Penggao Yan is a postdoctoral fellow in the Intelligent Positioning and Navigation Lab at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received the bachelor’s degree in Communication Engineering in 2018 and the master’s degree in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems in 2021, both from Wuhan University, China. He received his Ph.D. degree in 2025 in Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

He was one the four winners of the 2024 ION GNSS+ Best Student Paper Award. Recognized industry and academic experts selected winners based on the basis of technical content and clarity of manuscript.

Research Interests

• Non-Gaussian error modeling, fault detection and integrity monitoring for localization systems
  • Non-Gaussian overbound for heavy-tailed error distributions. Link
  • Theoretic-guanrateed non-Gaussian detector. Link
  • Simultaneous adaptive error modeling and fault detection and exclusion. Link

• Credible uncertainty quantification and robust state estimation for multi-sensor fusion systems

• Control-aided localization for autonomous vehicles in extreme conditions
  • Integration of system identification and vehicle dynamic models. Link1 Link2
• Collaborative positioning and integrity monitoring in urban areas

News [Month/Year]

• [10/2025] 1 Paper was accepted in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. link
• [09/2025] 1 Paper was submitted to ArXiv: Credible Uncertainty Quantification under Noise and System Model Mismatch. link
• [09/2025] Serve as a session chair for the session “AI-Driven Positioning and Navigation” at the ION GNSS+ 2025.
• [09/2025] Give a presentation at the ION GNSS+ 2025.
• [07/2025] Give a presentation at the ICASSE 2025.
• [07/2025] Give an invited talk at NTU Satellite Research Centre (SaRC).
• [07/2025] 1 Paper was submitted to ArXiv: High-Availability Integrity Monitoring for Multi-Constellation GNSS Navigation with Non-Gaussian Errors. link
• [07/2025] 1 Paper was submitted to ArXiv: An Efficient Detector for Faulty GNSS Measurements Detection With Non-Gaussian Noises. link
• [06/2025] 1 Paper was accepted in GIScience & Remote Sensing. Link
• [06/2025] Give a presentation at the 3rd iLoc Workshop in IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) 2025.
• [04/2025] I Paper was accepted in the Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS) 2025. Link
• [12/2024] 1 Paper was accepted in IEEE Sensors Journal. Link
• [11/2024] 1 Paper was accepted in Journal of the Operational Research Society. Link
• [10/2024] 1 Paper was accepted in NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation. Link
• [09/2024] I am glad to announce that I won the ION GNSS+ Student Paper Award in the 37th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2024). Link
• [08/2024] 1 Paper was accepted in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. Link
• [08/2024] 1 Paper was accepted in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. Link
• [04/2024] 1 Paper was accepted in Pacific PNT 2024. link
• [01/2024] 1 Paper was accepted in International Technical Meeting 2024. link
• [05/2023] 1 Paper was accepted in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. Link
• [04/2023] 1 Paper was accepted in 2023 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS). link
• [01/2023] 1 Paper was accepted in International Technical Meeting 2023. link

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