38th International Test and Evaluation Symposium Proceedings (2021)

38th International Test and Evaluation Symposium Proceedings (2021)

September 13-17,2021 ~ Virtual Symposium

ONLINE PROCEEDINGS and PRESENTATIONS

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ITEA Annual Meeting – Pete Crump, GTRI


KEYNOTE ADDRESSES AND SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS

  • Raymond O’Toole, PhD, Director (acting) and Principal Deputy to the Director of Operational Test & Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • Dana (Keoki) Jackson, PhD, Senior Vice President, General Manager, MITRE National Security
  • Kyle Fox, Executive Director, Systems Integration & Test, Raytheon Missiles & Defense
  • Shimon Fhima, Director Strategic Programmes, UK Ministry of Defence
  • Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Wroten, Deputy Director of USSF Test and Evaluation, Peterson Space Force Base 
  • Devin Cate, Director of Test & Evaluation, USAF
  • Carroll “Rick” Quade, Director, Navy Innovation, Technology Requirements and Test and Evaluation, Department of the Navy
  • James Cooke, Director, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation
  • Neal MacKertich, PhD, Principal Engineering Fellow, Raytheon Missiles & Defense (retired)
  • Michael Schmidt, PhD, Vice President, Master Builders Solutions
  • James Wells – Acting Director, Test & Evaluation Division, Department of Homeland Security

SPECIAL PANELS

Test & Resource Perspective on Emerging Technologies Panel

  • Panel Chair: James Wells, Acting Director, Test & Evaluation Division, Department of Homeland Security
  • Raymond O’Toole, PhD, Principal Deputy Director, Office of the Secretary of Defense – Director, Operational Test and Evaluation
  • George Rumford, Director (acting) and Principal Deputy, Test Resource Management
  • Malcolm G. Tutty, PhD, Australian Defence Force Academy, ITEA Southern Cross Chapter – Australia

T&E for AI/ML Enabled Systems

  • Panel Chair: Jane Pinelis, PhD, Chief of the Test, Evaluation and Assessment Branch, Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
  • Alec Banks, Senior Principal Scientist, Defence Science and Technology Labs
  • Chad Bieber, Senior Research Engineer, Johns Hopkins University Applied Research Lab, Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
  • Laura Freeman, PhD, Director, Intelligent System Lab, Virginia Tech Hume Center
  • John Haman, Statistician, Institute for Defense Analyses
  • Galen Mullins, PhD, Senior AI Researcher, Johns Hopkins University Applied Research Lab

The Past is Prologue: A Panel of Past Presidents

  • Patricia Sanders, PhD, Independent Aerospace Consultant
  • John Foulkes, Consultant
  • Rusty Roberts, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)
  • Stephanie Clewer, Systems Application & Technologies, Inc. (SA-TECH)
  • Mark Brown, PhD, Vice President, Scientific Research Corporation
  • Chas McKee, President and CEO, Taverene Analytics LLC
  • Gene Hudgins, Director of Test and Training Environments, KBR
  • Bill Keegan, Executive Vice President, Equator Corporation
  • Pete Crump, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)

Digital Engineering Panel

  • Panel Chair: Edward Kraft, PhD
  • Darryl Ahner, P.E., PhD – Director, Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques Center of Excellence
  • COL (R) Rick Bailer, Consultant
  • Tom Downs, Manager, Engineering, Weapon Systems, GD-OTS Armaments and Energetics Business Unit
  • Kevin Fahey, President and CEO, Cypress International
  • Camille Robbins, Director, Virtual Test and Advanced Electronics Directorate, ATC

T&E Workforce Panel

  • Panel Chair:Terry Murphy – Deputy Director, Policy and Workforce Development, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Test and Evaluation
  • Robin Poston, PhD – Director of the System Testing Excellence Program, FedEx Institute of Technology, The University of Memphis
  • Darryl Ahner, P.E., PhD – Director, Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques Center of Excellence
  • Laura Freeman, PhD – Director, Intelligent System Lab, Virginia Tech Hume Center
  • Kenneth Stefanek – Learning Director for Test and Evaluation Defense Acquisition University (DAU)
  • Pete Christensen, Consultant

T&E Integrated Into Agile and DevSecOps

  • Panel Chair: Robin Poston, PhD, Director of the System Testing Excellence Program, FedEx Institute of Technology, The University of Memphis
  • Tom Meservy, PhD, Associate Professor of Information Systems, Brigham Young University
  • Mike Knoll – Vice President, IT, FedEx
  • Antonia Pulley – IT Specialist, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship Immigration Services
  • John Stasulli, Senior Director, Missile Defense & C5ISR, Parsons Corp

ITEA AWARDS 


TECHNICAL  SESSIONS

Visual Analytics

Cyber-Physical Systems Testing

Future of T&E and Cybersecurity – Current Gaps, Innovations, and Requirements

Data Analytics & Automated Test Reporting

Agile Methods and DOE

 International T&E 1

STEM for T&E

Digital Transformation

Autonomous Systems

International T&E 2

Workforce Certification

Test Technology