Short Bio:
Dr.-Ing. Wahyudi Hasbi is a distinguished research professor and aerospace engineer recognized for his leading contributions to satellite technology in Indonesia and abroad. He earned his B.Sc. in Physics from Hasanuddin University, an M.Sc. in Computer Science from IPB University, and a Doctorate in Engineering Summa Cum Laude from the Technische Universität Berlin. He currently serves as Head of the Research Center for Satellite Technology at the National Research & Innovation Agency (BRIN), where he leads national satellite development initiatives. Dr. Hasbi played key engineering roles in Indonesia’s pioneering satellites—LAPAN-TUBSAT, LAPAN-A2/ORARI, and LAPAN-A3/IPB—contributing to their successful operations in orbit.
An Executive Professional Engineer (IPU) and ASEAN Engineer, Dr. Hasbi is a full member of the International Academy of Astronautics and a Senior Member of IEEE and AIAA. He has held numerous leadership positions, including IEEE Indonesia Section Chair and Chair of the APT Working Party on Science Issues for WRC-23 and WRC-27, influencing international satellite policy and spectrum management. His contributions have earned multiple national and international honors, including the Satyalancana Wirakarya Medal, the IEEE Region-10 Outstanding Volunteer Award, Innovation Hero Award, and the 2025 Nurtanio Award. With over 75 publications and active engagement in global academic and policy forums, Dr. Hasbi continues to advance research in small satellites, space sustainability, and satellite systems engineering.
Speaker Title:
Remote Sensing and Disaster Mitigation through Small Satellite: Tools for Sustainable Development
Abstract
Small satellites can turn data-scarce tropical regions into decision-rich environments for disaster risk reduction and sustainable development. This talk distills lessons from Indonesia’s LAPAN-A2/A3 program and follow-on research to show how end-to-end design—sensor, orbit, calibration, ground, and analytics—translates directly into faster, more reliable decisions. On the sensing side, we combine non-cooperative optical/thermal imaging with cooperative maritime data to maintain situational awareness even when ship transponders are silent; an operational ship-recognition chain on multispectral imagery and AIS information extraction support interdiction, search-and-rescue, and spill monitoring. For land and environmental hazards, a linear push-broom imager (RGB–NIR) and a microbolometer thermal channel enable large-area mapping and temperature-based indicators for fires, drought stress, and post-disaster hotspots.
Reliability is anchored by a full radiometric quality chain: pre-flight modeling, vicarious uncertainty evaluation, and multi-site cross-calibration against Landsat-8 OLI and Sentinel-2 MSI to standardize radiance and stabilize long time series. Direct georeferencing is strengthened via attitude/band coregistration modeling. Finally, we outline a scalable equatorial+SSO architecture that lowers regional latency while retaining global reach, aligning satellite capabilities with practical targets in maritime safety, emergency response, food/water security, and climate resilience. The message is simple and actionable: keep the system small but smart, prove it in orbit, guarantee traceable data quality, and design every link in the chain around the moment a decision must be made.
Short bio:
Dr. Takaya Yamazato is a professor and Deputy Director at the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Nagoya University in Japan. He earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Keio University in Yokohama, Japan, in 1993. From 1993 to 1998, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Electronics at Nagoya University. During 1997 to 1998, he was a visiting researcher at the Research Group for RF Communications at the University of Kaiserslautern. In 2006, he received the IEEE Communication Society’s Best Tutorial Paper Award. Dr. Yamazato initiated the Nagoya University OpenCourseWare in 2005 and has been involved in its management and operation since then. He has been a board member of JOCW since 2005 and is currently a board member of Open Education Japan (OEJ). From 2024, he is a member of the Board of Directors at Open Education Global (OEG). From 2016 to 2017, he was a member of the Board of Governors (BoG) of the IEEE Communication Society and served as the Director of the Asia/Pacific Board. Additionally, from 2009 to 2011, he was the editor-in-chief of the Japanese Section of IEICE Transactions on Communications. He also chaired the IEICE Communication Society editorial board from 2020 to 2021. From 2024, he is the Director, Journal and Transactions, of the IEICE. Dr. Yamazato’s research interests encompass visible light communication (VLC), intelligent transport systems (ITS), stochastic resonance (SR), and open educational resources (OER).