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Smart positioning and sustainable mobility
- Overview
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Positioning is used whenever an object or a person is mobile. This data is ubiquitous in professional and personal contexts, but it consumes a significant amount of energy with data transfers via the Internet, terrestrial infrastructure, etc.
The objectives of the Smart Positioning and Sustainable Mobility project specialisation-based option are to:
- create several Android applications according to usage from an existing application, incorporating and managing precise and autonomous positioning calculations directly from satellite data.
- Produce codes and documents to familiarise a European audience with the science of positioning mechanisms
With the launch of the European GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) constellation GALILEO, and the availability of raw satellite data on Android, EUSPA (the European Union Agency for the Space Programme) has led a working group since 2017 on the development of precise positioning on Android smartphones: "Raw GNSS measurements Task Force".
The project
The project is part of this working group and is based on the open source application GeolocPVT developed by the GEOLOC laboratory at Gustave Eiffel University, partner of the project specialisation.
Each year, the working group meets in May in Prague, and the specialisation's students will be invited to participate.Contribution to sustainable development goals
- Admission
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International students can follow this specialisation, taught in French, via:
- A double degree programme - Open to international students selected by our partner institutions. Selected students spend two years studying courses from the engineering programme at Centrale Nantes. This usually includes one year of the common-core engineering curriculum followed by one year of specialisation. Double degree students are typically accepted after successfully completing two or three years of higher education in their home institution.
- The fast-track engineering programme: Open to students with a Bachelor's or equivalent degree in science. Our fast-track programme gives international students who are qualified to bachelor level the opportunity to gain the 'diplôme d'ingénieur' in just two years.
- Course Content
- 2023/24 academic year
Autumn Semester Spring Semester Managing and project undertaking Expertise targeted to the needs of the project Statistical data modelling and analysis Mock-up, deliverables, promotion Object oriented programming Quality, design, modelling and SCRUM Project scope and definition of the application's evolutions Mobile Application Development Positioning Methods Modal detection using AI Solution design
Download 2022/23 syllabus
Skills developed- Project engineering
- Agile development: Scrum
- Android programming
- GNSS signal exploitation
- Data qualification
- Positioning algorithms
- Science outreach
- Teamwork
- Project phases
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1.Courses to develop knowledge and skills
- Project management and SCRUM method
- Quality, Design, Modeling
- Object programming and Android
- Statistical data modelling
- Understanding of satellite positioning methods
- Deliverable for science outreach at European level
- Sustainable mobility application project (scoping, design, development, qualification, training, deployment, exploitation)
2. Understanding of satellite positioning methods and science outreach
- Work on the basis of the open source application GeolocPVT
- Communication on the application, how it works and its use (production of a science outreach document)
- Participation in an open science project
- Capture and analysis of one's own tracks
- Highlighting the societal issues inherent in positioning
3. Application development
- Definition of the scope of the application
- Specifications (general and detailed)
- Development (design, development, qualification, production, operation)
4. Promotion and dissemination
- Dissemination and outreach materials
- Presentation of the work to the European Commission (GNSS Raw Measurements Task Force in Prague)
Student feedback
(in French with English subtitles)
Published on March 23, 2022
Updated on June 1, 2023
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