December 10-13, 2018 ~ Embassy Suites Mandalay Bay ~ Oxnard, CA

ONLINE PROCEEDINGS and PRESENTATIONS

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES AND SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS

• The Honorable Robert Behler – Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• Steven J. Hutchison, PhD – Director, Office of T&E, Department of Homeland Security
• Keith Joiner, PhD – Senior Lecturer, University of NSW, Canberra Australia
• Mr . Robin H. Locksley – Director, Flight Test Engineering, Integrated Systems Evaluation, Experimentation and Test Department, Naval Air Systems Command
• Mr. Paul Mann – Technical Director, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Pt. Hueneme
• Maj Gen Matthew ‘Zap’ Molloy, USAF (Ret) – Dell EMC and Former Commander, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
• Mr. Geoff Wilson – Deputy Program Manager, Test & Evaluation / Science & Technology, Test Resource Management Center
• ITEA Annual Meeting – COL Bill Keegan, USA (Ret) – ITEA President

SPECIAL PANELS

Academia Day Panel

• Moderator: Mr. Jim Bak – Chief Engineer, Software, GBL Systems Corporation
• Mr. John Fitzgibbon – President/CEO, TEQ Games
• Mr. Joel Helling – Software Engineer, GBL Systems Corporation
• Terry Murphy – Deputy Director, Policy and Workforce, Office of Test and Evaluation
• Robin Poston, PhD – Interim Dean, Graduate School; Professor, Department of Business Information and Technology, University of Memphis
• Mr. Edward C. Romero – Deputy Director, Business Operations, NAWC Weapons Division, Test and Evaluation
• Mr. Michael Soltys – CSU, Channel Islands

Diversity in T&E Panel

• Moderator: Ms. Kathy Smith – GBL Systems Corporation
• Mr . John Fitzgibbon – President/CEO, TEQ Games
• Mr. Edward C. Romero – Deputy Director, Business Operations, NAWC Weapons Division, Test and Evaluation
• Mr. Geoff Wilson – Deputy Program Manager, Test & Evaluation / Science & Technology, Test Resource Management Center

Open Air Ranges Panel: Testing (& Training) in an Integrated, Connected Environment for 2025 and Beyond

• Moderator: Mr. Tom Dowd – Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons, Division, Naval Air Systems Command
• Eileen Bjorkman, PhD – Deputy Director of Test and Evaluation, Headquarters U.S. Air Force
• Mr. Michael T . McCarthy – Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, US Army
• Mr. Rob Vargo – Atlantic Test Ranges, NAWCAD/NAVAIR Range Department

T&E of Emerging Threats in Complex Environments Panel  

• Moderator: Mrs. Gloria Deane – International Programs Specialist, DOT&E
• Dai Morris, PhD – Head of Capability (Weapons, Evaluation and Capability Assurance)/UK MOD
• Mr. Wayne Dumais – Test Area Manager, Office of T&E/Department of Homeland Security
• Keith Joiner, PhD – Senior Lecturer, University of NSW, Canberra Australia

Testing for Homeland Security Panel  

• Moderator: Mr. Gregory Simmons – S&T Deputy Director for National Preparedness Programs, DHS, Office of T&E
• Mr. Charles Hall – United States Coast Guard, Office of the Assistant Commandant for Acquisition, RDTE
• Fook Kay Lee, PhD – Ministry of Home Affairs, Republic of Singapore
• Mr. Ian Robbins – National Research Council, Canada
• Ms. Kristin Wyckoff – Department Homeland Security, Science and Technology, International Cooperative Programs Office

T&E Workforce Development Session

• Moderator: Mr. Terry Murphy – Department of Homeland Security
• Robin Poston, PhD – Interim Dean, Graduate School; Professor, Department of Business Information and Technology, University of Memphis
• Ms. Mindy Dowling –  T&E Engineer, FAA
• Mr. Kenneth Stefanek – Learning Director, T&E, Defense Acquisition University

TECHNICAL  SESSIONS

Advanced T&E Planning Technical Session

• Chair: Ms. Kathy Smith – GBL Systems Corporation
• Adaptive Network Planning for Operational Tests – Rajive Bagrodia, PhD, Scalable Network Technologies, Inc.
• Capabilities Based T&E – Ms. Jennifer Daniel, NAWCAD Patuxent River
• Lessons Learned: Improving an Analyst’s Role in Driving the Test Planning Process – Mr. Michael Harman, Scientific Test & Analysis Techniques (STAT) Center of Excellence (COE)

Big Data Analytics Technical Session

• Chair: William Wolfe, PhD – GBL Systems Corporation
• Deep Learning Framework for Cyber Threat Monitoring in Virtual Environment – Himanshu Upadhyay, PhD, Florida International University
• Improving Data Collection for Real-Time Casualty Assessment (RTCA) in Operational Tests – Mr. Jeff Weaver, Scalable Network Technologies, Inc.
• Synthetic Target & Augmented Reality for Automated Deep Learning Test Data Generation – Tom Lu, PhD, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Big Data Tools & Cloud Computing for T&E Technical Session

• Chair: Mr. Erwin Sabile – Booz Allen Hamilton
• An Automated Artificial Intelligence Assistant for TSPI Post Mission Processing – Farrokh Vatan, PhD, Jet Propulsion Lab
• Applying Automated Methods of Managing T&E Processes – Mr. Chad Steven, KBR
• Software Test Automation Implementation Practices – Mr. Jim Wisnowski, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB

Cybersecurity T&E Technical Session

• Chair: Mr. Brian Moore – EWA Government Systems Inc.
• Artificial Intelligence and Impacts on Cyber Security T&E – Mr. Donald Lane, KBR
• CYBER Penetration Testing and Statistical Analysis in DT&E – Mr. Timothy McLean, MCTSSA, Camp Pendleton
• Thinking in the Box: Artificial Intelligence for Cyber T&E – Mr. Turin Pollard, Alion Science & Technology Corporation

Increasing Use of Modeling & Simulation for T&E Technical Session

• Chair: Mr. Kent Pickett – The MITRE Corporation
• Injecting Statistical Rigor to Drive Your Modeling & Simulation Validation Program – Jim Simpson, PhD, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB
• New Simulation Environments for Supporting Operational T&E – Mr. Kenneth Sanchez, NAVAIR Weapons Division Point Mugu
• Quantifying Uncertainty in Scale Model Echo Measurements – Ed Pees, PhD, NUWC Newport, RI

Logistics in Future T&E Technical Session

• Chair: Mr. Gil Torres, NAVAIR
• An Automated Artificial Intelligence Assistant for TSPI Post Mission Processing – Farrokh Vatana, Brian Kahoveca, and Edward Chowa, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Gary Glazner, Edwards Air Force Base, and Gil Torres, Naval Air Warfare Center, Point Mugu
• Demonstration of a 500-kW T&E Simulator for High Energy Lasers (TSHEL) – Young K. Bae, PhD, Y.K. Bae Corporation
• Life Cycle Sustainment Methodologies Applied to Legacy Weapon Systems – Mr. Patrick I. Buckley and Co-Authors, Walt Davis, Andre Lovas, Ken Hudson, David Pyne, Georgia Tech Research Institute
• Software Testing Certifications – Mr. Andrew Pollner, American Software Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB)

Range Infrastructure Technical Session

• Chair: Mr. Mike Laber -NAVAIR WD Point Mugu
• A Novel Approach to a Small Modular Data Link Re- Transmission System – Mr. Mark McWhorter, Lumistar, Inc.
• Extending CRIIS for Spectrum Needs, other Range Applications, and LVC-Enabled Test and Training – Mr. Jonathon Skarphol, Rockwell Collins
• Updated Status on the Telemetry Range Support Aircraft (TRSA) Program – Mr. Kyle Roudebush, NAVAIR WD Pt. Mugu, and Mr. Scott Kujiraoka, GBL Systems

T&E of System of Systems with Manned & Unmanned Capabilities Technical Session

• Chair: Mr. Kevin Knudsen – The Boeing Company
• Determining Safe Separation of UAS and Aircraft in Mixed-use Airspace during Testing – Mr. Muhammad Sohail, NAVAIR AD Patuxent River
• Initial Results of the CABLE/TRAX-West Maritime Atmospheric Measurement Event – Mr. Roberto Garcia, NAVAIR, Pt Mugu
• Testing as a Service: Model and Lessons Learned from JLTV MOT&E – Mr. Tony Hawkins and Mr. Brian Wright, Ravenswood Solutions

T&E with Advanced Threat Environments Technical Session

• Chair: Mr. Marcus Makarehchi – NAVAIR WD Point Mugu
• Autonomous Swarms of High Speed Maneuvering Surface Vessels – Mr. Tyler Halpin-Chan, NAWCWD Surface Targets Engineering
• Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) & Software Intensive Systems Test (C4T) Test Technology Area: Using Artificial General Intelligence in the Operational Evaluation F-35 System of Systems – Mr. Kent Pickett and Mr. Kenneth Sanchez (C4T TTA) and Edward Chow, PhD, (JPL)
• Common Threat T&E Models – Ms. Melody Johnson, Test Resource Management Center
• Data Association Algorithms for Open Air Range Electronic Warfare Testing – Mr. Daniel Carlson, Air Force, 771st Test Squadron
• Testing Domains Supporting SoS T&E: C4I & Software Intensive Systems Test (C4T) Test Technology Area (TTA) – Mr. Kenneth Sanchez (C4T TTA)