ICNS 2026 Technical Program Detail

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Tuesday, 14 April, 1310-1510

Time	Description	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5	Track 6
1310-1510	Track Name	Air Traffic Management	Operational Efficiency	Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning	Communications and Cybersecurity	Navigation and Surveillance	UAS / UTM / AAM
	Session Name	Automation in ATM	Safety and Resilience	Trajectory Prediction	Securing ADS-B Surveillance	Navigation Resilience	(no presentations)
	Chair(s)	Juergen Teutsch, NLR Netherlands	Lance Sherry, George Mason University	Christoph Schuetz, Johannes Kepler University Linz	Mike Olive, Verticle Squared	Brian Jaury, Boeing
	Room	Rivanna BC	Rivanna EF	Luray	Rivanna A	Rivanna G
1310	Paper Title	Benchmarking Large Language Models for Automated Real-Time Air Traffic Communications Understanding	Fine-Tuning Variational Autoencoders to Generate Synthetic Flight Tracks for Collision Risk Analysis of New Arrival Procedures	Comparative Analysis of Time-Series and Non-Time- Series Deep Learning Models for UAV Trajectory Prediction Under Remote ID Packet Loss	Enhancing ADS-B Resiliency Against Spoofing	Standardization for Ensuring Resiliency Against GNSS Disruption	(no presentation)
	Speaker	Ronald Ankner, MIT Lincoln Laboratory	Shahab Aref, George Mason University USA	Rania Amin, University of North Dakota USA	Tony Boci, L3Harris	Mark Watson, EUROCAE
1340	Paper Title	Improving Verification Practices for Complex ATC Systems Through Development of Specialized Automation Frameworks	Balancing Robustness and Fidelity in Synthetic Flight Tracks Generated via Gaussian Process Methods for Collision Risk Modeling	Maintaining UAV Surveillance During Remote ID Signal Loss Using Predictive Trajectory Modeling	Authentication feature for ADS-B using overlaid phase modulation	Anti-Spoofing: Let GNSS Provide Escort for Civil Aviation Flights	(no presentation)
	Speaker	Eric Heitmann, Sunhillo	Oleksandra Snisarevska, George Mason University USA	Tingjun Lei University of North Dakota USA	Daniel Polo Álvarez, Indra Spain	Zhijun Wu, Civil Aviation University of China
1410	Paper Title	Deep Learning Framework for 4D Trajectory Prediction: From Airport Pairs to Full Flight Paths	Comparison of Trends in Collision Risk for Widely & Closely Spaced Approaches- Case studies of SFO and LAX	Use of Chronos2 foundational model for trajectory prediction	A Physical-Layer Intrusion Detection Framework for ADS-B Using Differential Constellation Trace	Infill radars for wind turbine clutter mitigation: Developments and Issues	(no presentation)
	Speaker	Álvaro Quintanar Pascual, Indra Spain	Fahimeh Ghorbani, George Mason University USA	Boris Veytsman, L3Harris	Mustafa Evcil, ASELSAN Turkey	David Mazel, Regulus Group
1440	Paper Title	Applying Artificial Intelligence in Air Traffic Management Systems	Demonstrating Rare-Event Simulation Approaches for Efficient Calculation of Collision Risk	Impact of GNSS Signal Loss on UAV Trajectory Prediction with Multi-Modal Deep Learning Models	Ethical and Cybersecurity Implications of AI in ADS-B Systems: A Gap Analysis and Responsible Solutions	A Low SWaP Radar Framework for Aircraft Protection in Airport Ground Environments	(no presentation)
	Speaker	Faisal Ateeq, Saudi Air Navigation Services	John Shortle, George Mason University USA	Issam Boukabou, University of North Dakota USA	Antione Searcy, University of the District of Columbia	Giancarmine Fasano, UNINA Italy

Networking Break 15:10 – 15:30

Tuesday, 14 April, 1530-1730

Time	Description	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5	Track 6
1530-1730	Track Name	Air Traffic Management	Operational Efficiency	Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning	Communications and Cybersecurity	Navigation and Surveillance	UAS / UTM / AAM
	Session Name	Advanced ATM Concepts	Flight Track Optimization	Predictive Modeling and Anomaly Detection	Future CNS Infrastructure and Datalinks	Surveillance Infrastructure	(no presentations)
	Chair(s)	Tobias Finck, DLR Germany	Edward DeMello, The Boeing Company	Anuja Verma, L3 Harris	Nathan Lackey, The Boeing Company	Ali Bowens, DOT Volpe
	Room	Rivanna BC	Rivanna EF	Luray	Rivanna A	Rivanna G
1530	Paper Title	Smart Sector Grouping for Increased Flexibility of Air Traffic Controller Validations	A Predictive Services Architecture for Efficient Airspace Operations	Machine Learning Based Anomaly Detection on ARINC-429 Data Bus: A Simulation-Based Approach	Interoperable LDACS Reference Implementation and Demonstration Deployment	Optimization of Fault Tolerant Ground-based Radar Networks for AAM Airspace Surveillance	(no presentation)
	Speaker	Billy Josefsson, space2ground / Tatiana Polishchuk, LIU	Samet Ayhan, The Boeing Company	Musa Oğural, Hacettepe University Turkey	Josef Meser, Frequentis	Giancarmine Fasano, UNINA Leonardo Milone, UNINA    Italy
1600	Paper Title	Strategic Flight Route Prediction for Air Traffic Management Using Transformers	Randomized Gaussian Process for Synthetic Flight Track Generation	Agentic AI for Near Real-Time Anomaly Detection and Explainable Monitoring in a Multi-Source Surveillance System	LDACS Network Planning and Interference-Aware Resource Management for European Continental Coverage	Enhancing Resilient Inertial Heading Estimation for Planetary Descent Using Kalman Filtering and Long Short-Term Memory Networks	(no presentation)
	Speaker	Kendal Gilbert, Aireon	Jie Xu, George Mason University USA	Jack Dai, L3Harris	Davi Brilhante, Collins Aerospace Ireland	Khushboo Patel, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University USA
1630	Paper Title	Predicting Air Traffic Controller Workload in a Flight-Centric ATM Concept Using Machine Learning	LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) Multi Runway Dynamic Air Traffic Optimization System Framework	Predicting Terminal Time Using Deep Learning and Interactive LLMs	Protocol-Aware CPDLC Monitoring: Contract Rules, Why-Flags, and Real-Time Anomaly Detection	Aircraft Dynamic Weather Avoidance Based on Maximum Diffusion Reinforcement Learning	(no presentation)
	Speaker	Premysl Volf, Agentfly	Aziz DURMUŞ, 213 Technic Turkey	Marcelo Guterres, Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA) Brazil	Cassidy Gorman, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology USA	Yuxin Wang, Biehang University China
1700	Paper Title	Advancing ATM through Info-centric and Composable Service Architectures	A System Congestion Solution Based on User Side Technology	Real-Time Flight Delay Prediction Using Integrated Machine Learning and Meteorological Intelligence for Enhanced CNS/ATM Operational Decision Support	Strengthening the Capacity and Performance of VHF Datalink Networks in High-Density Airspace	(no presentation)	(no presentation)
	Speaker	Dieter Eier, Frequentis	Matt Blake, Pace/TXT	Abiola Ajala, Morgan State University USA	Corinne Lefebvre, SITA

Wednesday, 15 April, 1310-1510

Time	Description	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5	Track 6
1310-1510	Track Name	Air Traffic Management	Operational Efficiency	Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning	Communications and Cybersecurity	Navigation and Surveillance	UAS / UTM / AAM
	Session Name	UAS Traffic Management	Process Efficiency	NLP and Computer Vision	Scalable Connectivity for UAS and Low-Altitude Operations	(no presentations)	UAS Risk Mitigation and Optimization
	Chair(s)	Joonas Lieb, DLR Germany	Justin Oberman, Airspace Data	Dieter Eier, Frequentis	Kelly Curran, DOT Volpe		Adrian Nomi, University of Michigan
	Room	Rivanna BC	Rivanna EF	Luray	Rivanna A		Rivanna G
1310	Paper Title	Air Traffic Control Intervention Timing Analysis in Support of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems	Automated Civil-Military Airspace Integration for Enhanced Air Defense and Operational Efficiency in the European Theater	Airport Ground Navigation Object Detection Dataset (AGNODD) for Bridging the Granularity Gap in Aviation Ground Movement Mapping	Beyond Visual Line of Sight: Network Capacity and Interference Effects of UAVs in Mobile Networks	(no presentation	UAS In-flight Mission Changes: Exploring the Frontiers of Dynamic Airspace Reconfiguration
	Speaker	Laura Bickmeier, MIT Lincoln Laboratory	Justin Oberman, Airspace Data	Durga Prasad Dhulipudi, The International Institute of Information Technology, India	Allan Tart, Ericsson		Juergen Teutsch, NLR Netherlands
1340	Paper Title	81 GHz UAS Traffic Management via ADS-B	eVTOL Aircraft Energy Consumption Estimation with Conflict Resolution in High-Density Airspaces	High Altitude Icing Condition Identification: A Lightweight Deep Segmentation Framework for Detecting Aircraft Induced Clouds in Ground-Based Sky Photography	Dynamic Frequency Assignment Manager (FAM) for Scalable UAS Command and Control in the C-Band	(no presentation	Achieving American Drone Dominance Through UAS Lifecycle Management and a Drone Marketplace
	Speaker	Bushara Dosa, NASA	Alex Zongo, George The Washington University USA	Lance Sherry, George Mason University USA	Jason Leistman, L3Harris		Vigneshwar Parameshwar, University of North Dakota USA
1410	Paper Title	Integrating UWB-Assisted Micro Drop-Points with UAS Traffic Management for Safe Urban Drone Delivery	Visualization of airspace-specific air traffic controller knowledge in Flight Centric ATC	Generating Realistic Air Traffic Control Voice Communication Using AI-Based Text-to-Speech Models	Direct-to-Device Connectivity for Integrated Communication, Navigation and Surveillance	(no presentation	Integrated CNS Infrastructure Planning for Urban Air Mobility: A Simulation and Stakeholder-Informed Study
	Speaker	Chavisa Sornsakul, Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency, Thailand	Tobias Finck, DLR Germany	Dao Vu, The George Washington University USA	Muhammad Ullah, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland		Faizana Naeem, Institute for Air Transportation Systems Hamburg University of Technology Germany
1440	Paper Title	A Proposed Communication Architecture for Urban Air Mobility	Analysis of the Design of Alternate Checklists for Inspection of an Aircraft K-Loader	Flight Test Results and Validation of Machine Learning Prediction of AAM Path Loss	Security Serves Safety: Low-altitude Intelligent Network (LAIN) Supports Low-altitude Transportation (LAT)	(no presentation	Adaptive UAV Relay Fleet Sizing for Post-Disaster Communication Recovery
	Speaker	Momina Nadeem, Institute of Space Technology Islamabad, Pakistan	Andrew Kirk, George Mason University USA	Frederick Wieland, Mosaic ATM	Zhijun Wu, Civil Aviation University of China		Jimin Choi, University of Michigan USA

Networking Break 15:10 – 15:30

Wednesday, 15 April, 1530-1730

Time	Description	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5	Track 6
1530-1730	Track Name	Air Traffic Management	Operational Efficiency	Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning	Communications and Cybersecurity	Navigation and Surveillance	UAS / UTM / AAM
	Session Name	ATM Architecture	User Collaboration	Predictive AI and Decision Support	System-Wide Cyber Architectures and Data Integrity	(no presentations)	UAS Safety
	Chair(s)	Premysl Volf, AgentFly Technologies	Gabriele Enea                     MIT Lincoln Laboratory	Sebastian Gruber, Johannes Kepler University Linz	David Robinson, Independent		Ruth Stilwell, Aerospace Policy Solutions / Nathan Lackey, Boeing
	Room	Rivanna BC	Rivanna EF	Luray	Rivanna A		Rivanna G
1530	Paper Title	Space-based solutions for a more secure, resilient and integrated CNS infrastructure.	Design of a Dashboard for Enroute Traffic Operations Using Open-Source Data	Adaptive AI Routing in LEO Cubesat Networks to Ensuring Integrity and Resilient Backup Link for CNS/APNT Applications	Integrating Zero Trust Architecture to Secure CNS Infrastructure	(no presentation)	Determining Well Clear Separation Standards for sUAS Operations: A Dual-Methodology Approach Using Virtual Reality and Live Flight Testing
	Speaker	Davide Tomassini, European Space Agency	Ashim Thapa, George Mason University USA	Atheer Alharthi, Saudi Air Navigation Services	Almudena Garcia, Indra Spain		Sreejith Vidhyadharan Nair, University of North Dakota USA
1600	Paper Title	Heterogeneous Air-Ground Collaborative Perception for Precise and Efficient Airborne Meteorological Situational Awareness	Towards a Mechanism for Ensuring Equity Over Time Among Airspace Users in Collaborative Flight Prioritization	A Framework to Evaluate How AI Conflict Alerts Affect Controllers’ Manual Verification Behaviors	CLOANS Service-Enabled Cybersecurity for Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) Data Reception	(no presentation)	Right-of-Way Compliance in UAV Swarm Networks
	Speaker	Hanjie Xu, Beihang University China	Tobias Harzfeld, Johannes Kepler University Linz Austria	Jean-Paul Stagarescu, George Mason University USA	Lance Sherry, George Mason University USA		Sreejith Vidhyadharan Nair, University of North Dakota USA
1630	Paper Title	Leveraging Ontogenetic AI Models for Enhanced Aviation Safety	Uncertainty Analysis Framework for Fault Tree Quantification: A Data Pedigree-Based Approach	Creating a Digital Twin RL DAA Model to Drone Flight Framework	CONTRAILS: Towards an Observation-Only Control Plane for NAS Data Supply Chains	(no presentation)	Standardized Take-Off and Landing Procedures for Urban Air Mobility Operations Across Diverse Operational Environments
	Speaker	Wayne Smith, L3 Harris	John Shortle, George Mason University USA	Michael Ullrich, University of North Dakota USA	Wen Zhu, NIRA USA		Faizana Naeem, Institute for Air Transportation Systems Hamburg University of Technology Germany
1700	Paper Title	Adressing Aviation Infrastructure Resilience through Functional Resonance Analysis Method and Synergies with Military	Practical Experience in the Application of Image Recognition Systems to Enhance the Safety of Freight Transport	Context-Aware Remote ID Anomaly Detection for UAS Activity Monitoring Using Multi-Agent LLM Reasoning	(no presentation)	(no presentation)	Reserved Airspace for Safe BVLOS Operations
	Speaker	Jorge Pereira, EUROCONTROL	Sviatoslav Stumpf, ITMO University, Russia	Sreejith Vidhyadharan Nair, University of North Dakota USA			Sreejith Vidhyadharan Nair, University of North Dakota USA

Thursday, 16 April, 1310-1510

Time	Description	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5	Track 6
1310-1510	Track Name	Air Traffic Management	Operational Efficiency	Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning	Communications and Cybersecurity	Navigation and Surveillance	UAS / UTM / AAM
	Session Name	(no presentations)	Resilient Communication	(no presentations)	Next-Generation Operations, Cyber Resilience and Recovery	(no presentations)	UAV Services
	Chair(s)		Laura Bickmeier, MIT Lincoln Laboratory		Brandon Nepute, The Boeing Company		Jimin Choi / Serra Dane, University of Michigan
	Room		Rivanna EF		Rivanna A		Rivanna G
1310	Paper Title	(no presentation)	Impact of VoIP-Induced Latency on Controller-Pilot Communication Dynamics	(no presentation)	Internet Protocol Suite Very Large Demonstration Project Results Summary	(no presentation)	Impact of Magnetic Fields from Extra-High-Voltage Lines on UAS Brushless Motor Dynamics for Safe Power-Line Inspection
	Speaker		Dieter Eier, Frequentis		Greg Saccone, The Boeing Company		Issam Boukabou, University of North Dakota USA
1340	Paper Title	(no presentation)	Deep Learning-Based Joint Optimization of Movable Antenna Positioning and Beamforming for Satellite Non-Uniform Hotspot Downlink	(no presentation)	Tensor Completion for Data Recovery in Spacebourne Communication Systems	(no presentation)	Parcel delivery with drones and U-space: A case study on air traffic flow, environmental and societal effects
	Speaker		Tian Kening, Beihang University China		Andy Ramlatchan, Old Dominion University USA		Teemu Joonas Lieb, DLR Germany
1410	Paper Title	(no presentation)	Provably Safe Optimization of Arrival Flows into Terminal Airspace	(no presentation)	Detecting gPTP Timing Attacks in Avionic Time-Sensitive Networks	(no presentation)	Optimal Agricultural Drone Deployment and Routing with Weather-Aware Planning
	Speaker		Kuang Sun, University of Michigan USA		Selami Yücel, ASELAN Turkey		Ethan Kolby, University of Michigan USA
1440	Paper Title	(no presentation)	Enhancing ICNS Resilience through Dynamic ATS: An Operational–Technical Perspective for Multi-Center ATM Environments	(no presentation)	Enhancing Future CNS-ATM Resilience Through Pilot-Centric Mitigation of Cyber Deception	(no presentation)	Quantifying Security Induced Overhead in Vision Based UAS Traffic Monitoring Pipelines
	Speaker		Tarek Aljazairy, Saudi Air Navigation Services		Nathan Johnson, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University USA		Fadjimata Issoufou Anaroua, Radu Babiceanu, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University USA

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