VISSA VISible detection for Space Applications open for abstract submissions

ESA, CNES, AIRBUS DEFENCE & SPACE, ISAE-SUPAERO, OHB, SODERN, and THALES ALENIA SPACE are pleased to invite you to:

VISSA: VISible detection for Space Applications, the 9th iteration of the workshop series known as “Space & Scientific CMOS Image Sensors”

Please find attached the CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for the workshop planned for 24 and 25 November at ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands.

This is a very popular event and has become one of the main European technical exchanges on CMOS image sensors. The aim of this workshop is to focus on latest developments in advanced image sensors for scientific and space applications targeting wavelengths shorter than 1.1 μm.

The deadline for abstract submission is 4 September 2026.

Please send a short abstract on one A4 page maximum in word or pdf format giving the
title, the author name(s) and affiliation(s), and presenting the subject of your talk, to
matthew.soman@esa.int and valerian.lalucaa@cnes.fr 

Abstracts shall preferably address one or more of the following topics:
• Pixel design (high QE, FWC, MTF optimization, low lag, …)
• Electrical design (low noise amplifiers, shutter, CDS, high speed architectures, TDI, HDR, …)
• On-chip ADC or TDC (in pixel, column, …)
• On-chip processing (smart sensors, multiple gains, summation, corrections)
• Low-light detection (electron multiplication, avalanche photodiodes, quanta image sensors, …)
• Photon counting, Time resolving detectors (gated, time-correlated single-photon counting, …)
• Hyperspectral architectures
• Materials (thin film, optical layers, dopant, high-resistivity, amorphous Si, …)
• Processes (backside thinning, hybridization, 3D stacking, anti-reflection coating, …)
• Packaging
• Optical design (micro-lenses, trench isolation, filters, …)
• Large size devices (stitching, butting, …)
• High speed interfaces
• Focal plane architectures
• CMOS image sensors with recent space heritage showing in-flight performance 

Workshop format & official language
Oral presentations shall be requested for the workshop. The official workshop language is English.
 

Slide submission
After abstract acceptance notification, the authors will be requested to prepare their presentation in pdf
or Powerpoint file format, to be presented at the workshop. Authors will also be required to provide a
version to the organizing committee along with an authorization to make it available for Workshop
attendees, and on-line for the COMET members. No proceedings will be compiled and so no detailed
manuscript needs to be submitted.
 

Registration
Registration fee : Attendees: 120 Euro // students: 60 Euro
On-line registration link will be sent at registration opening.
 

Exhibition/Sponsorship:
Booths will be available during the workshop. If you are interested to exhibit, please contact the
organizing committee.