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Perspectives on Ground Systems
2 November 2015
Perspectives on Ground Systems

Ground systems “services” mean different things to different stakeholders. The term has been used to refer to everything from outsourcing operations to using the cloud. The focus will be on architectural approaches and business models related to a wide range of service concepts that address leading-edge practices, lessons learned, and research in areas including:

• Outsourcing, crowdsourcing, off-the-shelf, open source, and reuse
• Creative business and development models
• Architecture modeling and model-based approaches
• Virtualization, “Big Data”, and cloud • Mobile and lightweight platforms
• Cross-mission information sharing • Autonomy and automation
• Human factors, workload, and effectiveness
• Operations, sustainment, and multi-mission support
• Cybersecurity, information assurance • Mission assurance and risk management
• Cost, schedule, and governance • Enterprise management
• Space-ground communications
• Interoperability, compatibility, and standards
• Agile and rapid system development

 

Workshop LEADER

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Marilee Wheaton

General Manager, The Aerospace Corporation

Marilee J. Wheaton is currently a Systems Engineering Fellow in the Systems Engineering Division of The Aerospace Corporation. In this role, she leads multiple collaborative cross organizational teams aimed at developing innovative resilient architectures, assessing new model based system engineering processes, and assists in establishing knowledge management systems. Ms. Wheaton is in the Aerospace Educational Fellowship Program studying in the PhD Program in Astronautical Engineering at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering.

Ms. Wheaton joined The Aerospace Corporation in 1980 and has held numerous leadership positions related to ground systems, including the National Systems Group Ground and Communications, the AFSCN Engineering and Integration, and general manager of the Computer Systems Division and the Systems Engineering Division. Most recently, as Executive Director of The Aerospace Institute, Ms. Wheaton provided leadership for the corporate university and served as the focal point for coordination of all education, training, and staff development activities at the corporation.

Prior to rejoining Aerospace in 2002, Ms. Wheaton was a director at TRW Systems (now Northrop Grumman Information Systems), providing leadership for cost estimation, metrics, and quantitative management goals. She is a trained CMMI appraiser and also led process improvements as a Six Sigma Black Belt. Ms. Wheaton has a B.A. degree in mathematics, magna cum laude, from California Lutheran University, and an M.S. degree in systems engineering from the University of Southern California. In addition, she is a graduate of the UCLA Executive Program in Management. She is a fellow of the AIAA, a fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), and a fellow and life member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Ms. Wheaton has served as adjunct faculty in the Systems Architecting and Engineering Program at USC Viterbi.
 

The Aerospace Corporation

The Aerospace Corporation has provided independent technical and scientific research, development, and advisory services to national security space programs since 1960. We operate a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) for the United States Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office and support all national security space programs. We also apply more than 50 years of experience with space systems to projects for civil agencies like NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, commercial companies, universities, and international organizations in the national interest.

Workshop agenda

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12:30

Registration and Coffee

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13:00

Opening Remarks and Introductions

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13:30

Improved Interoperability for Ground Systems

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14:10

Cost Estimation for the Next-Generation Ground Systems

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14:50

Afternoon Tea

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15:20

Cloud Computing For Ground Systems

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16:00

Lessons Learned on Agile Ground Software Development

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16:40

Closing Remarks

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17:00

End of Workshop

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TYPICAL CPD SCHEMES AND RECORDING OF CPD (CPD points and hours)

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