Modeling, Simulation, Prototyping & Validation
Tuesday, AUGUST 13, 2024
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. |
Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor Jim McManus, GVSETS Chair Valde Garcia, President, NDIA-Michigan Dr. David Gorsich, Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) |
| 8:20 a.m. |
Autonomy Panel: Human-Machine Integrated Formations Moderator: Dr. Robert Sadowski, Chief Roboticist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC COL Ken Bernier, Project Manager, Future Battle Platforms, Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS) Kurt Bruck, Vice President, Neya Systems Robert Monto, Director, Advanced Concepts and Critical Technologies, U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) Leland “Kent” Shea, Product Manager, Robotics & Autonomous Systems, PEO CS&CSS Dr. Amber Walker, Senior Vice President, Ground, C2, and Maritime Systems, Parry Labs |
| 9:20 a.m. |
Best Paper Announcement Dr. David Gorsich, Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Gregg Wildes, Business Development Manager, DornerWorks |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Exhibitor Break |
| 10:05 a.m. |
Welcome to the Modeling, Simulation, Prototyping & Validation Tech Session Dr. Mark Brudnak, Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Timothy Lee, Vice President, Intelligent Systems Division, DCS Corporation |
| 10:10 a.m. |
Immersive Visualization Exploration of Crew Station Design for Acquisition Programs Caleb Simmons, Senior Principle Engineer, Torch Technologies Rachel Agusti, Branch Chief, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC David Brown, Computer Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Rachel Hackenbruch, Industrial Designer, Torch Technologies David Hess, Software Engineer, Torch Technologies Kyle Kovacin, Industrial Designer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Aaron Smith, Industrial Designer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Colin Stewart, Software Engineer, Torch Technologies |
| 10:30 a.m. |
AI/ML Digital Twins of Hardware-in-the-Loop Systems Dr. Wesley Colley, Senior Fellow, Torch Technologies Joel Banyai, Principle Engineer, Torch Technologies Joshua Gordy , Senior Engineer, Torch Technologies Matthew Mills , Software Engineer, Torch Technologies Randall Warren , Senior Engineer, Torch Technologies |
| 10:50 a.m. |
The Use and Benefits of Modeling and Simulation With Autonomous Vehicles John Whitt, Modeling, Simulation, and Software Test Division Chief, Aberdeen Test Center Paul Bounker, Computer Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 11:10 a.m. |
Vehicle-Level Control Systems Framework For Use In Create-GV Vehicle Dynamics Simulations Dr. Bohumir Jelinek, Research Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University (MSU) Greg Henley , Senior Research Engineer, MSU Angela Card, Senior Research Engineer, MSU Tyler Hannis, Research Engineer III, MSU Michael Gibson, Research Engineer III, MSU Jody Priddy, Senior Research Engineer, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Sara Boyle, Computer Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Miriam Figueroa-Santos, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Jeremy Mange , Research Computer Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 11:30 a.m. |
A Tailored Analytical Approach to Design Synthesis from Concept to Reality Carl Jolma, Systems Engineering Team Lead, GS Engineering, Inc. Robert Minger, Product Manager, Systems Engineering, GS Engineering, Inc. |
| 11:50 a.m. Lunch | |
| 1:05 p.m. |
Introduction to the MSPV Afternoon Session Dr. Vamshi Korivi, Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Wayne Mindle, Director of Sales & Marketing, CertaSIM LLC |
| 1:10 p.m. |
Assessment of Artificial Magnetic Conductor Checkerboard-Arranged Applique for Ground System Radar Cross Section Reduction Dr. Nathan Tison, General Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Jeffrey D'Archangel , Optical Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Characterizing and Modeling Lightweight Structural Composites at High Strain Rates for use from Arctic to Desert Environments Dr. Robert Hart, Technical Specialist - Composite Materials, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Evan Patton, Senior Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Joseph Hamilton, Principal Engineer, Karagozian & Case Isabela Cardenas, Senior Engineer, Karagozian & Case Dr. Huiyang Luo, Principal Scientist, Director of Mechanical Testing Lab, Karagozian & Case Joseph Magallanes, Principal, President & CEO, Karagozian & Case |
| 1:50 p.m. |
Integration of Vehicle Dynamics with Finite Element Composite Structure Simulation Andrew Montalbano, Mechanical Engineer, Clemson University Dr. Gregory Mocko, Associate Professor, Clemson University Dr. Gang Li, Mechanical Engineer, Clemson University |
| 2:10 p.m. |
Development of Machine Learning Models for Predicting Wind Fields Around Military Ground Vehicles Dr. Roy Koomullil, Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Emmanuel Ramogi, Graduate Student, UAB Feroz Iqbal, Graduate Student, UAB Peter Rynes, Vice President of Government Services, ThermoAnalytics Dr. Vladimir Vantsevich, Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Vamshi Korivi, Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Nathan Tison, General Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Exhibitor Break |
| 3:15 p.m. |
Introduction to the MSPV Final Session Dr. Matt Castanier, Research Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Arkady Grunin, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 3:20 p.m. |
Off-Road Autonomy Validation Using Scalable Digital Twin Simulations Within High-Performance Computing Clusters Tanmay Samak, Ph.D. Student, Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) Chinmay Samak, Ph.D. Student, CU-ICAR Joey Binz, M.S. Student, Clemson University Dr. Jonathon Smereka, Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Mark Brudnak, Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. David Gorsich, Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Feng Luo, Professor, Clemson University Dr. Venkat Krovi, Professor, CU-ICAR |
| 3:40 p.m. |
Fidelity Requirements For Digital Scenes In Off-Road Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV) Simulation Dr. Christopher Goodin, Associate Research Professor, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS), Mississippi State University (MSU) Dr. Daniel Carruth, Associate Director, CAVS, MSU Dr. Lalitha Dabbiru, Assistant Research Professor, CAVS, MSU Michael Hedrick, Undergraduate Research Assistant, CAVS, MSU Brandon Black, Graduate Research Assistant, CAVS, MSU Zachary Aspin, Research Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army ERDC Justin Carrillo, Research Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army ERDC John Kaniarz, Senior Computer Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 4:00 p.m. |
How the Cloud is a Mission Enabler for Embedded System Development John Brabbs, Tech Expert-Software Development Infrastructure, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. B. Colby Jones, Innovation and Outreach Director, SAIC Technical Fellow, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) |
| 4:20 p.m. |
Accelerating Autonomous Vehicle Development and Evaluation with the VANE Simulation Tool Suite Garrett Holden, Research Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army ERDC Zachary Aspin, Research Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army ERDC Dr. John Monroe, Research Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army ERDC David McInnis, Research Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army ERDC Collin Davenport, Research Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army ERDC Dr. Phillip Price, Research Physicist, U.S. Army ERDC Dr. Brad Hansen, Research Civil Engineer, U.S. Army ERDC |
| 4:40 p.m. |
Validating Sensor Models for Off-Road Autonomous Mobility Andres Morales, Mechanical Engineer, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Ryan Lamm, Executive Director R&D, Southwest Research Institute Samuel Misko, Project Manager - Commercial & DoD Programs, UAB Nicholas Bowen, Advanced Analytics Engineer, UAB Scott Bradley, Director, Keenesaw Research Center Dr. Paramsothy Jayakumar , Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 5:00 p.m. |
MSPV Tech Session Conclusion Dr. Mark Brudnak, Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Timothy Lee, Vice President, Intelligent Systems Division, DCS Corporation |
| 5:15 p.m. |
Networking Reception: GVSETS Visits The Wild Wild West — Outdoor Patio |
Digital Engineering / Systems Engineering
Tuesday, AUGUST 13, 2024
| Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. |
Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor Jim McManus, GVSETS Chair Valde Garcia, President, NDIA-Michigan Dr. David Gorsich, Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) |
|
| 8:20 a.m. |
Autonomy Panel: Human-Machine Integrated Formations Moderator: Dr. Robert Sadowski, Chief Roboticist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC COL Ken Bernier, Project Manager, Future Battle Platforms, Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS) Kurt Bruck, Vice President, Neya Systems Robert Monto, Director, Advanced Concepts and Critical Technologies, U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) Leland “Kent” Shea, Product Manager, Robotics & Autonomous Systems, PEO CS&CSS Dr. Amber Walker, Senior Vice President, Ground, C2, and Maritime Systems, Parry Labs |
|
| 9:20 a.m. |
Best Paper Announcement Dr. David Gorsich, Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Gregg Wildes, Business Development Manager, DornerWorks |
|
| 9:30 a.m. |
Exhibitor Break |
|
| 10:05 a.m |
Welcome to the Digital Engineering / Systems Engineering Tech Session Steven Schultz, Associate Director, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
|
| 10:10 a.m. |
Keynote Speaker COL Jeff Jurand, Project Manager XM30 Combat Vehicle |
|
| 10:50 a.m. |
Strategic Decision Intelligence: Safeguarding Product Development Success in Complex Engineering Landscapes Andrew G. Dunn, Computer Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Alper Murat, Chief Decision Scientist, Founder, Agile Systems Dr. Stephen Rapp, Senior Scientist,U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Ronald Renke, Branch Chief, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Ratna B. Chinnam, Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Agile Systems Dr. Satyendra Rana, Chief Strategy Officer, Founder, Agile Systems James Bechtel, Lead Systems Engineer, Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS) Kurt Hansen, Program Protection Lead, PEO GCS |
|
| 11:10 a.m. |
Applying Digital Engineering Digital Twin to Support Ground Vehicle Virtual Experimentation Robert J. Kanon, Digitial Engineer Chief, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Raveen Fernando, Application Software Engineer Chief, Government Solutions Engineering, Applied Intuition Kevin W. Griffin, Systems Engineer Senior Principal, SAIC Amir Shah, Engineering Manager, Government Solutions Engineering, Applied Intuition Russ Kouba, Branch Chief, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Mark Feury, Divison Chief, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
|
| 11:30 a.m. |
Implementing Digital Engineering Digital Thread and Digital Twin to Support Ground Vehicle Rapid Prototyping with Software Production Factory Kevin W. Griffin, Systems Engineer Senior Principal, SAIC Dr. Ajay Thukral, Senior Principal Engineer, SAIC Robert J. Kanon, Digitial Engineer Chief, SAIC |
|
| 11:50 a.m. |
Lunch |
|
| 1:05 p.m. |
Introduction to the DE/SE Afternoon Session Eric Alexander, Director MBSE Services, STC an Arcfield Company |
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| 1:10 p.m. |
Invited Speaker: Building the Right Systems: Applying MBSE for Optimized Early System Design Daniel Reineke, President, STC An Arcfield Company |
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| 1:30 p.m. |
GVSMO: An Ontology for the Simulation Modeling of Ground Vehicles Edward D. Louis, Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University Evan A. Taylor, Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University Dr. Gregory Mocko, Associate Professor, Clemson University Evan C. Hybl, Undergraduate Researcher, Clemson University |
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| 1:50 p.m. |
Automated System/Software Safety Analysis Using Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Gregory Czerniak, Computer Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Rodolfo Proenza, Branch Chief, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
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| 2:10 p.m. |
Synchronizing MBSE Models and Software Development in Robotic Autonomous Systems Dr. Calvin Cheung, Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
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| 2:30 p.m. |
Exhibitor Break |
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| 3:15 p.m. |
Introduction to the DE/SE Final Session Bill Berklich, Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
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| 3:20 p.m. |
Implementing Model-Based Product Line Engineering To Manage A Mixed Portfolio Of Legacy, Upgrade, And New Development Systems For Self-Propelled Howitzer Daisy Lynn Yakovich, Principal Model-based Systems Engineer, STC an ArcField Company Jake Engle, Chief Engineer, MBSE Services, STC an ArcField Company Erin Torchala, Program Officer (Acquisition), Project Manager, Self-Propelled Howitzer Systems (PM SPHS), Product Manager, Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) (PdM ERCA) Jeff Green, Branch Chief System Engineering and Lethality, PM SPHS |
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| 3:40 p.m. |
How Did General Veers Get His AT-AT? Product Line Engineering (PLE), Of Course! Matthew Gagliardi, Principal Systems Engineer, System Strategy Inc. Matthew Hause, Principal, System Strategy Inc. |
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| 4:00 p.m. |
Innovative Tire Modeling Bricks for Large Military Vehicles and Their Benefits in Simulation Based Chassis Design Mike Andrews, North America Director of External Research, Michelin North America, Inc. Justin MacLanders, Global Account Manager, Michelin North America, Inc. Anthony Chanseaume, Noise and Comfort Expert, Michelin North America, Inc. Frederic Spetler, Michelin SIMIX Managing Director, MFPM Frédéric Leymin, Michelin SIMIX Marketing & Sales Director, MFPM Cédric Khayat, Michelin SIMIX Technical Leader, MFPM |
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| 4:20 p.m. |
MBSE Strategies: Avoiding Cyclic Project Usage Dependencies by Using Black Box and White Box Moldes Dr. Jason Kolligs, Senior Principal Model-Based Systems Engineer, STC an Arcfield Company Stuart Masterson, Chief Engineer, STC an ArcField Company Eric Thome, System Engineering Manager, General Dynamics Ordnance and Tatical Systems (GD OTS) Christian Knutson, Systems Engineer III, GD OTS |
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| 4:40 p.m. |
High Energy Laser Integration Implications for Ground Vehicles Joshua Peters, Director Energy Management, HII |
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| 5:00 p.m. |
DE/SE Technical Session Conclusion Bill Berklich, Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
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| 5:15 p.m. |
Networking Reception: GVSETS Visits The Wild Wild West — Outdoor Patio |
Modular Open Systems Approach
Tuesday, AUGUST 13, 2024
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. |
Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor Jim McManus, GVSETS Chair Valde Garcia, President, NDIA-Michigan Dr. David Gorsich, Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) |
| 8:20 a.m. |
Autonomy Panel: Human-Machine Integrated Formations Moderator: Dr. Robert Sadowski, Chief Roboticist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC COL Ken Bernier, Project Manager, Future Battle Platforms, Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS) Kurt Bruck, Vice President, Neya Systems Robert Monto, Director, Advanced Concepts and Critical Technologies, U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) Leland “Kent” Shea, Product Manager, Robotics & Autonomous Systems, PEO CS&CSS Dr. Amber Walker, Senior Vice President, Ground, C2, and Maritime Systems, Parry Labs |
| 9:20 a.m. |
Best Paper Announcement Dr. David Gorsich, Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Gregg Wildes, Business Development Manager, DornerWorks |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Exhibitor Break |
| 10:05 a.m. |
Welcome to the MOSA Tech Session Magid Athnasios Senior Systems Engineer, DCS Corporation |
| 10:10 a.m. |
The Art of Open-Standard System Architecture for Military Ground Vehicles Dr. Macam Dattathreya, Chief Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Lessons Learned from Applying the Future Airborne Capabilities Environment (FACE) Technical Standard in Military Ground Vehicle Architectures Christopher Crook, Computer Scientist, On-Line Applications Research (OAR) Corporation Dr. Joel Sherrill, Chief Scientist, OAR Corporation Leonard Elliott, Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:50 a.m. |
Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) in Military Ground Vehicle Architectures Leonard Elliott, Technical Specialist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 11:10 a.m. |
Enabling Multi-Vendor Model Based Application Development Using the FACETM Technical Standard Mark Snyder, Senior Scientist, L3Harris Kirsten McCane, Defense Industry Segment Manager, Mathworks |
| 11:30 a.m. | |
| 11:50 a.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:05 p.m. |
Introduction to the MOSA Cyber Session Nicholas Kasza, Computer Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 1:10 p.m. |
Challenges and Mitigations for Data Remanance in Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Based Systems Kevin Paar, Senior Research Engineer, Graf Research Dr. Scott Harper, CTO, Graf Research |
| 1:30 p.m. |
A Simulation Framework for Evaluating the Cybersecurity of Autonomous Ground Vehicles Dr. Christopher Goodin, Associate Research Professor, Center for Advanced Vehicular Sysyems (CAVS), Mississippi State University (MSU) Sara Fuller, Associate Director, CAVS, MSU Dr. Daniel Carruth, Associate Director, CAVS, MSU Kaneesha Moore, Undergraduate Research Assistant, CAVS, MSU Benjamin Skinner, Undergraduate Research Assistant, CAVS, MSU Dr. Carl Mueller, Chief Engineer, Circadence Corporation |
| 1:50 p.m. |
Impact Analysis of Cyberattacks in Electric Propulsion Systems for Hybrid Tracked Vehicles. Grace Muriithi, Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University Dr. Behnaz Papari, Assistant Professor, Clemson University Ali Arsalan, Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University Asif Khan, Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University Elutunji Buraimoh, Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University Dr. Gokhan Ozkan, Research Assistant Professor, Clemson University Dr. Laxman Timilsina, Postdoctoral Researcher, Clemson University Prof. Christopher Edrington, Full Professor, Clemson University |
| 2:10 p.m. |
Towards Deployment of a Zero-Trust Architecture (ZTA) for Automated Vehicles (AV) Victor Murray, Assistant Director, High Reliability Systems, Southwest Research Institute Dr. Scott Lathrop, Director Cyber/Electronic Warfare Technology, Raytheon Dr. Dariusz Mikulski, Lead Computer Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Exhibitor Break |
| 3:15 p.m. |
Introduction the MOSA Final Session Magid Athnasios, Senior Systems Engineer, DCS Corporation |
| 3:20 p.m. |
Move, Shoot, Communicate: A MOSA Perspective Eric Bennett, Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Adam Winters, Program Management Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM AC |
| 3:40 p.m. |
Harnessing Advanced Technologies for Swarm Operations Within CJADC2 Timothy Stewart, Director of Business Development, Aitech Emil Kheyfets, Director of Military & Aerospace Business Development, Aitech David Taylor, President, Thunder Bay Consulting LLC |
| 4:00 p.m. |
SOSATM VNX+: Small Form Factor for Ground Vehicle Applications Mark Littlefield, Director System Products, Elma Electronic |
| 4:20 p.m. |
A MOSA Approach for Ground Vehicle System Enterprise Commonality Matt Rossmiller, Software SME, Jovian Software Consulting Anand Kelkar, Vice President, Jovian Software Consulting |
| 4:40 p.m. |
A Modular Open System Approach to a Digital Autonomy Testbed Gerald Roberts, Associate Technical Fellow, Torch Technologies Tim Palmer, Senior Fellow & Chief Engineer SAS, Torch Technologies Caleb Simmons, Senior Principal Engineer, Torch Technologies |
| 5:00 p.m. |
MOSA Technical Session Conclusion Christina Salama, Electrical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 5:15 p.m. |
Networking Reception: GVSETS Visits The Wild Wild West — Outdoor Patio |
Autonomy, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (AAIR)
Tuesday, AUGUST 13, 2024
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. |
Opening of GVSETS and the Technical Sessions in Legacy Ballroom, 2nd Floor Jim McManus, GVSETS Chair Valde Garcia, President, NDIA-Michigan Dr. David Gorsich, Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) |
| 8:20 a.m. |
Autonomy Panel: Human-Machine Integrated Formations Moderator: Dr. Robert Sadowski, Chief Roboticist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC COL Ken Bernier, Project Manager, Future Battle Platforms, Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS) Kurt Bruck, Vice President, Neya Systems Robert Monto, Director, Advanced Concepts and Critical Technologies, U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) Leland “Kent” Shea, Product Manager, Robotics & Autonomous Systems, PEO CS&CSS Dr. Amber Walker, Senior Vice President, Ground, C2, and Maritime Systems, Parry Labs |
| 9:20 a.m. |
Best Paper Announcement Dr. David Gorsich, Chief Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Gregg Wildes, Business Development Manager, DornerWorks |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Exhibitor Break |
| 10:05 a.m. |
Welcome to the AAIR Tech Session Dr. Oleg Sapunkov, Mechanical Engineer, Historian, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 10:10 a.m. |
Measurement and Prediction of Override Force of Clumps of Small Vegetation in Off-Road Autonomous Navigation Dr. Christopher Goodin, Associate Research Professor, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS) Mississippi State University (MSU) Marc Moore, Graduate Research Assistant, CAVS, MSU Ethan Salmon, Research Engineer, CAVS, MSU Michael Cole, Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Paramsothy Jayakumar, Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Brittney English, Senior Research Analyst, Dynetics Inc. |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Shadow Removal in Off-Road Terrain Perception with Multi-Sensor Signal Processing Dr. Steven Gardner, Research Engineer, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Dr. David Hoxie, Postdoctoral Researcher, UAB Nicholas Bowen, Software Developer, UAB Samuel Misko, Project Manager – Commercial & DoD Programs, UAB Prof. Mohammad Haider, Associate Professor, University of Missouri - Columbia Dr. Paramsothy Jayakumar, Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Vladimir Vantsevich, Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institution |
| 10:50 a.m. |
Applications of Unifying Off-Road Datasets through Ontology Anthony Medellin, Doctoral Student, Texas A&M University Anant Bhamri, Doctoral Student, Texas A&M University Dr. David Grabowsky, Electrical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Albert Ma, Student Researcher, Texas A&M University Dr. Dariusz Mikulski, Lead Computer Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Prof. Reza Lanagri, Research Professor, Texas A&M University Prof. Swaminathan Gopalswamy, Research Professor, Texas A&M University |
| 11:10 a.m. |
SCAN-Net: A Sparsely Encoded Convolutional Autoencoder for Semantic Segmentation of Unknown Terrain Prof. Mohammad Haider, Associate Professor, University of Missouri - Columbia Dr. Steven Gardner, Research Engineer, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Dr. David Hoxie, Postdoctoral Researcher, UAB Samuel Misko, Project Manager – Commercial & DoD Programs, UAB Dr. Paramsothy Jayakumar, Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Dr. Jonathan Smereka, Research Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Jacob Woten, Computer Scientist, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Vehicle-to-Pedestrian Relative State Estimation via Fusing UltraWideband Radios and a Monocular Camera Nicholas Ott, Student Researcher, Auburn University Tyler Flegel, Doctoral Student, Auburn University Prof. David Bevly, Professor, Auburn University |
| 11:50 a.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:05 p.m. |
Introduction to the AAIR Afternoon Session Dr. Matthew Foglesong, Director of Technology, National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) |
| 1:10 p.m. |
Highly Accurate GPS-Denied PNT Using Doppler LIDAR Measurements Dr. Jeremy Templeton, Senior Systems Engineer, BlueSpace.ai Dr. Jasprit Gill, Senior Robotics Engineer, BlueSpace.ai Anurag Jakhotia, Senior Robotics Engineer, BlueSpace.ai Joel Pazhayampallil, Co-Founder & CEO, BlueSpace.ai |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Graphical Networks and Motion Detection Dr. David Hoxie, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Dr. Steven Gardner, Research Engineer, UAB Samuel Misko, Project Manager - Commercial & DoD Programs, UAB Prof. Mohammad Haider, Associate Professor, University of Missouri - Columbia Dr. Paramsothy Jayakumar, Senior Technical Expert, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 1:50 p.m. |
Safety-Regulated Reinforcement Learning Compensated Model Predictive Control for Ground Vehicles with Unknown Disturbances Prakhar Gupta, Research Assistant, Clemson University Dr. Yunyi Jia, Associate Professor, Clemson University |
| 2:10 p.m. |
AI-Enhanced Proactive Model Predictive Control for Off-Road Autonomous Vehicles Mayuresh Bhosale, Ph.D. Student, Department of Automotive Engineering (AuE), Clemson University Prakhar Gupta, Ph.D. Student, AuE, Clemson University Rahul Prasanna Kumar, Ph.D. Student, AuE, Clemson University Dr. Yunyi Jia, Associate Professor, AuE, Clemson University |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Exhibitor Break |
| 3:15 p.m. |
Introduction to the AAIR Final Session Dr. David Grabowsky, Electrical Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 3:20 p.m. |
A Systematic Approach to Evaluation of Delivered AI Solutions David Wells, Torch Associate Technical Fellow , Torch Technologies Stuart L. Fowler, Torch Technical Fellow, Torch Technologies Josh Walters, Torch Associate Technical Fellow, Torch Technologies Ivy Elrod, Principal Engineer, Torch Technologies Jacob Foley, Aerospace Engineer, Torch Technologies |
| 3:40 p.m. |
A Safety Reasoning Copilot Design for Future Uncrewed Ground Vehicles (UGVs) Dr. Philip Frederick, Chief Scientist Office, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Risk-Adaptive Rendezvous Planning for Resupply Missions in the Battlefield Thomas Jonsson Damgaard, Software Engineer, Carmenta Geospatial Technologies Inc. Dr. Mikael Rittri, Technical Expert, Carmenta Geospatial Technologies Inc. Patrick Franz, Vice President, Customer Success, Carmenta Geospatial Technologies Inc. |
| 4:20 p.m. |
Energy-Aware Mission Planning for Unmanned Ground Vehicle Fleets Noah Miller, Research Assistant, Department of Automotive Engineering (AuE), Clemson University Dr. Nathan Goulet, Research Engineer, AuE, Clemson University Prof. Beshah Ayalew, Professor, AuE, Clemson University |
| 4:40 p.m. |
Identifying and Mitigating the Challenges with Vehicle Path Planning in the Presence of Dynamic Obstacles Stephen Harnett, Graduate Research Assistant, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) Pennsylvania State University (PSU) Prof. Sean Brennan, Professor, PSU Prof. Herschel Pangborn, Assistant Professor, PSU Jesse Pentzer, Assistant Research Professor, ARL, PSU Prof. Karl Reichard, ARL Technical Fellow, Associate Research Professor, ARL, PSU |
| 5:00 p.m. |
AAIR Technical Session Conclusion Dr. Oleg Sapunkov, Mechanical Engineer, Historian, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC |
| 5:15 p.m. |
Networking Reception: GVSETS Visits The Wild Wild West — Outdoor Patio |
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