SoSECIE: The Internet of Simulation: Enabling Agile Model Based Systems Engineering for Cyber-Physical Systems

The System of Systems Engineering Collaborators Information Exchange (SoSECIE) is a web-based seminar series organized by the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (SE) in association with the National Defense Industrial Associations’s SoS Engineering committee. The goal of this series is to provide guidance, education and training for SoS and dissemination of engineering best practices within the government, military, contractors, academia and International partners. The webinar will be held on Tuesday, March 6th from 11 am – 12 pm ET. 

Abstract: The expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) has resulted in a complex cyber-physical system of systems that is continually evolving. With ever more complex systems being developed and changed, there has been an increasing reliance on simulation as a vital part of the design process. There is also a growing need for simulation integration and co-simulation in order to analyze the complex interactions between system components. To this end, we propose that the Internet of Simulation (IoS), as an extension of IoT, can be used to meet these needs. The IoS allows for multiple heterogeneous simulations to be integrated together for co-simulation. Its effect on the engineering process is to facilitate agile practices without sacrificing rigor. An Industry 4.0 example case study is provided showing how IoS could be utilized.

Bio: Dr. Stephen Clement is currently a member of the Distributed Systems and Services research group in the University of Leeds, School of Computing. He received a PhD from the University of York in 2015 for his work on 3D face analysis using Machine Learning. Since then he has worked across three UK Universities on a £10m, EPSRC-Jaguar Land Rover jointly funded project, entitled “The Programme for Simulation Innovation (PSi)”. Stephen’s research interests are developing tools for distributed simulation and optimization to improve collaborative virtual prototyping.

For more information, contact the SoSECIE Webinar Coordinator to be added to the e-mail list for future announcements, to obtain access instructions, or to make suggestions for future presentation topics.