Jan Skaloud

Expertise Satellite positioning, inertial and integrated navigation Sensor orientation and calibration, attitude determination Mobile mapping, airborne laser scanning Adjustment methods, Kalman Filtering Mission Teaching in 3 EPFL sections and 2 faculties, director of ESO lab. Books / Monographs J. Skaloud and M. Cramer, «Data Capture,» in GIS Handbook, W. Kresse and D. Danko, Eds. Springer, 2011. D. Lichti and J. Skaloud, «Registration and Calibration,» in Airborne and terrestrial laser scanning, H.-G. Maas and G. Vosselman, Eds. Whittles Publishing, 2010. J. Skaloud, «Reliability of direct georeferencing phase 1: An overview of the current approaches and possibilities,» in Checking and Improving of Digital Terrain Models / Reliability of Direct Georeferencing, EuroSDR Official Publication 51, 2006. K. Legat, J. Skaloud, and R. Schmidt, «Reliability of direct georeferencing phase 2: A case study on practical problems and solutions.,» in Checking and Improving of Digital Terrain Models / Reliability of Direct Georeferencing., EuroSDR Official Publication 51, 2006.Editorial • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2012-current, editorial board • IEEE – Transaction on Vehicular Technology • IEEE – Transaction on Aerospace and Electronic Systems • IEEE – Transaction on Radar, Sonar & Navigation • IEEE – Transaction on Robotics and Autonomous Systems • IEEE – Transaction on Instrumentation and Measurement • IEEE – Transaction on Pattern Recognition • IEEE – Transaction on Signal Processing • IEEE – Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • Photogrammetry Engineering and Remote Sensing • Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal • Canadian Journal on Remote Sensing • Geomatica • Photogrammetry Records • Advances in Space Research • Measurement Science and Technology • Remote Sensing • Journal of photogrammetry, remote sensing and geo-information processing (PFG) • Survey Review Teaching & PhD PhD Students Aurélien Arnaud Brun, Jesse Ray Murray Lahaye, Antoine Paul Carreaud, Nicola Antonio Santacroce, Simon Gilgien Past EPFL PhD Students Adrian Ulrich Wägli, Philipp Schär, Yannick Stebler, Martin Rehak, Mehran Khaghani, Philipp Clausen, Emmanuel Clédat, Omar Garcia Crespillo, Gabriel François Laupré, Pasquale Longobardi, Aman Sharma, Kenneth Joseph Paul, Kyriaki Mouzakidou Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Kevin Sylvain Barbieux Courses Estimation methods ENG-267 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. Inference for large-scale time series with application to sensor fusion CIVIL-606 Large-scale time series analysis is performed by a new statistical tool that is superior to other estimators of complex state-space models. The identified stochastic dependences can be used for sensor fusion by Bayesian (e.g. Kalman) filtering or for studying changes in natural/biological phenomena. Robotics practicals MICRO-453 The goal of this lab series is to practice the various theoretical frameworks acquired in the courses on a variety of robots, ranging from industrial robots to autonomous mobile robots, to robotic devices, all the way to interactive robots. Sensing and spatial modeling for earth observation ENV-408 Students get acquainted with the process of mapping from images (orthophoto and DEM), as well as with methods for monitoring the Earth surface using remotely sensed data. Methods will span from machine learning to geostatistics and model the spatiotemporal variability of processes. Sensor orientation ENV-548 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. Awards Samuel Gamble Award, carrier contribution in photogrammetry & sensing International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 2021 big U.V. Helava Award - best paper in J ISPRS over 2016-2019 period International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 2020 Best Demo Award - 4th IEEE International Workshop on Metrology & Aerospace IEEE 2017 Hansa Luftbild Award - best-paper of the year in PFG journal PFG Journal 2014 Karl Kraus Medal - best textbook in Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and GIS International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 2012 GNSS Leader to Watch - Innovation Award GPS World journal 2009