{"200521":{"#nid":"200521","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Hosts 11th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology will host the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cser13.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EConference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER)\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center March 19-22, 2013. \u0026nbsp;This year\u2019s theme, \u201cAddressing Societal Needs with Next-Generation Systems\u201d will focus on fostering new research ideas and pushing the boundaries of today\u2019s systems engineering research to find solutions that better society.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 2003, the annual conference serves as an international platform to showcase innovative systems engineering research. Conference papers address a variety of subjects within systems engineering such as evolutionary systems, infrastructure, workforce training, defense, and aerospace.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThree keynote speakers have been scheduled to discuss systems engineering challenges as well as its role today and into the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVictoria Cox, former FAA assistant administrator for NextGen, will speak on Wednesday, March 20. Her presentation, \u201cChallenges with Deploying Complex Systems of Systems: Some Perspectives,\u201d will discuss how non-technical challenges presented by the economic landscape, political climate, and stakeholder equity as well as the culture into which the system of systems will be inserted are often as crucial to successful delivery of the product as the viability of the technologies involved.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPaul Eremenko, who recently served as the deputy director and acting director of the Tactical Technology Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense, will speak on Thursday, March 21. His presentation, \u201cFormal Model-Based Design \u0026amp; Manufacture: A Template for Managing Complexity in Large-Scale Cyber-Physical Systems\u201d will touch on the proposition that the traditional top-down systems engineering process is inadequate for coping with the increasing complexity, dynamic coupling, and cyber-physical interactions found in modern large-scale systems such as aerospace systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnn Devereaux, lead system engineer for the flight system of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Project, will serve as the final keynote on Friday, March 22. Her presentation, \u201cLanding Curiosity: SE Challenges for NASA\u2019s Newest Martian,\u201d will walk the audience through the systems engineering challenges and successes of the project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the keynote presenters, technical paper presentations, special sessions and panels will be featured. Awards for Best Paper and Best Student Paper will be announced during an evening reception that will take place on Thursday, March 21.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESeveral Georgia Tech faculty members and instructors serve as conference organizers. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/paredis\u0022\u003EChris Paredis\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor with the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, is the conference chair.\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pmase.gatech.edu\/#footer_wrap\u0022\u003ECarlee Bishop\u003C\/a\u003E, executive director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Professional Master\u2019s Degree in Applied Systems Engineering, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ti.gatech.edu\/people\/profile\/bodner.php\u0022\u003EDoug Bodner\u003C\/a\u003E, senior research engineer with the Tennenbaum Institute at Georgia Tech, are conference program co-chairs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cser13.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/cser13.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology will host the Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center March 19-22, 2013. \u0026nbsp;This year\u2019s theme, \u201cAddressing Societal Needs with Next-Generation Systems\u201d will focus on fostering new research ideas and pushing the boundaries of today\u2019s systems engineering research to find solutions that better society.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This year\u2019s theme, \u201cAddressing Societal Needs with Next-Generation Systems\u201d will focus on fostering new research ideas and pushing the boundaries of today\u2019s systems engineering research to find solutions that better society."}],"uid":"27373","created_gmt":"2013-03-19 09:33:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:51","author":"Nikki Troxclair","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1258","name":"Professional Education"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"61911","name":"Carlee Bishop"},{"id":"61921","name":"Chris Paredis"},{"id":"61931","name":"Doug Bodner"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"38531","name":"Georgia Tech Professional Education"},{"id":"8361","name":"Global Learning Center"},{"id":"26991","name":"pmase"},{"id":"2662","name":"professional education"},{"id":"167642","name":"systems engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENikki Troxclair, APR\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E912-966-7913\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ntroxclair@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}