Aerospace Electronics and Systems Society (AESS)

AESS
AESS focuses on the organization, design, development, integration, and operation of complex systems for space, air, ocean or ground environments. For more information about the local chapter, contact AESS Chair, Dr. Bob Berinato.

Probabilistic Inference and its Application to Distributed Track Management Systems

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Speaker: Clay Stanek, Senior Software Engineer, Northrop Grumman
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Probabilistic inference is one of the hottest areas in Track Management technology space. By combining computer science discipline with a rigorous understanding of probability theory, one can estimate the potential for machine learning to predict human and aggregate [...]

Software Safety Engineering – An Updated Look at a Maturing Discipline

Date: May 10, 2011
Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Place: University of Alabama in Huntsville University Center Room 126
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Speaker: Steven Mattern, Senior System Safety Engineer, Bastion Technologies
The discipline commonly referred to as “Software Safety Engineering” has been maturing within the systems and software engineering communities for the last 25 [...]

AESS and JCAM Presentation on AT&T’s U-Verse

Lecture Content: Dixon Tidmore, with AT&T, will deliver a presentation on the technology behind AT&T’s U-Verse service. U-Verse is a multi-service platform that integrates IPTV (internet protocol television), high speed internet, and VOIP (voice over internet protocol). AT&T is the only national service provider to offer a 100-percent IP-based TV service. AT&T has started construction [...]

Range Improvement of RFID Tags

Please join the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) for complimentary food and refreshments, networking, and a technical presentation led by Matthew Trotter. The presentation “Survey of Range Improvement of Commercial RFID Tags with Power Optimized Waveforms” is authored by Matthew Trotter, Georgia Institute of Technology, ECE, and co-authored by Dr. Gregory D. Durgin, Georgia Institute of Technology, ECE. The power sensitivity of passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags heavily affects the read reliability and range. Inventory tracking systems rely heavily on strong read reliability while animal tracking in large fields rely heavily on long read range…

Presentation on National Missile Defense

National Missile Defense
A lecture by Larry Chasteen, PhD, IEEE Distinguished Lecturers Program
The Bush Administration made major changes to the National Missile Defense (NMD) system that had been developed earlier by the Clinton Administration and established a limited system in Alaska to counter threats from North Korea. But even with the new emphasis on anti-terrorism and closer [...]