Hi! PARIS · 1st Edition

Workshop on 3D Perception
and Navigation

A one-day gathering of researchers across robotics, computer vision and photogrammetry.

Tuesday, 1 September 2026 ENSTA Paris · Palaiseau
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About the workshop

Where 3D perception meets navigation

This workshop brings together researchers from the Hi! PARIS community working on 3D perception and robotics navigation. The program sits at the intersection of robotics, computer vision and photogrammetry — pairing keynote perspectives with talks from PhD students and early-career researchers across partner labs.

3D Perception Robotics Navigation Computer Vision Photogrammetry LiDAR & Point Clouds SLAM
2 Sessions on Perception
2 Sessions on Navigation & Action
5 Keynote talks
1 Poster session

Program

Schedule — 1 September 2026

Keynotes run 30 min (20′ + 10′ Q&A); regular talks run 20 min (15′ + 5′ Q&A). Program is provisional and subject to change.

09:25

Welcome remarks

Organizers

Session 1
09:30–10:00
KeynoteConfirmed

Andreas Nüchter

University of Würzburg · Hi! PARIS Int. Visiting Chair, ENSTA / U2IS

10:00–10:20
TalkConfirmed

Simon Klüpfel - Unifusion 2.0 - Unified continuous surface & semantic mapping with LLM-based knowledge gathering in outdoor environments

University of Würzburg

10:20–10:40
TalkTBA

To be announced

Speaker to be confirmed

10:40–10:50
Posters

Poster teasers

One-minute previews ahead of the poster session

10:50–11:10

Coffee break

Session 2
11:10–11:40
KeynoteConfirmed

Maks Ovsjanikov

LIX, École Polytechnique

11:40–12:00
TalkConfirmed

Calvin Galagain

CEA · U2IS, ENSTA

12:00–12:20
Talk

Rania Benaissa

Valeo · U2IS, ENSTA

12:20–14:00

Lunch break & posters

Poster session over lunch

Session 3
14:00–14:30
KeynoteConfirmed

Alexandre Boulch

Valeo.ai

14:30–14:50
Talk

Vincent Lepetit - Efficient Active Mapping of Large and Dynamic Scenes

IMAGINE, École des Ponts (ENPC)

14:50–15:10
TalkTBA

Yifei CAO - 2D LiDAR-based Navigation World Model

U2IS, ENSTA

15:10–15:30

Coffee break

Session 4
15:30–16:00
KeynoteConfirmed

David Filliat - LiDAR vs Monocular depth estimation for autonomous navigation

LARIAD

16:00–16:20
Talk

Louis Dezons - Multimodal Navigation Transformer

LARIAD

16:20–16:50
TalkConfirmed

Fabian Arzberger - Motion-Acceleration Calibration and Compensation in IMUs without External Equipment for Attitude Estimation Filters for 3D Mapping

University of Würzburg

16:50

Closing remarks

Organizers

Posters

Present your work

PhD students and researchers are warmly invited to present a poster. A poster-teaser slot opens the session, with posters on display over the extended lunch break.

Poster details & call

Committee

Organizers

AN

Andreas Nüchter

Full Professor, University of Würzburg · Hi! PARIS International Visiting Chair, ENSTA / U2IS (2025–2027)

FG

François Goulette

Full Professor, ENSTA · Deputy Director, U2IS · Hi! PARIS correspondent for ENSTA

PX

Philippe Xu

Associate Professor, ENSTA

VL

Vincent Lepetit

Full Professor, École des Ponts (ENPC)

RM

Renaud Marlet

Senior Researcher, ENPC · Principal Scientist, Valeo.ai

MO

Maks Ovsjanikov

Professor, École Polytechnique

Venue

Location

ENSTA Paris

828 Boulevard des Maréchaux
91120 Palaiseau, France
Plateau de Saclay

Getting there

Take RER B to Massy-Palaiseau, then a Plateau de Saclay campus bus (lines 91.06 / 91.10) toward École Polytechnique; ENSTA Paris is a short walk away.

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