8:40 AM – 8:45 AM         

Welcome (National Anthem being performed virtually by the NJROTC Color Guard, Princess Anne High School, Hampton Roads, Virginia)

Mr. Erwin Sabile, CTEP, ITEA Vice Chairman and ITEA Hampton Roads Chapter President                         

8:45 AM – 10:00 AM      

Dr. Raymond D. O’Toole, Jr., Acting Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense

Mr. Christopher C. Collins, Director, Developmental Test, Evaluation, and Assessments, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering 

Mr. Jonathan Elliott, Acting Director, AI Rapid Capabilities Cell, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO)

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM  Rapid Fire Presentation How can AI enable T&E in PMO?

Dr. Laura Freeman, Virginia Tech National Security Institute
Assurance by Design: How programs can accelerate the fielding of AI capabilities with quality assurance and AI.

Dr. Mark Gillenson, System Testing Excellence Program, University of Memphis
Experiments in Benchmarking Software Test Cases Produced by Generative AI

Mr. Pavankumar “Kumar” Mulgund, University of Memphis
Transforming Agile Software Testing with Generative AI: A Study of Evolving Work Practices

Dr. Rishi Khan, Acquired Data Solutions, Inc.
Local AI-Enabled Collaboration & Data Management Platform: Enhancing T&E Agility through Secure, In-House AI Solutions

Mr. Matthew Campbell, Parsons
Model Examination, Identification and Verification (MEIV)

Dr. Arora Ankur, University of Memphis
Developing Ethical Framework for Assessing Ethical Principles in Generative AI (Gen AI) Systems

Government Panelists

Mr. Jonathan B. Elliott, Director of Assessment and Assurance, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) | Directorate for Enterprise Platforms & Services (EPS)

Mr. Chris Collins, DTE&A

Mr. Chad Cummings, DoN Software T&E Lead, DoN AI/Autonomy T&E Lead, OPNAV N94 T&E Action Officer SSP/C4I/DBS, NSWC Crane GXT Division

Mr. Chhem “CYP” Young-Pen, DON T&E Workforce, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NIWC)

Mr. Karl “Das” Glaeser, Chief, USN/USMC Acquisition Test and Evaluation Requirements

Mr. Leroy Fung, Program Executive Office for Manpower, Logistics and Business Solutions (PEO MLB) and the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) 

Mr. Mike Shwartz, U.S. Army, Program Executive Office (PEO), Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (IEWS)

Ms. Jean Petty, Acting Deputy Director, Test & Evaluation, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM                     Break

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM    Rapid Fire Presentation How can AI enable T&E in Test Agencies?

Mr. Peter Beling, Virginia Tech National Security Institute
Accelerating Autonomy with AI-driven Resilience Testing

Mr. John Frederick, Veracity Engineering
AI & ML Methods in V&V to Operationalize Advanced Concepts     

Mr. Bryan Vandrovec, Booz Allen Hamilton
The Action Validator: Enhancing T&E of AI-Enabled Systems for Assured Autonomy

Ms. Tabitha Colter, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office/MITRE
JATIC: Evaluating AI with Confidence.

Mr. Dustin Dickson, Parsons
The GEOINT AI/ML Based Light-Edge Resilient (GAMBLER) System

Government Panelists

Mr. Chris Collins, DTE&A

Mr. Nilo Thomas, DOT&E Software & AI Advisor, OSD/Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Strategic Initiatives, Policy, and Emerging Technologies

Mr. Dave Beyrodt, Test Design & Analysis, OPTEVFOR

Sacha N. Tomlinson, Colonel, USSF, Commander, Space Delta 12 (Test & Evaluation)

Ms. Jean Petty, Acting Deputy Director, Test & Evaluation, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Mr. Ryan Norman, Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) 

12:15 PM – 1:00 PM        Casual Lunch

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM   Rapid Fire Presentation How can AI enable T&E in Test Ranges?

Mr. Pritesh Patel, Ad hoc Research
AI-Enabled Test & Evaluation in Test Ranges Through Digital Twin and Reinforcement Learning

Mr. Eddy Scott, MORSECORP
AI, Data, And Engineering Processing Toolbox (ADEPT) enabling rapid testing, modernization, and automation at the Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC)

Mr. Steve Seiden, Acquired Data Solutions, Inc.
AI-Powered Computer Vision for Real-Time Data Fusion and Event Detection: Enhancing Test Range Safety and Operational Efficiency

Mr. Vitor Lopes Pereira, Ansys Inc. 
Physics-based & AI-informed Hybrid Digital Twins to Streamlined MBT&E at the Test Ranges

Government Panelists

Mr. Chris Collins, DTE&A

Ryan Norman, Test Resource Management Center (TRMC)

Master Chief G. Matt Marker, USN, US Special Operations Command (SOCOM)

Jeffrey Westrich, Associate for Research and Experimentation, Science of Intelligent Systems Division, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

Joseph ‘Brian’ Kelly ST   | Command Chief Data and Analytics Officer, ATEC HQ

Ms. Jean Petty, Acting Deputy Director, Test & Evaluation, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Mr. Ryan Norman, TRMC

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM           Break

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM   Rapid Fire Presentation – How can AI enable T&E in Cyber Test Agencies?

Dr. Misty Blowers, Datalytica
REVEAL (Reverse Engineering and Vulnerability Elucidation of Algorithms)

Government Panelists

Mr. Chris Collins, DTE&A

Ms. Sarah Standard, DTE&A, Cybersecurity/Interoperability Technical Director

Mr. Nilo Thomas, DOT&E

Ms. Jean Petty, Acting Deputy Director, Test & Evaluation, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)  

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM           Break

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM   Panel on Digital Twin in T&E

Do you want to be a contributor to the “Digital Representations in Acquisition Lifecyle Phases” article, and be published in The ITEA Journal of Test and Evaluation?  During this session, you will be encouraged to provide your comments to potentially be included in the final version of the article.

Presenters/Authors

Dr. Abram Walton, Test and Evaluation Threat Resource Activity (TETRA)

Dr. Policarpio Soberanis, ANSYS Government Initiatives

Dr. Bonny Banerjee, Institute for Intelligent Systems, and Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, The University of Memphis

Dr. Sandeep K. Patel, DOT&E/TETRA Space & AI Enterprise

Natalie Shah, D.B.A(c), TETRA

4:00 PM     Dr. J. Michael Barton, Chairman of ITEA

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM     Mr. Chris Lynch, DoD Government | TRMC Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence Modernization Lead |Replicator Lead | Schedule Deconfliction Clearinghouse lead | Future Vertical Lift Lead, Autonomy & Artificial Intelligence (AAI) Test & Evaluation, Test Resource Management Center (TRMC)

5:30 PM     Wrap up the program: Mr. Erwin Sabile, Program Chair

Agenda as of 3/18– Subject to change