Jan Skaloud

EPFL ENAC SSIE-GE
GC C2 397 (Bâtiment GC)
Station 18
1015 Lausanne

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Fields of expertise

Satellite positioning, inertial and integrated navigation Sensor orientation and calibration, attitude determination Mobile mapping, airborne laser scanning Adjustment methods, Kalman Filtering 

Awards

2021 : Samuel Gamble Award, carrier contribution in photogrammetry & sensing : International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

2020 : big U.V. Helava Award - best paper in J ISPRS over 2016-2019 period : International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

2017 : Best Demo Award - 4th IEEE International Workshop on Metrology & Aerospace : IEEE

2014 : Hansa Luftbild Award - best-paper of the year in PFG journal : PFG Journal

2012 : Karl Kraus Medal - best textbook in Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and GIS : International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

2009 : GNSS Leader to Watch - Innovation Award : GPS World journal

Publications

Infoscience publications

Teaching & PhD

Teaching

Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Courses

Estimation methods

The students treat observations affected by uncertainty in a rigorous manner. They master the main methods to adjust measurements and to estimate parameters. They apply specific models to real-world problems encountered in various experimental sciences.

Sensing and spatial modeling for earth observation

The course is organized in three main parts. 1. 3D reconstruction from images
  • Processes of image creation
  • Image matching, orientation and camera calibration
  • Construction of digital elevation models (DEM) and orthophotos
2. Environmental monitoring with machine learning
  • Extracting features from elevation or image data
  • Pred

Sensor orientation

Determination of spatial orientation (i.e. position, velocity, attitude) via integration of inertial sensors with satellite positioning. Prerequisite for applications related to remote sensing, environmental monitoring, mobile mapping, robotics, space exploration, smart-phone navigation, etc.

Robotics practicals

(Coursebook not yet approved by the section)