Nijat Mammadaliyev

Assess the potential of co-location in space of the four main space geodetic techniques (DORIS, GNSS, SLR, VLBI), i.e. on board of one or more satellites, to realize a global terrestrial reference system with an accuracy and stability meeting the science-driven requirements specified by the Global Geodetic Observing System of the International Association of Geodesy

VLBI data analysis Software development

Analyzing and reprocessing of GNSS data of stations near tide gauges

Ankara–Sivas high-speed railway project

Co-location of the main space geodetic techniques in space to realize a Global Terrestrial Reference System Main fields of study: - Combination of space geodetic techniques with space ties - Simulation of the existing and future infrastructures of space geodetic techniques - Efficient scheduling of observations - Satellite orbit determination - Earth Orientation Parameters - Global Terrestrial Reference Frame - Software development and validation

Thesis: Improvements of the stochastic model of the VLBI data analysis (Grade: 1.0) Main fields of study: - Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) - Data analysis - Analysis of VLBI error sources - Stochastic modeling - Error propagation - Variance and covariance component estimation - VLBI analysis software development

Geodesy and photogrammetry Thesis: Estimation and comparison of GNSS and VLBI tropospheric parameters, and outlier detection (Grade: 1.0) Main fields of study: - Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) - Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) - Least squares adjustment calculation - Inter- and intra-technique comparison - Statistical data analysis - Outlier detection