Harshad Sathaye

Dr. Harshad Sathaye is a Researcher in the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zürich, affiliated with the School of Computer and Communication Sciences. His work focuses on cybersecurity in navigation systems, GNSS spoofing/jamming countermeasures, and secure autonomous aerial vehicle navigation. Key research areas include cyber-physical systems, satellite signal integrity, and aviation security protocols.

He has contributed to projects such as GNSS-WASP (wide-area spoofing detection), Galileo-SDR-SIM (Galileo signal simulation tools), and SemperFi (anti-spoofing GPS receivers for UAVs). His research addresses vulnerabilities in aviation datalinks, UAV navigation systems, and cryptographic authentication mechanisms for satellite signals. Recent work explores relay attacks on authenticated GNSS signals and experimental studies of GPS spoofing on drones.

Publications span topics like secure autonomous vehicle navigation, cybersecurity for cyber-physical systems, and wireless attacks on aircraft landing systems. His research aims to improve navigation system resilience against modern cyber threats in aerospace and robotics domains.