Elena Donini
Elena Donini is a telecommunications engineer and a researcher specialising in radar data analysis with artificial intelligence-based techniques. After completing her PhD at the University of Trento, she works at the Fondazione Bruno Kessler in the Remote Sensing for Digital Earth research group. Her work focuses on the development of artificial intelligence algorithms for the analysis of subsurface radar data, with applications ranging from the observation of the Earth’s cryosphere to the exploration of Mars and the Moon. Elena is part of the scientific team of the Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) of the ESA JUICE mission, dedicated to the study of Jupiter’s icy moons, and of the Subsurface Radar Sounder (SRS) of the ESA EnVision mission, focused on Venus.
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February 10, 2025Women and Girls in Science: Michela Milano’s journey between mentoring, AI and inclusionThe experience of FBK's Center for Digital Society Director Michela Milano in a conversation with researcher Elena Donini -
September 29, 2024Orbiting companiesElena Donini tells Wired Next Fest about research in the space field -
February 23, 2024FBK for Human-Centered AI8 episodes, 8 experts, 8 stories: tangible examples of the big digital transformation of Artificial Intelligence, with profound technological and social impacts. Every Friday, starting Feb. 23, on FBK channels, immerse yourself in our stories for a human-centered AI -
February 2, 2024Elena Donini selected visiting scientist by ESA ARCHIVAL RESEARCH VISITOR PROGRAMMEThe FBK researcher has been selected by an independent committee and will be spending a period at ESA in spring-summer 2024. She will develop an advanced method to efficiently select significant radargrams in large archives. The research will be applied to RIME/JUICE and SRS/EnVision subsurface radar space missions in which FBK is involved