    
SMC-IT 2011 - CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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TUESDAY AUGUST 2, 2011
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7:00
to
5:00 |
REGISTRATION |
| 7:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 |
PLENARY SESSION
(Room MED-2)
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| 8:00 |
Welcome - Logistics and Opening Remarks |
| 8:30 |
PLENARY KEYNOTE 1:
Pete Worden,
(Tentative)
Center Director,
NASA Ames Research Center, USA |
| 9:15 |
PLENARY KEYNOTE 2:
"FROM HERE TO EXASCALE: CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS"
Bill Dally,
Bell Professor of Engineering, Stanford University
Chief Scientist, NVIDIA |
10:00
to
10:30 |
BREAK |
10:30 |
(Room SAL-A)
MW-1
MINI-
WORKSHOP:
Applied Modeling and Simulation of Space Vehicles Using Supercomputers,
Chair: Cetin Kiris, NASA ARC, USA |
(Room STZ)
MW-2
MINI-
WORKSHOP:
Radiation Hardening By Systems and Software,
Chairs: John Paul Walters, ISI East, USA; Marti Bancroft , MBC; Rafi Some, NASA JPL, USA |
(Room SAL-B)
MW-3
MINI-
WORKSHOP:
Software Health Management,
Chairs: Abhishek Dubey, Gabor Karsai, Vanderbilt University, USA |
(Room MED-2)
MW-4
MINI-
WORKSHOP:
Space Communications: Challenges for Auditory Displays & Interactive Spoken Dialogue Systems,
Chairs: Durand Begault, James L. Hieronymus, NASA ARC, USA |
MW-5
MINI-
WORKSHOP:
Autonomic & Autonomous Space Exploration Systems,
Chair: Roy Sterritt, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
(CANCELLED)
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| 10:30 |
Engineering Risk Assessment and Challenges of an Abort Safety Case,
Donovan Mathias, Scott Lawrence, Ted Manning, NASA ARC, USA; Homayoon Dezfuli, Office of Safety and Mission Assurance,
NASA HQ, USA |
Overview of Workshop,
John Paul Walters, ISI East, USA |
(10:30am)
Introductory Remarks |
Space
Communications:
Challenges for Auditory Displays and Interactive Spoken Dialogue Systems,
Durand R. Begault, NASA ARC, USA |
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| 11:00 |
(10:45am)
Adaptive Fault Tolerance for Many Core Based Space Computing,
Hans Zima, NASA JPL, USA |
(10:45am)
(Invited)
On the Reliability of Monitored Systems,
John Rushby, Natarajan Shankar
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Spoken Dialogue Systems for Space and Lunar Exploration,
Jim Hieronymus, NASA ARC, USA |
| 11:30 |
An Introduction to High Fidelity Aerothermal Modeling in Support of EntryVehicle Design,
Michael Barnhardt, ERC Inc. / NASA ARC, USA |
Reliable GPU Computing, Lightweight Error Detection of Silent Data Corruption in GPGPU,
Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, UIUC, USA |
(11:30am)
Smart Health Management for Swarm-based Space Exploration Systems,
Mike Hinchey, Emil Vassev |
12:00-
1:30 |
LUNCH (on your own) |
| 1:30 |
Computational Challenges of Jet Interactions in Simulating Powered
Flight of the Orion Launch Abort Vehicle, Stuart E. Rogers, Thomas H. Pulliam, NASA ARC, USA |
Functional Programming and Multi-Core,
Kim Gostelow,
NASA JPL, USA |
Software Health Management with Bayesian Networks,
Ole Mengshoel, Johann Schumann |
Binaural and Beam-Forming Auditory Delivery Systems for Mission Critical Contexts,
Peter Otto,
UCSD California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2)
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| 2:00 |
Inviscid Simulations for the Orion Launch Abort Vehicle with Grid Fins,
James Kless, STC Corp., USA; Michael J. Aftosmis, NASA ARC, USA |
Applying Model Based Design to Multicore Flight Software,
Amalaye Oyake, NASA JPL, USA
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| 2:30 |
Maximum Drag Limits for Planetary Entry via Supersonic
Retropropulsion,
Noel M. Bakhtian, Stanford University, USA; Michael J.
Aftosmis, NASA ARC, USA |
Fault Tolerance and Flight Operating Systems,
Speaker to be announced
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(2:15pm)
Panel Discussion: Challenges and Solutions for Software Health Management |
(2:15pm)
Linking Real-time Operator Behavior to Subjective Workload Ratings: Houston, We Have a Connection!,
Robert McCann, NASA ARC, USA |
3:00
to
3:30 |
BREAK |
3:30 |
Challenges and Progress in Aerodynamic Database Generation for Booster Separation from a Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle,
Michael Barad, STC Corp. USA; Marshall Gusman, STC Corp., USA; Cetin Kiris, NASA ARC, USA |
Panel - The Role of Software Based Fault Management in Space Computing, What it can and can't do?
(Moderator) John Paul Walters, ISI East; Tim Gallagher, LMSSC, USA; Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, UIUC, USA |
Automated Failure-modes-and-effects Analysis of Embedded Software,
Peter Struss |
Supervision and Control of Multiple Semi-Autonomous Agents: Roles for Auditory and Speech Information in User Interfaces,
Colin Green, NASA ARC, USA |
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| 4:00 |
(4:00 - 4:45pm)
Space-Time Accuracy Assessment of CFD Simulations for the Launch
Environment,
Jeff Houseman, STC Corp., USA; Michael Barad, STC Corp., USA;
Cetin Kiris, NASA ARC, USA |
(4:15pm)
Workshop Discussion on Path Ahead |
Military Communications,
Michael Lowe, United States Navy, USA |
| 4:30 |
(5:15pm)
Closing Remarks |
(4:30pm)
Spatial Auditory Displays for Enhancing Situational Awareness During Non-terrestrial and Remote Exploration,
Elizabeth M. Wenzel, Martine Godfroy, NASA ARC, USA |
| 5:00 |
ADJOURN |
| 6:00 |
WELCOME RECEPTION
(Foyer and Courtyard)
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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3, 2011
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7:00-
5:00 |
REGISTRATION |
| 7:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 |
PLENARY SESSION
(Room MED-2)
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| 8:00 |
Welcome - Logistics and Opening Remarks |
| 8:30 |
PLENARY KEYNOTE 3 :
"KEPLER MISSION: OVERVIEW AND SCIENCE RESULTS"
William Borucki,
Principal Investigator, Kepler Mission,
NASA Ames Research Center, USA |
| 9:15 |
PLENARY KEYNOTE 4:
"THE EVOLUTION OF THE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY FLIGHT
SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE,"
Benjamin D. Cichy,
Chief Software Architect, Mars Science Laboratory Mission,
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA |
10:00-
10:30 |
BREAK |
| 10:30 |
(Room SAL-A)
MW-6
MINI-
WORKSHOP:
Hybrid Technologies for NASA Applications,
Chairs: Piyush Mehrotra, NASA ARC; Hans Zima, NASA JPL, USA |
(Room STZ)
MW-7
MINI-
WORKSHOP:
Network Security and Information Assurance for Space Missions,
Chairs: William Van Besien, Edward Birrane, Christopher Krupiarz, JHUAPL, USA |
(Room SAL-B)
MW-8
MINI-
WORKSHOP:
Next Generation Mission Operations (NexGenOps),
Chair: Lynn Baroff, NASA ARC, USA |
(Room MED-2)
MW-9
MINI-
WORKSHOP:
Efficient Control of Multiple Semi-Autonomous Robotic Agents,
Chairs: Don Kalar, Collin Green, NASA ARC, USA |
(Room MYK)
MW-10
MINI-
WORKSHOP:
Cubesat Software,
Chairs: Bruce D. Yost, NASA ARC, USA; Matthew Sorgenfrei, NASA ARC, UC Davis, USA
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| 10:30 |
GPUs and HPC Applications,
Sumit Gupta,
NVDIA, USA
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(DTN Security)
ION+BSP Security Implementation Demo |
Introduction of Session and Logistics; Introduction of Participants,
Lynn Baroff, NASA ARC, USA;
Background Presentations
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(MW-9 TIMES APPROXIMATE)
Architectural Considerations for Developing and Testing Robot User Interfaces,
D. Kalar, C. Green, NASA ARC, USA
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Space as a Software Domain,
Chris Boshuizen, NASA ARC, USA |
| 11:00 |
Highly Parallel Applications and Their Architectural Needs,
Pradeep K. Dubey, Intel Corporation, USA |
Discussion on Cryptographic Primitives and Key Management for Spaceflight Missions |
Historical Perspective and Changing Paradigm of Missions Operations,
Rob McCann
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(10:55am)
Design Inspiration for Interactions Between Humans and Multiple Robots,
C. Green, D. Kalar, NASA ARC, USA
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Synchronized Network of Autonomous Positioning Satellite (SNAPS),
Aaron Cohen, SSU, USA
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| 11:30 |
Performance-
Portable High-Level Accelerator Programming,
Michael Wolfe, The Portland Group, Inc., USA |
Architectural Considerations for Next-Gen Mission Operations Systems,
Duane Bindschadler
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(11:20am)
Flocking Cars: Nascent Exploration of Flocking Behavior in Vehicles with Ackermann-like Steering,
A. Jacobs, J. Koessler, University of Arizona, USA |
Software and Nanosats,
Chris Kitts, SCU, USA |
(11:40am)
A Communication Framework for Enabling Control of Groups of Resource-Constrained Robots,
F. Moyaka, E. Chen, I. Zhang, P. Zhang, CMU Silicon Valley, USA
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12:00-
12:15 |
Group Photo
(Courtyard) |
12:15-
1:30 |
LUNCH (on your own) |
| 1:30 |
Performance Optimization of HPC Applications on Multi- and Manycore Processors,
Sam Williams
(LBL), USA |
(1:00pm)
(System Security)
Space System Security - Threats and Security Models |
Autonomy and Control Authority,
Lynn Baroff, NASA ARC, USA; Matt Leonard |
Initial Applications in Cluster Space-Based Control of Multi-Robot Systems,
C. Kitts, Santa Clara University, USA
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Smallsats and Robotics at NASA,
David Korsmeyer, NASA ARC, USA |
| 2:00 |
Porting the Cosmic-Ray Rejection Application CRBLASTER to an Early MAESTRO Development Board,
Kenneth Mighell, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, USA |
(2:00pm)
Break |
Decision Support,
Tina Beard, Jon Holbrook |
(1:55pm)
Human Systems Integration,
R. J. Shivley, U.S. Army, USA |
Location-Scheduled Control for CubeSats,
Matthew Sorgenfrei, NASA ARC, UC Davis, USA |
| 2:30 |
Experiences Using a Multicore Processor for Rover Autonomy,
Brad Clement,
NASA JPL, Caltech, USA |
Ground System Security - Requirements and Purpose in an Inter-agency Deployment
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Human-rating Automated and Robotic Systems,
Charlie Dischinger |
(2:20pm)
Teleoperation In The Presence Of Time Delay,
B.D. Adelstein, NASA ARC, USA |
Spaceborne Flight Validation of NASA ESTO Technologies,
Charles Norton, NASA JPL, USA |
(2:40pm)
Robotic Planning Considerations from Mars Surface Missions, M. McCurdy, NASA ARC, USA |
3:00-
3:30 |
BREAK |
| 3:30 |
Cloud Computing and NASA Applications,
Khawaja Shams, NASA JPL, USA |
Spacecraft Constellations - Challenges for Network Security |
Small Group Sessions,
Lynn Baroff, NASA ARC, USA; Rob McCann, Hui Ying Wen, Tina Beard, Jon Holbrook, Duane Bindschadler |
Supervisory Control of Multiple Ground Robots: Effects of Imperfect Automation and Individual Differences,
J.Y.C. Chen, M.J. Barnes, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA |
PolySat’s Communication Design and Architecture,
John Bellardo, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, USA |
| 4:00 |
(3:55pm)
Development of Methodologies, Metrics, and Tools for Investigating Human-Robot Interaction in Space
Neta Ezer, Futron Corp, USA; Jennifer Rochlis Zumbado, NASA, USA; Anikó Sándor, Jennifer Boyer, Lockheed Martin, USA |
Panel: What are the Next Evolutionary -- or Revolutionary --Steps in Cubesat Software to Support Future Mission Capabilities? |
| 4:30 |
Closing Remarks / Time for Further Discussions |
Small Group's Directions, Comments and Discussion,
Lynn Baroff, NASA ARC, USA; Rob McCann, Hui Ying Wen, Tina Beard, Jon Holbrook, Duane Bindschadler |
(4:20pm)
Fusion of Human-Robotic Information,
M. Campbell, N. Ahmed, Cornell University, USA
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| 5:00 |
ADJOURN |
| 6:00 |
BANQUET DINNER (no host bar) |
7:30-
8:30 |
Banquet Speaker:
"WHEN WILL WE FIND ET?"
Seth Shostak,
Senior Astronomer,
SETI Institute, USA |
THURSDAY AUGUST 4, 2011
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7:00-
5:00 |
REGISTRATION |
| 7:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 |
PLENARY SESSION
(Room MED-2)
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| 8:00 |
Welcome - Logistics and Opening Remarks |
| 8:30 |
PLENARY KEYNOTE 5 :
“SOFIA – STRATOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY FOR INFRARED ASTRONOMY”
Erick Young,
SOFIA Science Mission and Operations Director,
Universities Space Research Association (USRA), USA |
| 9:15 |
PLENARY KEYNOTE 6 :
“APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE MISSION CONTROL CENTER”
Troy Leblanc,
Chief Architect, Mission Operations Directorate,
NASA Johnson Space Center, USA |
10:00-
10:30 |
BREAK |
| 10:30- 12:00 |
(Room MED-2)
SESSION 1:
RELIABLE SOFTWARE
Chair: Hans Zima,
NASA
JPL, USA |
(Room SAL-A)
SESSION 2:
AUTONOMY AND AUTOMATION
Chair: Maria Moreno, Universidad de Alcala |
(Room SAL-B)
SESSION 3:
CYBERSECURITY AND NETWORKS
Chair:Sheila Vaidya, LLNL, USA |
(Room STZ)
SESSION 4:
SMALL SPACECRAFT AND SYSTEMS
Chair: Jeff Estefan,
NASA
JPL, USA |
(Room #)
TBD |
10:30 |
The Case for Software Health Management (#03),
Ashok Srivastava, NASA ARC, USA; Johann Schumann, SGT, Inc., USA |
State-Based Scheduling via Active Resource Solving (#07),
Paul Morris, John Bresina, NASA ARC, USA; Javier Barreiro, Michael Iatauro, SGT Inc., USA; Tristan Smith, MCT Inc., USA |
(Invited)
System Engineering Approach to Space-Cyber Situational Awareness,
Joe Betser, Frank Belz, The Aerospace Corporation, USA; Roberta Ewart, USAF Space and Missile Systems Center, USA |
PolySat's Next Generation Avionics Design (#29),
Greg Manyak, John Bellardo, California Polytechnic State University, USA |
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11:00 |
Building a Safety Case for a Safety-Critical NASA Space Vehicle Software System (#35),
Martin Feather, NASA JPL, USA; Lawrence Markosian, SGT, Inc., NASA ARC, USA
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A Planning and Scheduling Service for the ULISSE Platform (#38),
Amedeo Cesta, Simone Fratini, Riccardo Rasconi, Istituto di scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricereche, ISTC-CNR, Italy; Andrea Orlandini, Instituto di Tecnologie Industriali e Automazione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ITIA-CNR, Italy |
An Application Security Framework for SOA-based Mission Data Systems (#21),
Daniel Fischer, Mehran Sarkarati, Mariella Spada, European Space Agency, Germany; Thomas Michelbach, Wenzel Urban, Christian Tueffers, Accenture, Germany |
Software Productivity of Field Experiments Using the Mobile Agents Open Architecture with Workflow Interoperability
(#12),
William Clancey, Michael Lowry, Robert Nado, Maarten Sierhuis, NASA ARC, USA |
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| 11:30 |
System Software Co-Engineering: Dependability and Safety Perspective (#40),
Yuri Yushtein, European Space Agency, Netherlands; M. Bozzano, A. Cimatti, M. Roveri, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, I; J.-P. Katoen, V.Y. Nguyen, Th. Noll, RWTH Aachen University, D; X. Olive, Thales Alenia Space France,
Cannes la Bocca, F |
A New Approach to Autonomous Onboard Mission Replanning Using Orthogonal Array Design (#08),
Yosuke Fukushima, Makoto Mita,
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Kanagawa, Japan |
A DTN-Based Multiple Access Fast Forward Service for the NASA Space Network (#04),
David Israel, Faith Davis, Jane Marquart, NASA GSFC, USA |
Integrated Software and Sensor Health Management for Small Spacecraft (#31),
Johann Schumann, SGT, Inc. NASA ARC, USA; Ole Mengshoel, CMU, USA; Timmy Mbaya, Moffet Field, CA, USA Boston MA, USA |
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12:00-
1:30 |
LUNCH (on your own) |
| 1:30- 3:00 |
(Room MED-2)
SESSION 5:
RELIABLE / SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
Chair: Joe Betser, Aerospace Corp. USA |
(Room SAL-A)
SESSION 6:
AUTONOMY AND ROBOTICS
Chair: Martin Feather,
NASA
JPL, USA |
(Room SAL-B)
SESSION 7:
MISSION OPERATIONS
Chair: Jeff Estefan,
NASA
JPL, USA |
(Room STZ)
SESSION 8:
VISION AND HUMAN SYSTEMS
Chair: Sheila Vaidya, LLNL, USA |
(Room #)
TBD |
1:30 |
Programming Models and Development Software for a Space-Based Many-Core Processor (#24),
Stephen Crago, Dong-In Kang, Mikyung Kang, Robert Kost, Karandeep Singh, Joseph Suh, John Paul Walters, University of Southern California / Information Sciences Institute, USA |
Toward a CSP-based Approach for Energy Management in Rovers (#37),
Daniel Díaz, M. Dolores Rodriguez Moreno, Universidad de Alcala, Spain; Amedeo Cesta, Angelo Oddi, Riccardo Rasconi, ISTC-CNR, Italy
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Transforming the Operations Paradigm of Space Exploration (#27),
Matthew Leonard, NASA JSC; Lynn Baroff, NASA ARC, Computer Sciences Corporation, USA |
Intelligent Systems Technologies for Human Space Exploration Mission Operations (#23),
Ernest Smith, Universities Space Research Association/NASA ARC, USA; David Korsmeyer, NASA ARC, USA |
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2:00 |
Piloting on the Edge: Approaches to Flight Control Solutions (#22),
Kalmanje Krishnakumar, Vahram Stepanyan, Jonathan Barlow, NASA ARC, USA |
A Cognitive Architecture and Simulation Environment for the Ptinto Robot (#36),
Pablo Muñoz, María D. R-Moreno, Pablo Gallego, Bonifacio Castaño, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
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A COTS (Commercial Off the Shelf) Based Approach to Plug-and-Play Launch Control Systems: Based on a Record, Retrieve, Analyze, Visualize and Respond Pattern Approach(#25),
Paul Giangarra, Bruce Semple, IBM, USA |
(1:50 pm)
Large Terrain Modeling and Visualization for Planets (#14),
Steven Myint, Abhinandan Jain, Jonathan Cameron, Christopher Lim, NASA JPL, USA |
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| 2:30 |
NASA Technology Transfer System
(#10),
David Maluf, NASA USA; Takeshi Okimura, Lockheed Martin, USA; Mohana Gurram, SGT, Inc., USA |
Human-rating for Automated and Robotic Systems (#26),
Lynn Baroff, NASA ARC, Computer Science Corporation, USA; Charlie Dischinger, NASA MFSC, USA; David Fitts, NASA JSC, USA |
Streamlining Space Training Mission Operations with Web Technologies: An Approach to Developing Integral Business Applications for Large Organizations (#09),
Karen Au, Samuel Santiago, Richard Papasin, May Windrem, Tristan Le, NASA ARC, USA |
(2:10 pm)
There is Nothing so Practical as a Good Theory (#15),
Christopher Landauer, The Aerospace Corporation, USA |
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(2:40 pm)
A Method Integrating Human Visual Attention and Consciousness of Radar and Vision Fusion for Autonomous Vehicle Navigation (#34),
Tao Wang, Jingmin Xin, Nanning Zheng, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China |
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3:00-
3:30 |
BREAK |
3:30-
5:00 |
(Room MED-2)
CLOUD COMPUTING PLENARY
Moderator: Tom Soderstrom,
NASA JPL, USA
(3:30 -
4:15 pm)
"BEYOND THE PERVASIVE CLOUD: LESSONS AND THE FUTURE
FOR SPACE ORGANIZATIONS" (Pre-Panel Talk)
Khawaja Shams, Tom Soderstrom, NASA JPL, USA
(4:15 - 5:00 pm)
"CLOUDENOMICS 101 - WHAT CLOUD COMPUTING REALLY MEANS FOR NASA AND THE SPACE INDUSTRY" (Panel)
Panelists:
Cloud Integration Expert - Khawaja Shams, NASA JPL, USA;
Cloud Providers - Ray O’Brien, NASA Nebula; Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services; Susie Adams, Microsoft (invited)
Synopsis (45 minutes):A thought provoking session on cloud computing and it’s efficacy for solving small, large, and mission critical problems for NASA. Panelists include NASA and industry leaders and recognized experts in the field. |
5:00-
5:15 |
CLOSING COMMENTS
Larry Bergman, NASA JPL, USA |
| 5:15 |
Conference Adjourns
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2011
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9:00
12:00 |
NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER TOUR |
1:00-
3:00 |
USGS, MENLO PARK TOUR |
2:00-
5:00 |
ON-YOUR-OWN AVAILABLE TOURS:
COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM, HILLER AVIATION CENTER MUSEUM,
INTEL MUSEUM, AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LICK OBSERVATORY |
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