2009 NASA/Army Systems and Software Forum
4200/ Morris Auditorium and Learning center
Huntsville, Alabama, May 12 and 13, 2008

You are cordially invited to attend the two day NASA/Army Systems and Software Engineering Forum hosted by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight  Center on May 12th and 13th, 2009.  The Forum features local, national, and international leaders and subject matter experts from government, industry, research and academia sharing their views and expertise in systems and software engineering in support of NASA, the Army, and Industry.  The first morning session will feature prominent leaders in systems and software engineering sharing their ‘View from the top’ and what they foresee on the near horizon.  Your participation will complement their knowledge and skills with the perspective only you can add.

Over the succeeding one an a half days of the forum, other equally renown subject matter experts will delve into Software Formal Methods, Self-Managing Systems, Model Based Engineering, Complex Programmable Devices, Information Security  Solutions for Net Readiness, Independent Verification and Validation, Intellectual Property Protection, Technology Transfer Success Stories and CMMI.  Continuous learning points will be awarded for attendance.  Based on participant feedback, future sessions and workshops may be organized to delve deeper into any given topic.

For additional details, visit the website at https://mrpt.saic.com/ssf/default.html and click here for the event trifold .

Forum attendance for the first morning session is unlimited.  Attendance for the succeeding sessions slots are on a first come, first served basis. 

Very Respectfully,
NASA / ARMY Systems and Software Forum Committee

Forum

Keynote Speakers:

Mr. Roy Malone (MSFC S&MA Director) Opening Remarks
Mr. Dan Dumbacher (MSFC, Director of  Engineering Directorate)NASA & Army Systems & Software:
Partnership for 50 Years and Counting
Mr. Rex Geveden (Teledyne Brown, president)
Software and Systems Complexity
Dr. William Lewis (AMRDEC – Aviation  Engineering Director)
TBA
Dr. William Craig (AMRDEC – Software Engineering Director)
TBA
Bob Savely (JSC, Chief Scientist Automation, Robotics, & Simulation)
Human-Robot Interaction
Dr. Mike Hinchey  (NASA Consultant, and Co-Director at the Irish Software Engineering Research Center
Evolving Critical Systems:
A Research Agenda for SW Engineering

Planning Committee:

Forum Committee

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