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September 2015ISG Director Report

Information Systems GroupTAC Director Report

Jim Rankin– Director Tom Butash – Deputy DirectorMitch Ingham – Deputy DirectorTerry Morris – Deputy Director


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Information Systems Group - Overview

Goals• Grow the recognition of IS people, groups, and focus in AIAA• Work to ensure that all TCs are active. • Encourage ISG TC members to apply for higher level

membership status (Fellow and Associate Fellow) Can Fellow process be improved to better recognize the work of IS members.

• Work with AIAA to develop working guidelines for domestic and international co-sponsored conferences.

• Develop a student competition that features ISG technologies.


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Information Systems Group – Recent Accomplishments

• Sanjay Garg, ISG Director, stepped down in early 2015; • Jim Rankin was approved as the new ISG Director until the next

election in 2016.• The Infotech@Aerospace was part of SciTech 2015• ISG TCs are involved in SPACE 2015

Information Systems and Software track with 7 technical sessions (3 joint with Space Systems Engineering and Economics) and 1 poster session


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Information Systems Group – TC Status

• Communications Systems – Very Active TC consists of 40 (members) - 25 US, 14 International, and 1 Alumni Member Organizes AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC)

• Computer Systems – Active but needs to grow The limit on conference attendance has hurt the TC’s meeting attendance Working to realign TC interests with member interests. Collaborative with TCs in HPC and Modeling areas

• Digital Avionics – Very Active 42 members, 6 are international Active in SciTech, ICNS, and DASC conferences Established a $25k scholarship at U of Louisiana – Lafayette

• Information, Command & Control Systems – Struggling No Annual Report submitted.


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Information Systems Group – TC Status (contd.)

• Intelligent Systems TC – Very Active 32 regular, 6 Associate, 4 International, and 8 Alumni members Two mtgs in 2015 (SCITECH 2015 and the ISTC Summer Workshop in August

2015) Second Intelligent Systems workshop held August 5-7, 2015 at NASA Ames

Research Center in Mountain View, CA. • Sensor Systems and Information Fusion TC – Active

Total membership 22, which includes 2 Associate, 3 International, and 0 Alumni. Working on membership recruiting and building relationships with other TCs

• Software TC – Active Total membership of the committee is 25, which includes 2 Associate, 0

International, and 0 Alumni. Formed the Aviation Cybersecurity WG (see later slides) Involved in SciTech and Space Forums


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Information Systems Group – Awards• Summary

Award Name Yearly (Y)/ Biannual (B) Technical Committee “New Venue

Aerospace Communications Y, Oct 1 Communications Systems Space (even), ICSSC (odd, non-U.S)

Aerospace Software Engineering

B, Odd Years, July 1 Software Systems SCITECH

Dr. John Ruth Digital Avionics

B, Odd Years, July 1 Digital Avionics Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

Information Systems B, Odd Years, July 1 Computer Systems, Sensor Systems & Information Fusion

SCITECH

Intelligent Systems B, Even Years, July 1 Intelligent Systems SCITECH

• Status Considering a name change for the Information Systems Award to enhance its

branding


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Information Systems Group – Conferences

• Infotech@Aerospace Conference firmly established at SciTech Forum Misty Davies and Terry Morris leading in 2016; Terry Morris will lead in 2017

• SPACE: Mitch Ingham lead in 2015; continued presence in 2016 & beyond• AVIATION: ISG members gave papers but not strongly branded as ISG• International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC) –

CMSTC held with Space Forum in even years, and outside US in odd years ICSSC co-sponsored or co-organized with AIAA in even years; agreement for 2015 Various issues with CMSTC/ICSSC; currently being worked with TAC/AIAA

• Digital Avionics System Conference (DASC) and Integrated Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (ICNS) – Digital Avionics TC Stand alone – co-sponsored by AIAA. In good health

• ISSUE – Is AIAA leveraging the value from co-sponsoring conferences?


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Information Systems Group – Moving Forward Plan

• Continue to strengthen I@A –well established procedure for selecting leadership team, updating call for papers, documenting best practices etc.

• Have visible ISG participation at other forums – Aviation, Space, Defense• Continue to work with TC Chairs to strengthen Computer Systems and ICCS

TCs• Work with AIAA/TAC leadership to address co-sponsored conferences issues• Look into establishing a Working Group on “Big Data Analytics for Aerospace”• Aerospace world is “multi-disciplinary”. Will like to have greater partnership

with other Groups for joint sessions at forums – any suggestions? Good model: 3 SPACE 2015 sessions on Model-Based Systems Engineering, joint with

Space Systems Engineering and Economics track

• Intelligent Systems TC (ISTC) is currently developing a roadmap for the intelligent systems in aerospace – will be shared as possible Public Policy key issue.

ACWG Twelve Month Progress Report and Future Plans (August, 2014 – July, 2015)

Aerospace Cybersecurity Working Group (ACWG)Prepared by Sam Adhikari, Chair, ACWGAugust 5, 2015


ACWG performance scorecard (August, 2014 - July, 2015)and future plans

Activities as per charter and projected outcomes/goals

Twelve-month (August, 2014 - July,

2015)Accomplishments

Future Plans

Recruitment of new members and SMEs Membership grew from 7 to 32 with many SMEs

Will continue activities

AIAA TCs/PCs Represented by ACWG Members

15 TCs/PCs Will continue activities

Corporations, Research Labs, Universities, NGOs represented by

ACWG Members

21 Will continue activities

Other Related Professional Organizations Represented by ACWG

Members

22 Will continue activities



Activities as per charter and projected outcomes/goals

Twelve-month (August, 2014 - July, 2015)Accomplishments

Future Plans

Support cyber security related forums and sessions

Position and white papers

Space 2014 Forum Conference, August 6, 20141 Cybersecurity in Space Systems PanelSpace Mission Challenges in Information Technology Conference 2014, September 25, 20141 Workshop on Cyber Risk for Modern Space MissionsSciTech 2015 Conference – Cybersecurity Working Group face-to-face meetingSpace 2015 Forum Conference - Cybersecurity in Space Systems Panel, September 1, 2015, Pasadena, CA

Space 2015 Cybersecurity Paper Session

Updated whitepaper on definition of Cybersecurity

October 2014, Aerospace America: Your Secret Weapon – Big Data Publication (implications for cybersecurity)

Interfaced with and helped the editorial staff of Aerospace America to contribute in several articles and position papers during 2014 and 2015





Activities as per charter and projected outcomes/goals Twelve-month (August, 2014 - July, 2015)Accomplishments

Future Plans

Engage in Recommendations of Guidelines and Best Practices Updated hierarchical decomposition of the Aerospace domain (continuing), Aviation

related WG activities


Identify cybersecurity issues and risks related to the aerospace industry

Questionnaire developed and distributed across AIAA TCs/PCs, Aviation related EG Activities

Will collect the survey back and summarize the results

Help in development of recommendations in support of congressional testimony and public policy activities of AIAA

Aerospace Cyber Security Group (ACWG) worked with PPC


Training aerospace professionals in cybersecurity Monthly teleconference presentations by SMEs, participation in various forums and panels


Interface with relevant external and internal initiatives for threat analysis and response

No activity yet Need to start activities

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