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TC-Chair Prof. Nakasuka, Shinichi / Japan The University of Tokyo Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp - Micro/nano/pico satellites - GN&C for spacecraft - Orbital Mechanics - Autonomy and Intelligence for space systems |
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Prof. Houria Siguerdidjane / France SUPELEC Automatic Control Department http://www.supelec.fr/360_p_10008/houria-siguerdidjane.html - GNC for Spacegraft and UAVs |  |
Vice-Chair Prof. Tsourdos, Antonios / UK Cranfield University Institute if Aerospaxe Sciences http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/ - Guidance, navigation and control of air vehicles - Autonomous systems - Decision making and autonomy - Health monitoring and diagnosis |
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Vice-Chair Prof. de Lafontaine, Jean / Canada Université de Sherbrooke and NGC Aerospace Ltd Electrical and Computer Engineering www.ngcaerospace.com - Spacecraft GNC - Autonomous space systems - Control systems theory - Modeling and simulation |
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Dr. Leite Filho, de Castro, Waldemar / Brazil Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaco Space Sytems Division www.castroleite.com.br -GN&C for Launchers -Modeling & Simulation |
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Dr. Aymeric Kron / Canada NGC Aerospace Ltd |
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Prof. Sasiadek, Jurek / Canada Carleton University Aerospace Engineering, Department of Mech. & Aerospace Engineering, http://carleton.ca/mae/people/jurek-z-sasiadek/ http://http-server.carleton.ca/~jsas/ -Space Robotics -Guidance Navigation and Control -Senseor/data fusion -Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
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Associate Prof. Tao Meng / China Zhejiang university School of Aeronautics and Astronautics http://microsat.zju.edu.cn -Micro/nano/pico satellites -GN&C for spacecraft -formation flying control |
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Prof.Honghua Zhang / China Beijing Institute of Control Engineering -GNC for spacecraft -Entry Descent and Landing -Adaprive control |
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Dr. Meng, Bin / China Beijing Institute of Control Engineering Center for Research and Development -hypersonic flight vehicles control -consensus of networked robotic systems -characteristic modeling |
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Prof. Sheng, Xiaojing / China Sichuan University Department of Mathematics http://math.scu.edu.cn -Multi-sensor detection and estimation fusion -Multi-sensor optimization management -Target tracking |
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Prof. Xie,Yongchun / China Beijing Institute of Control Engineering Science and Technology Committee -GN&C for spacecraft -Rendezvous and docking -intelligent and autonomous control -adaptive control |
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Dr. Ankersen, Finn / Denmark European Space Agency Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems www.esa.int.linkedin.com -Multivariable Robust Control. RendezVous and Docking, Formation Flying and spacecraft relative motion -System Identification. Active vibration damping. -Time varying systems and MPC control -Distributed and decentralized control systems. Formation Flying. Non-cooperative spacecraft Rendez Vous. |
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Ms GANET Martine / France AIRBUS DS Guidance and Control Department -GN&C for spacecraft -Robust Control theory -Autonomy and Intelligence for space systems -Validation |
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Dr. Pittet, Christelle / France Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales AOCS department http://www.cnes.fr -Attitude control of satellites -Robust control -Saturating control |
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Dr. GOUPIL, Philippe / France AIRBUS Aircraft Control - Flight Control System www.airbus.com -Flight Control System -GNC for aircraft -Fault Detection and Diagnosis -Industrial Applications |
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Dr. Le Ménec, Stéphane / France MBDA Guidance control & Navigation Department LINK -Game Theory -Data Fusion -Robotics -Co-operative Guidance |
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Mr. FRAPARD, Benoit / France AIRBUS Defence & Space Department of Technology & Innovation http://www.airbusdefenceandspace.com/ -GN&C for spacecraft -Autonomy and Intelligence for Space systems -Hybrid & Vision- based Navigation -Robust and resilient control |
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Dr. Piet-Lahanier Hélène / France ONERA Department of System Design and Performance evaluation (DCPS) http://www.onera.fr -GN&C for autonomous vehicles -Cooperative motion -Robust estimation |
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Prof. ALAZARD Daniel / France ISAE-SUPAERO Department of Control and Design of Aerospace systems http://personnel.isae.fr/daniel-alazard/ -Flexible structure modeling and control -GN&C for spacecraft -Flight Control Law Robust control |
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Dr. Harcaut, Jean-Philippe / France MBDA Guidance, Control & Navigation department -Missile control -Guidance & Control algorithms -Robust & nonlinear control |
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Dr. Burlion, Laurent / France Onera, the French Aerospace Lab Systems control and flight dynamics department https://sites.google.com/site/laurentburlion/ -Guidance & Control for General Aviaton -nonlinear control -visual servoing -Saturation control and state constraints |
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Prof. Zolghadri, Ali / France The University of Bordeaux IMS lab, Automatic Control Group http://extranet.ims-bordeaux.fr/aria -Fault Detection and Diagnosis, Estimation and Observation -Fault Tolerant Control -GN&C for spacecraft -Autonomy for space and aeronautics systems |
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Prof. Fichter, Walter / Germany University of Stuttgart Department of Aerospace Engineering, The Institute of Flight Dynamics and Controls www.ifr.uni-stuttgart.de -Unmanned Vehicle GNC and Autonomy -Active Helicopter Rotors -Guidance & Control for General Aviaton -Spacecraft Precision Pointing and Inertial Sensing |
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Prof. Janschek, Klaus / Germany Technische Universitaet Dresden, TUD Institute of Autmation LINK -guidance, navigation, control -visual navigation -rendezvous navigation -safety and reliability |
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Dr. Eveline Gottzein / Germany AIRBUS Defence & Space Electronics and Platform Products -Multi-GNSS receivers for S/C use -Satellite GNC -MAGLEV for high speed vehicles -Optical AOD Sensors for GEO |
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Prof. Klaus Schilling / Germany University of Wuerzburg Informatik VII:Robotics and Telematics www7.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de -pico-satellites -distributed cooperating systems -adaptive control -autonomous reactions |
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Dr. VANEK, Balint / Hungary Institute for Computer Science and Control Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA SZTAKI) Systems and Control Laboratory http://www.sztaki.hu/people/008007757 -flight control -unmanned aerial vehicles -fault tolerant control -navigation systems |
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Prof. Padhi, Radhakant / India Indian Institute of Science Aerospace Engineering http://www.aero.iisc.ernet.in/users/padhi https://iisc.academia.edu/RadhakantPadhi -optimal control -nonlinear control -GNC for aircrafts, UAVs, missiles and Space vehicles -Control system for biomedical applications |
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Dr. Kothari, Mangal / India Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Department of Aerospace Engineering http://home.iitk.ac.in/~mangal/ -GN&C for aerospace vehicles -Coordinated control -Nonlinear control -Autonomy systems |
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Ass. Prof. Choukroun ,Daniel / Israel Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Department of Mechanical Engineering LINK -Spacecraft GNC -Space Robotics -Fault-tolerant estimation and control -Micro and Nanosatellite Design |
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Dr. Castaldi, Paolo / Italy University of Bologna Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi"- DEI LINK -Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) for Aircraft and Satellite -Fault Tolerant Control (FTC) for Aircraft and Satellite -Non Linear Geometrich Approach based FDD and FTC -FDD, FTC and Advanced Control Methods for Wind Turbine |
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Prof. Lovera, Marco / Italy Politecnico di Milano Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali -System identification -Rotorcraft control (FCS, vibration, noise) -Spacecraft control |
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Prof. Mario Innocenti / Italy University of Pisa -Autonomy and Intelligence for space systems -Missile Guidance -Pilot in the Loop, Handling Qualities -Control Theory |
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Dr. Capello, Elisa / Italy Politecnico di Torino Departmen of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - GNC Design for RDV and Docking - Randomized and Robust Control Algorithms - UAV Control Systems |
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Ms Giulicchi Luisella / Italy European Space Agency Earth Observation Directorate, Copernicus Program www.esa.int -Spacecraft system engineering -GN&c for spacecraft -GNSS system for spacecraft GNC applications |
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Dr. Hiroshi Koyama / Japan Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Electronic Systems Group http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/bu/space/index.html -Navigation, Guidance & Control of Spacecraft -Utilization of Satellite Navigation -Robotics |
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Dr. Shunji Manabe / Japan 1-8-12 Kataseyama, Fujisawa-shi |
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Professor Emeritus. Kimio Kanai / Japan National Defense Academy Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
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Dr. SATO Masayuki / Japan Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Institute of Aeronautical Technology -Flight control -Gain-scheduled control -Robust control -Robust semidefinite programming problem |
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Prof. Lee, Jang Gyu / Korea Adama Science and Technology University President http://www.astu.edu.et |
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Prof. Kim, Youdan / Korea Seoul National University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering http://fdcl.snu.ac.kr -Aircraft Control -Missile Guidance and Control -Formation Flying -Spacecraft Dynamics and Control |
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Dr. Cheon, Yee-Jin / Korea Korea Aerospace Research Institute Satellite Technology Research Office -Spacecraft Dynamics and Control -Nonlinear Estimation -Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery (FDIR) Design -Embedded Systems |
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Prof. Ko, Sangho / Korea Korea Aerospace University School of Aerospace and Mechancial Engineering http://spacl.kau.ac.kr/~sanghoko -Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control -State Estimation & Control -System Identification -Control application to propulsion systems |
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Prof. Carlos Silvestre / Portugal University of Lisbon University of Macau |
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Prof. Adrian-Mihail, Stoica / Romania University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest Department of Aeronautical Systems Engineering and Aeronautical Management http://www.aero.pub.ro -Automatic flight control systems -Micro/nano/pico satellites -Optimal filtering and estimation -Fault detection and isolation |
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Prof., Dr. Nebylov, Alexander V. / Russia State University of Aerospace Instrumentation International Institute for Advanced Aerospace Technologies http://iiaat.guap.ru -Motion Control -Aerospace -Avionics -Control Theory |
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Prof. Yevgeny I. Somov / Russia Russian Academy of Sciences |
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Prof Jones, Thomas / South Africa Stellenbosch University Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering www.ee.sun.ac.za -GNC for aircraft -FDI and Recovery -Non-linear aircraft dynamics -Conflict Avoidance |
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Prof. Vazquez, Rafael / Spain University of Seville Aerospace Engineering Department http://aero.us.es/rvazquez/rvazquez.htm -GNC for UAVs/RPAs -Spacecraft Rendezvous -Space Mission Analysis & Optimization -Uncertainty in Air Traffic Management |
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Prof. Esteban, Sergio / Spain University of Seville Aerospace Engineering Department http://aero.us.es/sesteban/ -GN&C for aerospace vehicles -Flight and Space Vehicle Dynamics -Singular perturbations and time-scale systems -Aircraft/UAV |
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Dr. Peñin, Luis F. / Spain ELECNOR DEIMOS Flight Systems Business Unit http://www.deimos-space.com/en/negocio/aeroespacial.php -GNC/AOCS Systems -Spacecraft dynamics, control, guidance and navigation -Launcher, RLV and ARV guidance and control -Health monitoring, diagnosis and reconfiguration |
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Prof. Inalhan, Gokhan / Turkey Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics http://cal.uubf.itu.edu.tr/ -GN&C for aircraft, UAVs and spacecraft -Flight Controls and Avionics Systems -air traffic management and control -Data analytics and large-scale optimization |
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Prof. Kaynak, Okyay / Turkey Bogazici University, Turkey and Harbin Institute of Technology, China Electrical and Electronics Engineering www.boun.edu.tr/kaynak.html -UAVs -Space mechatronics |
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Assoc. Prof. Çimen, Tayfun / Turkey ROKETSAN Missiles Industries, Inc. Tactical Missile Systems, Systems Design -Guidance, Navigation & Control -Modeling & Simulation -Nonlinear (Optimal, Robust, Adaptive) Control |
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Dr. Whidborne, James Ferris / UK Cranfield University Centre for Aeronautics http://public.cranfield.ac.uk/eh3081/ -Flight control & guidance -Flight dynamics -UAVs -Controller & filter finite-precision effects |
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Prof. Conklin, W., John / USA University of Florida Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering http://pssl.mae.ufl.edu/ -precision spacecraft instrumentation -gravitational science -GN&C for spacecraft -Small/nano-satellites |
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Dr. Angie BUKLEY / USA The Aerospace Corporation Advanced Studies & Analysis http://www.aerospace.org -Systems Engineering -Controls for flight vehicles & spacecraft -Space Systems Design -Structural Dynamics |
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Prof. Newman, Brett / USA Old Dominion University Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering http://www.odu.edu/mae -Flight Dynamics & Control -Flexible Vehicles -Nonliner Systems -Autonomous Systems |
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Dr. Doman, B., David / USA Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate http://www.wpafb.af.mil/AFRL/ -Flight Dynamics -Control -Aircraft Thermal Management -Trajectory Optimization |
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Prof. Kim, Sungwan / USA Seoul National University Biomedical Engineering http://www.bmc.snu.ac.kr -Control Systems -GN&C -Biomedical Eng |
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Dr. Erwin, R. Scott / USA Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate http://www.wpafb.af.mil/AFRL/ -GN&C for Spacecraft -Control of Flexible Structures -Autonomy & Intelligence for Space Systems -Astrodynamics |
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Prof. Mark J. Balas / USA Embry-Rddle Aeronautical University Aerospace Engineering Department & Electrical Engineering Department |
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Dr. Schierman, David, John / USA Barron Associates, Inc. www.barron-associates.com -mission planning for unmanned aircraft and launch vehicles -guidance and trajectory planning for unmanned aircraft and launch vehicles -ascent and entry guidance for unmanned launch vehicles -cooperative and distributed control for autonomous operations of complex, hybrid systems |
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Prof. emeritus David K. Schmidt / USA University of Colorado at Colorado Springs |
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Dr. Madhavan Shanmugavel /Australia Monash University Mechatronics -Path planning and Trajectory shaping -Guidance & Navigation -Risk, Uncertainty and decision making -Modelling dynamical system, and control |
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Prof. Bajodah, H. , Abdulrahman / Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz University Aeronautical Engineering Department http://www.abajodah.com -Control of Aerospace vehicles -Robot Control -Analytical Mechanics -Control Theory |
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