Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology

SMC-IT 2009 is now over. Thank you for attending.

The Third IEEE International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT) is the first forum to gather system designers, engineers, scientists, practitioners, and space explorers for the objective of advancing information technology for space missions. The forum will provide an excellent opportunity for fostering technical interchange on all hardware and software aspects of IT applications in space missions. The conference, held in the beautiful city of Pasadena, California, will focus on current IT practice and challenges as well as emerging information technologies with applicability for future space missions.

INVITED KEYNOTES
Anant Agarwal, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT Associate Director of the CSAIL Laboratory	Rupak Biswas, Division Chief (acting) of the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS), NASA Ames Research Center, USA
Peter Hughes Chief Technologist NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	Hans Koenigsmann, VP of Guidance, Navigation and Control, SpaceX
Robert Manning Chief Engineer, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA JPL, USA	Jeffrey Norris Supervisor, Planning Software Systems Group, NASA JPL, USA
Kanna Rajan, Principal Researcher for Autonomy, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)	Rami R. Razouk, Senior VP, Engineering and Technology Group, Aerospace Corporation

PALOMAR TOUR!
(SAT, JULY 18)
A behind the scenes tour, not available to the public, of the famous 200-inch Hale telescope, one of the world's largest!

JPL TOUR
(FRI, JULY 24)
Mars yard for rovers? Deep space network operations? See it here and more!

NIGHT OUT BANQUET AT PETERSON AUTO MUSEUM
(WED, JULY 22)
Presidential limos? Elvis Presley's convertible? Future "flying" cars? These and more set the backdrop for the conference banquet, and a special talk on "Space Invaders!"

STUDENT SPACE VIDEO GAME COMPETITION
(JULY 22)
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CONFERENCE CHAIRS

Sven Grenander (+1 818 354-0156)
Larry Bergman (+1 818 393-5314)
chairs@SMC-IT.org

SMC-IT 09 WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING CORPORATE DONORS:

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