Invited speakers

Indoor Localization Systems and Data Privacy

Abstract

Nowadays, availability of mobile devices has increased the development  of  (indoor)  location-based  services  that  share  a  huge amount of (personal) information and data. Thus, hidden in the golden world of location-based services, full of interesting, useful, appealing features there is an enormous amount of (personal) data that users are leaving in the different services and databases without being aware of the risk.  In  this  view location-based services must be built in line with GDPR provisions. Recently, different emerging technical solution, for developing adequate fine-grained mechanisms that consider legal requirements, such as the data usage purpose, user consent and the data retention period enforcing are currently available. Among them, access control systems aim to ensure that only the intended subjects can access the protected data and get the permission levels required to accomplish their tasks and not much more. Thus, we propose a  privacy-by-design  ILS  architecture, where purposes of data management are explicitly defined, consents collected, and the rights related to privacy and data protection are correctly enforced. This proposed architecture integrates into a unique three separate research fields: the design and implementation of smart and easy-to-use indoor localization systems; the use of access control systems for resource and data management inside localization environment; and the enforcement of the GDPR provisions inside the localization systems.

Biography

Eda Marchetti is a senior researcher at ISTI (Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione ”A. Faedo”) of National Research Council of Italy. Her research activity focuses on software testing and in particular privacy and security testing, testing of access control systems, model-based testing, SOA and component-based testing, business process modelling and testing. She has taking the role of WP coordinator in different national and European projects. She is member of the Italian National Cybersecurity Committee and of the Tuscany Centre of Cybersecurity. She has (co)authored over 80 papers in international journals and conferences.

Improved PNT services from Low Earth Orbit satellites

Abstract

The Earth observation (EO) and satellite communication markets are driving a boom in the New Space Low Earth Orbit (LEO) economy. This New Space paradigm is characterized by technological innovations, lower costs, and faster development and replenishment times of the constellations. Today, GNSS spaceborne receiver technology is already used to provide the required positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services for these telecoms and EO LEO applications. In the near future, this technology will also allow the provision of autonomous navigation for in-orbit servicing, space debris removal, or even space transportation for Moon missions. Besides these applications, an even more significant use of spaceborne GNSS technology will be to compute in real-time the precise orbit determination (POD) of the satellites to enable LEO satellite constellations to provide more secured, robust and precise PNT services to the Earth users.

Biography

Dr Cyril Botteron is the managing director and founder of SpacePNT, an innovative, low cost GNSS receiver maker for the fast-growing New Space satellite market, as well as part-time lecturer at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Prior to developing his own company, Cyril has been leading research and project activities related to indoor (UWB-based) and outdoor (GNSS-based) positioning navigation and timing (PNT) at EPFL and University of Neuchâtel for 15 years. From 2003 to 2013, he was also involved as part-time independent GNSS receiver expert for the European GNSS Agency. He is the author and co-author of 5 patents and over 130 publications in major journals and conferences and a senior member of the IEEE since 2006 and an ION professional member since 2003.

All-weather Positioning in real-world cases

Abstract

Talk will outline the challenges for positioning system for autonomous driving in all-weather conditions. I will shortly explain Sensible 4 approach and journey to solving the problem and introduce some of our pilot projects.

Biography

Jari Saarinen, CTO and co-founder of  Sensible 4. Dr. Saarinen is among the pioneers in the field of mobile robotics. Prior to establishing GIM Ltd, 2014 a leading mobile robotics R&D company in Finland, he was 15 years in academia. During this time he researched autonomous navigation with a special focus on lidar based approaches. He is responsible of over 50 peer reviewed research articles in scientific publications. His widely cited work include contributions in 3D mapping and localization. Since beginning of 2017 Jari Saarinen has been a CTO of Sensible 4, leading the research and development teams to build the best autonomous vehicle solution in the market.