CH 
ZHANG Xin
Associate Researcher
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Room 332
xin.zhang@sjtu.edu.cn
Educational Background
- 2009 - 2013， Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Doctor
- 2008 - 2009， Politecnico di Torino, Master
- 2005 - 2008， Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Master
- 1999 - 2003， Dong Hua University, Bachelor
Work Experience
- 2021-Present，Shanghai Jiao Tong University，Research Associate Professor
- 2016-2021，Shanghai Jiaotong University，Research Assistant Professor
- 2014-2016，Imperial College London，Postdoc
- 2013-2016，Shanghai Jiao Tong University，Postdoc
- 2009-2009，Thales Alenia Space Italia，Intern
Research Interests
- Vision navigation and its integrity for air navigation
- GNSS baseband signal processing for extreme conditions
Major Research Projects
- 2023-2024 Visual Navigation Integrity in Civil Aircraft. (110,789 USD)
- 2022-2025 Trusted Navigation: Theory and Algorithms in Road Navigation. (71,429 USD)
- 2022-2025 Trusted Navigation: Next-Generation Road Side Unit (RSU): Hardware and Algorithms. (71,429 USD)
- 2024-2025 GNSS Interference: Simulation and Mitigation (40,714 USD)
- 2019-2020 Precise Point Positioning User Receiver Algorithms (28,740 USD)
- 2015-2017 (NSFC, no.61403253) Plug-and-Play All Source Positioning and Navigation (37,816 USD)
Representative Papers And Monographs
- Chi C., Zhang X.*, Liu J.H., Sun Y.L., Zhang Z.H., & Zhan X.Q. (2023). GICI-LIB: A GNSS/INS/Camera integrated navigation library. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8(12):7970-7977. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2023.3324825. Data and source code opensourced at https://github. com/chichengcn/gici-open
- Fu Y.W., Wang S.Z., Zhai Y.W., Zhan X.Q., Zhang X.*. (2022). Measurement error detection for stereo visual odometry integrity. NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation, 69 (4): 542.
- Zhang X.*, Zhan X.Q., Huang J.H., Liu J.H., Xiao Y.C. (2024). Weiss–Weinstein bound of frequency estimation error for very weak GNSS signals. NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation, 71 (3): 654. https://doi.org/10.33012/navi.654. Souce code opensourced at https://github.com/TMBOC/WWB.
- Liu J., Zhan X.Q., Chi C., Zhang X.*, Zhai C.R. (2023). Robust extrinsic self-calibration of camera and solid state LiDAR. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 109:81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-023-02015-w. Source code opensourced at https://github.com/GAfieldCN/automatic-camera-pointcloud-calibration
- Chi C., Zhan X.Q., Zhai Y.W., Lin K., Chang J., Zhang X.*, Shao F.W. (2021). Exploiting sequential dilution of precision for a general framework of PPP convergence. Advances in Space, 68: 2383 – 2400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2021.04.033
- Zhang X., Yuan W.H., Zheng L.X., Zhan X.Q.*, Ren Q.Y., & Lin B.J. (2022). A cliquey subgraph approach to sparsified UAV visual inertial odometry by surjective Bayes-tree-to-factor-graph mapping. Aerospace Science & Technology, 120:107250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2021. 107250.
Honorary Information
- Top-tier Prize for Progress of Science and Technology, 2020, by Shanghai Municipality.
- First 50 users of the Galileo system , 2014, by Didier Faivre, Director of the Galileo Programme and navigation-related services, the European Space Agency (ESA) for “the successful Galileo position fix made on 15 April 2014 from 07.57 to 07.58. Lat.: 51o31 N, Long.: 0o.04 E. This award is granted to the first 50 users of the Galileo System”. This work was accomplished using a commercial front-end (FE) and a modified Software Defined Radio (SDR) package. Primary author.