Professor Carmine Clemente

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Personal statement

I am a Professor in Radar Systems and Signal Processing at the University of Strathclyde. My research is focussed on RF sensor signal processing for defence and civilian applications. I am currently involved in projects collaborating with governmental institutions, industries and universities from the USA, China and Europe.
My research portfolio include Automatic Target Recognition, Multi-static, MIMO , Passive and Cognitive radars, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Electronic Surveillance, Earth Observation, machine learning, AI, and all the techniques that can be classified as emerging radar techniques. Furthermore I am interested in transferring the solutions developed in the defence and security scenarios to other fields such as industrial condition monitoring and biomedical signal processing. My research portfolio include Automatic Target Recognition, Multi-static, MIMO , Passive and Cognitive radars, Electronic Surveillance, Earth Observation, machine learning, AI, and all the techniques that can be classified as emerging radar techniques. Furthermore I am interested in transferring the solutions developed in the defence and security scenarios to other fields such as industrial condition monitoring and bio-medical signal processing.

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

Scottish Transport Award 2026 for Excellence in Technology and Innovation for their project, “Radar-Based Platform for Low-Cost Monitoring of Critical Transport Infrastructure”.: Recipient; 6/2026
Galileo Masters EUSPA Space for FUN Challenge (2nd place): Recipient; 8/11/2021
2nd place in Copernicus Masters 2020: BMVI Transport Challenge: Recipient; 8/12/2020
Finalist in E&T Innovation Awards 2020: Recipient; 19/11/2020
Best Paper at the Radar Session of the Metrology For Aerospace Workshop 2020 with the paper " Gait Recognition using FMCW Radar and Deep Convolutional Neural Network": Recipient; 2020
Best Paper Award at the Sensor Signal Processing for Defence Conference with the paper entitled ”Polynomial Root-MUSIC Algorithm for Efficient Broadband Direction Of Arrival Estimation ”: Recipient; 12/2017

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Qualifications

PhD in Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde

Senior Meember IEEE

Chair of the Advanced Signal Processing for Radar and Electronic Warfare of the EMSIG- The UK Radar Society

Member of the Steering Commitee of the EMSIG-The UK Radar Society

Publications

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Publications

Streaming, end-to-end, multi-rate, automatic modulation classification with SNNs: Brass Peter, Clemente Carmine, Di Caterina Gaetano; Neuromorphic Physical Layer Signal Processing
for Wireless Systems Workshop 2026 (2026)
Experimental validation of spaceborne SAR for measurement of structural vibrations: Vattulainen Aleksanteri, Lotti Alessandro, Suppi Chiara, Tubaldi Enrico, Zonta Daniele, Milillo Pietro, Clemente Carmine; e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing Vol 31 (2026); https://doi.org/10.58286/33941
Phase and timing synchronization technique for distributed synthetic aperture radar systems: Zefi Greta, Seker Ilgin, Loria Eric, Beauchamp Robert M, Clemente Carmine; 23rd European Radar Conference (EuRAD) (2026)
Algorithmic bias in spike encoding schemes for SNN-based RF applications : an investigation: Pannir Selvam Durai Arun, Brass Peter, Mooney Robert, Sims Oliver, McCormick Ecaterina, Clemente Carmine, Di Caterina Gaetano; SPIE Sensors + Imaging 2026 (2026)
EO4SECURITY – Innovative SAR Processing Methodologies for Security Applications – Topic B2: SAR Micro-Doppler Processing – Phase II : Deliverable D2 — Vibrational Spectra Extraction from Ships: Vattulainen Aleksanteri, Rollo Finlay Gardiner, Parra Garcia Laura, Tubaldi Enrico, Macdonald Malcolm, Clemente Carmine; (2026)
Automatic location, characterisation, and classification of vibrating maritime targets using high-order features: Parra Garcia Laura, Clemente Carmine, Macdonald Malcolm; 23rd European Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2026 23rd European Radar Conference (EuRAD) (2026)

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Teaching

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Teaching

Digital Signal Processing Principles

Assignment and Professional Studies

Research

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Research Interests

My research interests are in: signal processing, statistical signal processing, sparse representation, image processing, advanced radar techniques, micro-Doppler signature analsysis and extraction, Automatic Target Recognition, MIMO radar signal processing, waveform design, machine learning and AI applied to radars, passive radar, multi-static radars, novel radar concepts, electronic surveillance and electronic countermeasures.

Projects

Multi-Antenna FMCW Radar for Enhanced Hydrodynamic Monitoring of the Upper River Tweed (FDRI SMALL GRANT): Tubaldi, Enrico (Principal Investigator) Bertram, Doug (Co-investigator) Clemente, Carmine (Co-investigator) White, Chris (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2027
NeuroSAR: Ultra-Low Latency Maritime Domain Awareness withNeuromorphic-Enabled SAR: Clemente, Carmine (Principal Investigator) Di Caterina, Gaetano (Co-investigator) Macdonald, Malcolm (Co-investigator); 20-Jan-2026 - 19-Jan-2027
A22 Consultancy: Clemente, Carmine (Principal Investigator) Tubaldi, Enrico (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2026
Neuromorphic sensor signal processing for spatio-temporal tracking in low SNR | Musulin, Sven: Di Caterina, Gaetano (Principal Investigator) Clemente, Carmine (Co-investigator) Musulin, Sven (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2029
Radar-Based platform for Low-Cost Monitoring of UK Transport Infrastructure (TRIG): Tubaldi, Enrico (Principal Investigator) Bhowmik, Basuraj (Co-investigator) Clemente, Carmine (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026
Leonardo Lab Phase 0 Activity: Di Caterina, Gaetano (Principal Investigator) Clemente, Carmine (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2025