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Gérard Lachapelle

Gérard Lachapelle

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Computer Science

D-Index
60
Citations
14368
World Ranking
3239
National Ranking
127

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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61
Citations
14727
World Ranking
1531
National Ranking
80

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to signal processing for global navigation satellite systems
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Gérard Lachapelle is a researcher affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their work spans multiple scientific disciplines, including engineering, earth and planetary sciences, and physics and astronomy. The subfields they focus on include aerospace engineering, oceanography, and astronomy and astrophysics.

Their research covers several main topics, particularly in the areas of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) positioning and interference, geophysics and gravity measurements, and ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

Among their recent scholarly contributions is a paper titled Kinematic Zenith Tropospheric Delay Estimation with GNSS PPP in Mountainous Areas, published in 2021 in the journal Sensors.

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Gérard Lachapelle has been recognized by several professional organizations. They were named a Fellow of the IEEE in 2015 for contributions to signal processing for global navigation satellite systems. They are also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, acknowledged in 2002 under the Academy of Science. Additionally, they hold membership in The Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • GPS Vulnerability to Spoofing Threats and a Review of Antispoofing Techniques

    Ali Jafarnia-Jahromi;Ali Broumandan;John Nielsen;Gérard Lachapelle

  • Dynamic Deformation Monitoring of Tall Structure Using GPS Technology

    J. W. Lovse;W. F. Teskey;G. Lachapelle;M. E. Cannon

  • Wireless location system

    Michel T. Fattouche;Richard W. Klukas;Andrew L. Borsodi;Mark Astridge

  • Complete Triaxis Magnetometer Calibration in the Magnetic Domain

    Valérie Renaudin;Muhammad Haris Afzal;Gérard Lachapelle

  • ASPeCT: Unambiguous sine-BOC(n,n) acquisition/tracking technique for navigation applications

    O. Julien;C. Macabiau;M.E. Cannon;G. Lachapelle

  • Foot mounted inertial system for pedestrian navigation

    S Godha;G Lachapelle

  • Motion Mode Recognition and Step Detection Algorithms for Mobile Phone Users

    Melania Susi;Valérie Renaudin;Gérard Lachapelle

  • Step length estimation using handheld inertial sensors.

    Valérie Renaudin;Melania Susi;Gérard Lachapelle

  • Integrated GPS/INS System for Pedestrian Navigation in a Signal Degraded Environment

    S. Godha;G. Lachapelle;M. E. Cannon;Saurabh Godha

  • Comparison of Vector-Based Software Receiver Implementations With Application to Ultra-Tight GPS/INS Integration

    Mark G. Petovello;Gérard Lachapelle

  • HSGPS Signal Analysis and Performance under Various Indoor Conditions

    G. Lachapelle;H. Kuusniemi;D. T. H. Dao;G. Macgougan

  • A Comparison of the FASF and Least- Squares Search Algorithms for on-the-Fly Ambiguity Resolution

    D. Chen;Gerard Lachapelle

  • Coherent, Noncoherent, and Differentially Coherent Combining Techniques for Acquisition of New Composite GNSS Signals

    D. Borio;C. O'Driscoll;G. Lachapelle

  • Data fusion algorithms for multiple inertial measurement units.

    Jared B. Bancroft;Gérard Lachapelle

  • IEEE TRANSACTIONS® ON AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

    Avionic Systems;Murat Efe;Myron Kayton;Michael Rice

  • GPS spoofer countermeasure effectiveness based on signal strength, noise power, and C/N0 measurements

    Ali Jafarnia Jahromi;Ali Broumandan;John Nielsen;Gérard Lachapelle

  • Indoor Positioning System Using Accelerometry and High Accuracy Heading Sensors

    J. Collin;O. Mezentsev;G. Lachapelle

  • Consideration of time-correlated errors in a Kalman filter applicable to GNSS

    M. G. Petovello;K. O’Keefe;G. Lachapelle;M. E. Cannon

  • GNSS spoofing detection in handheld receivers based on signal spatial correlation

    Ali Broumandan;Ali Jafarnia-Jahromi;Vahid Dehghanian;John Nielsen

  • GNSS Indoor Location Technologies

    Gérard Lachapelle

  • A Low-Complexity GPS Anti-Spoofing Method Using a Multi-Antenna Array

    Saeed Daneshmand;Ali Jafarnia-Jahromi;Ali Broumandon;Gérard Lachapelle

  • User-level reliability monitoring in urban personal satellite-navigation

    H. Kuusniemi;A. Wieser;G. Lachapelle;J. Takala

Frequent Co-Authors

Naser El-Sheimy
Naser El-Sheimy University of Calgary
Pedram Mousavi
Pedram Mousavi University of Alberta
Min-Jea Tahk
Min-Jea Tahk Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Mogens Blanke
Mogens Blanke Technical University of Denmark
Vikram Krishnamurthy
Vikram Krishnamurthy Cornell University
Mark Campbell
Mark Campbell Cornell University
Chris Rizos
Chris Rizos University of New South Wales

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