Nov 2-4, 2021 Washington, DC, United States
This three-day event unites all sectors of the systems engineering and acquisition research communities–government, industry, and academia–and provides an opportunity to share progress on research addressing the most challenging issues facing the Department of Defense (DOD) and other federal departments and agencies.
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Welcome
Dr. Dinesh Verma, Executive Director, SERC/AIRC
Opening Remarks
Ms. Stephanie Possehl, Acting Deputy Director for Engineering and Director for Engineering Policy and Systems
Morning Keynote
Mr. Maynard Holliday, Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Modernization
SERC OUSD(R&E) Panelists:
Moderated by Dr. Dan DeLaurentis, SERC Chief Scientist, Purdue
Panelists:
Moderated by Mr. Tom McDermott, SERC Deputy Director/CTO, Stevens Institute of Technology
WRT-1040 | Application of Digital Engineering Measures
Mr. Tom McDermott, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ms. Kaitlin Henderson, Virginia Tech
WRT-1036/ART-002 | Transforming Systems Engineering through Model-Centric Engineering / MBSE
Dr. Mark Blackburn, Stevens Institute of Technology
ART-008 | Design Evaluation Automation and Optimization
Dr. Kishore Pochiraju, Stevens Institute of Technology
ART-005 | Methods for Integrating Dynamic Requirements
Dr. William Rouse, Georgetown University
ART-016 | IME Architecture Process for Vertical Lift Systems
Dr. Bryan Mesmer, University of Alabama Huntsville
ART-015 | New Observing Strategies Testbed (NOS-T) Design and Development
Dr. Paul Grogan, Stevens Institute of Technology
WRT-1030 | Electronic Warfare Mission Engineering
Mr. Joel Patton, Virginia Tech
WRT-1025 | Architecting for Digital Twins and MCE with Part II
Presented by: Dr. Mark Austin, University of Maryland on behalf of PI: Dr. Mark Blackburn, Stevens Institute of Technology
WRT-1017 | Keyphrase Extraction Using Language Embeddings – Phase I & Phase II
Presented by: Mr. Bingyang Wen on behalf of PI: Dr. K. P. Subbalakshmi, Stevens Institute of Technology
WRT-1028 | Validation Framework for Assuring Adaptive and Learning-Enabled Systems
Presented by: Dr. Daniel Shapiro, University of Alabama Huntsville on behalf of PI: Dr. Bryan Mesmer, University of Alabama Huntsville
WRT-1023 | Analyzing and Assessing Contracts for Embedded Risk
Dr. Carlo Lipizzi, Stevens Institute of Technology
WRT-1019 | Adaptive Cyber-Physical-Human Systems Testbed
Dr. Azad Madni, University of Southern California
WRT-1012/1041 | Global Positioning Systems – Mission Engineering and Integration of Emerging Technologies
Dr. Michael Orosz, University of Southern California
WRT-1022 | Developmental Test and Evaluation and Cyber Resilient Systems
Dr. Peter Beling, Virginia Tech
WRT-1033 | Transitioning Mission Aware Concepts and Methods to Evaluate Cost Risk Decisions for Security Assurance Design
Mr. Tom McDermott, Stevens Institute of Technology
WRT-1027 | Ecology-Inspired Techniques for Resilient Design of System of Systems
Dr. Richard Malak, Texas A&M
WRT-1043 | DAU Digital Engineering Simulation
Dr. Nicole Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mr. Paul Wach, Virginia Tech
WRT-1035 | Capstone Marketplace 2020-21
CAPT Bill Shepherd, Stevens Institute of Technology
WRT-1055 | Policy Options to Promote DoD-Defense Industry Collaboration in STEM
Dr. Ruth David, Dr. Jeff Wilcox, Stevens Institute of Technology
WRT-1042 | Policy Innovations to Enhance the STEM Talent Pipeline
Dr. William Rouse, Georgetown University
Digital Engineering Tutorial
Dr. Mark Blackburn, Stevens Institute of Technology
Abstract: Dr. Mark Blackburn will lead a tutorial on the development and evolution of the NAVAIR Skyzer Surrogate Pilot Model that will discuss the following: development of a “Full Stack” of models that links to a model-based systems engineering (MBSE) cost model; use of a reference cost model as a starting point and creating a specific cost model that maps to the Skyzer system and Contractor/Request for Proposal (RFP) response models; and leveraging the Authoritative Source of Truth (ASOT) for extending models to satisfy specific stakeholder concerns (e.g., cost, airworthiness, cyber) and link back to key technical information included in the “Full Stack” of Skyzer models using Project Usages.
Attendees will also receive a tour of the Skyzer Cost Model that includes scenarios for a cost roll-up pattern, report generation, and mechanisms that allow subject matter experts to cost values using an Export/Import spreadsheet and synchronize these back into the Cost Model.
Target Audience: Systems Engineers and Architects across the DoD Extended Enterprise, and anyone interested in MBSE for developing a Cost Model that aligns with a NAVAIR Systems Engineering Method-compliant System Model in SysML.
Prerequisites/Preferred Pre-Knowledge: Knowledge of systems engineering. An awareness of visual modeling and SysML is useful, but not essential.
Method: Lecture/Demo/Video
About the Instructor: Mark R. Blackburn, Ph.D. is a Senior Research Scientist with Stevens Institute of Technology. Dr. Blackburn has been the Principal Investigator (PI) on 14 System Engineering Research Center (SERC) research tasks for both U.S. Navy NAVAIR and U.S. Army ARDEC on Systems Engineering Transformation through Model-Centric Engineering. He has also been PI on FAA NextGen and National Institute of Standards and Technology projects and has received research funding from the National Science Foundation. He developed and teaches a course on Systems Engineering for Cyber Physical Systems and is a member of the SERC Research Council, OpenMBEE Leadership Team, and core member of the Semantic Technologies for Systems Engineering initiative. Prior to joining Stevens, Dr. Blackburn worked in industry for more than 25 years.
Security Engineering Tutorial
Dr. Peter Beling, Virginia Tech
Abstract: Dr. Peter Beling will lead a tutorial on using modeling and simulation to support cyber resilience. Dr. Beling, joined by Tom McDermott (CTO, SERC), will discuss the latest findings from SERC security research and introduce two methods that are based upon more than six years of SERC research: 1) Framework for Operational Resilience in Engineering and Systems Test (FOREST), a meta-process model for use by the development and operational community that supports analysis and evaluation of resilience features in a system; and 2) Mission Aware (MA), a cybersecurity requirements elicitation process and MBSE metamodeling approach that captures cyber resilience requirements and patterns in a model-based design and test process for application across a systems lifecycle. The tutorial will present a step-by-step example of the methods applied to a fictional system called Silverfish, as captured in systems modeling tools.
Target Audience: Anyone interested in the application of cyber resilience principles in the development of models and simulations, and anyone interested in understanding how modeling and simulation can build understanding and improve the efficacy of incorporating cyber resilience into system design.
Prerequisites/Preferred Pre-Knowledge: Knowledge of systems engineering. An awareness of visual modeling is useful, but not essential.
Method: Lecture/Demo/Video
About the Instructor: Dr. Peter A. Beling serves as a SERC Research Council member, providing guidance in the Trusted Systems research area. Dr. Beling is a Professor in the Hume Center for National Security and Technology within the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Dr. Beling received his Ph.D. in Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley and has held positions at the Center for Naval Analyses and the IBM Almaden Research Center, as well as most recently at the University of Virginia (UVA).
Dr. Beling’s research interests are in data analytics and decision-making in complex systems, with emphasis on adaptive decision support systems and reinforcement learning. His research has found application in a variety of domains, including smart manufacturing, resilient cyber physical systems, finance, and consumer credit. Previously at UVA, he directed the Adaptive Decision Systems Laboratory, which focuses on data analytics and decision support in cyber-physical systems. He is the co-founder of the Financial Decision Engineering research group at UVA, which is a focal point for research on systems engineering approaches to decisions and analyses in the financial and consumer credit domains. Dr. Beling has served as editor and reviewer for many academic journals and has served as a member of two National Research Council panels.
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