{"649020":{"#nid":"649020","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Andrew K. Hull ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAndrew K. Hull \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003E(Advisor: Prof. Mavris)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ewill defend a doctoral thesis entitled,\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA Methodology for Technology-tuned Decision Behavior Algorithms for Tactics Exploration\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOn\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThursday, August 12 at 1:00 p.m. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/833713414\/9998\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/833713414\/9998\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIn 2016, the USAF found that current development and acquisition methods may be inadequate to achieve air superiority in 2030. The airspace is expected to be highly contested by 2030 due to the Anti-Access\/Area Denial strategies being employed by adversaries. Capability gaps must be addressed in order to maintain air superiority. The USAF identified new development and acquisition paradigms as the number one non-material capability development area. The idea of a new development and acquisition paradigm is not new. Such a paradigm shift occurred during the transition from threat-based acquisition during the cold war to capability-based acquisition during the war on terror.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInvestigation into current US development and acquisition methods found several notional methodologies. Effectiveness-Based Design and Technology Identification, Evaluation, and Selection for Systems-of-Systems have been proposed as notional solutions. Both methodologies seek to evaluate the \u003Cem\u003Emeans\u003C\/em\u003E \u0026ndash; the technologies used to perform a mission \u0026ndash; and the \u003Cem\u003Eways\u003C\/em\u003E \u0026ndash; the tactics used to complete a mission \u0026ndash; of the technology design space. Proper evaluation of the \u003Cem\u003Eways\u003C\/em\u003E would provide critical information to the decision-maker during technology selection. These findings suggest that a new paradigm focused on effectiveness-based acquisition is needed to improve current development and acquisition methods. To evaluate the \u003Cem\u003Eways\u003C\/em\u003E design space, current methods must move away from a fixed or constrained mission model to one that is minimally defined and capable of exploring tactics for each unique technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe proposed Technology-tuned Decision Behavior Algorithms for Tactics Exploration (Tech-DEBATE) methodology enables the exploration of the \u003Cem\u003Eways\u003C\/em\u003E, or more formally, the mission action design space. The methodology enables further exploration of the technology design space by improving the quantification of mission effectiveness through deep reinforcement learning. The data\u0026#39;s foundation is based on traceable tactical alternatives that increase the confidence in the measures of effectiveness for each technology-tactic alternative. The methodology enables more informed decisions for technology investment, thereby reducing risks in the development and acquisition of new technologies. The reduction in risk inherently reduces the costs and development time associated with investment in new technologies. The Tech-DEBATE methodology provides a new methodology for technology evaluation through its emphasis on quantifying mission effectiveness in a minimally defined mission to inform technology investment decisions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EProf. Dimitri Mavris \u0026ndash; School of Aerospace Engineering (advisor)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EProf. Jennifer Jordan \u0026ndash; School of International Affairs\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDr. Michael Steffens \u0026ndash; School of Aerospace Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDr. Scott McEntire \u0026ndash; Sandia National Laboratories\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EProf. Daniel Schrage \u0026ndash; School of Aerospace Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A Methodology for Technology-tuned Decision Behavior Algorithms for Tactics Exploration"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2021-07-23 19:11:18","changed_gmt":"2021-07-23 19:11:18","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-08-12T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2021-08-12T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-08-12T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-08-12 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-08-12 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-08-12 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}