SysCon 2014

Conference Theme
The theme of the IEEE International Systems Conference is Engineering of Complex Systems, to include Systems-of-systems, Systems Engineering, Systems Integration, and Systems Thinking.

Background
The IEEE Systems Council facilitates interactions among communities of interest on system-level problems and applications.  System-level thinking is essential in the world today, not only for technical systems but also for society at large.  The Council addresses the discipline of systems engineering, including the issues and complexities of system-level and system-of-systems applications, focusing on the total systems effectiveness of complex integrated systems of national and global significance.

Conference Objectives
This conference seeks to create an interactive forum for the advancement of the practice of systems engineering across the multiple disciplines and specialty areas associated with the engineering of complex systems. The conference will provide a venue for systems engineering practitioners, managers, researchers, and educators to exchange innovative concepts, ideas, applications, and lessons learned addressing:

  • Applications-oriented topics on large-scale systems and system-of-systems in topics noted below
  • Systems engineering, education, standards, processes and methodologies for the system-of-systems environment
  • Research opportunities and results relating to system-of-systems

Topic areas for consideration include:

  • System Architecture and Architectural Frameworks
  • Engineering Systems-of-Systems
  • Risk Management of Complex Systems Environment
  • Systems Reliability
  • Engineering Processes for Complex Systems
    • Includes Process Improvement and Quality Management
  • Product Lifecycle Management Processes and Tools for Systems-of-Systems
    • Includes Configuration Management (CM), Requirements management, Data Management Strategy (CMS) and Integrated Logistics Support
  • Service Oriented Architectures
  • Cyber Security Issues and Approaches for Complex Systems
  • Enterprise Systems Engineering
  • Agile Development Methods of System-of-Systems
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Model-Based Systems Engineering
  • Systems Verification and Validation
  • Systems Engineering Competency, Education and Training
  • Program/Project Management for Complex Systems
  • “Systems thinking” Benefits
  • Technology Transfer Between Academia and Industry
  • Societal and Political Impacts of Systems and Systems Design
  • Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Enterprise Health Management
  • Research in Systems Engineering
  • Software Systems Engineering
  • Systems considerations such as:
    • Autonomous Systems
    • Energy Management and Sustainability, including Renewable Energy 
    • Space and Communications Systems
    • Medical Systems
    • Gaming and Entertainment Systems
    • Transportation Systems
    • Sensors Integration and Application for a Net-centric Environment
    • Disaster response
    • Global Earth Observation
    • Large-Scale Systems Integration (in any application area)

We invite practitioners to submit a descriptive abstract of at least 200 words in length. The descriptive abstract should summarize the scope of the paper and the primary results and findings, emphasizing new advances, theories and/or applications so that the program committee will be able to understand the originality and the value of the work. The abstract for practitioners must include a descriptive outline of the proposed paper.

For academic submissions, we invite authors to submit extended abstracts which should be at least four pages in length or the full paper. The abstract/paper should include an introduction, background and theory, a discussion of the validation and results, and a literature survey.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstract deadline: October 1, 2013
Acceptance Notification: November 15, 2013
Final Paper Deadline: February 1, 2014

Conference Chair
Bob Rassa, Raytheon Company

Technical Program
Chair - Sidney Givigi, Royal Military College of Canada
Co-Chair - George Foster, CSC
Co-Chair - John Clark, Northrop Grumman

Technology and Industry Relations Chair
Sam Farroha, Department of Defense – Fort Meade

About the IEEE Systems Council:
The IEEE Systems Council is one of the newest Technical Activities Board organizations and was formed in June 2005. The Field of Interest for the Council follows:
This Council integrates IEEE activities regarding aspects of multiple disciplines and specialty areas associated with the engineering of systems. This Council covers, but is not limited to the following:

  • Systems engineering, education, standards, processes and methodologies
  • Modeling, simulation and integration related to design, testing, production and support
  • Design aspects for robust design, human factors, safety, security and usability
  • Transition of products from design to production, deployment and use
  • Quality control and system management
  • Program/product/project management interactions
  • Risk Management
  • Systems Architecture

Member Societies of the Council are:
§ Aerospace & Electronic Systems (AES) § Systems, Man & Cybernetics (SMC) § Instrumentation & Measurement (IMS) § Circuits And Systems (CAS) § Microwave Theory & Techniques (MTT) § Communications (ComSoc) § Engineering and Medical Biology Society § Oceanic Engineering (OES) § Computational Intelligence (CIS) § Product Safety Engineering (PSES) § Power Electronics (PELS) § Control Systems (CSS) § Robotics & Automation (RAS)