
Dr. Art Pyster
George Mason University
Throughout his career, Art Pyster has played a leading role with systems and technologies in telecommunications, aerospace, defense, air traffic control, and computing.
Dr. Pyster’s proudest professional accomplishments are (1) standing up and operating the Systems Engineering Research Center, which is the largest and most impactful academic research program in systems engineering in the nation, (2) leading the development of the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK), which has been accessed well over 1 million times and is the most widely read source on systems engineering, (3) applying novel engineering processes at Digital Sound Corporation to develop extremely low-defect commercial telecommunications systems; and (4) as the FAA’s Deputy Chief Information Officer, leading the Federal Aviation Administration’s information security efforts, software research program, and IT policy development, and serving on the FAA’s investment review board which oversaw more than $3 billion annually.
Now at George Mason University, Pyster is helping to expand the size and impact of the Volgenau School of Engineering’s cutting edge research portfolio, as well as teaching and conducting research. His current research focuses on the Atlas theory of what enables systems engineers to be effective. Having received well over $1M in funding from the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Atlas is currently being piloted in several organizations.
Dr. Pyster has authored many papers and one textbook – Compiler Design and Construction. He is an INCOSE Fellow, the former Director for Academic Matters and former Chairman of the Corporate Advisory Board of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), a member of the INCOSE Board of Directors, and a senior member of the IEEE.
- SERC-2013-TR-038-1-The Helix Project
- SERC-2013-TR-038-2-Helix – Phases 1 and 2
- SERC-2014-TR-038-3-Helix – Phase 3
- SERC-2014-TR-038-4-Atlas: The Theory of Effective Systems Engineers, Version 0.25
- SERC-2014-TR-038-3-Helix – Phase 3
- SERC-2015-TR-108-Atlas: The Theory of Effective Systems Engineers, Version 0.5
- SERC-2016-TR-106-Atlas 0.6: Expanding on the Theory of Effective Systems Engineers
- SERC-2016-TR-119-The Development of Atlas: The Theory of Effective Systems Engineers
- SERC-2015-TR-110-Extending Atlas to Non-Defense Systems Engineers and to Classic Engineers
Lead Author
- Conference Paper - Analysis of the References From the Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK)
- Conference Paper - Experiences From Creating the Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) V. 1.0
- Conference Paper - Whatʼs in a Wiki?
- Conference Paper - Program Accreditation and the Graduate Reference Curriculum in Systems Engineering (GRCSE™)
- Conference Paper - Developing Systems Engineering Graduate Programs Aligned to the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE) Guidelines
- Conference Paper - Applying systems thinking via systemigrams for defining the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE) project
- Conference Paper - The systems engineering body of knowledge and graduate reference curriculum
- Journal Article - Managing the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge
- Journal Article - Global Workforce Development Projects in Software Engineering
- Journal Article - Announcing BKCASE: Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering
- Poster - The Helix Project
- Poster - SSRR 2015: RT-130 & 135: The Helix Project
- Poster - Body of Knowledge and Graduate Reference Curriculum
- Poster - Investigating the DNA of the System Engineering Workforce
- Poster - RT 1: Body of Knowledge and Graduate Reference Curriculum
- Poster - The Helix Project
- Presentation - Helix – Understanding How to develop Effective Systems Engineers
- Presentation - Rapid Dissemination of SERC Research Results into Practice and Education
- Presentation - The Body of knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering
- Presentation - Systems Engineering Research Center Progress and Directions
- Presentation - The Evolving Body of Knowledge
- Workshop Report - Helix- Investigating the DNA of the Systems Engineering Effectiveness
- Workshop Report - Relationship Between Systems Engineering and Software Engineering