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Ph.D. Research Assistantship to Explore the Potential of DSP for Digital Terrain Elevation
Data at the Netherlands Defense Academy and Delft University of Technology

With today's digital signal processing capabilities, it becomes possible to optimize the
performance parameters of a navigation system for a particular set of intended
applications. The Netherlands Defense Academy and the Delft University of Technology are
providing an opportunity of a Ph.D. research assistantship to explore opportunities in the
field of Terrain Reference Navigation (TRN) by using digital signal processing techniques
that were originally developed for the acquisition and tracking of GPS signals.

The goal of the research is to contribute to the creation of a design framework which can
be used to match technology and processing concepts to a particular set of navigation
system performance requirements. The focus lies on exploring the potential of various
digital signal processing concepts for matching a set of distance measurements with a
stored database of the environment.

The candidate should hold a Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer science,
applied mathematics or any other relevant study with substantial knowledge on data
processing. Research will be conducted both at the Netherlands Defense Academy and at
Delft University of Technology. Leaders of the project are established researchers in the
field of applied mathematics, geomatics and electronics.
Contact Prof. P.J. Oonincx, Netherlands Defense Academy, at [pj.oonincx AT nlda.nl]. More
information about the Netherlands Defense Academy can be found here
http://www.nlda. nl