2016 CLGE Young Surveyors Prize open for submissions

For the second time, the European GNSS Agency is sponsoring a special prize dedicated to Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus as part of the annual Council of Geodetic Surveyors’ Young Surveyors prize.

With a cash prize of EUR 1 000, the 2016 edition of the Council of Geodetic Surveyors’ (CLGE) Young Surveyors prize is now open for submissions. Once again, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is sponsoring a special prize for entries that show a dedicated use of Galileo, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) or Copernicus. The contest is open to all bachelor and masters students in the surveying sector or a related field.

Submissions must be received no later than 8 August 2016.

Last year’s winning entry came from Laura Van de Vyvere from Liège University and M3 Systems, Belgium, for her project “Cycle Slips Detection in Quad-Frequency Mode: Galileo’s Contribution to an Efficient Approach under High Ionospheric Activity”. Through an innovative technique developed by Van de Vyvere, the project uses Galileo’s high number of carrier frequencies to improve positioning compared to other GNSS programmes.

The GSA and the CLGE have been working together for several years, a cooperation that is likely to grow as the Galileo constellation moves towards initial services later this year. In 2015, in support of this cooperation, the two organisations launched this special prize as part of the CLGE’s annual Young Surveyors prize.

The Details

To participate, proposals should include an academic paper describing the project and how it benefits from Galileo, EGNOS or Copernicus (or in combination). Although papers may be an abridged version of a more complete thesis, the paper should describe the project in full, including financial and logistical aspects. Papers should not exceed 4 000 words, including an abstract of 300 words, and must be written in English.

Submissions will be judged by a panel of CLGE delegates representing professional, academic and associated sectors. The winning entry will receive an award worth EUR 1 000 as well as a CLGE certificate during a special ceremony to be held on 11 October 2016 during the INTERGEO event in Hamburg, Germany.

More information can be found here.

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