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Registration InformationFull registration includes all technical sessions, conference meal functions, events, and access to electronic proceedings. Registration for tutorials will be additional. Individual registration benefits are non-transferable.

Attendees and Presenters, staying at the Hyatt Regency Monterey.

*Student rate registrations include sessions only, no meal functions, events or proceedings; must be a full-time student.

Accommodations Make your reservation online at www.ion.org/plans. Accommodations are offered at the Hyatt Regency Monterey, Monterey, California.

A block of rooms has been set aside for conference attendees at the discounted rate of $199 per night for single/double occupancy; rooms will be available until March 23, 2018, or until the block fills up, whichever comes first. A limited number of government rate rooms for qualified federal agencies are also available. Reservations made after March 23 will be on a space-available basis and may not be at the special conference rate. We strongly encourage you to make your hotel reservations early.

Save $200 on your registration fees by staying at the conference hotel. All attendees who stay at the Hyatt Regency Monterey, and submit their hotel confirmation number at the time of conference registration, will receive a $200 discount when registering for the conference. Hotel discounts will not be applied retroactively.Exhibits Exhibit space is still available. Booths are sold in 10’ × 10’ increments and include one complimentary full-conference registration. For an exhibitor prospectus, or more information, go to www.ion.org/plans.Call for Nominations: Kershner AwardThe IEEE PLANS Kershner Award is presented to recognize the outstanding lifetime achievements of an individual who has made substantial contributions in the field of navigation. Additional details can be found at www.ion.org/plans.

Submit nominations to meetings@ion.org by January 19, 2018, and include all of the following information in the nomination e-mail:

1. the name and contact information of the nominee2. your name and contact information3. a paragraph explaining why the individual should be considered

for this award4. a proposed citation (25 words or less)5. any other relevant information.

Submit abstracts electronically via the ION Abstract Management Portal, no later than October 30, 2017. To submit an abstract, sign in at www.ion.org/abstracts. If you have not used the Abstract Management Portal before, click “Create My Account.” Click on the PLANS conference and complete the form. • Abstracts should describe objectives, anticipated or actual

results, conclusions, any key innovative steps and the significance of your work.

• Authors will be notified of acceptance in late November and provided with an electronic author’s kit with presentation and publication guidelines. Papers will be circulated in the public domain. Classified or ITAR restricted abstracts and papers will not be accepted.

• All authors attending the meeting are required to pay registration fees.

Final ManuscriptsCompleted manuscripts must be uploaded to the ION’s Abstract Management Portal (AMP) by February 2, 2018. Manuscripts will be reviewed by independent referees and designated as a primary paper, or as an alternate paper, in the onsite program based on peer review of the full manuscripts. Manuscripts not received by February 2, 2018 are subject to withdrawal from the conference. Manuscripts will only be peer reviewed one time. Authors will have the opportunity to make corrections/revisions to manuscripts through May 4, 2018. However, manuscripts not meeting peer review standards during the first review are not re-reviewed for inclusion in the IEEE Xplorer proceedings.

To be included in the conference proceedings: 1. manuscripts must be uploaded into AMP by February 2, 2018; 2. the submitted manuscript must be representative of the

original abstract submitted; 3. the manuscript must meet the peer review requirements; 4. an author listed on the manuscript must present at the

conference and pay the conference registration fee; 5. the presenting author must attend the mandatory speakers

breakfast the morning of their session.

PLANS manuscripts will be eligible for best paper award, including the IEEE’s Walter Fried Award, PLANS Student Award and the Best Paper in Track Award. Papers will be posted on the PLANS website for eligible conference registrants to view on a complimentary basis until the electronic proceedings are circulated. Tutorials: Monday, April 23Tutorial topics are listed below. Course details and registration information will be in the online program and at www.ion.org/plans• Contemporary and Emerging Inertial Sensors• Fundamentals of Inertial Navigation• Image-Aided Navigation• Nonlinear Recursive Estimation – Pros and Cons of Various

Approaches• Alternative Navigation Methods• Applications of Machine Learning to Navigation• Detect and Avoid Methods and Sensors for Autonomous Systems• Guidance, Navigation and Control of Small UAVs

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TRACK A: INERTIAL SENSING AND TECHNOLOGYRandall Curey, Northrop Grumman

Adaptive KF Techniques, Data Integrity, and Error ModelingPlug and play techniques to quickly adapt an existing INS for use with new sensor technologies or aiding sources. Methods for providing data integrity, availability and continuity of the blended solution and the aiding sources. Processing algorithms and methods for inertial sensors, including sensor compensation techniques.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Andrey Soloviev, QuNav and Omar García Crespillo, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

Alternative Sensors for Aiding INSs and Precision TimingAlternative sensor technologies and techniques to aid inertial navigation systems. Applications include eLoran, vision, stellar, cold atom sensors, gravimeters, and magnetometers. Alternative sensor technologies and techniques to provide precision timing, time synchronization and time transfer with emphasis on compact, low-power, and high-performance atomic clocks. Session Chair: Randall Jaffe, L-3 IEC and Timothy Buck, Honeywell

High Performance Inertial Sensor TechnologiesHigh accuracy inertial sensors capable of providing navigation/strategic grade performance. Applications include precision free inertial navigation, antenna stabilization and pointing. Sensor calibration (including self-calibration) and testing techniques to achieve high performance. Real data is strongly preferred over simulations.Session Co-chairs: Doug Meyer, Northrop Grumman and Ralph Hopkins, Draper

Integrated Inertial Navigation Systems New developments in inertial navigation systems. Open system architectures,which include vendor-independent, non-proprietary, modular, standards-based INS designs that more easily support component addition, modification, or replacement. Includes testing and calibration techniques.Session Co-chairs: Kamal Joshi, Northrop Grumman and Scott Leavy, Honeywell

Inertial Measurement UnitsIMUs or IRUs for space, missiles, aircraft, weapons, land vehicles, etc. Includes testing and calibration techniques.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Andrei Shkel, University of California, Irvine and Edward Schlatter, Raytheon

Small Size or Low Cost Inertial Sensor TechnologiesLow cost manufacturing, packaging, calibration and test of inertial sensors. Small size inertial sensors capable of providing near-navigation grade performance. Includes sensor electronics and control loop mechanization. Sensor calibration, modeling, and self-calibration techniques for achieving high performance. The latest advances on inertial sensors for applications where C-SWAP are key criteria. Real data is strongly preferred over simulations.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Alexander Trusov, Northrop Grumman and Charles Blackmer, Analog Devices

TRACK B: GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) Dr. Okuary Osechas, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

Atmospheric EffectsMeasurements, modeling, and innovative analyses of ionospheric and tropospheric effects. Novel methods and assimilative techniques for now-casting and forecasting. Improvements in navigation system availability enabled by atmospheric mitigation. Ionospheric and tropospheric effects on and applications to unmanned autonomous vehicles.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Seebany Datta-Barua, Illinois Institute of Technology and Dr. Marta Cueto Santamaria, GMV, Spain

Frontiers of GNSSPushing the limits of GNSS. Assessing performance of current systems and predicting the performance of future ones. GNSS evolution, modernization, new applications and niche markets. Innovative combination of GNSS with sensors and augmentation systems. Challenging environments: low SNR, high-dynamics and low power consumption.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Ilaria Martini, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany and Dr. Jason Rife, Tufts University

GNSS Integrity and AugmentationSafety-of-Life applications: ARAIM, GBAS and SBAS. Error modeling and bounding, fault detection, fault exclusion, satellite selection, new augmentation systems and principles. New concepts for protection levels, multi-constellation systems, and integrity of complementary PNT.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Sam Pullen, Stanford University and Linda Lavik, Indra Navia AS, Norway

GNSS ResilienceMaking GNSS more robust, through complementary PNT (CPNT) or other means. Applications in robust positioning, secure time transfer. Threat modeling, assessment, and mitigation. Impact of security measures on the reliability and integrity of GNSS.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Todd Humphreys, The University of Texas at Austin and Matteo Paonni, European Commission, JRC, Italy

Precise GNSS Positioning ApplicationsPrecise positioning with GNSS Real Time Kinematic (RTK) techniques and/or multi-sensor setups; multi-frequency, multi-constellation PPP/RTK; low-cost single frequency PPP/RTK; heading and attitude determination using multiple antennas; and multipath mitigation techniques. Session Co-chairs: Laura Norman, NovAtel, Inc., Canada and Dr. Robert Odolinski, University of Otago, New Zealand

Receiver Technology, Antennas, DSPGNSS antennas, receivers, and processing methods for improving accuracy, reliability, or robustness. Methods including tracking loops, direct positioning, multi-antenna systems, multi-receiver setups, beamforming, and direction-of-arrival methods.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Grace Gao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Dr. Pau Closas, Northeastern University

TRACK C: CONNECTED, INTEGRATED, ALTERNATIVE SENSINGDr. Di Qiu, Polaris Wireless, Inc.

Alternative/Terrestrial-based Opportunistic PNTIntegration of terrestrial-based systems for improved navigation performance, including Loran, VOR, DME, TACAN, ILS, MLS, DME, NDB, etc. New or improved terrestrial-based navigation systems based on the use of Wi-Fi, broadcast television, cellular communications or other signals of opportunity. Emerging indoor GNSS-augmentation messaging and navigation systems.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Jiwon Seo, Yonsei University, South Korea and Christian Gentner, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

Collaborative and Networked NavigationDevelopments and techniques for exploiting network connectivity to assist and improve navigation. Efforts for supplying accurate up-to-date information to navigation processors, sharing of data for relative navigation solutions within a defined group, multi-node collaborative signal processing, and providing navigation-related information for activities and applications requiring complex coordination such as search and rescue, autonomous cooperative systems, etc. V2V Crowd sourcing/cloud-based computing for navigation and position authentication purposes.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Nobuaki Kubo, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan and Dr. Solmaz Kia, University of California, Irvine

Multisensor Integrated Systems and Sensor Fusion TechnologiesSystems and algorithms involving innovative ways of integrating traditional aiding sensors or new aiding sources into multisensory integrated navigation systems. Test results showing the expanded use or improvement of the accuracy, availability, and/or integrity performance of multisensory navigation systems. Processing algorithms and methods for multisensory systems. Simulation programs for performance predictions and algorithms for multisensory fault detection and isolation. Session Co-chairs: Dr. Naser El-Sheimy, University of Calgary, Canada and Dr. Paul McBurney, GopherHush Corp.

Navigation Using Environmental Features New navigation techniques using natural and man-made features of the surrounding environment: visual features, terrain height signatures, magnetic and gravitational fields, celestial objects, sferics, magnetic and gravitational fields, stars, microclimate, acoustic features, odors and particulates, shadows, occlusions, and more. Topics on new feature classes, new sensors, and/or new algorithms including new signal processing techniques for environmental features; feature classification and recognition; cooperative data distribution and 3-D mapping; managing ambiguity; new positioning algorithms using proximity, pattern matching, ranging, and/or angular positioning; and navigation using multiple classes of environmental feature and context detection.Session Co-chairs: Steve Rounds, John Deere and Dr. Maarten Uijt de Haag, Ohio University

Sensor Aiding and AugmentingDevelopments and products for timing, vision and environmental sensing to aid and augment GNSS and vision sensors. Topics on modeling and analysis of optical sensors (EO/IR cameras, daytime star-trackers, LIDAR), clocks and time-transfer technologies (chipscale atomic clocks, sferics), processing and calibration of magnetic sensors, UWB and Doppler radars.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Chun Yang, Sigtem Technology, Inc. and Tony Rios, Systron Donner Inertial

Vision/Integrated Navigation SystemsSystems and advanced algorithms related to emerging vision-based navigation applications in GNSS-challenged environments. Integration of data from multiple sensors for combined situational awareness and navigation. Vision sensor modeling, calibration, data processing and image feature extraction. Feasibility analysis and challenges of vision-based navigation.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Michael Veth, Veth Research Associates, LLC and Dr. Aaron J. Canciani, Air Force Institute of Technology

TRACK D: APPLICATIONS TO AUTOMATED, SEMI-AUTONOMOUS, AND FULLY-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMSDr. Zak Kassas, University of California, Riverside

Aerial Vehicle Navigation Guidance, navigation, and perception systems for manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Collaborative UAV navigation. Map building for UAV operations. Tele-operation of UAVs. Sense and avoid for UAVs operating in the national airspace. Specific UAV applications, their requirements, and particular challenges or constraints. Validation and verification of navigation systems for manned aerial vehicles and UAVs.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Per Enge, Stanford University and Dr. Clark Taylor, Air Force Research Laboratory

Algorithms and MethodsAdvanced positioning and navigation algorithms for novel sensors and signals of opportunity. Methods for dealing with delayed and out-of-sequence measurements. Spoofing detection and mitigation algorithms. Algorithms for secure and trustworthy perception and navigation. Algorithms and methods for high-performance applications with lower cost sensors. Design of navigation algorithms and sensor fusion architectures. Development of monitoring and fault exclusion algorithms.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, The Ohio State University and Dr. Boris Pervan, Illinois Institute of Technology

Ground Vehicle NavigationSensing, perception, and map building in ground vehicle operations. Guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) systems for autonomous or semi-autonomous ground vehicle systems. Driverless cars navigation in GNSS-denied/challenged environments. Sensing for visual interfaces of driver-assistance systems. Requirements for ground vehicle GNC systems. Validation and verification of ground vehicle GNC systems. Algorithms and tools for global path planning and local obstacle avoidance.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Matthew Barth, University of California, Riverside and Dr. David Bevly, Auburn University

Marine Vehicle Navigation New concepts, advances, and algorithms related to surface and underwater navigation. Use of inertial navigation, terrain-based navigation, and geomagnetic fields in underwater vehicle navigation. Advances in acoustic devices for bathymetry, position location, and velocity measurement and their application to underwater vehicles. Development and application of new broadband technology sonar elements. Collaborative navigation of surface and unmanned underwater vehicles. Transponder localization and SLAM-type approaches for surface and underwater vehicle navigation. Bio-inspired underwater navigation.Session Co-chairs: Dr. António Pascoal, University of Lisbon, Portugal and Dr. Michael Ouimet, SPAWAR

Robotic and Indoor NavigationNavigation, localization, and map building by indoor robots. Collaborative robot navigation. Pose estimation for humans and robots. Human motion modeling. Perception of the environment for humanoid robot operations. Cell phone-based navigation systems for personal navigation. Applications for health and well-being (medical devices and sports).Session Co-chairs: Dr. Anthony Rowe, Carnegie Mellon University and Dr. Heidi Kuusniemi, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Finland

Space Navigation and ObservationUse of small satellites for space weather sensing, space situational awareness, space asset servicing, and space science measurements. Sensors for formation operation and operational environment sensing. Algorithms and hardware for guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) for space vehicles. Future space navigation applications. Ground monitoring and observation of space objects.Session Co-chairs: Dr. Glenn Lightsey, Georgia Tech and Dr. Moriba Jah, The University of Texas at Austin

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