Breaking the Ice: Navigation in the Arctic
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چکیده
Grace Xingxin Gao is a research associate in the GPS lab of Stanford University. She received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering, both at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. She obtained the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at Stanford University. Her current research interests include GNSS signal and code structures, GNSS receiver architectures, and interference mitigation. She has received the Institute of Navigation (ION) Early Achievement Award.
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