SERC Sponsor Research Review 2017

9th Annual SERC Sponsor Research Review

Wednesday, November 8, 2017
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Hosted by: FHI 360 Conference Center
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW, #2
Washington, DC 20009

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This one-day, sponsor-focused event unites the government, industry, and academic systems engineering research community in order to share research progress and discuss the most challenging systems engineering issues today. The review highlights over twenty ongoing SERC research projects. Researchers from the SERC universities will discuss their research, highlight results, and describe opportunities for government agencies to sponsor and/or participate in their projects. Several of these research projects are ready for pilot use and transition to practice. The program and sessions focus on the research results achieved in each of the four thematic areas of the SERC: Trusted Systems, Enterprise Systems and Systems of Systems, Human Capital Development, and Systems Engineering and Systems Management Transformation.

Congratulations to the winner of the 2017 Doctoral Fellows Best Student Paper award, Davina Rizzo from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Attendance is open to government, Federally Funded Research Development Centers, national laboratories, industry, and academic institutions.

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Morning Session Agenda

Registration, Breakfast and Welcome
8:00a–8:45a	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45a–8:50a	Welcome from the SERC Chief Scientist and Chair, SERC Research Council Dr. Barry Boehm, Chief Scientist and Chair, Research Council, SERC
8:50a–9:00a	Kickoff and Welcome Dr. Christophe Pierre, Provost, Stevens Institute of Technology
Sponsor Perspective and Challenges
9:00a–9:10a	Introductory Remarks Ms. Kristen Baldwin, Principal Deputy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering [DASD(SE)]
State of the SERC
9:10a–9:35a	SERC Progress and Strategic Direction, SERC Doctoral Fellows Program Update, Research Transition Partners, and Best Student Paper Award Presentation Dr. Dinesh Verma, Executive Director, SERC Download Presentation
9:35a–10:00a	Morning Keynote Address: Ms. Mary Miller, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering [ASD(R&E)] > Download Presentation
10:00a-10:15a	Transition Break
Research Reviews: Four parallel tracks with 40-minute sessions providing in-depth discussions on SERC research projects
	Track 1: SE and Management Transformation *(Vista Room)*	Track 2: Enterprise and Systems of Systems (*Angle Room*)	Track 3: Trusted; Critical & Resilient Systems *(Balcony Room D)*	Track 4: Human Capital Development *(Balcony Room E)*
10:15a–10:55a	Transforming Systems Engineering through Model-Centric Engineering Mark Blackburn, Stevens Download Presentation	System of Systems Analytic Workbench Karen Marais, Purdue Download Presentation	Program Protection Systems Security & Trust Extending Flexible Contracts for Mission Assurance Azad Madni, USC Download Presentation	SE Research Needs and Workforce Development Assessment (Pathfinder) Dinesh Verma, Stevens Download Presentation
			Trusted Autonomy – Methods for Test and Evaluation Gary Witus, Wayne State Download Presentation	Initial Results from Piloting Helix/Atlas Framework in MITRE's Systems Engineering Technical Center Laura Ricci, MITRE Download Presentation
				Virtual Prototyping and Analysis with Model Based Engineering Dr. Peter Korfiatis, MITRE Download Presentation
11:00a–11:40a	Interactive Model-Centric Systems Engineering (IMCSE) Donna Rhodes, MIT Download Presentation	Enterprise Analysis Michael Pennock, Stevens Download Presentation	Systemic Security and the Role of Hierarchical Design in Cyber-Physical Systems Val Sitterle, Georgia Tech Download Presentation	Mission Engineering Competencies Gregg Vesonder, Stevens Download Presentation
			The Feasibility of Enhancing Security of Complex Systems Through Disaggregation of Security Components to Asymmetric Multi-Processors David Coe, UAH Download Presentation
11:45a–12:30p	Verification and Validation (V&V) of System Behavior Specifications Kristin Giammarco, NPS Download Presentation	Approaches to Achieve Modularity Benefits in the Acquisition Ecosystem Dan DeLaurentis and Navin Davendralingam, Purdue Download Presentation	Data Science Approaches to Prevent Failures in Systems Engineering Karen Marais, Purdue Download Presentation	Human Capital Development -- Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems Tom McDermott, Georgia Tech Download Presentation
	Model-Based Coordination of Multi-drone ISR David Jacques, AFIT Download Presentation		Game-Theoretic Risk Assessment for Distributed Systems (GRADS) Paul Grogan, Stevens Download Presentation

Afternoon Session Agenda

12:30p–1:00p	Lunch (Catered) and Opportunity to View SERC Project Posters
1:00p–1:30p	Lunchtime Keynote Address: Systems Engineering and Related Challenges at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Dr. Byron F. Knight, Future Conflict Capabilities, DD/NRO/SED Download Presentation
1:30p–1:45p	Transition Break
1:45p–2:25p	Formal Methods in Resilient Systems Design using a Flexible Contract Approach Azad Madni, USC Download Presentation	ESoS Model for Digital Thread Enabled Acquisition Chris Paredis, GA Tech Download Presentation		Security Engineering –FY17 Systems Aware Cybersecurity Barry Horowitz, UVa Download Presentation	Workforce Evolution (Helix) Nicole Hutchison, Stevens Download Presentation
2:30p–3:10p	System Qualities (SQs) Tradespace and Affordability Barry Boehm, USC Download Presentation	SERC NAV Demonstration Roger Blake, Stevens SERC NAV		Heterogeneous Agent-Modeling Approach on System Stability Steve Yang, Stevens Download Presentation	Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Resarch and Course Development -- Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A) and Monte Carlo Simulation Mikel Petty, UAH Download Presentation
3:15p–3:55p	Identifying and Measuring Modularity Violations in Cyber-Physical Systems Lu Xiao, Stevens Download Presentation	SERC Workshop Preview Tom McDermott, Workshop Event Page		Best Student Paper Presentation Davina Rizzo Download Presentation	Systems Engineering Experience Accelerator (SEEA) Jon Wade & Alex Zhang, Stevens Download Presentation
	Next Generation Adaptive Cyber-Physical Human Systems Azad Madni, USC Download Presentation
4:00p–5:00p	Poster and Networking Session		Executive Advisory Board Meeting (invitation only)