News & Events in 2008
from the SNAP Laboratory

Research grants (2008+)
News
Comings and goings
Honours and awards
Visitors
Where we'll be in 2008
Publications
Lectures at conferences and workshops

The Satellite Navigation & Positioning (SNAP) group within the School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems, The University of New South Wales, since the early 1990s has established itself as the premier academic GPS research and development group in Australia. For many years the SNAP group has been the largest within the School of Surveying & SIS, exceeding 20 staff and graduate students.

In mid-2004, upon the appointment of Prof. Chris Rizos as its Head, some dramatic changes occurred in the staffing of the School of Surveying & SIS. The School consists of the following academic staff: Dr. Andrew Dempster (Assoc. Prof.), Dr. Jinling Wang (Senior Lecturer), Dr. Linlin Ge (Assoc. Prof.), Dr. Samsung Lim (Senior Lecturer), Dr. Craig Roberts (Senior Lecturer). Several Research Associates and Research Assistants have also been appointed over the last few years: Dr. Yong Li, Dr. Binghao Li, Dr. Yanrui Geng, Mr. Peter Mumford, Mr. Thomas Yan, Mr. Nonie Politi and Mr. Yong Heo.

The SNAP group has evolved from being a large number of graduate students supervised by one or two academic staff, to the current situation where almost all of the academic/research staff of the School of Surveying & SIS have research interests in the general fields of "Satellite and Wireless Positioning" and "Earth Observation". The SNAP web site is maintained as a portal for information on all activities of the Satellite Navigation and Positioning Laboratory, which is now organised according to several major themes:

CORS Network Operations & High-Accuracy GNSS Algorithms

Radar Remote Sensing & Engineering Deformation Monitoring

Multi-Sensor Integration Algorithms & Applications

New Positioning Technologies & Applications

GNSS Receiver Design & Signal Processing

A weekly Staff-Student Development Seminar series is a forum for researchers to present their work, in the form of progress reports, research proposals (by new PG students) or practice conference papers.

Current SNAP Lab research areas... click here to download PDF.

Research grants for 2008+

The Australian Research Council (ARC) & other peer-reviewed grants that are active in 2008:

• ARC-Linkage LP0774828 (2008-2010) (Seeker Wireless Pty Ltd): "Safe Location at Home & Abroad", Assoc. Prof. A. Dempster.
• ARC-Discovery DP0773929 (2007-2009): "A Combined Inertial, Satellite & Terrestrial Signal Navigation Device for High Accuracy Positioning & Orientation of Underground Imaging Systems", Prof. C. Rizos.
• ARC-Linkage LP0667730 (2006-2009) (Leica Geosystems Pty Ltd): "Sensor Integration for Low-Cost Robust Agricultural Machine Automation", Assoc. Prof. A. Dempster, Prof. C. Rizos & Dr. J. Wang. Details...
• ARC-Linkage LP0668907 (2007.5-2009.5) (Leica Geosystems & Locata Corp): "Structural Deformation Monitoring Integrating a New Wireless Positioning Technology with GPS", Dr. J. Barnes, Prof. C. Rizos, & Assoc. Prof. A. Dempster.
• ARC-Linkage LP0776483 (2008.5-2010.5) (SigNav Ltd): "Assisted GPS and Advanced Positioning for Emergency Services", Assoc. Prof. A. Dempster.
• ARC-LIEF LE0882509 (2008): "High Resolution Airborne Radar for Environmental Research: Soil Moisture, Vegetation, Salinity and Terrain Mapping", Assoc. Prof. L. Ge and others from Univ. of Melbourne, Flinders Univ. of S.A., Univ. of Adelaide, & Curtin Univ. of Technology.
• ARC-Linkage LP0882595 (2008-2010) (WA Dept. of Ag & Food, CSIRO Livestock Industries): "Measurement of Paddock Scale Pasture Biomass Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing", Assoc. Prof. L. Ge, Dr. A. Mitchell (BEES, UNSW), Dr. B. Scheuchl (UNSW).
• ARC-Discovery DP08800333 (2008-2010): "Dynamic Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring for Multi-Constellation Global Navigation Satellite Systems", Dr. J. Wang, Prof Dr P.J. Teunissen (TU Delft), Prof Dr G.W. Hein (Univ. FAF Munich).
• ARC-Discovery DP0877381 (2008-2012): "Environmental Geodesy: Variations of Sea Level and Water Storage in the Australian Region", Prof. C. Rizos & others from Australian National Univ., Curtin Univ. of Technology, & Univ. of Tasmania.
• ARC-Linkage LP0882191 (2008.5-2010.5) (AirServices Australia): "Locating Interference to GPS: Protecting the World's Aircraft landing Systems", Assoc. Prof. A. Dempster, Prof. D. Gray (Univ. of Adelaide).
• ARC-Linkage LP0883288 (2008.5-2010.5) (RMIT, Bureau of Meteorology): "Satellite-Based Radio Occultation for Atmospheric Sounding, Weather Forecasting and Climate Monitoring in the Australian Region", Assoc. Prof. K. Zhang (RMIT), Dr. Falin Wu (RMIT), Prof. C. Rizos, Dr. S. Lim.
• UNSW Goldstar (2008): "Dynamically Reconfigurable Satellite Navigation Receiver for Timing Applications", Assoc. Prof. A. Dempster.
• Faculty Research Grant (2008): "Integrating WiFi and GPS in a Navigation System for the Blind and Visually Impaired (BVI)", Dr. B. Li.
• Faculty of Engineering - ADFA Research Collaboration Scheme (2008): "Context-Aware Computing for Personalised Location-Based Services", Dr. S. Lim, Dr. H.Y. Paik (CSE, UNSW), Dr. H. Larkin (ADFA, UNSW), Prof. G.S. Jo (Inhao Univ, South Korea).
• Faculty of Engineering - ADFA Research International Collaboration Scheme (2008-2009): "Vision Aided Multi-Sensing for Airborne Navigation and Terrain Following", Dr. J. Wang, Dr. M. Garratt (ADFA, UNSW), Dr. A. Lambert (ADFA, UNSW), Prof. R. Shibasaki (Univ of Tokyo, Japan).
• Faculty of Engineering - ADFA Research International Collaboration Scheme (2008-2009): "Context-Aware Computing for Personalised Location-Based Services", Dr. S. Lim, Dr. H. Paik (CSE, UNSW), Dr. H. Larkin (ADFA, UNSW), Prof. G. Jo (Inha Univ, South Korea).
  

Other news:

• Kefei Zhang & Falin Wu (both RMIT), Samsung Lim & Chris Rizos, an ARC-Linkage grant application: "Satellite-Based Radio Occultation for Atmospheric Sounding, Weather Forecasting and Climate Monitoring in the Australian Region". Submitted to the ARC in November 2007. This was successful.
• Jinling Wang, M. Garratt (ADFA) & A. Gruen (ETH), an ARC-Linkage grant application: "Smart Digital Mapping With Unmanned Aerial Vehicles". Submitted to the ARC in November 2007. Unfortunately it was unsuccessful.
• Jinling Wang, M. Bennamoun (UWA) & A. Gruen (ETH), an ARC-Discovery grant application: "Optimal Integration of Multi-Sensors with Three Dimensional Map for Robust Navigation". Submitted to the ARC in March 2008.
• Andrew Dempster, Yong Li & A. Kealy (Uni Melbourne), an ARC-Discovery grant application: "GPS++ : An Integrated Location Device for Position Determination in Difficult Environments". Submitted to the ARC in March 2008.
• Andrew Dempster & O. Diessel (CSE, UNSW), an ARC-Discovery grant application: "A Reconfigurable 'System of Systems' Satellite Navigation Receiver". Submitted to the ARC in March 2008.
• Linlin Ge, Jean Li & C. Song (School of Civil & Env. Eng., UNSW), an ARC-Discovery grant application: "Development of an Integrated System for Structural Monitoring and Analysis". Submitted to the ARC in March 2008.
• Linlin Ge, Michael Chang, Hua Wang, Craig Roberts & John Trinder, an ARC-Discovery grant application: "Exploiting Next Generation Satellite Radar Interferometry Technology in Support of Volcano/Hazard Monitoring and Warning Systems". Submitted to the ARC in March 2008.
• Ava Simms, an ARC-Discovery (APD) grant application: "Investigating Carbon Dynamics of Soils and Terrestrial Ecosystems in Southern New South Wales – Implications for Carbon Sequestration". Submitted to the ARC in March 2008.
• Binghao Li, Chris Rizos, Daniel Woo (CSE, UNSW), Euan Ramsey-Stewart, Kenny Johar (Vision Australia) an ARC-Linkage grant application: "Mobility and Location Information Providing Social Equality for Blind and Vision Impaired Persons". Submitted to the ARC in May 2008.
• Craig Roberts ran a very successful two-day course "RTK-GPS/GNSS for the Modern Surveyor", 14-15 February, at UNSW. see photo gallery..
• 25 January: The School took delivery of four Leica System 1200 GNSS (GPS+Glonass) receivers for teaching and research purposes. These replace the previous System 500 GPS receivers.... see photo gallery...
  
  
  
• 30 January: The School received on loan from the DLR (German Aerospace Agency) a specially-designed Septentrio GeNeRx receiver for the tracking of the prototype Galileo satellite GIOVE-A. It was installed on the roof of the Electrical Engineering Building and commenced tracking the E1, E2 and E5 signals on 4th February. Tracking data is being streamed back to Germany as well as being logged into the SydNet CORS network database. The data will be available for SNAP Lab research. This is the only GIOVE-A receiver in Australia operated by a university or Australian agency. ... see photo gallery...
  

  Receiver unpacked and ready to be setup on EE Bld roof

  Septentrio antenna setup on EE Bld roof

  
  
  
• 12.5.2008 M8.0 Sichuan Earthquake mapped by satellite radar interferometry - Our InSAR team has joined the race, together with other InSAR teams from e.g. Oxford University, Stanford University, Harvard University and the US Geological Survey, in order to generate the first ground displacement map for the quake using satellite radar interferometry. Our team has worked around the clock as soon as the Japanese ALOS satellite successfully acquired imagery in the early morning of 20th May and released our results at noon on 21st May to the Chinese authorities. We are one of the first to get such results, thanks to the close collaboration with Japan's Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center (ERSDAC) and Kochi Women’s University. Details of our results are available from the webpage http://www.gmat.unsw.edu.au/LinlinGe/Earthquake/. See also news release...
• On 3 June 2008, officials from the Chinese Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Sydney, Counsellor BAI Gang and Consul GUO Liang, visited the UNSW Image Analysis Lab to thank the CRCSI/UNSW/Lands InSAR Team for their wonderful efforts in supporting the earthquake rescue operation in China by working closely with their Japanese collaborators. Prof Graham Davies, the Dean for the UNSW Faculty of Engineering, hosted their visit. The Chinese official Xinhua News Agency, China Central Television (CCTV), Australian New Express Daily, and UNSW have sent journalists to report the event. The Australian Broadcast Corporation organised a radio interview with the Team in the morning as well. Their work had been reported earlier by The Sydney Morning Herald based in Sydney and The Science Times based in Beijing. These results have been shared with a number of agencies in China, including the China Earthquake Authority, the National Disaster Reduction Center of China, and the Expert Group for Earthquake Rescue and Disaster Mitigation under the State Council, as well as numerous research institutions.
  
  

  A/Prof Linlin Ge briefing Mr Bai and Prof Davies on the latest results of the Sichuan Quake

  Mr Bai presents the quadrupod with man-faced marks to the Team to symbolise the close collaboration between UNSW, China and Japan

  
  

Comings & goings in 2008:

Visitors

• 2 January: The School welcomed Ms Min Li for 12 months, funded by the China Scholarship Council. Min will work with Assoc/Prof Andrew Dempster on GNSS RF interference mitigation.
• 14-18 January: The School hosted a 14 person delegation from China's State Bureau of Surveying & Mapping for the first annual workshop organised by Assoc/Prof Linlin Ge. The workshop included visits to Canberra and Wollongong.
• 30 January: The School welcomed Prof Dorota Brzezinska, Center for Mapping, Ohio State University, for a 6 month sabbatical visit.
• 4-6 February: The School hosted a visit by Andre Hauschild and Markus Markgraf, from the DLR (German Aerospace Agency) to install the GIOVE-A tracking receiver and to discuss collaborative research using the Namuru GNSS receiver board.
• 24 February: The School welcomed Ms Yolanda Liu and Mr Songlai Han for 12 and 24 months respectively, both funded by the China Scholarship Council. Yolanda will work with Assoc/Prof Andrew Dempster and Songlai with Dr Jinling Wang.
• 25 February: The School farewelled Dr Joung Hyun Park, a Korean Visiting Fellow for 12 months.
• 26 February: The School welcomed Mr Yeu Hoon as a Visiting Fellow, to work with Assoc/Prof Linlin Ge.
• 12 March: The School welcomed Dr Charles Toth, Center for Mapping, Ohio State University, for a 2 week visit to conduct integrated GPS/INS/Locata trials. 17-18 March tests were conducted at the Locata test site in Numeralla.
  
  Numeralla 17 March, L to R: Joel Barnes, Dave Small, Dorota Brzezinska, Chris Rizos, Yong Li, Charles Toth, Nonie Politi
  
  
• 3 June: The School welcomed Mr Cemal Ozer Yigit, Deparment of Geodesy & Photogrammetry, Faculty of Engineering & Architect, Selcuk University, Turkey, as a Visiting Fellow for 9 months to work with Assoc/Prof Linlin Ge and Dr Jean Li on structural monitoring research.
  

Students

• 14 January: the School welcomed a new PhD student, Mr Kui Zhang, who will be working with Linlin Ge in the radar remote sensing group.
• 6 February - 18 March: PhD student Usman Iqbal travelled to Lund University, Sweden, on a visit hosted by Prof. Andreas Varheyli from the Department of Technology and Society (Traffic Engineering), funded by a Solander Travel Grant.
• 11 February: the School welcomed a new PhD student, Mr Mazher Choudhury, who will be working with Chris Rizos on Locata research.
• 26 February: the School welcomed a new PhD student, Mr Tim Norton, who will be working with Chris Rizos & Bruce Harvey on Locata/deformation monitoring research.
• 11 March: the School welcomed a new PhD student, Mr Ryan Thompson, who will be working with Andrew Dempster on the ARC-funded GNSS RF interference detection and localisation project.
• 20 March: the School welcomed a new PhD student, Mr Yong Khing Tan, who will be working with Andrew Dempster on the ARC-funded Seeker Wireless project.
• 4 April: Mr Kevin Parkinson submitted his ME thesis for examination.
• 21-25 April: Mr Sana Qaisar and Mr. Nagaraj Shivaramaiah attended The European Navigation Conf. (GNSS2008), Toulouse, France, and two papers were presented.
• 1 May: the School welcomed a new PhD student, Mr Ali Sarwar, who will be working with Andrew Dempster on AGPS-related research.
• 13 June: Mr Fabrizio Tappero submitted his PhD thesis for examination.

Staff

• 5-7 January: Jinling Wang and Linlin Ge attended the 2nd CPGPS Forum on "Next Generation GNSS - Opportunities & Challenges", GuangZhou, China, and presented four papers. Jinling also visited Wuhan University and gave some invited lectures.
• 24-25 January: Chris Rizos, Craig Roberts, Michael Green, Linlin Ge, Bill Kearsley and several undergraduate students attended the ISNSW's South East Australian Survey & Spatial Information Congress - "Crossing Boundaries", in Sydney. Several papers were presented.
• 18-22 February: Chris Rizos attended the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, Munich, Germany, and made a presentation in Session 7 "GNSS Activities of the Asian Pacific Rim". ... download report ...
  
  
• 11-12 March: Linlin Ge attended the NSW Department of Lands Strategic Workshop in Mudgee.
• 21 March - 1 April: Chris Rizos visited the Faculty of Geoinformation Science & Eng. (FKSG), University of Technology Malaysia (UTM), then participated in the GGOS Retreat and Steering Committee meeting, 24-28 March, Bologna, Italy, visited the Polytecnico de Torino (Turin), Italy, and visited the Dept. of Geodesy & Geomatics, Faculty of Earth Science & Technology, Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Indonesia. Chris also made presentations at both UTM (21 March) and ITB (31 March). An Academic Collaboration Agreement between the FKSG (UTM) and the School of SSIS (UNSW) was signed on 21 March.
  
  
  
• 15-20 April: Chris Rizos attended the European Geoscience Union's General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, as well as the IAG's Executive Committee meeting.
• 5-9 May: Andrew Dempster attended the Int. Symp. on Wireless Pervasive Computing, Santorini, Greece, and presented one paper.
• 5-9 May: Yong Li and graduate student Anthony Cole attended the IEEE/PLANS (Position Location & Navigation) Symp., Monterey, California, USA, 6-8 May, where they presented 3 papers.
• 12-15 May: Chris Rizos attended the 13th FIG Symp. on Deformation Measurement & Analysis, and the 4th IAG Symp. on Geodesy for Geotechnical & Structural Engineering - "Measuring the Changes", Lisbon, Portugal, gave the keynote address, and presented one other paper.... download report ...
• 1-6 June: Chris Rizos attended the IGS Governing Board meeting (1 June) and the IGS Analysis Workshop, Miami, Florida. For presentations go to http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/IGSWorkshop2008/prog.html.
• 9-20 June: Nonie Politi conducted experiments with Locata/GPS/INS at the Ohio State University.
• 11-19 June: Andrew Dempster visited Univ. of Westminster and University College London (U.K.), to discuss opportunities for collaborative research, and to deliver a 3-day GNSS Course at EADS, Portsmouth office.
• 15-19 June: Chris Rizos attended the FIG Working Week, Stockholm, Sweden, and made 3 presentations, and chaired two forums. Craig Roberts also attended, and presented two posters.
• 2-11 July: Linlin Ge and several of his students, Alex Ng, Michael Chang, Kui Zhang and Eugene Yu, attended the XXI Congress of the Int. Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ISPRS2008), Beijing, P.R. China, and gave four presentations. Jinling Wang also attended and made one presentation, as well as visiting several research institutions.
• 8-23 July: Samsung Lim and Yong Heo visited UTM (Johor Bahru, Malaysia), to conduct collaborative research with Dr. Tajul Musa (former SNAP PhD student) in relation to the use of CORS networks for tropical atmospheric studies. A visit was also made to NTU (Singapore) on 10 July. Chris Rizos also attended. It was decided to set up a "community" or "partnership" of several CORS networks in the tropical/SE Asia area (including Australia) to facilitate atmospheric studies using GNSS.
• 9-10 July: Andrew Dempster visited the Geospatial Research Centre, and the School of Surveying at the University of Otago, both in Christchurch, to investigate collaborative research opportunities.

Honours & awards in 2008:

• Chris Rizos is Vice President of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG).
• Chris Rizos is member of the Governing Board of the International GNSS Service (IGS), and a member of the Executive.
• Chris Rizos is a member of the Symposium Science Committee of the 6th Int. Symp. on Mobile Mapping Technology, Prudente, Brazil, 21-24 July 2009.
  
• Chris Rizos is a member of the Geodesy Technical Sub-Committee of the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying & Mapping (ICSM).
• Chris Rizos is a member of the AuScope Geospatial Steering Committee.
• Chris Rizos is a member of the NSW Board of Surveying & Spatial Information (BOSSI) Spatial Information Committee.
• Chris Rizos was a member of the Scientific Committee of the Joint 4th IAG Symposium on "Geodesy for Geotechnical and Structural Engineering" and the 13th FIG Symposium on "Deformation Measurements & Analysis", Lisbon, Portugal, 12-15 May.
• Chris Rizos is a member of the Scientific Committee of the 5th Int. Symp. on LBS & Telecartography, Salzburg, Austria, 26-28 November.
• Chris Rizos has been named one of the "Fifty Leaders to Watch in GNSS in 2008" by the magazine GPS World.
• Chris Rizos was Chair of the New Positioning Techniques Forum, 18 June 2008, at the FIG Working Week, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Andrew Dempster is a Session Co-chair at the 21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September.
• Andrew Dempster is a special session chair at the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems & Computers, Monterey, California, USA, 26-29 October.
• Andrew Dempster is co-organiser of the Location Privacy Seminar “You are where you’ve been: Technological threats to your location privacy”, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, 23 July... download preliminary program...
• Linlin Ge is a member of the Editorial Board of the "Journal of Geodesy".
• Linlin Ge is a session convenor of "G04: Modern Geodetic Techniques for Surface Deformation Monitoring" for the 2008 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting (WPGM), 29 July - 1 August, in Cairns, Australia.
• Linlin Ge was appointed from the start of 2008 to an Associate Professor position as part of a new research initiative funded by the NSW Dept. of Lands, CRC for Spatial Information and the School..... see media release.
• Linlin Ge has been appointed Deputy Director of the "Joint Centre for Spatial Information", a joint initiative of the Chinese Centre for Earth Observation and Digital Earth (CEODE) and the CRC for Spatial Information.
• Jinling Wang is a Track Chair at the 21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September.
• Jinling Wang was appointed Guest Professor to the China University of Mining & Technology (Xuzhou, P.R. China), on 4 October 2007.
• Jinling Wang is a member of the Symposium Science Committee of the 6th Int. Symp. on Mobile Mapping Technology, Brazil, 21-24 July 2009.
• In 2008 two graduate students, Omer Mubarak & Anthony Cole, were selected winners of the U.S. Institute of Navigation's student scholarship to attend the world's premier GPS/GNSS conference, the 21st International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the US Institute of Navigation, ION-GNSS2008, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September. These are the 24th & 25th US ION student prize/scholarships awarded to members of the SNAP Lab (the first being in 1988 to Bertrand Merminod, and the 2nd & 3rd to Shaowei Han in 1995 and again in 1996, the 4th to Lao-Sheng Lin in 1997, the 5th to Linlin Ge in 1999, the 6th & 7th to Liwen Dai and Horng-Yue Chen in 2000, the 8th & 9th to Clement Ogaja and Chon Satirapod in 2001, the 10th & 11th to Michael Moore and Hung-Kyu Lee in 2002, the 12th & 13th to Steve Hewitson and Volker Janssen in 2003, the 14th, 15th & 16th to Ravi Babu, Jean Li and Binghao Li in 2004, the 18th & 19th to Michael Chang and Jack Wang in 2005, and the 20th to Asghar Tabatabaei in 2006, the 21st, 22nd & 23rd to Bilal Amin, Weidong Ding and Faisal Khan in 2007).
• Asghar Tabatabaei was awarded his Ph.D. degree on 13 May 2008.
• Tajul Musa was awarded his Ph.D. degree on 3 June 2008.
• Kevin Parkinson was awarded his M.E. degree on 26 June 2008.
• Michael Chang was awarded his Ph.D. degree on 11 July 2008.
  

SNAP visitors in 2008:

Delegation of the State Bureau of Surveying & Mapping of China, January.
Mr Kevin Parkison, Dynamics (NZ), February.
Mr Andre Hauschild and Mr Markus Markgraf (DLR, Munich), February.
Dr Charles Toth, Center for Mapping, OSU (USA), March.
Dr Ollivier Julien, ENAC, Toulouse (France), July.

Where we'll be in 2008:

• 2nd CPGPS ("Chinese Professionals in GPS") Forum on "Next Generation GNSS - Opportunities & Challenges", GuangZhou, P.R. China, 5-7 January.
• South East Australian Survey & Spatial Information Congress - "Crossing Boundaries", Sydney, Australia, 24-25 January.
• Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, Munich, Germany, 19-21 February.
• Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) Retreat and 13th Steering Committee meeting, Bologna, Italy, 24-28 March.
• The European Geosciences Union (EGU2008), Vienna, Austria, 13-18 April.
• The European Navigation Conf. (GNSS2008), Toulouse, France, 23-25 April.
• IEEE/PLANS (Position Location & Navigation) Symp., Monterey, California, USA, 6-8 May.
• Int. Symp. on Wireless Pervasive Computing, Santorini, Greece, 7-9 May.
• 13th FIG Symp. on Deformation Measurement & Analysis, and the 4th IAG Symp. on Geodesy for Geotechnical & Structural Engineering - "Measuring the Changes", Lisbon, Portugal, 12-15 May.
• IGS Workshop, Miami, Florida, USA, 2-6 June.
• FIG Working Week, Stockholm, Sweden, 14-19 June.
• Geodesy Technical Sub-Committee (ICSM), annual Face-to-Face meeting, Canberra, Australia, 15-17 July.
• XXI Congress of the Int. Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ISPRS2008), Beijing, P.R. China, 3-11 July.
• Location Privacy Seminar, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, 23 July.
• Int. Symp. on Electronic Art, Singapore, 25 July - 3 August.
• Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting (WPGM), Cairns, Australia, 29 July - 1 August.
• Annual Australian Institute of Mining Surveyors Conference, Sydney, Australia, 14-15 August.
• 10th Int. Symp. on Spread Spectrum Techniques & Applications, Bologna, Italy, 25-28 August.
• 21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, USA, 16-19 September.
• Int. Symp. & Exhibition on Geoinformation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13-15 October.
• ABLOS Conference - "Difficulties in Implementing the Provisions of UNCLOS", Monaco, 16-17 October.
• Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems & Computers, Monterey, California, USA, 26-29 October.
• 3rd Int. Conf. on Convergence & Hybrid Information Technology, Busan, Korea, 11-13 November.
• Int. Symp. on GPS/GNSS, Tokyo, Japan, 11-14 November.
• Int. Symp. on Future Mining, UNSW Campus, Sydney, Australia, 19-21 November.
• 5th Int. Symp. on LBS & Telecartography, Salzburg, Austria, 26-28 November.
• 3rd Meeting of the International Committee on GNSS (ICG), Pasadena, California, USA, 8-12 December.
• AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 15-19 December.

SNAP publications (2008):

Click here for list of all SNAP publications according to author or year ...

Journals, Articles, Reports & Books

• BABU, R., & WANG, J., 2008. Ultra-tight GPS/INS/PL integration: A system concept and performance analysis. Submitted to GPS Solutions. (Download PDF)
• DEMPSTER, A.G., 2008.  Use of comb filters in GPS L1 receivers. GPS Solutions, 12(3), 179-185. (Download PDF)
• DEMPSTER, A.G., 2008.  The ultimate navigation computer - the system of systems receiver: an Australian opportunity?  Position, No.35, June-July 2008, 45-46. (Download PDF)
• DEMPSTER, A.G., & WU, J., 2008.  Code discriminator for multiplexed binary offset carrier modulated signals.  Electronics Letters, 44(5), 384-385. (Download PDF)
• DING, W., WANG, J., LI, Y., MUMFORD, P., & RIZOS, C., 2008. Time synchronisation error and calibration in integrated GPS/INS systems. Journal of ETRI (Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea), 30(1), 59-67. (Download PDF)
• FENG, Y., & RIZOS, C., 2008. Distance-independent TCAR approaches and future global, regional and local GNSS positioning services: Performance perspectives. Submitted to the Journal of Navigation.
• FENG, Y., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Network-based geometry-free three carrier ambiguity resolution and phase bias calibration.  Submitted to GPS Solutions. (Download PDF)
• GE, L., NG, A.H.M., WANG, H., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Crustal deformation in Australia measured by satellite radar interferometry using ALOS/PALSAR imagery.  Submitted to Journal of Applied Geodesy. (Download PDF)
• GE, L., ZHANG, K., NG, A.H.M., DONG, Y., CHANG, H.C., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Preliminary results of satellite radar interferometry for the co-seismic deformation of the 12 May 2008 Ms8.0 Wenchuan earthquake.  Submitted to Journal of Geographic Information Science. (Download PDF)
• GENG, Y., & WANG, J., 2008.  Adaptive estimation of multiple fading factors in Kalman filter for navigation systems.  Submitted to GPS Solutions.(Download PDF)
• HARVEY, B.R., 2008.  Constraint equations in cadastral modelling.  Submitted to the Journal of Spatial Science. (Download PDF)
• HEWITSON, S., & WANG, J., 2008.  Extended Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (eRAIM) for GNSS/INS integration. Submitted to the Journal of Surveying Eng. (Download PDF)
• HU, Y.-H., & GE, L., 2008.  GeoTagMapper: An online map-based geographic information retrieval system for geo-tagged web content.  In International Perspectives on Maps and the Internet, M.P. Peterson (ed.), Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, ISBN 978-3-540-72028-7, 153-164. (Download PDF)
• IQBAL, M.U., & LIM, S., 2008. Location privacy in automotive telematics. Encyclopedia of Geoinformatics, H.A. Karimi (ed.), University of Pittsburgh, USA, Idea Group Publications (accepted for publication). (Download PDF)
• IQBAL, M.U., & LIM, S., 2007.  Designing privacy-aware mobility pricing systems based on user perspective. Journal of Location Based Services, 1(4), 274-299. (Download PDF)
• IQBAL, M.U., & LIM, S., 2008.  A survey on users willingness-to-pay for privacy in mobility pricing systems. Journal of Liability & Scientific Enquiry, 1(3), 306-317. (Download PDF)
• ISSHIKI, H., & WANG, J., 2008.  Estimation of ionospheric delays in dual and triple frequency GNSS positioning.  Submitted to Journal of Navigation, Royal Institute of Navigation. (Download PDF)
• IWATA, T., IMAE, M., SUZUYAMA, T., HASHIBE, Y., FUKUSHIMA, S., IWASAKI, A., KOKUBU, K., TAPPERO, F., & DEMPSTER, A.G., 2008.  Remote synchronisation simulation of onboard crystal oscillator for QZSS using L1/L2/L5 signals for error adjustment.  Int. Journal of Navigation & Observation, Vol. 2008, Article ID 462062, 7 pages, doi:10.1155/2008/462062. (Download PDF)
• JIN, S.G., & WANG, J., 2008. Spreading change of Africa-South plate: Insights from space geodetic observations. To be published in Int. J. of Earth Sciences. (Download PDF)
• KAZEMI, S., & LIM, S., 2008. A framework for cartographic generalization of TOPO-250K road network data. Submitted to Transactions in GIS. (Download PDF)
• KAZEMI, S., & LIM, S., 2008.  A methodological knowledge acquisition of cartographic generalization practices at mapping agencies through an international survey.  Submitted to GIS Development Journal. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., & RIZOS, C., 2008. Position-domain Hatch filter for kinematic differential GNSS. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems, 44(1), 30-40. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., SHIM, J.Y., KIM, H.S., LI, B., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Feature extraction and spatial interpolation for improved wireless location sensing.  Sensors, 8, 2865-2885. (Download PDF)
• LEE, H.K., SOON, B., BARNES, J., WANG, J., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Experimental analysis of GPS/Pseudolite/INS integration for aircraft precision approach and landing. Journal of Navigation, Royal Institute of Navigation, 61, 257-270. (Download PDF)
• LI, Y., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Optimal multisensor integration in the information space.  Submitted to IEEE J. of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, special issue on advanced signal processing for GNSS and robust navigation. (Download PDF)
• LI, Y., MUMFORD, P., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  A low-cost real-time GPS/INS integrated system with hardware and software field re-configurability. Coordinates, IV(3), 12-17. (Download PDF)
• LI, Y., MUMFORD, P., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Seamless navigation through GPS outages - A low-cost GPS/INS solution. Submitted to Inside GNSS. (Download PDF)
• LI, Y., RIZOS, C., WANG, J., MUMFORD, P.J., & DING, W., 2008. Sigma-point Kalman filtering for tightly coupled GPS/INS integration. Submitted to the Journal of Navigation. (Download PDF)
• LI, Y., WANG, J., & RIZOS, C., 2008. Inertial sensor bias estimation in GPS/INS integration through nonlinear Kalman filtering. Submitted to the Journal of Navigation. (Download PDF)
• NG, A.H.M., CHANG, H.C., GE, L., RIZOS, C., & OMURA, M., 2008.  Assessment of radar interferometry performance for ground subsidence monitoring due to underground mining.  Submitted to the journal Earths, Planets & Space. (Download PDF)
• OGAJA, C., LI, X., & RIZOS, C., 2007. Advances in structural monitoring with Global Positioning System technology: 1997-2006. Journal of Applied Geodesy, 1(3), 171-179. (Download PDF)
• RAPER, J., GARTNER, G., KARIMI, H., & RIZOS, C., 2007. Applications of location based services: A selected review. Journal of Location Based Services, 1(2), 89-111. (Download PDF)
• RIZOS, C., 2008. Multi-constellation GNSS/RNSS from the perspective of high accuracy users in Australia.  Submitted to Journal of Spatial Science. (Download PDF)
• TABATABAEI, A., & DEMPSTER, A.G., 2008. A statistical inference technique for GPS interference detection. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems. (Download PDF)
• TABATABAEI, A., DEMPSTER, A.G., & PRESTI, L.L., 2008. Characterization of the effects of CW and pulse CW interference on the GPS signal quality. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems. (Download PDF)
• TABATABAEI, A., MOTELLA, B., & DEMPSTER, A.G., 2008. A preventative approach to mitigating CW interference in GPS receivers. GPS Solutions, 12(3), 199-209. (Download PDF)
• WANG, J., KUBO, Y., 2008.  GNSS Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring.  Chapter 11, in GPS Handbook, S. Sugimoto & R. Shibasaki (eds.), Japan.
• WANG, J., WANG, J., & ROBERTS, C.A., 2008. Reducing carrier phase errors with EMD-Wavelet for precise GPS positioning. Submitted to Survey Review. (Download PDF)
• WU, J., & DEMPSTER, A.G., 2008.  The “BOC-Gated-PRN”, a multipath mitigation technique for BOC(n,n) waveforms.  Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems. (Download PDF)
• WU, J., & DEMPSTER, A.G., 2008.  Symmetry analysis of the “BOC-PRN” delay locked loop discriminator.  Submitted to GPS Solutions. (Download PDF)
  

Conference Papers

• COLE, A., 2008.  Integrating external position information with GPS using existing GPS processing software for precision agriculture applications.  21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September. (Download PDF)
• COLE, A., WANG, J., RIZOS, C., & DEMPSTER, A.G., 2008.  Bridging GPS outages in the agricultural environment using virtualite measurements.  IEEE/ION PLANS, Monterey, California, 6-8 May, 497-504. (Download PDF)
• DEMPSTER, A.G., LI, B., & QUADER, I., 2008. Errors in deterministic wireless fingerprinting systems for localisation. Int. Symp. on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2008, Santorini, Greece, 7-9 May, 111-115. (Download PDF)
• DEMPSTER, A.G., LI, B., & QUADER, I., 2009.  Short baseline characteristics of deterministic wireless fingerprinting for localisation.  6th IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conf. (CNCC2009), Las Vegas, Nevada, 10-13 January. (Download PDF)
• GE, L., CHANG, H.-C., NG, A.H.M., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Radar interferometry for safe coal mining in China.  XXI Congress of the Int. Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Beijing, P.R. China, 3-11 July. (Download PDF)
• GE, L., CHANG, H.-C., NG, A.H.M., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Spaceborne radar interferometry for mine subsidence monitoring in Australia.  Int. Future Mining Conf. & Exhibition, Sydney, Australia, 19-21 November.
• GENG, Y., COLE, A., DEMPSTER, A.G., RIZOS, C., & WANG, J., 2008.  Lever arm compensation for agricultural machine automation.  IEEE/ION PLANS, Monterey, California, 6-8 May. (Download PDF)
• GENG, Y., COLE, A., DEMPSTER, A.G., RIZOS, C., & WANG, J., 2008.  Observability analysis of attitude error states in GPS/INS in-flight alignment.  21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September.
• GREJNER-BRZEZINSKA, D., TOTH, C.K., SUN, H., WANG, X., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Novel geolocation technology for geophysical sensors for detection and discrimination of unexploded ordnance. IEEE/ION PLANS, Monterey, California, 6-8 May, 993-1007. (Download PDF)
• GREJNER-BRZEZINSKA, D., TOTH, C.K., SUN, H., WANG, X., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  GPS/INS/PL/TLS integration supporting navigation of geophysical sensors for unexploded ordnance detection and discrimination. 13th FIG Symp. on Deformation Measurement & Analysis and the 4th IAG Symp. on Geodesy for Geotechnical & Stuctural Eng., “Measuring the Changes”, Lisbon, Portugal, 12-15 May. (Download PDF)
• GRILLENBERGER, A., RIVAS, R., MARKGRAF, M., MUMFORD, P., PARKINSON, K., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  The Namuru receiver as development platform for spaceborne GNSS applications.  4th ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 10-12 December.
• JUNG, S.H., YU, J.H., LEE, J.K., & , GE, L., 2008. Automatic modelling method for steel structures using photogrammetry.  XXI Congress of the Int. Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Beijing, P.R. China, 3-11 July. (Download PDF)
• HEO, Y., LIM, S., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  A web-based real-time delivery of Global Navigation Satellite System data.  3rd Int. Conf. on Convergence & Hybrid Information Technology, Busan, Korea, 11-13 November. (Download PDF)
• KAZEMI, S., & LIM, S., 2008.  Development of a robust spatial engine for management of environmental data.  1st Conf. on Environmental Engineering Systems, Planning & Management Engineering, 1-2 January, Tehran, Iran, 16pp. (Download PDF)
• KAZEMI, S., & LIM, S., 2008.  Overcoming the knowledge acquisition in cartographic generalization: A heuristic natural knowledge transfer from cartographers to artificial intelligence systems.  4th GIS Conf. in conjunction with the ISPRS Workshop on Geoinformation & Decision Support Systems, Tehran, Iran, 6-7 January, CD-ROM, 12pp. (Download PDF)
• KAZEMI, S., & LIM, S., 2008.  Generalisation Expert System (GES): A knowledge-based approach for generalisation of polyline spatial datasets.  3rd Int. Conf. on Convergence & Hybrid Information Technology, Busan, Korea, 11-13 November. (Download PDF)
• KHAN, F.A., DEMPSTER, A.G., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Locata-based positioning in the presence of WiFi interference: Test results.  21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September.
• KUBO, Y., & WANG, J., 2008.  INS/GPS integration using Gaussian sum particle filter.  21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September.
• LEE, H.K., KIM, H.S., SHIM, J.Y., LI, B., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  A geometric wireless location system utilizing downlink pilot strength measurement messages.  IEEE Int. Symp. on Wireless Communications Systems 2008, Reykjavik, Iceland, 21-24 October.
• LI, P., WANG, J., & FENG, Z., 2008.  GNSS/pseudolite signal re-acquisition with the aid of INS in short signal blockage scenarios.  9th IEEE Int. Conf. on Signal Processing, Beijing, P.R. China, 26-29 October. (Download PDF)
• LI, Y., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Utilization of GPS derived acceleration to aid MEMS inertial sensors for estimation of dynamic attitude.  21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September.
• LI, Y., MUMFORD, P., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Performance of a low-cost field re-configurable real-time GPS/INS integrated system for urban navigation.  IEEE/ION PLANS, Monterey, California, 6-8 May, 878-885. (Download PDF)
• LIM, S., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  System architecture for server-based Network-RTK using multiple GNSS.  FIG Working Week, Stockholm, Sweden, 14-19 June, CD-ROM procs & available from http://www.fig.net/pub/fig2008/techprog.htm. (Download PDF)
• LIM, S., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  An optimal design for server-based RTK systems.  21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September.
• LIM, S., HEO, Y., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  A web-based real-time monitoring system for GNSS data quality and integrity.  FIG Working Week, Stockholm, Sweden, 14-19 June, CD-ROM procs & available from http://www.fig.net/pub/fig2008/techprog.htm. (Download PDF)
• MUBARAK, O.M., 2008.  Analysis of early late phase for multipath mitigation.  21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September. (Download PDF)
• NG, A.H.M., CHANG, H.-C., GE, L., RIZOS, C., & OMURA, M., 2008.  Radar interferometry for ground subsidence monitoring using ALOS PALSAR data.  XXI Congress of the Int. Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Beijing, P.R. China, 3-11 July. (Download PDF)
• OUYANG, G., & WANG, J., 2008.  Retrieving vertical ionosphere electron density profile with an improved Abel inversion algorithm.  21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September.
• PARK, H., & LIM, S., 2008.  Data fusion of laser scanned data and aerial ortho-imagery for digital surface modeling.  3rd Int. Conf. on Convergence & Hybrid Information Technology, Busan, Korea, 11-13 November. (Download PDF)
• QAISAR, S.U., SHIVARAMAIAH, N.C., & DEMPSTER, A.G., 2008.  Exploiting the spectrum envelope for GPS-L2C signal acquisition.  European Navigation Conference (ENC-GNSS), Toulouse, France, 23-25 April, paper 308, CD-ROM procs. (Download PDF)
• QAISAR, S.U., SHIVARAMAIAH, N.C., DEMPSTER, A.G., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Minimizing computational load of frequency domain acquisition in GNSS receivers by undersampling IF samples.  21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September.
• RIZOS, C., LI, X., GE, L., YOSHIDA, A., & TAMURA, Y., 2008.  How far could GPS go in monitoring structural response to wind events?  13th FIG Symp. on Deformation Measurement & Analysis and the 4th IAG Symp. on Geodesy for Geotechnical & Stuctural Eng., “Measuring the Changes”, Lisbon, Portugal, 12-15 May, paper 73, CD-ROM procs. (Download PDF)
• RIZOS, C., GREJNER-BRZEZINSKA, D.A., TOTH, C.K., DEMPSTER, A.G., LI, Y., POLITI, N., & BARNES, J., 2008.  A hybrid system for navigation in GPS-challenged environments: Case study.  21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September.
• SALTER, J., LI, B., WOO, D., DEMPSTER, A.G., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  802.11 positioning in the home.  5th IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conf., Las Vegas, Nevada, 10-12 January, 598-602. (Download PDF)
• SHIVARAMAIAH, N.C., & DEMPSTER, A.G., 2008.  An analysis of Galileo E5 acquisition strategies.  European Navigation Conference (ENC-GNSS), Toulouse, France, 23-25 April, paper 144, CD-ROM procs. (Download PDF)
• SHIVARAMAIAH, N.C., DEMPSTER, A.G., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Exploiting the secondary codes to improve signal acquisition performance in Galileo receivers.  21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September.
• TABATABAEI, A., AKOS, D., & DEMPSTER, A.G., 2008.  Quantization degradation of GNSS signal quality in the presence of CW RFI.  10th Int. Symp. on Spread Spectrum Techniques & Applications, Bologna, Italy, 25-28 August. (Download PDF)
• WANG, J., GARRATT, M., LAMBERT, A., WANG, J.J., HAN, S., & SINCLAIR, D., 2008.  Integration of GPS/INS/Vision sensors to navigate Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.  XXI Congress of the Int. Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Beijing, P.R. China, 3-11 July. (Download PDF)
• WANG, Q., RIZOS, C., LI, Y., & LI, S., 2008.  Application of a Sigma-point Kalman filter for alignment of MEMS-IMU.  IEEE/ION PLANS, Monterey, California, 6-8 May, 44-52. (Download PDF)
• WAYN, C.J., LI, B., DEMPSTER, A.G., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  GPS/WiFi real-time positioning device: An initial outcome.  5th Int. Symp. on LBS & Telecartography, Salzburg, Austria, 26-28 November. (Download PDF)
• WU, J., RIZOS, C., & DEMPSTER, A.G., 2008.  Effect of pre-correlation filter on BOC-Gated-PRN discriminator.  9th IEEE Int. Conf. on Signal Processing, Beijing, P.R. China, 26-29 October. (Download PDF)
• WU, Y., & WANG, J., 2008. A sensitivity-based method for fault detection and identification.  21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September.
• XU, X., LI, Y., RIZOS, C., & XU, X., 2008.  Rapid initialization of SINS for land and vehicle-based vertically-launched missiles.  21st Int. Tech. Meeting of the Satellite Division of the U.S. Inst. of Navigation, Savannah, Georgia, 16-19 September. (Download PDF)
• YU, J., NG, A.H.M., GE, L., JUNG, S., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Urban monitoring using persistent scatterer InSAR and photogrammetry.  XXI Congress of the Int. Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Beijing, P.R. China, 3-11 July. (Download PDF)

Lectures & presentations at conferences, seminars & workshops (2008):

• CRANENBROECK, J.van, LUI, V., LI, X., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Point Attitude Determination Using Inclinometer and GPS for High Rise Building Monitoring Projects.  Pres. at the 13th FIG Symp. on Deformation Measurement & Analysis and the 4th IAG Symp. on Geodesy for Geotechnical & Stuctural Eng., “Measuring the Changes”, Lisbon, Portugal, 12-15 May.
• DEMPSTER, A.G., 2008. GNSS Course. Workshop presented to EADS, Portsmouth, U.K., 16-18 June.
• DEMPSTER, A.G., & TRINKLE, M., 2008.  Engineering Aspects of GPS, Interference & Jamming.  Workshop presented at the Technology Park Conference Centre, Adelaide, Australia, 16-17 July.
• GE, L., and others, 2008. First Annual China State Bureau of Surveying & Mapping Workshop, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, 14-18 January.
• GE, L., 2008. Ground Displacement Monitoring Using Satellite Radar, South East Australian Survey & Spatial Information Congress, Sydney, Australia, 24-25 January.
• GE, L., NG, A.H.M., CHANG, H.C., ZHANG, K., & RIZOS, C., 2008.  Land Subsidence Monitoring With Differential and Persistent Scatterer Radar Interferometry.  Pres. at the 2nd CPGPS Forum on The Next Generation GNSS – Opportunities & Challenges, GuangZhou, P.R. China, 5-7 January.
• KAZEMI, S., & LIM, S., 2008.  Development of Generalization Expert System: Architectural Design and Components.  Pres. at the 4th GIS Conf. in conjunction with the ISPRS Workshop on Geoinformation & Decision Support Systems, Tehran, Iran, 6-7 January.
• KAZEMI, S., & LIM, S., 2008.  Overcoming the Knowledge Acquisition in Cartographic Generalization: A Heuristic Natural Knowledge Transfer from Cartographers to Artificial Intelligence Systems.  Pres. at the 4th GIS Conf. in conjunction with the ISPRS Workshop on Geoinformation & Decision Support Systems, Tehran, Iran, 6-7 January.
• KINLYSIDE, D., YAN, T., & McELROY, S., 2008.  SydNET - The CORS Network Creating the New Pillars of Position Around Sydney, Australia.  Pres. at the FIG Working Week, Stockholm, Sweden, 14-19 June.
• NG, A.H.M., & GE, L., 2008.  Assessment of Radar Interferometry Performance for Mine Subsidence Monitoring.  Pres. at the 2nd CPGPS Forum on The Next Generation GNSS – Opportunities & Challenges, GuangZhou, P.R. China, 5-7 January.
• OUYANG, G., WANG, J., WANG, J., & JIN, S., 2008.  Some Issues on Monitoring Near Real Time 3D Ionosphere With Ground and Space GPS Data.  Pres. at the 2nd CPGPS Forum on The Next Generation GNSS – Opportunities & Challenges, GuangZhou, P.R. China, 5-7 January.
• RIZOS, C., 2008.  From International Geodesy to National Surveying & Mapping.  Pres. at the 1st Annual China State Bureau of Surveying & Mapping Workshop at UNSW, Sydney, Australia, 14-18 January.
• RIZOS, C., 2008.  A “System of Systems” Agenda: R&D Outcomes That Benefit Australian Users.  Pres. at the 6th Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, Munich, Germany, 19-21 February.
• RIZOS, C., 2008.  Modern Geodesy: Challenges & Opportunities.  Pres. at the Faculty of Geoinformation Science & Eng., University of Technology Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 21 March.
• RIZOS, C., 2008.  Modern Geodesy & the Geospatial World.  Pres. at the Dept. of Geodesy & Geomatics, Institute of Technology Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia, 31 March.
• RIZOS, C., 2008.  Geodesy & Engineering – Deformation Studies at Large Scales from the Geodetic Viewpoint.  Pres. at the 13th FIG Symp. on Deformation Measurement & Analysis and the 4th IAG Symp. on Geodesy for Geotechnical & Stuctural Eng., “Measuring the Changes”, Lisbon, Portugal, 12-15 May.
• RIZOS, C., 2008.  Modern Geodesy, GNSS Surveying, and Their Contribution to a Greater Understanding of “System Earth”.  Pres. at the FIG Working Week, Stockholm, Sweden, 14-19 June.
• RIZOS, C., 2008.  Location Based Services and Issues Such as Privacy.  Pres. at the seminar “You are where you’ve been: Technological threats to your location privacy”, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, 23 July.
• RIZOS, C., 2008.  The Contribution of GNSS CORS Infrastructure to Mission of Modern Geodesy.  Pres. at the Int. Symp. & Exhibition on Geoinformation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13-15 October.
• RIZOS, C., DEMPSTER, A.G., & WANG, J., 2008.  Next Generation GNSS – UNSW Research into Receiver Design & Algorithm Development.  Pres. by J. Wang at the 2nd CPGPS Forum on The Next Generation GNSS – Opportunities & Challenges, GuangZhou, P.R. China, 5-7 January.
• ROBERTS, C.A., 2008. GNSS and the Modern Surveyor, South East Australian Survey & Spatial Information Congress, Sydney, Australia, 24-25 January.
• ROBERTS, C.A., 2008.  RTK-GPS/GNSS for the Modern Surveyor.  Workshop presented at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 14-15 February.