From 24 to 25 October 2023, the 60th DGON Inertial Sensors and Systems (ISS) Symposium Gyro Technology took place, organized in cooperation with the German Society for Positioning and Navigation.
The conference was organized under the direction of Prof. Dr Peter Hecker (TU Braunschweig, Institute of Flight Guidance). The conference was supported by the "IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS)", which also organised the publication of the conference papers. The evaluation and selection of the submitted abstracts was carried out by the extended programme committee, which included the core members Steffen Zimmermann (Chairman), Uwe Herberth, Edgar von Hinüber, Thomas Löffler, Ulrich Mangold, Andreas Fischer and Jörg Wagner as well as international representatives Mr Fabrice Delhaye (France), Mr Thomas Lesage (France), Mr Mike Perlmutter (USA), Mr Andrei Shkel (USA) and Mr Yuanxin Wu (China)
The 60th anniversary of the conference was held at the Steigenberger Parkhotel in Braunschweig, Germany. The event brought together 150 representatives from science, industry and applications from 20 nations to discuss developments in the field of inertial measurement technology. Over two conference days, 31 papers were presented and discussed on the topics of emerging gyro technologies, MEMS, FOG and quantum inertial sensors, INS technology and applications, performance, integrity and algorithms. The programme was supplemented by visits to the Lower Saxony Research Centre for Aeronautics NFL at the TU Braunschweig and the German Aerospace Center DLR e.V., both at Braunschweig Research Airport.
The two days of the conference offered the opportunity to follow international developments in the field of inertial technology and to hold technical discussions with representatives of many well-known companies and organisations from all over the world. To mark the 60th anniversary of the conference, a collection of historical gyroscopic instruments from the programme and organising committee's collection was presented. This exhibition was largely organised by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Wagner as a member of the programme committee.
For the fifth time the international conference “Inertial Sensors and Systems” took place at Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, organized by the “Institute of Flight Guidance (IFF)” together with the “German Institute of Navigation (DGON)”, cosponsored by IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS). After two years organized as online conference due to the COVID19 the conference was held in presence again.
The main aim of the conference was to provide a neutral forum for discussion and networking of competing companies, governmental decision makers as well as research institutions in the field of inertial sensors and multisensory navigation system.
18 technical papers were presented, covering topics from CVG-, HRG- and MEMS-Gyroscopes, system performance and integrity, algorithms and the application of high precision sensors.
A total of approximately 110 visitors from 19 nations underscored the international recognition of this conference.
I would like to express my deep gratitude to the programme committee, Steffen Zimmermann (Chair), Fabrice Delhaye, Uwe Herberth, Thomas Löffler, Thomas Lesage, Mike Perlmutter, Ulrich Mangold, Andrei Shkel, Edgar von Hinüber, Jörg Wagner and Yuanxin Wu for selecting high level papers and to the conference staff for their technical and logistic support.
The 58th international conference "Inertial Sensors and Systems" took place in Braunschweig Germany in September 2021.
For the fourth time the international conference "Inertial Sensors and Systems" took place at Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, organized by the "Institute of Flight Guidance (IFF)" together with the "German Institute of Navigation (DGON)", cosponsored by IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS). For the second time the conference had to be held as a web conference without direct personal contact due to the COVID19 pandemic.
The main aim of the conference was to provide a neutral forum for discussion and networking of competing companies, governmental decision makers as well as research institutions in the field of inertial sensors and multisensory navigation system.
1 Keynote paper, 16 technical papers and 1 alternate papers were presented, covering topics from Accelerometers, MEMS Gyroscopes, Vibrating Gyroscopes, Fibre Optic Gyroscopes, Sensor Fusion, Simulation and Testing, to Inertial Systems Applications.
A total of approximately 130 visitors from 21 nations underscored the international recognition of this conference.
I would like to express my deep gratitude to the programme committee, Steffen Zimmermann (Chair), Fabrice Delhaye, Thomas Erler, Uwe Herberth, Thomas Löffler, Mike Perlmutter, Ulrich Mangold, Bertrand Morbieu, Andrei Shkel, Oleg Stepanov, Edgar von Hinüber, Jörg Wagner and Yuanxin Wu for selecting high level papers, to the conference staff for their technical and logistic support.
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Conference Report 2020 by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Hecker, Conference Chairman
The 57th international conference "Inertial Sensors and Systems" took place in Braunschweig Germany in September 2020.
For the third time the international conference "Inertial Sensors and Systems" took place at Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, organized by the "Institute of Flight Guidance (IFF)" together with the "German Institute of Navigation (DGON)", cosponsored by IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS). For the first time the conference had to be held as a web conference without direct personal contact due to the COVID19 pandemic.
The main aim of the conference was to provide a neutral forum for discussion and networking of competing companies, governmental decision makers as well as research institutions in the field of inertial sensors and multisensory navigation system.
17 technical papers and 2 alternate papers were presented, covering topics from Accelerometers, MEMS Gyroscopes, Vibrating Gyroscopes, Fibre Optic Gyroscopes, Sensor Fusion, Simulation and Testing, to Inertial Systems Applications.
A total of approximately 130 visitors from 19 nations underscores the international recognition of this conference.
I would like to express my deep gratitude to the programme committee, Steffen Zimmermann (Chair), Fabrice Delhaye, Thomas Erler, Uwe Herberth, Thomas Löffler, Mike Perlmutter, Ulrich Mangold, Bertrand Morbieu, Andrei Shkel, Oleg Stepanov, Edgar von Hinüber, Jörg Wagner and Yuanxin Wu for selecting high level papers, to the staff of the IFF for their technical and logistic support, and especially to the conference manager Dr. U. Bestmann and R. Lumia for the perfect organization of this successful conference.
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Conference Report by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Hecker, Conference Chairman
The 56th international conference "Inertial Sensors and Systems" took place in Braunschweig Germany in September 2019.
It was hosted by the conference chair Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Hecker, the managing director of the Institute of Flight Guidance (IFF) at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. In continuation of the conference tradition, the conference was organized together with the German Institute of Navigation (DGON). It was furthermore cosponsored by the IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society (AESS), which supported the publication of the conference papers towards the scientific community. The core program committee with the chairman, Mr. Steffen Zimmermann supported by his colleagues Mr. Thomas Erler, Mr. Wolfram Geiger, Mr. Edgar von Hinüber, Mr. Thomas Löffler and Mr. Jörg Wagner was complement by Dr. Uwe Herberth and Ulrich Mangold and extended to an more international level by Fabrice Delhaye (France), Bertrand Morbieu (France), Prof. Oleg Stepanov (Russia), Mike Perlmutter (USA), Dr. Andrei Shkel (USA), and Prof. Yuanxin Wu (China).
The 56th edition of the conference was dedicated to Prof. Helmut Sorg, who celebrated his 85th birthday in 2019 and had been the conference chair for 34 years from 1972 until 2006. In the years after the end of the cold war he took the chance and developed a close relationship of the Russian and Ukraine scientific society and the conference, also organizing scholarships. Helmut Sorg also became a member of the program committee of the Saint Petersburg International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems. This and his scientific achievements in the field of inertial technology were honored during the conference's opening ceremony. The recognition of his achievements will be included in the proceedings of the conference.
The 2019 International Conference on Inertial Sensors and Systems (ISS) continued the success of 2018 by providing a careful selection of high quality papers from different topics of inertial sensors, systems and applications. This reflected by the high number of abstracts, a participation from all over the world as well as from the feedback provided by the attendees. In 2019, participants from 19 countries have been registered, which demonstrates the high level of international recognition and the successful transfer of the conference to it new location in Braunschweig. With 14 Russian attendees and three presentations, there is a significant contribution from the Russian navigation society with a high level of scientific quality. This is a promising signal for the international exchange between experts and industry representatives even as it is enabled by the International Conference on Inertial Sensors and Systems.
The first day of the 2019 International Conference on Inertial Sensors and Systems took place on the 10th of September beginning with a session about the history and future of inertial technology, followed by sessions on Coriolis and fiber optic gyroscopes and concluded with a session about sensor error modeling. This first day closed with a tour on a historic city tram through the city of Braunschweig including a dinner allowing all attendees to get in contact with each other and to enter into deeper discussions. The second day of the conference was more focused on applications and domain specific topics with sessions about pedestrian navigation, system aiding, algorithms in general, aircraft applications and inertial reference systems. The conference was closed with the announcement of the next symposium which again will take place at the same location in Braunschweig on September 15-16, 2020. We hope to welcome a high number of attendees from all over the world again and especially from the Russian navigation community. The conference team is looking forward to welcome you in Braunschweig and to continue the conference tradition with its 57th edition.
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The Inertial Sensors and Systems 2018 was held in Braunschweig, Germany at 11 and 12 September 2018.
For the 1st time the international conference “Inertial Sensors and Systems” took place in Braunschweig, Germany, organized by the “Institute of Flight Guidance (IFF)” together with the “German Institute of Navigation (DGON)”, cosponsored by the “Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN)” and by the “IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS)”.
The main aim of the conference was to provide a neutral forum for discussion and networking of competing companies, governmental decision makers as well as research institutions in the field of inertial sensors and multisensory navigation systems.
The members of the program committee covered university as well as relevant German sensors and systems companies: Dr. T. Erler, Sagem Navigation; Dr. E. von Hinüber, IMAR; Dr. W. Geiger, Robert Bosch GmbH; T. Löffler, Diehl BGT Defence; Dr. S. Zimmermann, Northrop Grumman Litef; and Prof. J. Wagner, University of Stuttgart.
22 technical papers from 15 nations out of 44 paper submissions were presented, covering Accelerometers, MEMS Gyroscopes, Vibrating Gyroscopes, Fibre Optic Gyroscopes, Sensor Fusion, Certification and Testing, and Inertial Systems Applications.
A total of approximately 200 visitors from 23 nations, underscores the international recognition of this conference.
The 55th international conference “Inertial Sensors and Systems” took place in Braunschweig Germany for the first time in September 2018. This conference, with its long-standing tradition, was held in Karlsruhe for more than ten years by Prof. Dr. habil. Gert Trommer and his team from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. The new place was selected due to the retirement of Prof. Trommer. The new conference chair is Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Hecker, the managing director of the Institute of Flight Guidance (IFF) at the Technische Universität Braunschweig.
So finally I would like to express my deep gratitude to the program committee for selecting the high level papers, to the staff of the “Institute of Flight Guidance IFF” for their technical and logistic support, and the organization of this successful conference.
The next conference “Inertial Sensors and Systems” will take place in Braunschweig, from 10 to 11 September 2019.
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Conference Report by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Gert F. Trommer, Conference Chairman
The Inertial Sensors and Systems 2017 was held in Karlsruhe, Germany at 19 and 20 September 2017.
For the 11th time the international conference “Inertial Sensors and Systems” took place in Karlsruhe, Germany, organized by the “Institute of Systems Optimization (ITE)” together with the “German Institute of Navigation (DGON)”, cosponsored by the “Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN)” and by the “IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS)”.
The main aim of the conference was to provide a neutral forum for discussion and networking of competing companies, governmental decision makers as well as research institutions in the field of inertial sensors and multisensory navigation systems.
The members of the program committee covered university as well as relevant German sensors and systems companies: Dr. T. Erler, Sagem Navigation; Dr. E. von Hinüber, IMAR; Dr. W. Geiger, Robert Bosch GmbH; T. Löffler, Diehl BGT Defence; Dr. S. Zimmermann, Northrop Grumman Litef; and Prof. J. Wagner, University of Stuttgart.
24 technical papers from 12 nations out of 48 paper submissions were presented, covering Accelerometers, MEMS Gyroscopes, Vibrating Gyroscopes, Fibre Optic Gyroscopes, Sensor Fusion, Simulation and Testing, and Inertial Systems Applications.
A total of approximately 200 visitors from 21 nations, underscores the international recognition of this conference.
This year is the last time, the conference has been organized by the ITE; next year the University of Braunschweig will take over the responsibility, maintaining the same format and the same focus on research and networking opportunities.
So finally I would like to express my deep gratitude to the program committee for selecting the high level papers, to the staff of the “Institute of Systems Optimization ITE” for their technical and logistic support, and especially to the conference manager Dr. A. Teltschik for the perfect organization of this successful conference series.
The next conference “Inertial Sensors and Systems” will be take place in Braunschweig, from 11 to 12 September 2018.
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Conference Reportby Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Gert F. Trommer, Conference Chairman
The Inertial Sensors and Systems 2016 was held in Karlsruhe, Germany at 20 and 21 September 2016.
For the 10th time the international conference “Inertial Sensors and Systems" took place in Karlsruhe, Germany, organized by the “Institute of Systems Optimization (ITE)” together with the “German Institute of Navigation (DGON)”, cosponsored by the “Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN)” and by the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS).
The aim of our conference was twofold: first to offer high quality presentations, but most important to provide a neutral forum for networking of representatives of industry, governmental institutions and academia.
The members of the program committee covered university as well as relevant German sensors and systems companies: Dr. T. Erler, Sagem Navigation; Dr. E. von Hinüber, IMAR; Dr. W. Geiger, Robert Bosch GmbH; T. Löffler, Diehl BGT Defence; Dr. S. Zimmermann, Northrop Grumman Litef; and Prof. J. Wagner, University of Stuttgart.
This year Dr. T. Erler from Sagem Navigation served for the first time as member of the program committee. With him the committee gathered a perfect successor for the 2015 retired Dr. W. Auch.
20 technical papers from 7 nations out of 53 paper submissions were presented, covering accelerometers, MEMS sensors, vibrating gyroscopes, fiber optic gyroscopes, inertial sensor fusion, inertial systems applications and finally simulation and testing.
I would like to express my deep gratitude to the program committee for selecting the high level papers, to the staff of the “Institute of Systems Optimization ITE” for their highly motivated technical and logistic support, and especially to the conference manager Dr. A. Teltschik for the perfect organization of this successful conference.
The next conference “Inertial Sensors and Systems” will be take place again in Karlsruhe from 19 to 20 September 2017.
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by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Gert F. Trommer, Conference Chairman
The Inertial Sensors and Systems 2015 was held in Karlsruhe, Germany at 22 and 23 September 2015.
For the 9th time the international conference “Inertial Sensors and Systems" took place in Karlsruhe, Germany, organized by the “Institute of Systems Optimization (ITE)” together with the “German Institute of Navigation (DGON)”, cosponsored by the “Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN)” and by the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS).
The aim of our conference was twofold: first to offer high quality presentations, but most important to provide a neutral forum for networking of representatives of industry, governmental institutions and academia.
The members of the program committee covered university as well as relevant German sensors and systems companies: Dr. W. Auch, Sagem Navigation; Dr. E. von Hinüber, IMAR; Dr. W. Geiger, Robert Bosch GmbH; T. Löffler, Diehl BGT Defence; Dr. S. Zimmermann, Northrop Grumman Litef; and Prof. J. Wagner, University of Stuttgart.
This year Dr. W. Auch served for the last time as member of the program committee due to his retirement in the next future. For 28 years he was a constant factor with his permanent support of this event. We all are appreciating his deep engagement with our sincere thanks.
19 technical papers from 11 nations out of 36 paper submissions were presented, covering accelerometers, MEMS sensors, vibrating gyroscopes, fiber optic gyroscopes, inertial sensor fusion, inertial systems applications and finally simulation and testing.
A guided tour through the City of Karlsruhe, celebrating its 300th anniversary, as well as the great dinner at the Ballroom of the “Karlsruhe Institute of Technology” provided many opportunities for networking of the participants and deepening personal relations.
I would like to express my deep gratitude to the program committee for selecting the high level papers, to the staff of the “Institute of Systems Optimization ITE” for their highly motivated technical and logistic support, and especially to the conference managers Mrs. A. Ziemba and Dr. A. Teltschik for their perfect organization of this successful conference.
The next conference “Inertial Sensors and Systems” will be take place again in Karlsruhe from 20 to 21 September 2016.
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The Inertial Sensors and Systems 2015 was held in Karlsruhe, Germany at 22 and 23 September 2015.
For the 9th time the international conference “Inertial Sensors and Systems" took place in Karlsruhe, Germany, organized by the “Institute of Systems Optimization (ITE)” together with the “German Institute of Navigation (DGON)”, cosponsored by the “Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN)” and by the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS).
The aim of our conference was twofold: first to offer high quality presentations, but most important to provide a neutral forum for networking of representatives of industry, governmental institutions and academia.
The members of the program committee covered university as well as relevant German sensors and systems companies: Dr. W. Auch, Sagem Navigation; Dr. E. von Hinüber, IMAR; Dr. W. Geiger, Robert Bosch GmbH; T. Löffler, Diehl BGT Defence; Dr. S. Zimmermann, Northrop Grumman Litef; and Prof. J. Wagner, University of Stuttgart.
This year Dr. W. Auch served for the last time as member of the program committee due to his retirement in the next future. For 28 years he was a constant factor with his permanent support of this event. We all are appreciating his deep engagement with our sincere thanks.
19 technical papers from 11 nations out of 36 paper submissions were presented, covering accelerometers, MEMS sensors, vibrating gyroscopes, fiber optic gyroscopes, inertial sensor fusion, inertial systems applications and finally simulation and testing.
A guided tour through the City of Karlsruhe, celebrating its 300th anniversary, as well as the great dinner at the Ballroom of the “Karlsruhe Institute of Technology” provided many opportunities for networking of the participants and deepening personal relations.
I would like to express my deep gratitude to the program committee for selecting the high level papers, to the staff of the “Institute of Systems Optimization ITE” for their highly motivated technical and logistic support, and especially to the conference managers Mrs. A. Ziemba and Dr. A. Teltschik for their perfect organization of this successful conference.
The next conference “Inertial Sensors and Systems” will be take place again in Karlsruhe from 20 to 21 September 2016.
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The Inertial Sensors and Systems 2013 was held in Karlsruhe, Germany at 17 and 18 September 2013.
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Report by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Gert F. Trommer, Conference Chairman
For the 7th time the international conference “Inertial Sensors and Systems” took place at the palace of Karlsruhe, Germany, organized by the “Institute of Systems Optimization (ITE)” together with the “German Institute of Navigation (DGON)”, cosponsored by the “Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN)” and for the first time by IEEE AESS.
Again the aim of the conference was to provide a neutral forum for discussion and networking of competing companies, governmental decision makers as well as research institutions in the field of inertial sensors and multisensory navigation system.
The opening presentation was devoted to the memory of the 100 years old success story of the Sagnac effect, presented by Dr. Hervé Lefèvre, the leading pioneer in fibre optic gyroscope development. In the following technical sessions 19 papers from 12 nations out of 47 paper submissions were presented, covering MEMS gyroscopes, FOG components, nuclear spin and Coriolis effect gyros, inertial measurement units, integrated systems, pedestrian and indoor navigation, algorithms and integration methods as well as surveying applications.
A total of approximately 190 visitors from 21 nations, (covering 60% guests from abroad), underscores the international recognition of this conference, especially in these times with a decreasing conference participation worldwide. We could welcome visitors from the following countries: Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, P.R.China, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, U.K. and USA.
The guided tour to the picturesque medieval district of Durlach as well as the traditional dinner at Karlsruhe’s local micro brewery provided many opportunities for networking of the participants and deepening personal relations.
I would like to express my deep gratitude to the programme committee, Dr. W. Bernard, Dr. W. Auch, Dr. E von Hinüber, Dr. W. Geiger, Prof. J. Wagner and Dr. S. Zimmermann for selecting the high level papers, to the staff of the ITE for their technical and logistic support, and especially to the conference manager M. Wankerl for his perfect organization of this successful conference.
The next conference “Inertial Sensors and Systems” will be take place again in Karlsruhe from 16 to 17 September 2014.
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Again, the international conference "Inertial Sensors and Systems", took place at Karlsruhe, organized by the "Institute of Systems Optimization (ITE)" of the "KarIsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)" in cooperation with the "German Institute of Navigation (DGON)".
The garden hall (picture right) of the Palace of Karlsruhe provided a perfect forum for inertial experts from industry, government as well as research institutions to discuss the latest developments in inertial sensor based navigation systems.
The opening presentation was devoted to the memory of Prof. K. Magnus, one of the leading pioneers in mechanical gyroscope technology, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year.
Afterwards Prof. G. Trommer handed over the DGON medal of the "Silver Sirius" to the members of the programme committee Dr. W. Bernard, Dr. W. Auch, Dr. E. von Hinüber, Dr. W. Geiger, and Prof. J. Wagner, honoring their long year support of this conference.
Furthermore Prof. D. Loukianov from Saint Petersburg, who celebrated his 80th birthday this year, was awarded with the "Silver Sirius" for his continuous participation of the conference since 21 years as well as for his long time support as session chairman. The programme committee, chaired by Dr. W. Bernard selected this year 19 technical papers, which were presented by speakers from 8 nations in the following sessions:
SESSION and CHAIRMAN
The first conference day was devoted to inertial sensors, comprising vibrating quartz and shell gyroscopes, fiber optic gyroscopes as well as MEMS based accelerometers.
The second day started with the presentation of experimental results of high performance navigation grade FOGs, followed by the latest developments in the field of inertial systems. These covered a broad variety of applications like railway track diagnostics, precise localization of cars in the presence of GPS shading as well as pedestrian indoor navigation systems.
Compared to the last year we had a rise in the number of participants with a total of 179 visitors from 22 nations, (covering 61% guests from abroad), which underscores the international recognition of this conference. We could welcome visitors from the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malta, Norway, P.R.China, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, U.K., Ukraine, and USA.
The guided tour to the Monastery of Maulbronn, which is included on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites, as well as the traditional dinner at Karlsruhe's local micro brewery, provided many opportunities for networking of the participants and deepening personal relations.
Prof. Trommer expressed his deep gratitude to the programme committee for selecting the high level papers, to the staff of the ITE for their perfect technical and logistic support, and especially to the conference manager M. Wankerl for organizing and running this event.
The Inertial Sensors and Systems 2011 was held in Karlsruhe, Germany at 20 and 21 September 2011.
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For the fifth time the international conference "Inertial Sensors and Systems 2011", formerly called "Symposium Gyro Technology" took place at Karlsruhe, organized by the "Institute of Systems Optimization (ITE)" of the "Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)" in cooperation with the "German Institute of Navigation (DGON)".
The renaming of the conference was aimed to fit to the gradual change of the topics, covered by the conference, which broadened over the years from gyroscopes to inertial sensors and finally to integrated navigation systems.
The conference was ideally suited within the charming garden hall of the Palace of Karlsruhe to provide on "neutral terrain" a forum for inertial experts of competing companies, governmental decision makers as well as research institutions to discuss actual problems and explore strategic strands for future technology developments.
So experts from industry and research presented the latest approaches for inertial sensors like fibre optic gyroscopes, hemispherical resonators and MEMS devices, multisensor navigation systems like AHRS or north finding systems and finally their applications in pedestrian navigation, precise point positioning, mobile robots aviation and missile alignment.
The programme committee, Dr. W. Bernard (Chairman), Dr. W. Auch, Dr. W. Geiger, Dr. E. von Hinüber and Prof. Dr. J. F. Wagner selected high level papers out of a set of good submissions with a rejection rate of approximately 60%.
The 19 papers from speakers of 8 nations were presented in the following sessions:
SESSION and CHAIRMAN
Despite of the present low global economy, we could count a total of approximately 170 participants out of 20 nations, (covering 65% visitors from abroad) proving the international significance of this conference.
The scientific aspect of the conference was highlighted by the presence of Dr. Lefèvre, the famous pioneer from the very beginning of fibre optic gyroscope development, whereas the aspect of technical applications was underscored by the visit of Professor Vladimir Peshekhonov, the leading navigation expert of the strategic atomic submarine fleet of Russia together with his delegation from Saint Petersburg.
The social program, a guided tour to the city of Speyer with its famous Salian Cathedral, which is included on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites, as well as the traditional dinner at Karlsruhe's local micro brewery, gave the participants a perfect frame to look for new contacts or deepen older ones. Especially the possibility for technical as well as business related discussions in a relaxed and open atmosphere were important prerequisites for the success of this event.
Prof. Trommer expressed his deep gratitude to all of the programme committee for ensuring the high scientific and technical level of the papers, to the staff of the ITE for their technical and logistic support, and especially to Mrs. Endres and Mr. Wankerl, who perfectly mastered the challenging task to organize and run this event. A very special thank was expressed to the sponsors ACUTRONIC, Switzerland and SENSONOR, Norway for helpful support of this conference.
The next conference "Inertial Sensors and Systems 2011" will be take place again in Karlsruhe from 18 to 19 September 2012.
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The Inertial Sensors and Systems 2010 was held in Karlsruhe, Germany at 21 and 22 September 2010.
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For the fourth time the "Inertial Sensors and Systems - Inertial Components and Integrated Systems" took place at Karlsruhe, organized by the "Institute of Systems Optimization (ITE)" of the KIT, formerly University of Karlsruhe, in cooperation with the "German Institute of Navigation (DGON)".
This year the conference was themed "Celebrating 200 Years of Gimbal Mounted Gyroscope", referring to the first demonstration of a gimballed gyroscope platform by Prof. J. von Bohnenberger 1810 at Tübingen in Germany.
The celebration of the bicentenary anniversary of this device was performed by three jubilee presentations, which encompassed the evolution of inertial techniques from the beginnings by "Bohnenberger's Machine" to the most precise mechanical gyro system, which ever has been manufactured, as well as to high performance optical ring laser gyros for geophysical observations.
A special highlight was the presentation of Dr. Buchman, Stanford University, project manager of the famous NASA project "Gravity Probe B". Primary aim of the 750 Million $ experiment was the determination of the curvature and torsion of the relativistic space-time in the orbit of the earth by using an ultra high precision attitude measurement system in the interior of a satellite. For this purpose, a mechanical gyro system with incredible precision had been manufactured. The electrostatical suspended gyro ball with only 40 atomic layers deviation from the perfect spherical shape was initially driven at 10 000 revolutions per minute, and then rotated freely with such low friction that the speed down time would have been more than 15 000 years. The so-achieved perfection of the rotation led to an angular accuracy of less than 1 degree in 10 million years ago (!!), sufficient to measure the minimum angle deflections of the satellite probe as a result of the curvature of space-time by the rotating earth.
In the technical main part of the conference experts from industry and research labs discussed the latest methods and applications of inertial systems. The topics covered the whole range from optical and MEMS inertial sensor components up to multi sensor navigation systems and their applications.
Again the programme committee, Dr. W. Bernard (Chairman), Dr. W. Auch, Dr. W. Geiger, Dr. E. von Hinüber and Prof. Dr. J. F. Wagner succeeded to select a set of high level papers, presented by 21 speakers out of 12 countries in the following technical sessions:
SESSION and CHAIRMAN
A total of 184 participants with 64% of foreign guests from 21 countries demonstrated the international significance of this conference within the inertial technology community. This year we had visitors from Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, P. R. China, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ukraine and USA.
The presentations of the speakers had been accompanied by interesting industry exhibitions from the companies ACUTRONIC; Switzerland and SENSONOR, Norway.
The evening programme, combining a sight seeing tour through the palaces of Rastatt with the now traditional dinner at Karlsruhe's local micro brewery, sponsored kindly by ACUTRONIC, SENSONOR and NORTHROP GRUMMAN LITEF, was a perfect informal platform for the participants to come closer to each other.
Many thanks to all of the programme committee for ensuring the high scientific and technical level of the papers, to the staff of the ITE for their technical and logistic support, and especially to Mrs. Frietsch and Mrs. Endres, who perfectly mastered the challenging task to organize and run this event.
The "Inertial Sensors and Systems" will be take place again in Karlsruhe next year from 20 to 21 September 2011.
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The Inertial Sensors and Systems 2009 was held in Karlsruhe, Germany at 22 and 23 September 2009.
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For the third time the "Inertial Sensors and Systems - Inertial Components and Integrated Systems" took place at Karlsruhe, organized by the "Institute of Systems Optimization (ITE)" of the University of Karlsruhe in cooperation with the "German Institute of Navigation (DGON)".
Here experts of the international navigation community discussed latest ideas and recent progress in the field of inertial sensors and multi sensor navigation systems. The papers presented here covered a wide range of inertial systems applications from aerospace platforms and automotive localization systems up to indoor pedestrian navigation.
Again the programme committee, Dr. W. Bernard (Chairman), Dr. W. Auch, Dr. W. Geiger, Prof. Dr. B. Stieler and Dr. E. von Hinüber selected a set of high level papers, presented by 21 speakers out of 8 countries in the following technical sessions:
SESSION and CHAIRMAN
The presence of 180 participants from 23 different countries all over the world (covering appr. 60% visitors from abroad) demonstrated the international significance of this conference within the inertial technology community. So this year we could welcome guests coming from Austria, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, P. R. China, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom and USA.
The success of the conference was a result from the high quality of the presentations, but also from the special ambience of the Karlsruhe palace, where the conference was located, promoting deeper relationships between representatives from industry and research centres.
A special highlight was a life experimental demonstration of an Indoor-Pedestrian Navigation System, developed at the ITE, which allows to determine the user's position as well as to form a map of the unknown interior of a building by a SLAM algorithm. The demonstrated indoor navigation system consisted of a navigation filter, fusing the data of a MEMS IMU, a magnetometer and a barometric altimeter with the range measurements of a rotating laser range finder. This research topic of the ITE shall help to close a still open gap for precise indoor navigation, serving as a aiding tool for blind persons, assistance for rescue personnel as well as location and guidance of security forces.
The evening programme, combining a sight seeing tour through the city of Baden-Baden and its famous casino with a dinner at a local micro brewery restaurant, sponsored by ACUTRONIC, Switzerland, provided a lot of opportunities for the participants of sometimes competing companies to come closer to each other.
Many thanks to all of the programme committee, to the staff of the ITE for their technical and logistic support and especially to Mrs. Frietsch and Mrs. Endres, who succeeded perfectly to organize this event.
The next "Inertial Sensors and Systems" will be Karlsruhe again at 21 - 22 September 2010. Each one of the inertial technology community will find a warm welcome here next year.
Downloads: Please download the information brochure and the conference programme.
The Inertial Sensors and Systems 2008 was held in Karlsruhe, Germany at 16 and 17 September 2008.
Conference Report
by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gert F. Trommer, Symposium Chairman
Once again the international "Inertial Sensors and Systems - Inertial Components and Integrated Systems" took place at Karlsruhe, organized by the "Institute of Systems Optimization" of the University of Karlsruhe in cooperation with the "German Institute of Navigation (DGON)".
Recent progress and latest state of the art in inertial technology were presented and discussed by international experts of the navigation community. The conference covered the whole range from inertial sensor components (gyros and accelerometers) over GPS-, SAR- and vision-aided integrated navigation systems up to advanced navigation, guidance & control systems for UAVs.
The programme committee, Dr. W. Bernard (Chairman), Dr. W. Auch, Dr. W. Geiger, Prof. Dr. B. Stieler and Dr. E. von Hinüber ensured a comprehensive selection of high quality papers. These were presented in 9 technical sessions by 20 speakers from 8 countries:
The international visibility of this well renowned conference inside of the inertial technology community was underscored by the presence of 166 participants from 20 different countries all over the world. Besides of German experts the foreign participants with a total of 60 % came from Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, India, Israel, Norway, P.R. China, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ukraine and USA.
This year again the conference was a great success, backed up by the visitor's feedback on the questionnaire. The special ambience of the Karlsruhe palace, where the conference was located, enhanced networking and establishing closer relationships between representatives from industry and research centres. The social events, (sight seeing tour through the palace of Bruchsal and the Museum of Music Automates as well as a dinner at a local micro brewery) were an essential element for relaxing and bringing together people from sometimes hard competing companies.
Many thanks to all of the programme committee, to the staff of the Institute of Systems Optimization for their technical and logistic support and especially to the Conference Manager Mrs. N. Frietsch as well as to my secretary Mrs. B. Endres, who mastered perfectly the challenge to organize this complex event.
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The Inertial Sensors and Systems 2007 was held in Karlsruhe, Germany at 18 and 19 September 2007.
Conference Report
This year, the international "Inertial Sensors and Systems" with its long tradition, founded in 1965 and hosted by the University of Stuttgart from 1979 - 2006 under the chairmanship of Prof. Helmut Sorg, was held for the first time at the University of Karlsruhe in cooperation with the "Institute of Systems Optimization" and the "German Institute of Navigation (DGON)."
Recent progress and latest state of the art in inertial technology were presented by 20 speakers from 6 countries. Despite of the historical name "Gyro Symposium", which has turned into some kind of an international well known "trademark", the topics of this conference ranged from inertial sensors (ringlaser- and fibreoptic-gyros, MEMS-gyros and accelerometers) over deeply coupled GPS/INS-integration methods up to multi sensor integrated navigation systems and their applications.
The programme committee, Dr. W. Bernard (Chairman), Dr. W. Auch, Dr. W. Geiger, Prof. Dr. B. Stieler and Dr. E. von Hinüber ensured a comprehensive selection of high quality papers. These were presented in 6 technical sessions:
The 157 participants from 19 different countries all over the world proved the international visibility of this well renowned conference inside of the inertial technology community. Around 54% of the participants came from foreign counties. So we could welcome international guests from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, P. R. China, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ukraine and USA.
Due to this high standard of the presentations, the conference was a great success. Besides of the paper presentations especially the technical discussions at the coffee breaks and the social events (sight seeing tour through the new hosting city of Karlsruhe, a dinner at a local brewery) were an essential element for networking and establishing closer relationships between representatives from industry and research centres.
Many thanks to all of the programme committee, the staff of the Institute of Systems Optimization for their technical and logistic support and especially Mrs. B. Endres and Mrs. N. Frietsch, who were responsible for the challenging task to enable a successful launch of this symposium at its new location here at Karlsruhe.
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