Interdrone 2015

Notes

Interdrone 2015 Notes

Schedules

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Wednesday

9

• Brian: Drone-Captured Crowd Analytics Through Deep Learning-Based Facial Emotion Recognition\
• Dave: Super Session: UAV Developmental Test and Evaluation, Part I
• Ross: Build Your Own Flying Drone
• ??: Getting Your UAS Off the Ground - Legal Consideration in Forming UAS Companies and Raising Capital

11:15

• Brian: Drone-Based 3D Mapping: The Major Data Revolution Happening Now
• Dave: Super Session: UAV Developmental Test and Evaluation, Part II
• Ross/Maurice: Obtaining Section 333 Exemptions and Overview of State Law Developments
• ?? : Configuration and Tuning Tips with OpenPilot
• ??: Introduction to Electric Power Systems

1:15

• Ross/Maurice: Drones and the Law - What’s on the Horizon
• Brian: Building Big Data Solutions for Drone Data: The New Age of Aerial Information
• Dave: Super Session: UAV Developmental Test and Evaluation, Part III

2:30

• Brian: Flying in Wind: State Estimation and Control for Small Drones, Part I
• Dave/Maurice: Indoor UAS Inspections
• Ross/Maurice: Panel: FAA Regulations: The Latest Outlook
• ??: Controlling Autonomous Multicopters Using Mission Planner
• ??: Building a Thought-Controlled Drone

4:00

• Ross: The Legal Requirements for the Commercial Use of UAS Technology: An International Perspective
• Brian: Flying in Wind: State Estimation and Control for Small Drones, Part II
• Maurice: Staying Safe at Any Size: Identifying Risks to Your Small UAS Operation and How to Mitigate Them
• ??: Mastering the OpenPilot Ground Control Station (GCS)
• ??: Zen and the Art of Multirotor Maintenance
• ??: PANEL: Little Drones and Big Data

Thursday

9:15

• Brian: Applications of Rotation Matrices and Matrix-Vector Algebra in Autopilots
• Daniel/Maurice: Small Drone Flight Operations
• Dave: Notes From the Field: The Truth About Precision Agriculture
• Ross: Putting Drones to Work: Meeting the Needs of Enterprises

11:30

• Brian: Embedded Computer Vision for Safer, Faster Drones
• Ross/Maurice: How to Legally Fly Unmanned Aircraft
• Dave: Super Session: Remote Sensing with UAVs, Part I (3 hours)
• ??: From Flying a Drone to Creating 2D and 3D: How to Process Images with Pix4Dmapper

1:45

• Brian: DroneKit: The Application Platform and Toolkit for Drones
• Ross/Maurice: Panel: Integrating Commercial Drones Into our National Airspace
• Dave: Super Session: Remote Sensing with UAVs, Part II (3 hours)
• ??: A Patent Marathon: 50 Drone Patents

3:15

• Brian: Achieving Autonomy through Embedded Vision
• Ross: Drone Laws: Intended and Unintended Circumstances
• Dave: PANEL: Infrastructure Insights: Drone Innovation in Structural Inspection
• ??: Getting Beyond "It’s Cool" - Integrating Drone-Derived Data into Enterprise Workflow
• ?? : Safe and Efficient UAV Operations
• ?? : Super Session: Remote Sensing with UAVs, Part III (3 hours)
• ??: Turn Rate Fly-by-Wire Control of Fixed-Wing Aircraft

Friday

8:45

• Ross: Developing Pilot Operating Handbook, Flight Operation Manuals, and Implementing a Safety Management System
• Brian: Human Factors Engineering for Drone Systems
• Dave: Mapping the World — Innovation in LiDar and 3D Mapping
• ??: Using Drones for Live Broadcast
• ??: UAS Testing Through the Lens of a State UAS Test Center

10:00

• Brian: Fuzzy Logic Control Systems for Fixed-Wing Drones
• Dave/Ross: FAA UAS Center of Excellence: Detect-and-Avoid Research
• Maurice: Open for Business: Path to Safe, Legal, and Insured Commercial Drone Operations, Part I
• ??: Satisfying the Spectrum Needs of Small UAVs
• ??: Protecting Drone Technology with Patents
• ??: Super Session: UAV Design and Construction, Part II (3 hours)

11:30

• Dave: UAV/Drone Aerial Panoramas
• Brian: Panel: Under the Hood
• Ross/Maurice: Open for Business: Path to Safe, Legal and Insured Commercial Drone Operations, Part II
• ??: Super Session: UAV Design and Construction, Part III (3 hours)
• ??: Panel: The future of commercial drone retail distribution

3:00

• Brian: Selection and Integration of Parachutes Into UAVs
• Dave: Drone Therapy: Convincing Your Drone Not To Commit Suicide
• ??: Drones that Produce Wind Energy will Become a Trillion Dollar Business