Dr. Li-Ta Hsu receives ION Per Enge Early Achievement Award

Dr. Li-Ta Hsu received the Per Enge Early Achievement Award at ION GNSS+ 2023 in Denver, Colorado. The award is named in honor of the late Professor Per Enge of Stanford University, a pioneering figure in GPS and satellite navigation who made transformative contributions to the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) and the development of aviation navigation integrity. Professor Enge served as director of the Stanford GPS Research Laboratory and was widely regarded as one of the most influential leaders in the positioning, navigation, and timing community.

The Per Enge Early Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishment in the early stages of their career in the field of navigation. It is one of the most prestigious honors bestowed by the Institute of Navigation (ION) and reflects exceptional technical contributions, leadership, and potential for continued impact. The award was presented at ION GNSS+ 2023, the world’s largest technical conference dedicated to GNSS technology and applications, held in September 2023 in Denver, Colorado.

Dr. Hsu was recognized for his significant contributions to GNSS positioning in urban environments, including pioneering work on 3D mapping-aided GNSS, NLOS signal detection and mitigation, factor graph optimization for multi-sensor fusion, and the development of open-source datasets and tools that have advanced the field. As an Associate Professor in the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the founder and director of IPNL, Dr. Hsu has established a prolific research program addressing the fundamental challenges of achieving reliable and accurate positioning in dense urban canyons where conventional GNSS techniques are severely degraded.

Source: aae