Cloud Computing Research Group of CSE Department, Brac University has organized a seminar titled "Global Navigation Satellite Systems and Its Impact to Our Society" by Dr. Mohammad Zahidul Hasan Bhuiyan, Research Manager, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Finland. Dr. Zahid has also served as a Group Leader for ‘Satellite and Radio Navigation Research’ group for a year before acting as a Senior Adviser for the ‘Navigation and Positioning’ department. His main research interests include various aspects of multi-GNSS receiver design, GNSS vulnerabilities identification and mitigation, sensor fusion algorithms for seamless outdoor/indoor positioning, Differential GNSS, SBAS performance monitoring, etc. He has also been actively involved in teaching GNSS related courses in Aalto University, Tampere University and in other GNSS training schools. He is also a member of Galileo Commercial Service Work Group and an editorial board member of the leading GNSS journal named ‘GNSS Solutions’. He has been also serving as an expert for European GNSS Agency (GSA) for H2020 proposal evaluation, project monitoring and other GNSS-related consultancy since 2017. He has so far published more than 60 scientific articles in reputed journals, magazines and conferences.
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) has long become an integral part of our day to day activities varying from a simple navigation guidance to more sophisticated timing applications, used to run our modern day life smooth and carefree. A Global Navigation Satellite System is defined as a constellation of satellites that provide geospatial positioning to devices autonomously, allowing electronic devices with the appropriate receivers to determine their precise location on the surface of the Earth. To date, there are four Global Navigation Satellite Systems: GPS (US), GLONASS (Russia), Galileo (EU) and BeiDou (China). Additionally, there are few other regional navigation systems– QZSS (Japan) and IRNSS or NavIC (India). Though the initial motivation for a satellite-based navigation system was for military applications, but it has now emerged as the fundamental technological base to many extensive civil applications including aviation, maritime, precision timing, precise agriculture, mapping and surveying, disaster warning, search and rescue, etc. In this seminar, the audience will have the unique opportunity to know the recent technological advancement of GNSS, and its enormous impact to the society.
The event started at 3:30 PM with an introductory speech from Professor Dr. M A Mottalib, Chairperson of CSE Department. Approximately 40 students and faculty members of CSE Department attended the seminar. Dr. Md. Motaharul Islam, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Cloud Computing Research Group delivered the vote of thanks. The seminar wrapped up at 5:30 pm with a group photo, refreshments and by handing over a token of appreciation to the speaker by Professor Dr. M A Mottalib, Chairperson of the CSE Department.