies for medium and long range sensing and imaging  and until now we retain the leadership in the area. This research has started in 2011 with TeraSEN  programme, funded by JLR, followed by prestigious PathCad project within EPSRC/JLR TASCC programme, and currently Prof Gashinova leads an EPSRC projects on development of THz sensing for autonomous marine crafts and  mm-wave and sub-THz Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar for SDA (EP/Y022092/1). 

Academic Standing

Professor Gashinova is Associate Editor of “IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (IEEE TAES)”.  In 2018  she served as a Guest editor of IET Radar Sonar and Navigation on Special issue: Toward Autonomy”.  She is TPC member, track/domain chair of EUMW, IEEE and IET Radar conferences, also serving as  a reviewer, award panel member,  regular session chairperson. She is a member of executive steering board of EMSIG community (the Electromagnetic Systems Interest Group) which is the consolidated platform, representing the whole UK radar research environment, across academia, industry and government. She is the founding chair of two EMSIG Focus Groups: MODEST (Modern Trends in Medium and Short Range sensing) and Radar for Space with research participants from UK academia and industry. She serves as a Member of EPSRC ICT panels as well as panels in EU and Canada. She is a supervisor of 5-7 PhD students and 15 who completed and  all successfully pursue their carrier in industry and academia.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water

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