Inter-Agency GNC V&V Workshop (IAGNC 2025)

Workshop Goal

The Inter-Agency GNC V&V Working Group invites researchers and practitioners to submit a technical abstract for a presentation at the second GNC V&V Workshop to be held on 9-10 July 2025 at the Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO) in Toulouse, France.

A hands-on dynamic system modelling and verification Tutorial Short Course is organised as well by ISAE-SUPAERO and ONERA on the 7-8 July.

The Workshop Sessions are detailed in the dedicated tab. The organizers wish to stress that Workshop will not be structured as a typical conference, rather it is envisioned to be an informal forum conducive to group technical interactions.

The Workshop will be articulated primarily around short presentations to stimulate discussion as well as around more interactive exercises (e.g., round-tables, break-out sessions interleaved with plenary session, etc.). The organizers view this Workshop as an opportunity for community members to informally share GNC V&V challenges, concerns, issues, ideas, potential solutions and priorities for future work and collaboration. The fundamental goal being to improve the reliability and the efficiency of the GNC V&V phase in a mission’s life cycle.

As such the Inter-Agency Working Group is seeking several short 10–15 minute long presentations (i.e., brief “talks”) only, not the full technical papers as would occur for conferences.  The Working Group is especially interested in receiving presentation abstracts that will support a collaborative effort by space agencies, industry, academia, and tool vendors to solve the GNC V&V challenges associated with the complex GNC systems of the future.

Lastly, the Inter-Agency GNC V&V Working Group has an interest in engaging the community on the topic of GN&C engineering education. It is envisioned that a short round-table discussion could be organized as part of this Workshop on this topic: The Future of GNC Education. The intent of this particular discussion would be to gather ideas on how colleges and universities might go about updating both their undergraduate and graduate curriculums as they relate to GNC engineering. Therefore, individuals that share a common interest in this important aspect of how the next-generation of GNC engineers will be educated are encouraged to submit an abstract for a short talk summarizing their thoughts on this topic. For example, a talk suggesting where enhancements need to be made to the undergraduate curriculum to better prepare prospective GNC engineers for their graduate work would be an excellent interactive discussion topic. Alternatively, one might wish to talk about the growing influence of AI/ML on the training and education of GNC engineers. Talks that help identify areas where graduate programs are strong in GNC engineering and where there are gaps in the graduate education of GNC engineers would be of special interest. If there appears to be sufficient interest in this topic of the future of GNC education it is likely that the short round-table discussion will be arranged, perhaps as a lunchtime event.

Participation

This workshop invites PhD candidates, research experts, industry practitioners and space agency experts from multidisciplinary backgrounds. It includes works’ presentation via abstract submissions and selection with an international scientific committee.

Authors are invited to submit an abstact: see instructions and submission link here.

If your abstact is accepted for an oral presentation or a poster session, you will be invited to submit your final contribution (presentation or poster).

Note that online abstracts compilation will be published as open access. Presentations will be also publicly available.

Registration fees (in progress)

- Only Workshop (9-10 July 2025): 150 euros

- Only Tutorial Short Course (7-8 July 2025): in progress

- Workshop + Tutorial Short Course (7-10 July 2025): in progress

The Workshop registration fee includes:

• Participation in all oral sessions
• Entrance to the exhibition/poster session area
• Refreshment breaks
• Two tickets for the midday meals
• One ticket for the reception dinner held at ISAE-SUPAERO

The Tutorial Short Course registration fee includes:

• Participation to the two days tutorial course
• 1 week licence for SDTlib and SMAC/STOWAT toolboxes
• Refreshment breaks
• Two tickets for the midday meals

Workshop location

The conference will be held in the reception hall and lecture theatres 1 (amphithéâtres 1) at ISAE-SUPAERO, 10 Avenue Marc Pélegrin, BP 54032, 31055 Toulouse, France

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