Congratulations to the winners for the ICNS Conference 2015 Best Paper Competitions in the student and professional categories.
Best Student Paper Competition
Chaired by Robert Kerczewski, NASA Glenn Research Center
Best Student Paper
AIRM-BASED, FINE-GRAINED SEMANTIC FILTERING OF NOTICES TO AIRMEN: Felix Burgstaller, Dieter Steiner, and Michael Schrefl of Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria; Eduard Gringinger, FREQUENTIS AG, Vienna, Austria; Scott Wilson, Sam van der Stricht, EUROCONTROL, Brussels, Belgium
First Honorable Mention
INITIAL RESULTS FOR AIRFRAME SHADOWING IN L- AND C-BAND AIR-GROUND CHANNELS: Ruoyu Sun, David W. Matolak, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
Second Honorable Mention
NOVEL FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED SAFETY AND SUSTIANABILITY IN THE CNS+A CONTEXT: Subramanian Ramasamy, Roberto Sabatini and Alessandro Gardi, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
Best Professional Paper Competition
Chaired by Mr. Thomas Redling, L-3 Communications, ComCept Division
1st Place
KEY DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM IN SECURE ADS-B NETWORKS: Thabet Kacem, Duminda Wijesekera, Paulo Costa, Jeronymo Carvalho, George Mason University; Márcio Monteiro, Alexandre Barreto, Instituto de Controle do Espaço Aéreo
Second Place
SWIM PERFORMANCE VISUALIZATION CAPABILITY: Krishnan Balakrishnan, Steven Bodie, Duncan Thomson, The MITRE Corporation
Third Place
SIMULATING RCS OF THE PARAMETERIZED BLADES OF A WIND TURBINE: Ma Yuzhao, Jun Sun, Xiaoliang Wang, Weikun He, Wenyi Wang, Renbiao Wu, Civil Aviation University of China
Best of Session/Track Awards
Best Surveillance and Situational Awareness Paper
AIREON SPACE BASED ADS-B PERFORMANCE MODEL: Michael A. Garcia, Aireon; James Stafford, Jay Minnix, Exelis; John Dolan, Regulus
Best Performance Based ATM Paper
QUANTIFYING THE BENEFITS OF PRE-EMPTIVE REBOOKING: A CASE STUDY FOR A NETWORK CARRIER (JAN 12, 2012): Lance Sherry, Sanja Avramovic, George Mason University
Best Aviation, Weather, and Climate Change Paper
FROM DISPATCH TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OPERATIONS – INNOVATION IN WIND DATA UPLINK: John Gonda, Dongsong Zeng, Bill Flathers, The MITRE Corporation
Best Performance-Based Navigation Paper
DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL TRANSITION OF THE FIRST PBN-ENABLED DEPARTURE SEPARATION STANDARD: Ralf H. Mayer, Dennis J. Zondervan, The MITRE Corporation; Brian M. Crow, James K. Allerdice, Jr., H. Madison Walton, Jr., Federal Aviation Administration
Best Unmanned Aircraft Systems Paper
MITIGATING FUNCTIONAL COMPLEXITY FAILURES: DESIGNING THE OPERATOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE OODA-LOOP: Lance Sherry, George Mason University; Robert Mauro, Decision Research Inc. & University of Oregon
Best Future Communications Paper
INTEGRATED DIRECT RF SAMPLING FRONT-END FOR VHF AVIONICS SYSTEMS: Omar A. Yeste-Ojeda, René Landry, Jr, LASSENA Labs, École de technologie supérieure
Best Simulation and Analysis Paper
SWIM PERFORMANCE VISUALIZATION CAPABILITY: Krishnan Balakrishnan, Steven Bodie, Duncan Thomson, The MITRE Corporation
Best Cyber Security Paper
KEY DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM IN SECURE ADS-B NETWORKS: Thabet Kacem, Duminda Wijesekera, Paulo Costa, Jeronymo Carvalho, Márcio Monteiro, Alexandre Barreto, Instituto de Controle do Espaço Aéreo
Best CNS System Architectures and Interfaces/SWIM Paper
PILOT USE OF VOICE AND DATALINK COMMUNICATIONS FOR INTERVAL MANAGEMENT: Randall Bone, Kevin Long, The MITRE Corporation
Best Airport Surface Operations Paper
BASIC CHARACTERISTIC EVALUATION OF AEROMACS PROTOTYPE SYSTEM IN SENDAI AIRPORT: Kazuyuki Morioka, Naoki Kanada, Shunichi Futatsumori, Akiko Kohmura, Takeshi Tomita, Naruto Yonemoto, Yasuto Sumiya, Electronic Navigation Research Institute, Tokyo
Best Safe and Secure Air Transportation System Paper
AN ASSESSMENT OF WIND FARMS’ ELECTROMAGNETIC IMPACT FOR THE AERODROME: Xiaoliang Wang, Ma Yuzhao, Weikun He, Wenyi Wang, Renbiao Wu, Civil Aviation University of China