[Cesg-all] GSAW2007 Call for Participation

[GSAW2007]

Ground System Architectures Workshop 2007 (GSAW2007)

Call for Participation
Workshop:  March 27 ­ 29, 2007
Tutorials:  March 26, 2007
Manhattan Beach Marriott,
Manhattan Beach, CA

(PDF version of this announcement can be found at:
http://sunset.usc.edu/gsaw/cfp.html)

THEME: Addressing Complexity Through Simplicity

Now is the time to become a part of GSAW2007. In this,
our eleventh year, we are looking for a select group
of professionals willing to tackle software and system
architecture issues for spacecraft ground systems.
This is the forum for the world’s spacecraft ground
system experts to share issues and solutions with other
ground system users, developers, and researchers through
presentations, working groups, and panel discussions.
GSAW2007 will highlight new ideas, lessons learned, and
the identification of common solutions in the creation,
application, and evaluation of architectures to meet the
technological challenges of ground systems. GSAW’s
affiliation with government and civilian organizations
provides an unparalleled opportunity to advance the state
of practice and research in architectures for spacecraft
ground systems.

This year GSAW2007 is soliciting presentations covering
all aspects of spacecraft ground systems with a special
focus on the changing roles and growing complexity of
ground and space systems and how a re-emphasis on
simplicity might keep them manageable. Sessions will
address the areas of methodologies, lessons learned,
business cases and advanced technologies for topics
including:

* Architecture modeling
* Interoperability and standards
* Off-the-shelf, open source components, and software
   reuse
* Program, risk, and change management
* System security and information assurance
* Space/ground link architectures
* Horizontal integration
* Mission assurance, test, and integration
* Transformational, systems-of-systems, and service-
   oriented architectures
* Net-centric, internet, and other communication
   architectures
* Space and ground trades
* Operations and sustainment
* Emerging ground system technologies
* Automation and integrated services

PLENARY PRESENTATIONS
Presentations will be 15 minutes in length.  Submit
an abstract describing the results of your work, work
in progress, or case studies relevant to one or more
of the workshop's focus issues. Abstracts must not
exceed two pages in length plus a cover page and
should summarize the claims, scope, methodology, and
generality of the work.  Go to
http://sunset.usc.edu/gsaw/plenary.html for submission
details.

WORKING GROUPS
Working Groups will be four hours in length.  Submit
a proposal for a working group session related to any
of the focus issues of the workshop.  Go to
http://sunset.usc.edu/gsaw/workinggroup.html
for submission details and chair responsibilities.

TUTORIALS
Full and half-day tutorials are being held on March 26,
the day before the regular workshop program begins. We
are seeking proposals for instructive tutorials on topics
related to the GSAW2007 theme and focus issues.
Instructor guidelines may be found on the website.  Go to
http://sunset.usc.edu/gsaw/tutorial.html for submission
details.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION
• Proposals due: November 20, 2006
• Notification of acceptance: December 29, 2006
• Accepted presentations due: February 20, 2007
• Website: http://sunset.usc.edu/gsaw

UNCLASSIFIED SESSION INFORMATION
The hotel will host the general workshop at which there
will be international attendees. Plenary presentations
and working group summaries will be made available on
the website and published on a CDROM distributed to
registered attendees. Send submissions and inquiries to
gsaw at aero.org or call (310) 336-0454.

CLASSIFIED SESSION INFORMATION
A classified session will be hosted at The Aerospace
Corporation on March 29.  The classification level of the
presentations will be up to TS/SI/TK.  All attendees will
be required to have a TS/SCI clearance.  Send submissions
and inquiries to gsaw at gwan.npa.ic.gov or call 891-2321.

Presenters are responsible for ensuring that all submissions
are cleared for presentation to their respective audiences.
The language of the workshop is English.

SPONSORING AND COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS
* The Aerospace Corporation
* Air Force Space Command
* Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center
* National Reconnaissance Office
* Jet Propulsion Laboratory
* University of Southern California Center for Systems and
   Software Engineering
* Software Engineering Institute
* Institute for Software Research, University of California,
   Irvine
* National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Goddard Space
   Flight Center)
* National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


ADVISORY COMMITTEE
William Ballhaus Jr.
President and CEO
The Aerospace Corporation

Barry Boehm
Director
University of Southern California
Center for Systems and Software Engineering

Lt. Gen. Michael Hamel
Commander
Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center

Jean-Francois Kaufeler
Head Ground System Engineering Department
European Space Agency/ESOC

Kathy Kelly
Director
Office of Satellite Operations
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Linda Northrop
Director
Product Line Systems Program
Software Engineering Institute

Michael Ryschkewitsch
Deputy Director
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Richard Taylor
Director
Institute for Software Research
at the University of California, Irvine

William Weber
Director
Interplanetary Network and Information Systems Directorate
Jet Propulsion Laboratory