CARNATIONS will participate in ITM 2026 in Anaheim, California, from January 26 to 29. Dr. Samer Khanafseh will serve as Program Chair and lead CARNATIONS’ technology transfer efforts. The full CARNATIONS PI Team will attend to share research insights and explore collaboration opportunities.

CARNATIONS student Liam Carey of Virginia Tech has received the UTC Outstanding Student of the Year Award from the U.S. Department of Transportation. His achievements reflect excellence in navigation research, including work conducted through the CARNATIONS REACH program under the mentorship of Professor Mathieu Joerger and industry partners.

CARNATIONS Technology Transfer, led by Samer Khanafseh and partnered with TruNav, has won Stage 1 of the ARPA-I Ideas Challenge, earning recognition and advancing toward the 2026 ARPA-I Ideas Challenge Finals. Learn more about the challenge and semi-finalists. ARPA‑I Ideas Challenge details (https://www.transportation.gov/arpa-i/ideas-challenge)

CARNATIONS-affiliated papers authored by Ph.D. students Hasan Kinatas and Liam Carey received Best Presentation Awards at the Institute of Navigation’s GNSS+ Conference for research on GNSS spoofing detection and collaborative navigation.

Taking on the Cybersecurity Threats to Transportation

The latest edition of the CARNATIONS Newsletter is here!

We are proud to announce that three research papers from CARNATIONS have been published and recognized by the Institute of Navigation (ION).

CARNATIONS launches its first newsletter

Taking on the Cybersecurity Threats to Transportation

Honored to see our director, Dr. Boris Pervan, present groundbreaking work on "Resilient PNT for Advanced Transportation"

Exploring the latest trends, technologies, and industry developments featured in the Institute of Navigation's Summer 2024 publication.

An in-depth look at the vulnerabilities in GPS systems as covered in Epsiloon’s latest edition, and how CARNATIONS is leading the charge in addressing these challenges.