Nakatsugawa, Gifu, Japan – At a Synthetic Aperture Radar Workshop in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, organized by IEEE – Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) Japan Chapter, September 1-3, 2017, Founder of WR2SL, Joko Widodo, Ph.D., in a white coat on the number two row far left, taking pictures with leading experts in the field of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Japan, including from front left to right are: Dr. Masaki Ohki from the Japan Exploration Space Agency (JAXA), Prof. Akira Hirose from Tokyo University, Prof. Satoh Motoyuki from Tohuku University, Prof. Yasushi Yamaguchi from Nagoya University, Prof. Hiroshi Yamada from Niigata University, Prof. Masanobu Shimada from Tokyo Denki University/JAXA, Prof. Yoshio Yamaguchi from Niigata University, who is famous for his Polarimetric Yamaguchi Decomposition (seated right front).
While in the second row, there is Mr. Okada Yu from the Mitsubishi Electric Company, one of the technology vendors for developing satellites in Japan, and Dr. Ryo Natsuaki from Tokyo University. During the workshop, tutors and participants stay together in a three-day family atmosphere at the Nakatsugawa Training Center. Everyone sleeps on the floor with mattresses and puthon (thick Japanese blankets) spread out, a very natural and traditional atmosphere.
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https://www.ieee-jp.org/section/tokyo/chapter/GRS-29/events/sartutorial2017/SARtutorial2017.html