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Thank you for your interest in this workshop. The Organizing Committee has decided to postpone the workshop due to unexpected logistical contingencies.
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The workshop is intended for individuals with scientific, technical, policy, and implementation interests in drones and UAVs. Sessions will be available on a wide range of issues from navigation algorithms for cohorts of coordinated drones to the laws ethics of drone-use in inspection in the public arena. Researchers and administrators in these areas are encouraged to submit proposals for special sessions, nominations of keynote speakers, proposals for live demonstrations, and papers for oral and poster presentations.
Workshop Dates: March 19-22, 2019
The workshop will take place on the NJIT Campus, (University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102)
Please email us at drones@njit.edu for general information queries.
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Session Topics:
Focus Areas and Topics |
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Focus Area |
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Design and Implementation |
Flight control, navigation, telematics, and collision avoidance |
Autonomous drones |
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Machine learning and artificial intelligence in drone operation |
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Drone formation flying and swarming |
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Underwater drone technology |
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Progress in design, manufacturing, commercialization and marketing of drones |
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Computing aspects of drones |
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Drone communication and communication security |
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Ethics of drone manufacturing, design and use |
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Applications of Drones |
Infrastructure inspection (e.g., bridges, tunnels, dams, pipelines, structures, industrial plants) |
Surveying (pre-construction and during construction) |
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Traffic surveillance (data collection) and traffic incident management |
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Utilities management |
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Oil and gas industry |
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Maritime applications, including underwater |
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Mail and parcel delivery |
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Homeland security, law enforcement |
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5G Communication |
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Real estate, insurance, tourism, and entertainment |
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Remote sensing, mapping, surveying, SLAM, and aerial data collection |
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Meteorology, climate and weather prediction and analysis |
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Disaster response and post-disaster response |
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Agricultural and farming |
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Regulation, Education and Training, Usage in Popular Culture |
Use of drones in education |
Training for drone operators |
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Regulation and legal framework for registration, licensing and operation of drones |
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Public safety and security aspects of drone operation |
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Drones in the popular press, movies, internet and other public media |