Dr. Soloviev's past and current projects include various aspects of multi-sensor fusion; integrated signal processing mechanizations (software receivers and deep integration); and, collaborative navigation (multi-node signal acquisition and tracking, decentralized estimation). He holds a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics and Physics from Moscow Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Ohio University. Dr. Soloviev is a recognized expert in the area of navigation. He received “William E Jackson Memorial Award” from Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) and an “Early Achievement Award” from the Institute of Navigation (ION). He has published 30 refereed journal and magazine articles, 59 conference papers. He is co-inventor of 3 U.S. patents and 1 UK patent. He has served as an Associate Editor for the ION NAVIGATION Journal, and as a Technical Representative on the ION Council.

Dr. Yang is the co-recipient of the 2006 IEEE PLANS-ION AM best paper, the 2007 Samuel M. Burka Award from the ION, and the 2009 IEEE NAECON Grand Challenge Winner Award. His work has been documented in 200 conference papers, book chapters, and journal articles. He is the inventor or co-inventor of 9 issued U.S. patents and 5 pending U.S. patents. He received his title of Docteur en Science from the Université de Paris (XI), Orsay, France, in Sciences Physiques in association with the Laboratoire de Signaux et Systèmes (LSS) of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the École Supérieure d’Électricité (ESE). His working experience and primary interests include baseband signal processing for GNSS, communications, and radar signals and nonlinear state estimation with applications in target tracking, integrated inertial navigation, and information fusion.