UPINLBS 2014 - Program
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November 20, 2014
9:00-9:40 Conference Opening (Chair: Dr. R. Chen)
Dr. Flavious Killebrew, President of Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Dr. Luis Cifuentes, Vice-president of Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Dr. Lifford McLauchlan, Chair, IEEE Corpus Christi Session
9:40-10:30 Keynote I (Chair: Dr. A. Wieser)
Got GPS? The Navigation Gap
Miller M.
11:00-12:15 GNSS I (Chair: Dr. Y. Chen)
Use of Diversity Techniques for Weak GNSS Signal Tracking in Fading Environments
Siddakatte R. K., Broumandan A. and Lachapelle G.
Weak GPS Signal Acquisition Using Antenna Diversity
Mozaffari M., Broumandan A., O’Keefe K. and Lachapelle G.
Performance Evaluation of Carrier-to-Noise Density Ratio Estimation Techniques for BeiDou B1
Signal
Bhuiyan M. Z. H., Söderholm S., Thombre S., Ruotsalainen L., Kirkko-Jaakkola M. and
Kuusniemi H.
11:00-12:15 Testing, Evaluation and Performance Prediction (Chair: Dr. E. Martín-Gorostiza)
Infrastructure for Benchmarking RF-based Indoor Localization Under Controlled Interference
Lemic F., Büsch J., Chwalisz M., Handziski V. and Wolisz A.
Evaluation of Angle of Arrival Estimation for Localization in Multiple Indoor Environments
Wielandt St., Van Nieuwenhuyse A., Nauwelaers B., Goemaere J.-P.and De Strycker L.
Experimental Evaluation of the Spatial Error Distribution of Indoor Localization Algorithms
Adler St., Schmitt S. and Kyas M.
13:30-15:15 GNSS II (Chair: Dr. T. Chu)
A new Non-Linear Filtering Algorithm for Road-Constrained Vehicle Tracking
Peisker A., Morelande M. and Kealy A.
Performance of a MEMS IMU Deeply Coupled With a GNSS Receiver under Jamming
Kirkko-Jaakkola M., Ruotsalainen L., Bhuiyan M. Z. H., Söderholm St., Thombre S. and Kuusniemi H.
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Characterization of GNSS Measurement Distortions due to Antenna Array Processing in the
Presence of Interference Signals
Vagle N., Broumandan A., Jafarnia A. and Lachapelle G.
Accelerated Collective Detection Technique for Weak GNSS Signal Environment
Narula L., Petovello M. G. and K. P. Singh
13:30-15:15 Context awareness (Chair: Dr. A. Mahdy)
HMM-based Pedestrian Location and Motion Joint Estimation Toward a Smartphone GeoContext Computing Solution
Liu J., Chen L., Chen Y., Tang J., Hyyppä J., Chen R., Chu T., Wenchao X. and Hyyppä H.
Development of a Contextual Thinking Engine in Mobile Devices
Chen R., Chu T., Wenchao X., Li X, Liu J., Chen Y., Chen L., Hyyppä J. and Tang J.
Semantic Labeling of Places Based on Phone Usage Features using Supervised Learning
Rivero-Rodriguez A., Leppäkoski H. and Piché R.
Thinking Aloud in Search of Landmark Characteristics in an Indoor Environment
Viaene P., Vanclooster A., Ooms K. and De Maeyer P.
15:45-17:30 Applications (Chair: Dr. G. Jeffress)
Automated Stem Mapping Using SLAM Technology for Plot-Wise Forest Inventory
Chen Y., Tang J., Hyyppä J., Holopainen M., Liang X., Liu J., Chen L., Hakala T., Litkey P., Niu X. and
Hyyppä H.
Evaluation of an Autonomous Navigation and Positioning System for IAEA Safeguards Inspectors
Finker D., Cai R., Kocjan J. and Rutkowski J.
Small-Scale UAS for Geoinformatics Applications on an Island Campus
Starek M. J., Davis T., Prouty D.and Berryhill J.
Human-Subject Tracking and Localization for a Hand Hygiene Monitoring System
Wan Y., Wang N. and Stombaugh T.
15:45-16:15 Poster teaser presentations (Chair: Dr. R. Chen)
16:15-17:30 Poster session
Ariadne’s Thread: Robust Turn Detection for Path Back-Tracing Using the iPhone
Flores G. H., Manduchi R. and Zenteno E. D.
Wireless Positioning Approach Based on Stochastic Resonance
He D. and Liu P.
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Resolving Positions of Coherent Sources Using Linear Antenna Arrays at 2.4 GHz
Van Nieuwenhuyse A., Wielandt St., Goemaere J.-P., De Strycker L. and Nauwelaers B.
Efficient WiFi Fingerprint Training Using Semi-Supervised Learning
Yuan Y., Pei L., Xu Ch. Liu Q.and Gu T.
A Context Detection Approach Using GPS Module and Emerging Sensors in Smartphone Platform
Xu W., Chen R., Chu T., Kuang L, Yang Y., Li X., Liu J. and Chen Y.
Modeling Acoustic Localization Accuracy for Scalable Energy Consumption in Wireless Sensor
Swarms
Chakraborty J., Ottoy G., Goemaere J. and De Strycker L.
Integrating Monocular Vision and Laser Point for Indoor UAV SLAM
Zeng Q., Wang Y., Liu J., Chen R. and Deng X.
Efficient UWB-Based Positioning Solution With the Wireless Synchronization
Kang S., Cho Ch., Youn J., Choi J.
Link Management in Mobile Sensor Networks
Mehrubeoglu M., Mclauchlan L. and Durham J.
19:00 Social Event
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November 21, 2014
9:00-10:30 Keynotes II (Chair: Dr. R. Chen)
From location-based sensing to sense-making LBS
Meng L.
Google-scale Indoor Imagery and Mapping
Klingner B.
11:00-12:15 Algorithms & Methods I (Chair: Dr. L. Pei)
Non-Line-of-Sight Mobile Station Positioning Algorithm Using TOA, AOA, and Doppler-Shift
Ramlall R., Chen J. and A. Lee Swindlehurst
Entropy-Based Non-Line of Sight Identification for Wireless Positioning Systems
Alsindi N., Chaloupka Z. and Aweya J.
Evolutionary Optimization of Sensor Deployment for an Indoor Positioning System With
Unknown Number of Anchors
Domingo-Perez F., Lázaro Galilea J. L., Wieser A., Martín-Gorostiza E. and Salido-Monzú D.
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13:30-15:15 Mapping/SLAM (Chair: Dr. M. Starek)
Object Level Mapping of an Indoor Environment using RFID
Malla H., Purushothaman P., Rajan Sh. V. and Balasubramanian V.
Real-Time Indoor Mapping by Fusion of Structured Light Sensors
Kusari A., Pan Z. and Glennie C.
Gyroscope Assisted Scalable Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
Babu B. W., Cyganski D. and Duckworth J.
Comparison of Multiple Fault Detection Methods for Monocular Visual Navigation With 3D
Maps
Li Z. and Wang J.
15:45-17:00 Algorithms & Methods II (Chair: Dr. A. Wieser)
Infrared Local Positioning System Using Phase Differences
Martín-Gorostiza E., Meca Meca F. J., Lázaro-Galilea J. L., Salido-Monzú D., Martos Naya E. and
Wieser A.
To Wireless Fidelity and Beyond – CAPTURE, Extending Indoor Positioning Systems
Cullen G., Curran K.,Santos J. and Maguire G. and Bourne D.
Indoor Localisation for wheeled Platforms Based on IMU and Artificially Generated Magnetic
Field
Hellmers H., Norrdine A., Blankenbach J. and Eichhorn A.
15:45-17:00 Wireless Networks & RF Technology (Chair: Dr. R. Mehrubeoglu)
TDOA Navigation Using CDMA2000 Signals – Experimental Results
Sadowski J.
Fast WiFi Access Point Localization and Autonomous Crowdsourcing
Zhuang Y., Wright B., Syed Z., Georgy J. and El-Sheimy N.
Wifi-Based Indoor Localization and Tracking of a Moving Device
Hernández N., Ocaña M. Alonso J. M. and Kim E.
17:15-17:45 Closing (Chair: Dr. R. Chen)
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