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Smart positioning and sustainable mobility

Overview

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

The project

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 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

► Learn more about Centrale Nantes' commitment to the 17 sustainable development goals

Admission

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.
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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.
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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

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