Salil Goel

PhD: The University of Melbourne and IIT Kanpur (Jointly awarded)

Email: sgoel[AT]iitk.ac.in

Office Phone: 0512 679 6179

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Specialization

Geoinformatics

Research Interest

My research interests involve use and fusion of sensors such as LiDAR, Camera, Inertial and GNSS to solve problems related to localization, mapping and tracking involving a variety of platforms including but not limited to terrestrial and UAV platforms. I am actively working in the area of indoor positioning and navigation, wherein we are exploring new methods of fusion of various sensors and developing algorithms to carry out localization and mapping in GNSS denied and challenging environments.

Education

Ph.D., The University of Melbourne and IIT Kanpur – (Jointly awarded), 2017
B. Tech M.Tech (Dual), Civil Engineering (Geoinformatics), IIT Kanpur, 2011

Website(s)

Homepage

CV

+ - Selected Publications Click to collapse

S. Dey, S. Winter, S. Goel and M. Tomko, Identification of Parking Spaces from Multi-Modal Trajectory Data, Transactions in GIS, 2021, DOI: 10.1111/tgis.12811
S. Dayal, S. Goel, B. Lohani, N. Mittal and R. K. Mishra, Comprehensive Airborne Laser Scanning Simulation, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2021, DOI: 10.1007/s12524-021-01334-5.
A. Yadav, S. Goel, B. Lohani and S. Singh, A UAV Traffic Management System for India: Requirement and Preliminary Analysis, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2020, DOI: 10.1007/s12524-020-01226-0
G. Retscher, A. Kealy, V. Gikas, J. Gabela, S. Goel, Y. Li, A. Masiero, C. Toth, H. Perakis, W. Blaszczak-Bak, Z. Koppanyi, and D. G. Brzezinska, A Benchmarking Measurement Campaign to Support Ubiquitous Localizaion in GNSS Denied and Indoor Environments, International Association of Geodesy Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2020, DOI: 10.1007/1345_2020_102.
G. Retscher, A. Kealy, J. Gabela, Y. Li, S. Goel, C. Toth, A. Masiero, W. Blaszczak-Bak, V. Gikas, H. Perakis, Z. Koppanyi, and D. G. Brzezinska, A Benchmarking Measurement Campaign in GNSS-denied/challenged Indoor/Outdoor and Transitional Environments, Journal of Applied Geodesy, 2020, DOI: 10.1515/jag-2019-0031.
J. Gabela, G. Retscher, S. Goel, H. Perakis, A. Masiero, C. Toth, V. Gikas, A. Kealy, Z. Koppanyi, W. Blaszczak-Bak, Y. Li and D. G. Brzezinska, Experimental Evaluation of a UWB based Cooperative Positioning System for Pedestrians in GNSS Denied Environment, Sensors, Vol. 19, Issue 23, 5274, 2019, DOI: 10.3390/s19235274
S. Goel, A. Kealy and B. Lohani, Development and Experimental Evaluation of a Low-Cost Cooperative UAV Localization Network Prototype, Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, vol. 7, Issue 4, 2018.
S. Goel, A. Kealy and B. Lohani, Posterior Cramér Rao Bounds for Cooperative Localization in Low-Cost UAV Swarms, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2018, DOI: 10.1007/s12524-018-0899-3.
S. Goel, A. Kealy, Gikas, V., G. Retscher, C. Toth, D. Brzezinska, and B. Lohani, Cooperative Localization of UAVs using GNSS, MEMS Inertial and UWB Sensors, Journal of Surveying Engineering, vol. 143, Issue 4, 2017.
S. Goel and B. Lohani, Relative contribution and effect of various error sources on the performance of Mobile Mapping System (MMS), Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (JISRS), DOI:10.1007/s12524-014-0443-z, 2015.
M. Yadav, S. Goel, A.K. Singh, and B. Lohani, Developing basic design and mathematical framework for a Mobile Mapping System- A case study using available sensors, Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (JISRS), Volume 42, Issue 2, pp 301-310, 2014.
S. Goel and B. Lohani, A Motion Correction Technique for Laser Scanning of Moving Objects, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (GRSL), Volume 11, Issue-1, pp. 225- 228, 2014.

+ - Professional Experience Click to collapse

Assistant Professor – IIT Kanpur, India – (2018 – Present)
Research Fellow – RMIT University, Australia (2017 – 2018)
Research Assistant – The University of Melbourne, Australia (2017 -2017)
Project Engineer – IIT Kanpur, India (2012 – 2013)

+ - Awards & Fellowships Click to collapse

Young Geospatial Scientist Award 2018 and Rachapudi Kamakshi Memorial Gold Medal in recognition of the research in the area of geospatial sciences and technology.
Best paper award, IGNSS Conference, Sydney, Australia, February 7-9, 2018.
ION GNSS+ 2017 student paper award, ION GNSS+ 2017 conference, Portland, OR, USA, September 25 – 29, 2017.
Best paper award, 10th International Conference on Mobile Mapping Technology, Cairo, Egypt, May 6-8, 2017.
MATS award, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, 2017.
TIF Travel Award, The ISPRS Foundation, 2016.
Best paper publication award 2015, The Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2015.
TIF travel award, The ISPRS Foundation, 2014.
MERIT visiting RHD scholar award, The University of Melbourne, 2014.
DST Travel Award, SERB, DST, Government of India, 2014.

+ - Contact Information Click to collapse

Office

Geoinformatics Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur

Office Phone: 0512 679 6179

Email: sgoel[AT]iitk.ac.in

+ - Keywords Click to collapse

Indoor localization and mapping, LiDAR, Inertial sensors, UAV applications, Sensor fusion