Program of the International Seminars on Positioning and Navigation 2017

Dates and venue

9-19 May 2017, Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile, Toulouse, France

Program 2017

PS: coffee breaks are not indicated on the program. However, on average, there will be a 15min break after each hour of class. Also, during evening talks, dinner will be served

9th May (Tuesday Morning):

  • 09:00 - 09:30 : Welcome
  • 09:30 - 10:00 : Opening Ceremony

Block I (9-13th May): GNSS Positioning

Tuesday, May 9th:
  • 10:15 - 12:30 : Fundamentals of GNSS I - Dr. Christophe Macabiau – ENAC, France
  • 12:30 - 13:45 : Lunch
  • 13:45 - 14:45 : Visit ENAC Facilities 1/2
  • 13:45 - 18:30 : Fundamentals of GNSS II - Dr. Olivier Julien – ENAC, France
  • 19:30 : Dinner
Wednesday, May 10th:
  • 09:00 - 12:30 : Differential Positioning: DGNSS, RTK and PPP - Asst Prof. Wu Falin – Beihang University, China
  • 12:30 - 14:00 : Lunch
  • 14:00 - 17:30 : GNSS vulnerabilities - Dr. Sam Pullen – Stanford University, USA
  • 18:30 - 19:30 : Evening Talk: Galileo and EGNOS - Dr. Benoit Roturier – DGAC/DSNA, France
Thursday, May 11th:
  • 09:00 - 12:30 : Practical signal processing for GNSS: focus on interference (1/2) (Room D204) - Asst Prof. Pau Closas – Northeastern University, USA
  • 12:30 - 13:45 : Lunch
  • Afternoon:
    • Future GNSS:
      • 13:45 - 14:30 : Beidou - Asst Prof. Wu Falin – Beihang University, China
      • 14:45 - 15:30 : GPS - Dr. Olivier Julien – ENAC, France
      • 15:45 - 16:15 : GLONASS/NAVIC/QZSS - Dr. Olivier Julien – ENAC, France
    • 16:30 - 17:30 : Opportunities of MCMF positioning - Asst Prof. Wu Falin – Beihang University, China
  • 18:30 - 19:30 : Evening Talk: Lessons Learned from the Study of Anomalous Ionospheric Gradients and their Impact on GBAS and SBAS - Dr. Sam Pullen – Stanford University, USA
Friday, May 12th:
  • 09:00 - 12:30 : Reliability of GNSS positioning - Dr. Sam Pullen – Stanford University, USA
  • 14:00 - 17:30 : Practical signal processing for GNSS: focus on interference (2/2) (Room D204) - Asst Prof. Pau Closas – Northeastern University, USA
  • 19:30 : Dinner
Saturday, May 13th:
  • 10:00 - 12:30:
    • Interaction with lecturers
    • Visit of SIGNAV's laboratory
  • Afternoon: Free time

Sunday, May 14th: Day off for visit

Block II (15-18th May): Multi-Sensor Navigation

Monday, May 15th:
  • 08:45 - 09:00 : Welcome Newcomers
  • 09:00 - 12:30 : Introduction to Kalman Filtering - Prof. Michael Braasch – Ohio University, USA
  • 12:30 - 13:45 : Lunch
  • 13:45 - 14:45 : Inertial Navigation - Prof. Michael Braasch – Ohio University, USA
  • 15:00 - 16:00 : Visit ENAC Facilities 2/2 (ATC Simulator)
  • 16:15 - 18:30 : Inertial Navigation - Prof. Michael Braasch – Ohio University, USA
  • 19:30 : Dinner
TUESDAY, MAY 16TH:
  • 09:00 - 12:30 : Vision- and Laser-based Navigation - Prof. Maarten Uijt de Haag – Ohio University, USA
  • 12:30 - 14:00 : Lunch
  • 14:00 - 17:30 : Signals of Opportunity - Dr. Paul Thevenon – ENAC, France
  • 18:30 - 19:30 : Evening Talk: Navigating Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) in Challenging Environments - Prof. Maarten Uijt de Haag – Ohio University, USA
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17TH:
  • 09:00 - 12:30 : Lab on vision- and laser-based navigation for UAV (Room D204) - Prof. Maarten Uijt de Haag – Ohio University, USA
  • 12:30 - 14:00 : Lunch
  • 14:00 - 17:30 : Multi-sensor navigation - Dr. Christophe Macabiau – ENAC, France
  • 18:30 - 19:30 : Evening Talk: Observability Aware Motion Generation - Prof. Stephan Weiss – Alpen-Adria Universitat, Austria
Thursday, May 18th:
  • 09:00 - 12:30 : Probabilistic Robotics Navigation - Prof. Stephan Weiss – Alpen-Adria Universitat, Austria
  • 12:30 - 14:00 : Lunch

Block III (18-19th May): Applications

Thursday, May 18th:
  • Afternoon:
    • 14:00 - 15:30 : Robotics - Prof. Stephan Weiss – Alpen-Adria Universitat, Austria
    • 15:45 - 17:15 : RPAS - Catherine Ronflé-Nadaud – DSNA/DTI, France
    • 19:30 : Dinner
FRIDAY, MAY 19TH:
  • Morning:
    • 09:00 - 10:30 : LBS Applications - Yves Capelle – Telespazio, France
    • 10:45 - 12:15 : Civil aviation application - Laurent Azoulai – Airbus, France
  • 12:30 - 14:00 : Lunch
  • Afternoon:
    • 14:00 - 15:30 : Search and Rescue - Yoan Grégoire – CNES, France
    • Closing Ceremony