Topical Advisory Panel
- Drone Design and Development Section
- Drone Communications Section
- Drones in Ecology Section
- Drones in Agriculture and Forestry Section
- Innovative Urban Mobility Section
Members
1. Centro de Investigação em Ciências Geo-Espaciais, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
2. Civil and Geomatics Research Group, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Interests: aerial inspection; NDT; SfM-MVS photogrammetry; drones in civil engineering; precision agriculture
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2. Civil and Geomatics Research Group, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Interests: aerial inspection; NDT; SfM-MVS photogrammetry; drones in civil engineering; precision agriculture
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Laboratory of Robotics and Automation, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece
Interests: autonomous robots; visual-based navigation; place recognition; loop closure detection; SLAM
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Interests: autonomous robots; visual-based navigation; place recognition; loop closure detection; SLAM
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School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Interests: video and image processing; computer vision; deep learning; artificial intelligence
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Interests: video and image processing; computer vision; deep learning; artificial intelligence
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Department of Civil, Constructional and Environmental Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, I-00184 Rome, Italy
Interests: drones; GPS/GNSS; geomatic; geodesy; photogrammetry; survey; remote sensing; GIS; post seismic survey
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Interests: drones; GPS/GNSS; geomatic; geodesy; photogrammetry; survey; remote sensing; GIS; post seismic survey
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Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Interests: UAV photogrammetry; computer vision; image processing; fusion
Interests: UAV photogrammetry; computer vision; image processing; fusion
Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
Interests: modelling of transportation systems and processes
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Interests: modelling of transportation systems and processes
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1. Department of Computer Applications in Science & Engineering, BARCELONA Supercomputing Center, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
2. Informatik und Mathematik, GOETHE-University Frankfurt am Main, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
3. Estudis d’Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
4. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería (ICAI), Universidad Pontificia Comillas, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Interests: vehicular technologies; IoT; AI; large language models; visual language models; cognitive radio
2. Informatik und Mathematik, GOETHE-University Frankfurt am Main, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
3. Estudis d’Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
4. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería (ICAI), Universidad Pontificia Comillas, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Interests: vehicular technologies; IoT; AI; large language models; visual language models; cognitive radio
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA
Interests: cybersecurity; artificial intelligence (AI); internet of things (IoT); smart grids; 5G/6G networks; vehicular networks; communication networks; image processing; signal processing; smart healthcare
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Interests: cybersecurity; artificial intelligence (AI); internet of things (IoT); smart grids; 5G/6G networks; vehicular networks; communication networks; image processing; signal processing; smart healthcare
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John Chambers College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
Interests: remote sensing; multispectral imagery; machine learning; deep learning; federated learning; land-cover; cybersecurity; communications
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Interests: remote sensing; multispectral imagery; machine learning; deep learning; federated learning; land-cover; cybersecurity; communications
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School of Geography and Remote Sensing, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
Interests: hydrology and coastal remote sensing; multi source remote sensing data processing
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Interests: hydrology and coastal remote sensing; multi source remote sensing data processing
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Dr. Georgiev Consulting GmbH, Munich, Germany
Interests: UAS integration in metropolitan regions; sustainable urban and regional planning; foresight analysis
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Interests: UAS integration in metropolitan regions; sustainable urban and regional planning; foresight analysis
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Institute of Communications Systems, Faculty of Electronics, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
Interests: wireless communications; radio emitter localization; radio navigation; flying ad hoc network (FANET); swarm; quality of service (QoS); channel modeling & measurements; radio wave propagation; multipath propagation; Doppler effect
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Interests: wireless communications; radio emitter localization; radio navigation; flying ad hoc network (FANET); swarm; quality of service (QoS); channel modeling & measurements; radio wave propagation; multipath propagation; Doppler effect
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Edile e dell’ Architettura (DICEA), Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Interests: geomatics; GIS; remote sensing; photogrammetry; surveying; mapping; HBIM
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Interests: geomatics; GIS; remote sensing; photogrammetry; surveying; mapping; HBIM
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School of Future Transport Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
Interests: fault tolerance; control; motion estimation; system identification; aircraft; spacecraft
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Interests: fault tolerance; control; motion estimation; system identification; aircraft; spacecraft
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School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China
Interests: energy-efficient communication, computer, and network systems; green computing; cloud-edge-mobile computing; 5G/6G systems and applications; AI infrastructure; UAV; satellite systems; data center and network; IoT; ADAS
Interests: energy-efficient communication, computer, and network systems; green computing; cloud-edge-mobile computing; 5G/6G systems and applications; AI infrastructure; UAV; satellite systems; data center and network; IoT; ADAS
School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Interests: hybrid terrestrial/aerial bicopters; planning and control for specialized UAVs; hybrid systems control
Interests: hybrid terrestrial/aerial bicopters; planning and control for specialized UAVs; hybrid systems control
CERIS—Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability, Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon. Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: climate change; water resources management; floods; droughts; hydraulic structures; river restoration; ecohydrology; ecohydraulics; renewable energy; hydropower impacts
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Interests: climate change; water resources management; floods; droughts; hydraulic structures; river restoration; ecohydrology; ecohydraulics; renewable energy; hydropower impacts
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Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Interests: 5G; 6G; wireless communication; drones and UAV communications; drone-enabled applications
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Interests: 5G; 6G; wireless communication; drones and UAV communications; drone-enabled applications
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Dr. Shuangxi Liu
College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Interests: guidance and control; cooperative guidance; nonlinear control; trajectory planning
Interests: guidance and control; cooperative guidance; nonlinear control; trajectory planning
Dipartimento di Ingegneria, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: remote sensing; GIS; geomatics
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Interests: remote sensing; GIS; geomatics
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Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Interests: UAV networks, IoT, sensor networks, network protocols, wireless communication netwok, 5G and beyond, edge and fog computing
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Interests: UAV networks, IoT, sensor networks, network protocols, wireless communication netwok, 5G and beyond, edge and fog computing
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1. INESC-TEC, Porto, Portugal
2. ESHT-IPP, Porto, Portugal
Interests: robotics; autonomous systems
2. ESHT-IPP, Porto, Portugal
Interests: robotics; autonomous systems
Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
Interests: UAV channel modeling; UAV channel hardware emulation; spectrum sensing and mapping; UAV communications
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Interests: UAV channel modeling; UAV channel hardware emulation; spectrum sensing and mapping; UAV communications
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Institute of Telecommunications, Faculty of Computer Science, Electronics and Telecommunications, The AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Interests: UAV communications; UAV networks; IoT; network protocols; cybersecurity; multimedia communications; 5G/6G systems and applications; cloud computing
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Interests: UAV communications; UAV networks; IoT; network protocols; cybersecurity; multimedia communications; 5G/6G systems and applications; cloud computing
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Department of Soil and Water Systems, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
Interests: precision agriculture; drone and robotics; remote sensing; machine learning; crop modeling; plant phenotyping
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Interests: precision agriculture; drone and robotics; remote sensing; machine learning; crop modeling; plant phenotyping
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Optical Communications Laboratory, Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 1, Zhoushan 316021, China
Interests: optical wireless communication; intelligent reflecting surfaces; unmanned aerial vehicles; NOMA; WPT; IoUT; 5G/6G
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Interests: optical wireless communication; intelligent reflecting surfaces; unmanned aerial vehicles; NOMA; WPT; IoUT; 5G/6G
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Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Control and Information Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland
Interests: UAVs; optimization; robust control; adaptive control; optimal control; control theory; modelling and identification
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Interests: UAVs; optimization; robust control; adaptive control; optimal control; control theory; modelling and identification
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State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Sciences, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: land-use modeling; climate change; deforestation and soil moisture; crop yield; biomass and carbon emission; remote sensing & GIS applications in earth system studies; top-down downscaling to enhance the spatial resolution of gridded datasets; improve understanding of agroecosystem-environment interaction; land-atmosphere interaction studies; climate system modeling
Interests: land-use modeling; climate change; deforestation and soil moisture; crop yield; biomass and carbon emission; remote sensing & GIS applications in earth system studies; top-down downscaling to enhance the spatial resolution of gridded datasets; improve understanding of agroecosystem-environment interaction; land-atmosphere interaction studies; climate system modeling
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Interests: microsystems; micro-robots; piezoelectric actuators; piezoelectric harvesters; bioinspiration; biomimetics; biomechanics, fluid dynamics, aerodynamics
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Interests: microsystems; micro-robots; piezoelectric actuators; piezoelectric harvesters; bioinspiration; biomimetics; biomechanics, fluid dynamics, aerodynamics
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School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Glasgow, UK
Interests: parallel robotics; UAVs; drones; quadcruisers; trajectory certification; path planning; robot controls; advanced controls; aircraft designs; mechanism design
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Interests: parallel robotics; UAVs; drones; quadcruisers; trajectory certification; path planning; robot controls; advanced controls; aircraft designs; mechanism design
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