News & Events

ESO at the Swiss LiDAR Day 2026

Published:23.09.26 — ESO members present research on image–LiDAR fusion at the Swiss LiDAR Day in Morges

ISPRS Fritz Ackermann Award – ESO paper on airborne sensor fusion

Published:23.09.26 — ESO paper wins the first ISPRS Fritz Ackermann Award

Best Paper Presented by a Young Researcher Award – Aman Sharma

Published:19.08.24 — ESO member wins Best Paper Presented by a Young Researcher Award

ISPRS Open Journal Best Paper Award for ESO

Published:24.06.24 — ESO Research Team Wins Best Paper Award in the ISPRS Open Journal for 2023 qualifying them to compete for a €10,000 grant as part of the Fritz Ackermann Award. 

New insights on Aerodynamic Aspects for Model-based Navigation

Published:14.05.24 — PhD candidate Pasquale Longobardi, of EPFL’s Environmental Sensing Observatory (ESO) presents the latest advancements on model-based navigation for flying wings in an article in the CEAS Aeronautical Journal.

ESO member featured in Institute of Navigation (ION) webinar

Published:05.04.24 — PhD candidate, Aman Sharma, of EPFL's Environmental Sensing Observatory (ESO) shared novel insights into aerodynamics and model-based navigation for small, fixed-wing drones in a featured webinar hosted by the Institute of Navigation (ION).

Safer Drone Navigation: Novel Calibration Enhances Flight missions

Published:30.11.23 — Researchers at ESO have developed a groundbreaking calibration algorithm that significantly improves the autonomous navigation of fixed-wing drones when satellite positioning is not available at virtually zero additional cost. 

ESO hosted large delegation from Leibniz Universität Hannover

Published:07.11.23 — Environmental Sensing Observatory (ESO) organised a research seminar and lab visit for the staff and students of Geomatics Engineering from Leibniz Universität Hannover led by the Professor and past ISRS President, Dr.-Ing. Christian Heipke.

Top PhD-thesis award in air traffic safety

Published:31.01.23 — Former PhD student received the top award (and related price money) for his 2022 thesis related to navigation safety. The price was discerned by the representant of the technological platform that inovates air traffic managment in Europe (SESAR).

Tutorial on rigorous sensor fusion

Published:06.06.22 — Two researchers of EPFL-TOPO together with Dr. Ismael Colomina from Geonumerics have given a tutorial on Dynamic Networks on June 5, 2022, at the ISPRS Congress in Nice.