INC2019 Programme
Navigation and Societal Benefits: From Animals to Autonomy
Navigation and Societal Benefits: From Animals to Autonomy
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Programme
Monday - November 18
*Training: Securing Positioning & Timing
Understanding satellite navigation vulnerabilities and threats & steps to toughen and augment your system.
The purpose of this course is to build understanding of how to Protect, Toughen & Augment your system or application. INC delegates are not automatically registered for this training course - if you are interested in attending this course please visit the website for registration and further information.
Schedule:
0830-0900: Registration
0900-0915: John Pottle, Director, Royal Institute of Navigation: Course introduction and objectives
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0915-1000: Guy Buesnel, PNT Security Technologist, Spirent Communications plc: Positioning & timing threat types, descriptions and examples
1000-1030: Mark Dumville, Managing Director, Nottingham Scientific Ltd: Threat detection and characterisation across critical national infrastructures
1030-1100: Break
1100-1130: Mike Jones, Principal Capability Area Lead, Roke Manor Research: Jammer and spoofer geolocation approaches
1130-1200: Chris Farrow, Technical Manager, Chronos Technology Ltd: Timing vulnerability sources, identification and classification
1200-1230: Prof Cathryn Mitchell, Academic Director & NERC KT Fellow, University of Bath: Natural sources of positioning and timing vulnerability
1230-1345: Lunch
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1345-1430: Mike Jones, Principal Capability Area Lead, Roke Manor Research:Adding resilience: Antenna and receiver
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1430-1515: Prof Terry Moore, Director Nottingham Geospatial Institute, University of Nottingham: Adding resilience: additional sensors
1515-1545: Break
1545-1630: Prof Todd Humphreys, Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin: Adding resilience: secure perception for autonomous systems
1630-1700: Discussion and close
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Tuesday - November 19
Plenary and Stream A: Kilsyth and Moorfoot, Stream B: Tinto
Schedule:
0830-0900: Registration and Welcome Tea & Coffee in the Lennox Suite
0900-0910: Welcome: John Pottle, Director, Royal Institute of Navigation
0910-0935: Keynote 1.1: Prof Terry Moore, The University of Nottingham and President of the Royal Institute of Navigation
0935-1000: Keynote 1.2: Prof Sheila Rowan, Chief Scientific Advisor for Scotland
1000-1025: Keynote 1.3: Mike Bullock, CEO Northern Lighthouse Board: Stevensons to Spoofing: Scotland’s Contribution to Safe Navigation
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1025-1110: Coffee Break & Networking in the Lennox Suite
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1110-1135: Paper A1.1 Evgenii Munin, ENAC, Universite de Toulouse: Multipath detection at GNSS correlator output using image processing by Convolutional Neural Network
1135-1200: Paper A1.2 Ashgar Abbas Razzaqi, Harbin Engineering University, China: Optimal geometric configuration of sensors for received signal strength based cooperative navigation of AUVs
1200-1225: Paper A1.3 Thomas Verheyde, TeSA, Toulouse: Statistical Analysis of Android GNSS Raw Data Measurements in an Urban Environment for Smartphone Collaborative Positioning Methods
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1110-1135: Paper B1.1 Roi Mit, Technion: Behind The Scenes of The Tesla Spoofing Experiment and Important Lessons for Autonomous Systems Utilizing GNSS
1135-1200: Paper B1.2 Tony Flavin, Chronos: Challenges and Issues for backing up GNSS for Synchronisation and Position
1200-1225: Paper B1.3 Alan Grant, General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland: Balancing integrity with continuity of maritime navigation in a multi-system receiver and the need for future, realistic maritime performance requirements
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1225-1325: Lunch Break & Networking in the Lennox Suite
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1325-1410: Keynote 2.1: Dana Goward, President, Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation: How the West is Losing the Navigation and Timing War
1410-1455: Keynote 2.2: Dr Miriam Liedvogel, Chair RIN Animal Navigation Group, Max Planck Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology: How do animals find their way? Birds, compasses and tracking data
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1455-1525: Coffee Break & Networking in the Lennox Suite
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1525-1550: Paper A2.1 Catherine Kehl, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Energetic Analysis of Tagged Sea Turtles Using Geomagnetic Navigation
1550-1615: Paper A2.2 Evripidis Gkanias, University of Edinburgh: From skylight input to behavioural output: a computational model of the insect polarised light compass
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1525-1550: Paper B2.1 Smita Tiwari, Nottingham Scientific Limited: Multi-GNSS Real-Time Precise Positioning and Heading for Autonomous Robot Applications in Agriculture
1550-1615: Paper B2.2 Prof Washington Ocheing, Imperial College London: Impact of new GPS signals on the positioning accuracy for urban bus operations
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1615-1700: Keynote 3.1: Prof Todd Humphreys, The University of Texas at Austin: GNSS Radio Frequency Interference Detection from Low Earth Orbit
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1700-1710: Coffee Break & Networking in the Lennox Suite
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1815-1930: Drinks reception in the National Museum of Scotland
Wednesday - November 20
Plenary and Stream A: Kilsyth and Moorfoot, Stream B: Tinto
Schedule:
0830-0900: Registration and Welcome Tea & Coffee in the Lennox Suite
0900-0910: Welcome and introductions
0910-0955: Keynote 4.1: Paul Dudchenko, Stirling University: Why people get lost: the limits of the brain's map and compass
0955-1040: Keynote 4.2: Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department of Transportation: View from America: Strengthening PNT Resiliency
Schedule:
1040-1110: Coffee Break & Networking in the Lennox Suite
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1110-1135: Paper A3.1 Martin Bransby, General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland: Maritime cyber-security - what is the problem and what can be done about it?
1135-1200: Paper A3.2 Michael Hoppe, Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency, Directorate General Shipping: R(anging)-Mode: A potential terrestrial navigation system for maritime usage
1200-1225: Paper A3.3 Bob Cockshott, title tbd
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1110-1135: Paper B3.1 Colette Jeffrey, Birmingham City University: Human Indoor Navigation: why people get lost inside buildings
1135-1200: Paper B3.2 Chloe Jackson, University of Nottingham: Where am I? A video-based investigation into drivers’ orientation strategies
1200-1225: Paper B3.3 Daniel Lyngholm, CyborgNest: Sensing Navigation - the Era of the Enhanced Human
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1225-1325: Poster Session, Lunch Break & Networking in the Lennox Suite
Poster 1: Alice Morrell, Structure and Motion Lab, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London: Measuring Position Accuracy Using a Lightweight GNSS and Inertial Measurement Unit Device for Studying Animal Navigation
Poster 2: Maryam Bandukda, University College London: An inquiry of open space wayfinding for people with severe sight loss
Poster 3: Raffaela Cefalo, GeoSNav Lab, University of Trieste: Innovative navigation solutions using GNSS integrated by INS applied to special aerial plants
Poster 4: Shlomi Voro: Lirhot Systems Ltd: Autonomous navigation at night and day using Lunar Distance Celestial method based upon light polarization
Schedule:
1325-1410: Keynote 5.1: Prof Barbara Webb, , University of Edinburgh: How insect brains perform accurate dead reckoning
1410-1455: Keynote 5.2: Remi Challamel, Thales Alenia Space: : On-Board navigation for LEO, MEO, GEO... and beyond
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1455-1525: Coffee Break & Networking in the Lennox Suite
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1525-1550: Paper A4.1 Janusz Adamson, The Use of Pulsars for Ship Navigation - an alternative to the Sextant
1550-1615: Paper A4.2 Thomas Porathe, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology: Ship Traffic Management and Traffic Organization Service with Moving Havens
1615-1640: Paper A4.3 Terry Moore, University of Nottingham: Error Characteristics of a Model-based Integration Approach for fixed wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
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1525-1550: Paper B4.1 Talini Pinto Jayawardena, Spirent Communications: On the need for the simulation of ionospheric scintillation of GPS signals and challenges encountered in developing a framework for resilient PNT testing under ionospheric threats
1550-1615: Paper B4.2 Mehdi Langlois, University of Birmingham: Cold atom gravity gradiometry for alternative navigation
1615-1640: Paper B4.3 Malcolm Macleod, QinetiQ Ltd: Low power spoofing detection - techniques and limitations
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1640-1650: Coffee Break & Networking in the Lennox Suite
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1640-1730: Keynote 6.1: Prof Jade Morton, President of the Institute of Navigation (ION), University of Colorado Boulder: Satellite Navigation and Sensing - A Match Made In Heaven
1730-1740: Dr Pierluigi Mancini, European Space Agency
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1800-1930: Drinks reception in the exhibition hall of the EICC (Conference Venue) – Sponsored by NSL
Thursday - November 21
Plenary and Stream A: Kilsyth and Moorfoot, Stream B: Tinto
Schedule:
0830-0900: Registration and Welcome Tea & Coffee in the Lennox Suite
0900-0910: Welcome and introductions
0910-0955: Keynote 7.1: Tim Frost, Calnex Solutions: Timing Review: Including Review of International Timing & Synchronisation Forum, November 2019
0955-1040: Keynote 7.2: Paul Febvre, Satellite Applications Catapult: Future of Flight and Beyond Visual Line of Sight Drone Operations Enabled by Satellites
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1040-1110: Coffee Break & Networking in the Lennox Suite
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1110-1135: Paper A5.1 Jonghyuk Kim, University of Technology Sydney: Compressed Pseudo-SLAM: Pseudoranges-Integrated Compressed Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for UAV Navigation
1135-1200: Paper A5.2 David Bowers, The Open University: Mobile AR navigation: promising innovation, or misplaced trust?
1200-1225: Paper A5.3 Brian Taylor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Bioinspired trans-equatorial navigation using sequential measurements of magnetic inclination
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1110-1135: Paper B5.1 Dr Mariano Perna, SAPHYRION Sagl: An advanced GNSS record and playback system optimized for indoor testing of resilient GALILEO receivers on E6/E5ab bands
1135-1200: Paper B5.2 Evangelos Mellios, Helix Technologies Ltd: A Novel High-Performance Compact Helical Dielectrically-Loaded Antenna Technology for GNSS Applications
1200-1225: Paper B5.3 Barend Lubbers, Netherlands Defence Academy: GNSS spoofing detection using two receivers in a very short unknown baseline
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1225-1325: Lunch Break & Networking in the Lennox Suite
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1325-1410: Keynote 8.1: Dr Matthew Himsworth & Rob Handley, DSTL: PNT in UK MoD
1410-1450: Keynote 8.2: Andy Sage, NATS Drone Lead
1450-1530: Panel Discussion
1530-1540: Conference Summary and Close: Prof. Terry Moore, President Royal Institute of Navigation
Programme Committee and Advisory Group
- Mr Bob Cockshott - Programme Chair
- Professor Terry Moore - University of Nottingham
- Guy Buesnel - Spirent Communications plc
- Mike Jones - Roke
- Colette Jeffrey - Birmingham City University
- Professor Kate Jeffery - University College London
- Dr Renato Filjar, FRIN - Zagreb University
- John Pottle - Royal Institute of Navigation
- Mitch Narins - Strategic Synergies, LLC
- Tony Flavin - Chronos
- Michael Turner - Airbus
- Octavian Thor Pleter University Politehnica of Bucharest
- Ramsey Faragher Focal Point Positioning
- Dr Ingo Baumann - BHO Legal
- Stephen Hancock - Ordnance Survey
- Susannah Jones - DSTL
- Peter Douglas - NLB
- Roger McKinley - Innovate UK
- Simon Gaskin - IAIN
- Alan Grant - GRAD
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