2024

The 18 Annual IEEE International Systems Conference

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April 15-18, 2024
Delta Hotels Montreal, Canada

IEEE SYSCON 2024

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 Table of Contents

Welcome Message............................................................................................................ 3
Conference Committee .................................................................................................... 4
Technical Program Committee Reviewers ...................................................................... 5
Keynote Speakers ............................................................................................................ 7
Tutorials ............................................................................................................................ 9
Social Events .................................................................................................................. 11
Conference Sponsors .................................................................................................... 12
Gold Patrons................................................................................................................... 13
Program Grids ................................................................................................................ 17
Program – Tuesday, April 16 ......................................................................................... 21
Program – Wednesday, April 17 .................................................................................... 29
Program – Thursday, April 18 ........................................................................................ 40
Venue Floorplan ............................................................................................................. 44

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 Welcome Message

On behalf of the IEEE and officers of the IEEE Systems Council,

I would like to extend a warm and cordial welcome to our
attendees at the 18th Annual IEEE International Systems
Conference (SysCon) - here in this marvelous and historic city
of Montreal, QC Canada. You will be immersed in discussions
involving systems engineering and complex systems with your
peers and colleagues from industry, government, and
academia, traveling to this marvelous country from all over the
world.

We hope that the technical program we have planned for you is

what you were anticipating, as it does address all aspects of
complex systems and systems of systems and the highly
specialized systems engineering skills that accompany such
systems. Our Technical Program Chair, Dr. Sidney Givigi, of Queens University in Ontario
Province, Canada, has put in countless hours of his valuable time to select the most
appropriate content from the truly outstanding candidate material submitted for presentation
this week, and I ask you to help me in thanking him for his invaluable efforts.

Systems are becoming ever more complex, as you most likely know from your own
experience and that of the authors presenting here in Montreal this week. And we aren’t
talking just physical systems and systems of systems such as an automobile or airplane or
building or transportation network, but also systems such as network systems,
communications systems, and especially cyberphysical systems – those involving computer
control and networks, which are becoming increasingly more common. Let me make a point
that you probably know – there is no such thing as a secure or hackproof cyber system. The
more secure we think we make a system, the more clever the hackers get – and these aren’t
individual hackers anymore, but entire organizations that are bent on stealing or corrupting
data and networks. Strong systems engineering is essential here – and it won’t solve the
problem but it will surely help. And in these times of rampant inflation, good solid systems
engineering helps us develop the target system at a reasonable price. We simply cannot
afford costly errors – not only from the cost standpoint, but also safety, security and
functionality.

So please enjoy your visit and partake of the technical content that we offer you. We hope
you enjoy not only this conference but your stay in historic Montreal where there are many
sights to see (in the evenings, of course!). If there is anything we can do to make your visit
more comfortable, please do not hesitate to contact one of our helpful staff.

And for planning purposes, the 19th Annual International Systems Conference in April 2025
will be in the Washington DC area, with exact dates and venue to be announced shortly.

Bob Rassa
Conference Chair
Founder and Past President, IEEE Systems Council

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 Conference Committee

General Chair
Bob Rassa
Raytheon (Retired), USA

Technical Program Chair

Sidney Givigi
Queen's University, Canada

ASE Special Sessions Co-Chairs

Haifeng Zhu
Boeing, USA

Naval Agarwal
Boeing

Hen-Geul (Henry) Yeh

California State University

Conference Management
Brianna Orr
Conference Catalysts, LLC

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 Technical Program Committee Reviewers
Aditya Akundi, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Albert Albers, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Ahmad Alghamdi, University of Jeddah
Mohammed Algumaei, Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation
Jameela Al-Jaroodi, Robert Morris University
Yazan Alqudah, University of West Florida
Thiago Eustaquio Alves de Oliveira, Lakehead University
Emi Aoki, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Christian Arendt, TU Dortmund University
Craig Arndt, GTRI
Eileen Arnold, United Technologies Corporation Retired
Jakob Axelsson, Mälardalen University
Radu Babiceanu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Ali Bahrami, Boeing Phantom Works
Sanjay Bajekal, Collins Aerospace
Sergio Barros dos Santos, Federal University of Sao Paulo
Katharina Bause, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Eric Bechhoefer
Stefan Böcker, TU Dortmund University
Doug Bodner, Georgia Institute of Technology
G. Maarten Bonnema, University of Twente
Jan Bosch, Chalmers University of Technology
Sumit Kumar Bose, International Business Machines (IBM)
Imane Bouhali, Safran SA
Cody Bradley, Bradley Engineering Ltd.
Yana Brovar, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Kleber Cabral, Queen's University
Henrique Caetano, Universidade de São Paulo
James Cale, Colorado State University
Paolo Carbone, University of Perugia
Johan Cederbladh, Mälardalen University
Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Jules Chenou, Norfolk State University
Federico Ciccozzi, Malardalen University
François Coallier, Ecole de Technologie Superieure
Tyler Cody, Virginia Tech
John Colombi, Air Force Institute of Technology
Judith Dahmann, MITRE Corporation
Jeremy Daily, Colorado State University
Jamilson Dantas, University Federal of Pernambuco
Ann Darrin, JHU/APL
Anirban Das, IIT Kharagpur
Areolino de Almeida Neto, Universidade Federal do Maranhão
André de Oliveira, Federal University of Sao Paulo
Pierre de Saqui - Sannes, ISAE-SUPAERO
Jean-Alexis Delamer, St. Francis Xavier University
Luiz Desuó Neto, Universidade de São Paulo
Simon Diemert, Critical Systems Labs Inc.
Jean Domercant, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Constantin Enke, Karlsruhe Insitute of Technology
Nil Ergin, Penn State University
Rodrigo Fanucchi, COPEL
Claudio Farias, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Alexander Fay, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität
Fabiana Flores, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
Matheus Fogliatto, Universidade de São Paulo

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Rich Folio, L3Harris Technologies
Joakim Fröberg, Safety Integrity AB
Laurent Gasser, Thales
Sidney Givigi, Queen's University
Bruce Gunn, Deakin University
Ahmed Hafez, Military Technical College
Holly Handley, Old Dominion University
Zhou Hao, National University of Defense Technology
Jacqueline Heaton, Queen's University
Tiago Heinrich, UFPR
Ali Hessami, Vega Systems
Mario Hoernicke, ABB Corporate Research Center Germany
John Huggins, University of Texas at San Antonio
Aws Jaber, KTH
Mallarajapattana Janardana Venkatarangan, PES University
Peter Jardine, Royal Military College of Canada
Imad Jawhar, Al Maaref University
Bonnie Johnson, Naval Postgraduate School
Michael Johnstone, Deakin University
Yosra Kazemi, Queens University
Ryan Keizer, University of New Brunswick
Grace Kennedy, University of Wollongong
Nader Kesserwan, Robert Morris University
Inas Khayal, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Ulf Koenemann, Fraunhofer IEM
William Kroshl, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Loic Lagadec, ENSTA-Bretagne
Suzanna LaMar, none
James H. Lambert, UVa
Chunchao Lane, Marywood University
Shiyong Liu, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai
Davis Loose, University of Virginia
Sergio Luna Fong, The University of Texas at El Paso
Jeremias Machado, Federal University of Itajuba - UNIFEI
Tahmin Mahmud, Washington State University, Vancouver
Pravir Malik, Deep Order Technologies
David Malone, Maynooth University
Theodore Manikas, Southern Methodist University
Paulo Ricardo Marques de Araujo, Queens University
Jacques Martinez, SAFRAN Tech
Cairo Nascimento, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
Bob Rassa, Raytheon
Akshit Samadhiya, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur
Haijian Sun, Haylion Tech Inc.
Brian Wake, Lockheed Martin
Haifeng Zhu, Boeing

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 Keynote Speakers

Sidney Givigi

Tuesday, April 16, 8:30 – 9:30 AM

Opus 2

Queen's University, Canada

Title: Systems Engineering: A Robotics Perspective

Biography

Sidney Givigi, is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing at Queen’s University

(appointed in January 2019). From 2009 to 2019, Dr. Givigi was a faculty member in the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada.
Over the past 10 years, Dr. Givigi has supervised over 40 graduate students. Dr. Givigi’s
previous students now hold key positions in universities, industry, and government
organizations in Canada and around the world in areas related to Artificial Intelligence (AI)
and Machine Learning (ML). Dr. Givigi has co-authored over 150 scientific papers in top
journals and conferences with low acceptance rates, some of them awarded best-papers in
major conferences such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
International Conference in Systems, Man & Cybernetics (SMC). Dr. Givigi is a Senior
Member of IEEE and has led over 25 research projects in areas related to robotics,
autonomous systems, control and machine learning. Dr. Givigi has worked extensively in the
modeling of uncertain systems using reinforcement learning and inference systems for
perception of robotic and self-driving systems. Also, Dr. Givigi has almost 20 years of
experience in developing robotics solutions involving mobile robots and manipulators that
operate in conjunction with humans.

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 James H. Lambert

Tuesday, April 16, 9:30 – 10:30 AM

Opus 2

University of Virginia, USA

Title: Navigating Ambiguities and Order Disruptions in

Systems Engineering

Biography

James H. Lambert is the Janet Scott Hamilton and John

Downman Hamilton Professor, Department of Systems & Information Engineering, and
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, at the University of Virginia, USA.

Dr. Lambert is a globally recognized educator in systems engineering and risk analysis, with
over 30 years of experience across science and technology domains of interest to the IEEE
Systems Council.

As the Director of UVA's Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems and a Site
Director of the US National Science Foundation Center for Hardware & Embedded Systems
Security & Trust, his expertise includes mitigating risks across energy, logistics, aviation,
medicine, transportation, security and safety-critical systems.

Dr. Lambert's research has received best-paper recognitions of IEEE, International

Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSEng), American Chemical Society and other
venues, while his leadership extends beyond academia.

He served as President of the worldwide Society for Risk Analysis, chaired impactful
conferences including the 8th International Engineering Systems Symposium and the 5th
World Congress on Risk, and leads an effort of the Permanent Monitoring Panel for Mitigation
of Catastrophic Risks, with the World Federation of Scientists and Seminars on Planetary
Emergencies.

An engaging and seasoned presenter, Dr. Lambert has delivered keynotes at various
international conferences. His presentations feature innovations to paradigms,
methodologies and solutions, motivating an audience to address the latest challenges of
systems engineering and risk management.

Dr. Lambert is a Fellow of each of the IEEE, American Association for the Advancement of
Science, Society for Risk Analysis, and American Society of Civil Engineers. He is an
alumnus of Princeton University and the University of Virginia.

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 Tutorials

All tutorials will be held on Monday, April 15.

8:00 – 10:00: Morning Tutorials

10:00 – 10:15: Break
10:15 – 12:00: Morning Tutorials (Continued)
12:00 – 13:00: Tutorial Lunch
13:00 – 15:00: Afternoon Tutorials
15:00 – 15:15: Break
15:15 – 17:15: Afternoon Tutorials (Continued)

1. MORNING: Systems Modeling and Analysis Using Colored Petri Nets - A

Tutorial Introduction and Practical Applications
Vijay Gehlot, Villanova University

Petri Net, a widely studied mathematical formalism, is a graphical notation for modeling
systems. Petri Nets provide the foundation for modeling concurrency, communication,
synchronization, and resource sharing constraints that are inherent to many systems.
However, Petri Nets do not scale well when it comes to modeling and simulating large
systems. Colored Petri Nets (CPNs) extend the vocabulary and constructs of Petri Nets,
thereby making them more suitable for modeling large systems. From a practical applications
point of view, CPNs support a mechanism of modules that allows one to construct models of
large systems in a hierarchical manner. The hierarchy and module concept of CPNs allow
different levels of abstraction that are inherent in most systems. The graphical representation
makes it easy to see the basic structure of a complex CPN model, that is, understand how
the individual subsystems interact with each other.

2. MORNING: Utilizing System Adaptability to Minimize Long-Term Costs through

Trade Studies
Haifeng Zhu, Boeing, USA
Eileen Arnold, United Technologies Corporation (Retired)

This tutorial provides adaptability strategies for effective SE execution. Many SEs at different
levels of the organization face the dilemma of architecture choices, short term and long-term
life-cycle cost trade-offs every day. Deficiencies in SE execution continue to plague system
development programs in many organizations. Efforts to enhance SE at the individual level
are often rendered ineffective by group dynamics or organizational limitations. This tutorial
will provide training on basic concept and theory of system adaptability, its application in
trade studies to minimize costs from later changes, with examples from automotive, medical
device and aerospace applications.

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3. AFTERNOON: Advances in the Assessment and Certification of AI Ethics
Ali Hessami, Vega Systems

This Workshop will cover the advances on technology ethics and two IEEE initiatives namely
IEEE 7000 suite of standards and the Ethics Certification Programme for Autonomous and
Intelligent Systems (ECPAIS). The ECPAIS suites of SMART technology ethics criteria
comprise Accountability, Transparency, Algorithmic Bias, Privacy, Fairness and Responsible
Governance. These provide a basis for raising awareness and offer a comprehensive
systematic framework for the innovators, researchers and technologists as well as small and
large, public and private enterprises involved in AI and autonomous technology innovation,
development and deployment. The main focus is on Autonomous Decision Making and
Algorithmic Learning Systems, the emerging regulatory landscape and two complementary
approaches to the risk reduction in societal harms and ethical assurance of these
technologies.

4. AFTERNOON: Re-Thinking Risk using Systems Engineering and Systems

Thinking
Anthony Nelson

Risks are an essential tool for decision-making, communication, planning, knowledge

management and organisational learning. The quality of Risks can therefore have a drastic
impact on all levels of productivity. This Workshop will be used to demonstrate how Risks
can be understood using Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Systems Thinking,
and applied to improve productivity. By using a meta-model to illustrate the structure of a
Risk, it is possible to understand the core information fields and their inter-relationships,
which then provide the basis for a highly effective new Risk development process and
template. By explaining the meta-model, process and template, any mystique regarding Risk
is lifted. The Systems Approach to Training provides a reliable framework for understanding
organisational capabilities through an holistic assessment of Processes, Organisation, Tools
and Information (POTI), which then guide the way to efficiently implement the new Risk
development approach within target operating models.

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 Social Events

Welcome Reception

When: Tuesday, April 16, 18:00 – 19:30

Where: Opus Foyer at the Delta Hotel

Young Professionals Meeting

When: Tuesday, April 16, 19:30 – 21:00

Where: Vivaldi Room at the Delta Hotel

WiSE Networking Reception

When: Wednesday, April 17, 18:00 – 19:30

Where: Brahms at the Delta Hotel

WiSE is an affinity group of the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE), a global network of IEEE
members and volunteers dedicated to promoting women engineers and scientists, and
inspiring girls around the world to follow their academic interests in a career in engineering
and science. Come and meet our WiSE women in person!

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Conference Sponsors

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 PROGRAM SCHEDULE - Monday, April 15, 2024

7:30 – 17:15 REGISTRATION

Room Mozart Liszt

System Modeling and Analysis Using Colored Petri Nets - Utilizing System Adaptability to Minimize Long-Term Costs through
8:00 – 10:00
A Tutorial Introduction and Practical Applications (Part 1) Trade Studies (Part 1)

10:00 – 10:15 BREAK - Ravel

System Modeling and Analysis Using Colored Petri Nets - Utilizing System Adaptability to Minimize Long-Term Costs through
10:15 – 12:00
A Tutorial Introduction and Practical Applications (Part 2) Trade Studies (Part 2)

12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH - Ravel

Advances in the Assessment and Certification of AI Ethics Re-Thinking Risk using Systems Engineering and Systems
13:00 – 15:00
(Part 1) Thinking (Part 1)

15:00 – 15:15 BREAK - Ravel

Advances in the Assessment and Certification of AI Ethics Re-Thinking Risk using Systems Engineering and Systems
15:15 – 17:15
(Part 2) Thinking (Part 2)

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 PROGRAM GRID - Tuesday, April 16, 2024
7:15 – 18:00 REGISTRATION
Conference Welcome
8:15 – 8:30
Opus 2
8:30 – 9:30 Keynote Speaker 1: Sidney Givigi
9:30 – 10:30 Keynote Speaker 2: James H. Lambert
Opus 2
10:30 – 11:00 BREAK - Opus Foyer

Room Opus 2 Vivaldi Tchaikovsky Beethoven

2B1: Model-Based 2B3: Decision-Making for Complex

11:00 – 12:30 2B2: Cyber Security I 2B4: Autonomous Systems I
Systems Engineering I Systems I

12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH - Opus 1

2C1: Systems 2C3: Sensors Integration and 2C4: Model-Based Systems
13:30 – 15:30 2C2: Cyber Security II
Engineering Applications Engineering II
15:30 – 16:00 BREAK - Opus Foyer
2D1: Transportation 2D3: Systems Integration and 2D4: Model-Based Systems
16:00 – 18:00 2D2: Cyber Security III
Systems Gaming Systems Engineering III
18:00 – 19:30 Welcome Reception – Opus Foyer
19:30 – 21:00 Young Professionals Networking Event – Vivaldi

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 PROGRAM GRID - Wednesday, April 17, 2024
7:30 – 17:30 REGISTRATION

Room Opus 2 Vivaldi Tchaikovsky Beethoven Mozart

3A1: Special Session:

3A2: Modeling and 3A3: Engineering 3A4: Autonomous
8:00 – 10:00 Aerospace Systems 3A5: System Architecture
Simulation I Systems-of-Systems I Systems II
Engineering

10:00 – 10:30 BREAK - Opus Foyer

3B4: Model-Based
3B1: Complex 3B2: Modeling and 3B3: Engineering 3B5: Space and
10:30 – 12:30 Systems Engineering
Systems I Simulation II Systems-of-Systems II Communication Systems
IV

12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH - Opus 1

3C1: Robotic Systems 3C2: Environmental 3C3: Engineering 3C4: Complex 3C5: Systems
13:30 – 15:30
I Systems Systems-of-Systems III Systems II Fundamentals

15:30 – 16:00 BREAK - Opus Foyer

3D5: Special Session:

3D2: Decision- 3D4: Model-Based
3D1: Robotic Systems 3D3: Socio-Technical Grid-connected Power
16:00 – 17:30 Making for Complex Systems Engineering
II Systems Converters for Renewable
Systems II V
Power Generation

18:00 – 19:30 Women in Systems Engineering (WiSE) Reception – Brahms

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 PROGRAM GRID - Thursday, April 18, 2024
07:30 - 12:15 REGISTRATION

Room Opus 2 Vivaldi Tchaikovsky Brahms

4A1: Energy Management and

4A2: Autonomous Systems 4A3: Engineering Systems-of-
08:00 – 10:00 Sustainability, including 4A4: Defense Systems I
III Systems IV
Renewable Energy I

10:00 – 10:15 BREAK - Opus Foyer

4B1: Energy Management and

4B3: Engineering Systems-of-
10:15 – 12:15 Sustainability, including 4B2: Defense Systems II
Systems V
Renewable Energy II

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 Tuesday, April 16

8:15 - 8:30
Opening Remarks
Bob Rassa, General Chair
Room: Opus 2

8:30 - 9:30
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Sidney Givigi
Room: Opus 2

9:30 - 10:30
Keynote Speaker: Prof. James Lambert
Room: Opus 2

10:30 - 11:00
Tuesday AM Break
Room: Opus Foyer

11:00 - 12:30
2B1: Model-Based Systems Engineering I
Room: Opus 2
Chair: William M Brooks (Colorado State University, USA)

11:00 Model Predictive Control Motion Cueing with Nonlinear Constraints and
Vestibular Feedback for Serial Robot Motion Simulators
Camilo Gonzalez Arango (Deakin University, Australia)
Houshyar Asadi (Deakin University, Australia)

11:30 Automated Transformation of a Domain-Specific Language for System

Modeling to Stochastic Colored Petri Nets
Francesco Bedini (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany)
Timo Räth (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany)
Ralph Maschotta (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany)
Kai-Uwe Sattler (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany)
Armin Zimmermann (Ilmenau University of Technology & Systems and Software
Engineering, Germany)

12:00 A SysML Profile for the Standardized Description of Processes during System
Development
Lasse Beers (Helmut-Schmidt-University, Germany)
Hamied Nabizada (Helmut Schmidt University, Germany)
Maximilian Weigand (Helmut Schmidt University, Germany)
Felix Gehlhoff (Helmut Schmidt University, Germany)
Alexander Fay (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Germany)

11:00 - 12:30
2B2: Cyber Security I
Room: Vivaldi
Chair: Suman Bhunia (Miami University, Ohio, USA)

11:00 Deep Learning-based Detection and Mitigation Strategy for Cyber-attacks on

Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Aparna Acharya (IIT Roorkee, India)
Bhavesh Kumar R. Bhalja (Indian Institute of Technology, India)

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 Tuesday, April 16

11:30 Event-Based Covert Cyber-Attack in Switching Cyber-Physical Systems:

Design and Detection Mechanisms
Ali Eslami (Concordia University, Canada)
MohamadGhasem Kazemi (Concordia University, Canada)
Khashayar Khorasani (Concordia University, Canada)

12:00 Planning and Conducting Cybersecurity Audits to Assess the Effectiveness of

Controls
Regner Sabillon (International University of La Rioja, Canada)
Michael Barr (SAIT, Canada)

11:00 - 12:30
2B3: Decision-Making for Complex Systems I
Room: Tchaikovsky
Chair: Shemonto Das (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

11:00 A Quantitative Framework for the Road-mapping of Autonomous Defense

Technologies
Lukas Peterson (Linköping University & Saab Company, Sweden)
Isak Berntsson (Linköping University, Sweden)
Marina Rantanen Modeer (Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany)

11:30 Intelligent Hybrid Heat Management System: Overcoming Challenges and

Improving Efficiency
Vira Shendryk (Sumy State University, Ukraine)
Olha Boiko (Malmö University, Sweden)
Reza Malekian (Malmö University & University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Sweden)
Paul Davidsson (Malmö University, Sweden)
Andriy Perekrest (Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National University, Ukraine)
Yuliia Parfenenko (Sumy State University, Ukraine)

12:00 Two-stage chance-constrained programming for system optimization under

uncertainty
Yu Yang (California State University Long Beach, USA)

11:00 - 12:30
2B4: Autonomous Systems I
Room: Beethoven
Chair: Kleber M. Cabral (Queen's University, Canada)

11:00 AUV Kalman Filter-Based Trajectory Estimation Using a Combination of

Acoustic and Inertial Sensors
Juan de França Silva (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil)
Luiz E. Santos Araújo, Filho (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil)
Cairo L. Nascimento, Jr. (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil)
Geraldo Jose Adabo (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil)

11:30 Monkey See, Monkey Do: Constant Time Delay Leader Following for Wheeled
Mobile Robots using Uncertainty-Tuned Model Predictive Control
Kai Wang (Queen's University at Kingston, Canada)
Sidney Givigi (Queen's University, Canada)
Joshua Marshall (Queen's University & Ingenuity Labs Research Institute, Canada)

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 Tuesday, April 16

12:00 Optimized Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Localization and Autonomous

Navigation Stack for Tightly Closed Industrial Spaces
Robin Havås (Applica Consulting AS, Norway)
Nadia Saad Noori (University of Agder, Norway)
Christian Auby (University of Agder, Norway)
Linga Reddy Cenkeramaddi (University of Agder, Norway)

12:30 - 13:30
Tuesday Lunch
Room: Opus 1

13:30 - 15:30
2C1: Systems Engineering
Room: Opus 2
Chair: Faïda Mhenni (ISAE-Supméca & Laboratoire Quartz, France)

13:30 Investigating Trainee Perspectives on Virtual Reality Environments: An In-

Depth Examination of Immersive Experiences with Haptic Feedback
Ourania Koutzampasopoulou Xanthidou (Brunel University London, United Kingdom (Great
Britain))
Nadine Aburumman (Brunel University London, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Hanêne Ben Abdallah (HCT, United Arab Emirates)

14:00 Systems Engineering Flexibility for Complex Adaptive Systems: Broadening

the Concept of System Engineering
Mahmoud Efatmaneshnik (University of South Australia, Australia)
Peter De Haan (University of South Australia, Australia)
Seunglim Lee (University of South Australia, Australia)

14:30 Load Forecasting using GNN-LSTM Attention Mechanism with Low-Frequency

Data
Amanie Azzam (Concordia University, Canada)
Saba Sanami (Concordia University, Canada)
Amir Aghdam (Concordia University, Canada)

15:00 A Collaboration Framework Using Digital Twin for Dynamic Simulation and
Requirements Verification Based on MBSE and MIC Concept
Imane Bouhali (Safran SA & INSA CVL, France)
Vincent Idasiak (Institute: INSA, France)
Jacques Martinez (SAFRAN Tech, France)
Faïda Mhenni (ISAE-Supméca & Laboratoire Quartz, France)
Jean-Yves Choley (ISAE-SUPMECA & Quartz Laboratory & Laboratoire Quartz, France)
Luca Palladino (SAFRAN SA, France)
Frederic Kratz (Institute: INSA, France)

13:30 - 15:30
2C2: Cyber Security II
Room: Vivaldi
Chair: TBA

13:30 Towards Developing a Scalable Cyber Risk Assessment and Mitigation

Framework
Adeel A Malik (Mercer University, USA)
Deepak K Tosh (University of Texas, El Paso, USA)

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14:00 Robust Anomaly Detection in IoT Networks using Deep SVDD and Contractive
Autoencoder
Sharmin Aktar (University of New Orleans, USA
Abdullah Yasin Nur (University of New Orleans, USA)

14:30 A Graph Convolutional Networks-Based DDoS Detection Model

Braden J Saunders (Brock University, Canada)
Patrice Kisanga (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)
Glaucio Carvalho (Brock University, Canada)
Isaac Woungang (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)

15:00 Towards More Effective Insider Threat Countermeasures: A Survey of

Approaches for Addressing Challenges and Limitations
Omar Gonzales (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
KwangSoo Yang (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
Shihong Huang (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

13:30 - 15:30
2C3: Sensors Integration and Applications
Room: Tchaikovsky
Chair: Tobias Seidenberg (Fraunhofer IEM, Germany)

13:30 Development of a New Wireless ECG Patch: A User Experience Survey

Fatemeh Sheikh Ahmadi (Iran University of Science & Technology, Iran)
Khashayar Hojjati Emami (University of Art, Iran)
Vahid Foroutan (Urmia University, Iran)
Lars Kooijman (Deakin University, Australia)
Siamak Pedrammehr (Tabriz Islamic Art University, Iran & IISRI, Deakin University, Iran)
Houshyar Asadi (Deakin University, Australia)

14:00 Anomaly Detection and Functional Testing for Automotive CAN

Communication
Md Al Maruf (Ontario Tech University, Canada)
Akramul Azim (Ontario Tech University, Canada)

14:30 Unbalanced Fault Classification Using Active Learning in Synthetic Fiber

Manufacturing Process
Shemonto Das (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
Vimal Simha (Instrumar Limited, Canada)
Joshua Swamidas (Instrumar Limited, Canada)
Amilcar Soares (Linnaeus University, Canada)
Vinicius Prado da Fonseca (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

15:00 Enhanced Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS) - Resilient to

Environmental Variations for Military Applications
Ravindranath Reddy Karnati Venkata (Texas A&M University, USA)
Irfan A Khan (Texas A&M University USA, USA)

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13:30 - 15:30
2C4: Model-Based Systems Engineering II
Room: Beethoven
Chair: Jamilson Dantas (University Federal of Pernambuco & UFPE, Brazil)

13:30 Correlating Logical and Physical Models for Early Performance Validation - An
Experience Report
Johan Cederbladh (Mälardalen University, Sweden)
Marcel Gottschall (ESI Group, Germany)
Jagadish Suryadevara (Volvo Construction Equipment & Mälardalen University, Sweden)
Khaled Alekeish (ESI-Group, Germany)

14:00 Performance Modeling of Microservices with Circuit Breakers using Stochastic

Petri Nets
Thiago Felipe da Silva Pinheiro (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
Marco Mialaret (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
Paulo Pereira (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
Luan Lins (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
Daliton Silva (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
Jamilson Dantas (Federal University of Pernambuco & UFPE, Brazil)
Paulo Maciel (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)

14:30 Lessons Learned from Constructing a Digital Thread

Shannon Dubicki (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, USA)
Risa Gorospe (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, USA)

15:00 Integrating Software and Systems Engineering: A Framework for Human-

Centric Design of Augmented Reality Applications
Emi Aoki (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA)
Bach Tran (Dassault Systems Americas Corp., USA)
Flore Stécie Norcéide (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA)
Vinh Tran (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA)
Shivakumar Sastry (Dayananda Sagar University, India)
Charles Thompson (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA)
Kavitha Chandra (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA)

15:30 - 16:00
Tuesday PM Break
Room: Opus Foyer

16:00 - 18:00
2D1: Transportation Systems
Room: Opus 2
Chair: Cairo L. Nascimento, Jr. (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil)

16:00 Connected Vehicle: Ontology, Taxonomy and Use Cases

Daniel Baumann (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Martin Sommer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Falk Dettinger (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
Tobias Rösch (Daimler Buses GmbH, Germany)
Michael Weyrich (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
Eric Sax (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)

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16:30 Resourcing and Supply of Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions in Rural

America
Adam S Ebersole (Colorado State University, USA)
Timothy Coburn (Colorado State University, USA)
Thomas Bradley (Colorado State University, USA)

17:00 Improved Vehicular Congestion Classification using Machine Learning for

VANETs
Syed Ammad Ali Shah (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)
Xavier N Fernando (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada & Ryerson University,
Canada)
Rasha Kashef (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)

17:30 Detection of Rail-track and Floodwater in UAV Imaging sensors Using Deep
Learning
Abdelhamid Mammeri (National Research Council Canada, Canada)
Abdul Jabbar Siddiqui (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia)
Yiheng Zhao (University of Ottawa, Canada)

16:00 - 18:00
2D2: Cyber Security III
Room: Vivaldi
Chair: Mehmet Engin Tozal (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)

16:00 Cross-Device Federated Intrusion Detector for Early Stage Botnet Propagation
in IoT
Angela Grace Famera (Miami University Ohio, USA)
Raj Mani Shukla (Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Suman Bhunia (Miami University, Ohio, USA)

16:30 A CIS Controls V8.0 Scoring System using Combined Ranking-Weight Methods
Hayat Abdulla Asad Cue (University of Georgia & Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
USA)
Thirimachos Bourlai (University of Georgia, USA)
Mark Lupo (University of Georgia, USA)

17:00 Anomalous Link Detection in Dynamically Evolving Scale-Free-Like Networked

Systems
Mehedi Hassan (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)
Mehmet Engin Tozal (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)
Vipin Swarup (MITRE, USA)
Steven Noel (The MITRE Corporation, USA)
Raju Gottumukkala (University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA)
Vijay V. Raghavan (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)

17:30 BotNet- Inspired HTTP-Based DDoS Attack Prevention Using Supervised

Machine Learning Algorithms in Internet of Things Devices
Jide Ebenezer Taiwo Akinsola (The First Technical University, Ibadan, Nigeria)
Sunday Adeola Ajagbe (University of Zululand, Nigeria & Ladoke Akintola University of
Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria)
Azeezat Oluwayemisi Lawal (First Technical University Ibadan Nigeria, Nigeria)
Emmanuel A. Olajubu (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria)
Ganiyu A. Aderounmu (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria)
Matthew Adigun (University of Zululand, South Africa)

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16:00 - 18:00
2D3: Systems Integration and Gaming Systems
Room: Tchaikovsky
Chair: TBA

16:00 A Multilevel Test and Evaluation Modularization for Test Event Optimization
Seunglim Lee (University of South Australia, Australia)
Mahmoud Efatmaneshnik (University of South Australia, Australia)
Ady James (University of South Australia, Australia)

16:30 Objective Assessment of Cybersickness in a Stationary Helicopter Simulator

Using Pupil Diameter as a Quantitative Indicator
Wadhah Al-ashwal (Deakin University, Australia)
Houshyar Asadi (Deakin University, Australia)
Shehab Alsanwy (Deakin University, Australia)
Mohammadreza Chalak Qazani (Sohar University, Oman)
Shady Mohamed (Deakin University, Australia)
Saeid Nahavandi (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)

17:00 Top Ten Git Commands for Systems Engineering Digital Artifacts Authors and
Analysts
Pacifique Munezero (Old Dominion University & Naval Surface Warfare Dahlgren Division,
USA)

17:30 Galvanic Skin Response and AE-LSTM for Anomaly Detection in VR-Induced
Motion Sickness
Wadhah Al-ashwal (Deakin University, Australia)
Houshyar Asadi (Deakin University, Australia)
Mohammadreza Chalak Qazani (Sohar University, Oman)
Shady Mohamed (Deakin University, Australia)
Saeid Nahavandi (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
Bernhard E. Riecke (Simon Fraser University, Canada)

16:00 - 18:00
2D4: Model-Based Systems Engineering III
Room: Beethoven
Chair: Kleber M. Cabral (Queen's University, Canada)

16:00 Model-Driven System Development for a Cloud-Based Healthcare Application

Using Colored Petri Nets
Adrian Cagaanan (Villanova University, USA)
Vijay Gehlot (Villanova University, USA)

16:30 Modularization and Systems Engineering in Synthetic Biology: A Formal

Architecture Modeling Approach using SysML
Aleksandra Markina-Khusid (MITRE Corporation, USA)
Ben Hancock (MITRE Corporation, USA)
Alexander V. Tobias (MITRE Corporation, USA)
Jonathan K. Leung (MITRE Corporation, USA)
Marc L. Salit (MITRE Corporation, USA)

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17:00 Towards Automating Model-Based Systems Engineering in Industry - An

Experience Report
Johan Cederbladh (Mälardalen University, Sweden)
Luca Berardinelli (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)
Hugo Bruneliere (IMT Atlantique, LS2N (CNRS), France)
Antonio Cicchetti (Mälardalen University & Västerås, Sweden)
MohammadHadi Dehghani (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)
Claudio Di Sipio (Universita Degli Studi DellAquila, Italy)
James Miranda (IMT Atlantique, France)
Abbas Rahimi (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)
Riccardo Rubei (Universita Degli Studi DellAquila, Italy)
Jagadish Suryadevara (Volvo Construction Equipment & Mälardalen University, Sweden)

17:30 Application of MBSE Approach in eVTOL Development for Air Ambulance

Service
Yue Liu (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd., China)
Spandan Gangopadhyay (ISAE-SUPAERO, France)
Aakash Rathore (ISAE-SUPAERO, France)
Marc-Antoine Azar (ISAE-SUPAERO, France)
Tian Qiao (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd, China)

18:00 - 19:30
Welcome Reception
Room: Opus Foyer

19:30 - 21:00
Young Professionals Event
Room: Vivaldi

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8:00 - 10:00
3A1: Special Session: Aerospace Systems Engineering
Room: Opus 2
Chair: TBA

8:00 Analysis and Optimization of Aircraft Electrical Systems using Partial Modeling
Techniques
Haifeng Zhu (Boeing, USA)
John Palmer (Boeing, USA)
Grant Wang (Boeing, USA)
Don Farr (Boeing, USA)

8:30 Disaggregated Distributed AI Chat Enabler (D2ACE) System

Paul C. Hershey (Raytheon Technologies, USA)
Mu-Cheng Wang (Raytheon SAS, USA)
Jennifer Coston (RTX, USA)
Jennifer Ryan (Ryan, USA)
Brian Scarpiniti (RTX, USA)
Darin Kabalkin (RTX, USA)
Christopher Horner (RTX, USA)

9:00 Interfaces modelling for complex system design through a multi-layer Design
Structure Matrix approach
Yana Brovar (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia)
Clement Fortin (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia)

9:30 Multicell Converter Based Adaptive Shunt Active Filter Using ANN to
Compensate VAR and Non-Linear Load Distortion
Reza Tajik (California State Long Beach University, USA)
Hen-Geul Yeh (California State University Long Beach, USA)

8:00 - 10:00
3A2: Modeling and Simulation I
Room: Vivaldi
Chair: Daniel R Herber (Colorado State University, USA)

8:00 Using Hybrid System Dynamics and Discrete Event Simulations to Identify High
Leverage Targets for Process Improvement in a Skill-based Organizational Structure
Eric Enos (Colorado State University & Lifepoint Health, USA)
Daniel R Herber (Colorado State University, USA)

8:30 Availability Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis of CELERY Airflow Service in a

Node-Based Computing Environment
Artur de Carvalho (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
Erick Nascimento (Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil)
Paulo Maciel (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
Jamilson Dantas (University Federal of Pernambuco & UFPE, Brazil)
Rubens Júnior (UFS, Brazil)

9:00 Simulation model-based design of a P2X equipment manufacturing system

Rui Goncalves (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Yohanes Nugroho (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Tim van Erp (Flinders University, Australia)
Niels Rytter (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)

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9:30 Optimizing Resiliency in Complex Systems With Monte Carlo Genetic Algorithm
Approach
Megan Younes (Colorado State University, USA)
James Cale (Colorado State University, USA)

8:00 - 10:00
3A3: Engineering Systems-of-Systems I
Room: Tchaikovsky
Chair: Aleksandra Markina-Khusid (MITRE Corporation, USA)

8:00 Dual State and Parameter Estimation for Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Health
Monitoring of Electro-Mechanical Actuators
Mahdi Taheri (Concordia University, Canada)
Khashayar Khorasani (Concordia University, Canada)

8:30 Success Factors in the Specification of Operational Scenarios - An Industrial

Perspective
Henrik Gustavsson (Mälardalen University & Alstom, Sweden)
Damir Bilic (Mälardalen University, Sweden)
Jan Carlson (Mälardalen University, Sweden)
Eduard Enoiu (Västerås, Högskoleplan 1 & Mälardalen University, Sweden)

9:00 The Wickedness of Making Smarter Use of the Electricity Grid

Kristian Helmholt (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, The
Netherlands)
Bram van der Waaij (TNO, Unit I&SP, The Netherlands)
Job C. Oostveen (TNO Information and Communication Technology, The Netherlands)

9:30 Fast and Secure Mission Description, Validation and Deployment for Safety-
Critical Operations
Anton Hristozov (Software Engineering Institute, USA & Purdue University, Bulgaria)

8:00 - 10:00
3A4: Autonomous Systems II
Room: Beethoven
Chair: Kleber M. Cabral (Queen's University, Canada)

8:00 Optimization of Energy Systems using MILP and RC Modeling: A Real Case
Study in Canada
Sadam Hussain (Concordia University, Canada)
Ramanunni P Menon (Concordia University, Canada)
Chunyan Lai (Concordia University, Canada)
Fatima Amara (Institut de Recherche L'Hydro-Québec, Canada)
Ursula Eicker (Canada Excellence Research Chair Next Generation Cities, Canada)

8:30 3D EKF-SLAM Using Cylindrical and Planar Features With Multilevel Mapping
Representation
Leonardo Mariga (Aeronautics Institute of Technology, Brazil)
Cairo L. Nascimento, Jr. (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil)
Sergio Ronaldo Barros dos Santos (Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

9:00 Optimal Path Generation and Real-time Scheduling for Autonomous Mobile
Platforms
Abdullah Rasul (OntarioTech University, Canada)
Jaho Seo (Ontario Tech University, Canada)
Wongun Kim (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Korea (South))
Myeong Gyu Lee (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Korea (South))

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9:30 On-Demand Triple Modular Redundancy for Automotive Applications

Martin Johannes Stoffel (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Marc Schindewolf (KIT, Germany)
Eric Sax (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)

8:00 - 10:00
3A5: System Architecture
Room: Mozart
Chair: Tobias Seidenberg (Fraunhofer IEM, Germany)

8:00 Modeling Functional Architectures Using Markov Chains

Jean C Domercant (Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA)

8:30 Investigation of validation methods for system design in the B2B sector
Lynn Humpert (Fraunhofer IEM, Germany)
Daria Wilke (Fraunhofer IEM, Germany)
Denis Tissen (University of Paderborn, Germany)
Johannes Rummney (Fraunhofer IEM, Germany)
Harald Anacker (Fraunhofer-Einrichtung für Entwurfstechnik Mechatronik IEM, Germany)
Roman Dumitrescu (Fraunhofer-Einrichtung für Entwurfstechnik Mechatronik IEM,
Germany)

9:00 Combining System Modelling and Graph Databases to Improve Access and
Analysis in Data-Intensive Engineering Tasks
Fabian Niklas Laukotka (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany)
Dieter Krause (TU Hamburg-Harburg, Germany)

9:30 Availability Evaluation of a Softwarized MEC

Erick Nascimento (Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil)
Jamilson Dantas (University Federal of Pernambuco & UFPE, Brazil)
Eduardo Tavares (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
Paulo Maciel (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)

10:00 - 10:30
Wednesday AM Break
Room: Opus Foyer

10:30 - 12:30
3B1: Complex Systems I
Room: Opus 2
Chair: TBA

10:30 Emerging Synergies: Industry 5.0 Integration of Complex Systems

Parisa Jourabchi Aamirkhizi (Tabriz Islamic Art University, Iran)
Siamak Pedrammehr (Tabriz Islamic Art University, Iran & IISRI, Deakin University, Iran)
Sajjad Pakzad (Tabriz Islamic Art University, Iran)
Zanyar Asady (University Of Malaya, Malaysia)
Adetokunbo Arogbonlo (Deakin University, Australia)
Houshyar Asadi (Deakin University, Australia)

11:00 An examination of urban infrastructure system interdependence to enable

secondary impact analyses
Shane L Stan (Colorado State University, USA)
Timothy Coburn (Colorado State University, USA)
Steven Conrad (Colorado State University, USA)

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11:30 A New Model for Presenting Early Design Concepts: the Portfolio-of-Systems
Alexander Hillman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology & United States Air Force, USA)
Nancy Leveson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

12:00 Theory and Method for Reactive Semantics in Application Development

Shir Levkowitz (Resonai, USA)

10:30 - 12:30
3B2: Modeling and Simulation II
Room: Vivaldi
Chair: Cairo L. Nascimento, Jr. (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil)

10:30 Decoupled Interpolation-based Method for Numerical Simulation of Digital

Controllers
Mehran Jafari (Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus)
Gautier Bureau (RTE, France)
Marco Chiaramello (RTE, France)
Adrien Guironnet (RTE, France)
Patrick Panciatici (RTE-France, France)
Petros Aristidou (Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus)

11:00 A Many-objective Evolutionary Algorithm Approach for Graph Visualization

Burhan Khan (Deakin University, Australia)
Michael Johnstone (Deakin University, Australia)
Doug Creighton (Deakin University, Australia)

11:30 A practical method for realistic simulation of non-point light sources in

commonly used computer graphics softwares
Amin Khakpour Komarsofla (Ontario Tech University, Canada)
Meaghan Charest-Finn (Ontario Tech University, Canada)
Scott Nokleby (Ontario Tech University, Canada)
Joshua Pickard (Eigen Innovations Incorporation, Canada)

12:00 Application of a BiLSTM Model for Detecting Driver Distraction Caused by

Hand-Held Mobile Phones, Utilizing Physiological Signals and Head Motion Data
Arian Shajari (Deakin University, Australia)
Houshyar Asadi (Deakin University, Australia)
Shehab Alsanwy (Deakin University, Australia)
Saeid Nahavandi (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
Chee Peng Lim (Deakin University, Australia)

10:30 - 12:30
3B3: Engineering Systems-of-Systems II
Room: Tchaikovsky
Chair: Ali K Raz (George Mason University, USA)

10:30 Is It Running? Unveiling 6G-Driven System-of-Systems Testbeds using Visual

Metaphors
Irfan Fachrudin Priyanta (TU Dortmund University & Chair of Material Handlings and
Warehousing, Germany)
Cedrik Krieger (TU Dortmund University, Germany)
Julia Freytag (Fraunhofer IML, Germany)
Harun Teper (Technical University of Dortmund, Germany)
Philipp Schulte (Fraunhofer IML, Germany)
Christian Wietfeld (TU Dortmund University, Germany)
Jian-Jia Chen (TU Dortmund University, Germany)
Moritz Roidl (TU Dortmund University, Germany)

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11:00 Mission Engineering: Analysis of Mission Threads with System of Systems

Interdependence
Ali K Raz (George Mason University, USA)
Marco Gamarra (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)

11:30 Dynamic Architecture Description Language for System of Systems

Anton Hristozov (Software Engineering Institute, USA & Purdue University, Bulgaria)
Eric Matson (Purdue University, USA)

12:00 On Extending the Automatic Test Markup Language (ATML) for Machine
Learning
Tyler Cody (Virginia Tech, USA)
Bingtong Li (Virginia Tech, USA)
Peter Belng (Virginia Tech, USA)

10:30 - 12:30
3B4: Model-Based Systems Engineering IV
Room: Beethoven
Chair: Aleksandra Markina-Khusid (MITRE Corporation, USA)

10:30 Stakeholder Engagement Visualization (EnVision) System for SysML Diagram

Exploration
Joshua Johnston (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA)
Amro M. Farid (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA)
Milan F Satcher (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA)
Inas S. Khayal (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA)

11:00 Systems Modeling of Trust in AI-Enabled Medical Diagnosis

Negin Moghadasi (University of Virginia, USA)
Misagh Piran (Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany)
Rupa Valdez (University of Virginia, USA)
Negar Moghaddasi (Western University of Health Sciences, USA)
Davis C Loose (University of Virginia, USA)
Thomas Polmateer (University of Virginia, USA)
James H. Lambert (University of Virginia, USA)

11:30 Stochastic Modeling for Assessing the Reliability and Availability of Drone-
Based Surveillance Systems
Luan Lins (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
Erick Nascimento (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
Jamilson Dantas (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
Jean Carlos Teixeira de Araujo (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)
Paulo Maciel (Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil)

12:00 A Contribution to MBSE-supported Modeling in Product-Production-CoDesign

Alex Martin (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Louis Schäfer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Jürgen Fründ (Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH, Germany)
Jannis Lützelschwab (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Maximilian Fischer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology & IPEK - Institute of Product
Engineering at KIT, Germany)
Gisela Lanza (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Albert Albers (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)

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10:30 - 12:30
3B5: Space and Communication Systems
Room: Mozart
Chair: Tobias Seidenberg (Fraunhofer IEM, Germany)

10:30 Automated Tasking of Ground-Based Satellite Surveillance Sensors

Bryce Bennett (United States Military Academy, USA)
Andrew Fergus (United States Military Academy, USA)
Joshua Ko (United States Military Academy, USA)
Daniel Zhou (United States Military Academy, USA)
Elijah Malone (United States Military Academy, USA)
Hyeyon Bastian (United States Military Academy, USA)

11:00 Electronically Steerable Mobile Optical-Wireless Mesh-Network

Suman Bhunia (Miami University, Ohio, USA)
Yicheng Qian (Miami University, USA)
Mahmudur R Khan (York College of Pennsylvania, USA)

11:30 Towards a systems engineering framework adapted to the CubeSat Industry

Mamadou Lamine Ndao (INSA Toulouse & Expleo Group, France)
Claude Baron (LAAS-CNRS, France)
Einar Knudsen (Expleo Group, France)
Kelson Joao (Expleo Group, France)

12:30 - 13:30
Wednesday Lunch
Room: Opus 1

13:30 - 15:30
3C1: Robotic Systems I
Room: Opus 2
Chair: Kleber M. Cabral (Queen's University, Canada)

13:30 Reinforcement Learning Integrated Active Force Control for Five-link Biped
Robots
Hanyi Huang (Deakin University, Australia)
Adetokunbo Arogbonlo (Deakin University, Australia)
Samson Yu (Deakin University, Australia)
Lee Chung Kwek (Multimedia University, Malaysia)

14:00 A comparison of deep learning-based visual odometry algorithms in

challenging scenarios
Hudson M S Bruno (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Canada & Queen's University,
Canada)
Esther L. Colombini (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil)
Kleber M. Cabral (Queen's University, Canada)
Sidney Givigi (Queen's University, Canada)

14:30 Design and Experimental Validation of a Ballbot: A Self-balancing

Omnidirectional Robot
Pedro Henrique de Jesus (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil)
Cairo L. Nascimento, Jr. (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil)
Douglas Soares dos Santos (Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, Brazil)
Sergio Ronaldo Barros dos Santos (Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

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15:00 A Framework for Autonomous Inspection of Bridge Infrastructure using

Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles
Liam M Horton (Queen's University, Canada)
Kleber M. Cabral (Queen's University, Canada)
Brian W Surgenor (Queen's University, Canada)
Sidney Givigi (Queen's University, Canada)
Joshua Woods (Queen's University, Canada)

13:30 - 15:30
3C2: Environmental Systems
Room: Vivaldi
Chair: Suman Bhunia (Miami University, Ohio, USA)

13:30 Framework for Numerical Weather Predictions for Smart Military Installations
Hyeyon Bastian (United States Military Academy, USA)
Brendon Hoch (Engineer Research and Development Center, USA)
Ifezue V. Obiako (Engineer Research and Development Center, USA)
Randy Buchanan (Engineer Research and Development Center, USA)
John P. Richards (Engineer Research and Development Center, USA)
Christina H. Rinaudo (US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, USA)

14:00 Biophilia as a Service Architecture Definition by Utilizing Unified Architecture

Framework
Weiwei Chen (Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University,
Japan)
Atsushi Iwamura (Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University,
Japan)
Hidekazu Nishimura (Keio University, Japan)

14:30 Systemic Risk Analysis of Agriculture with Climate and Other Stressors
Rebecca A. Rebar (University of Virginia, USA)
Megan C. Marcellin (University of Virginia, USA)
Gigi Pavur (University of Virginia, USA)
Davis C Loose (University of Virginia, USA)
John J. Cardenas (United States Agency for International Development, Libya)
Saddam Q. Waheed (Iraq Ministry of Water Resources, Iraq)
Benjamin D. Trump (United States Army Corps of Engineers, USA)
James H. Lambert (University of Virginia, USA)

13:30 - 15:30
3C3: Engineering Systems-of-Systems III
Room: Tchaikovsky
Chair: William M Brooks (Colorado State University, USA)

13:30 Multi-sensor analytic system architecture for maritime surveillance

King Ma (Complex System Inc, Canada)
Henry Leung (Complex System Inc., Canada)
Partha Gouda (Complex System Inc, Canada)

14:00 Connected Vehicle Data in Systems Analysis of Roadway Safety and Access
Management
DeAndre A Johnson (University of Virginia, USA)
James H. Lambert (University of Virginia, USA)
Megan C. Marcellin (University of Virginia, USA)
Cody Pennetti (University of Virginia, USA)
Jungwook Jun (Virginia Department of Transportation, USA)

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14:30 PostgreSQL Data Warehouse Implementation and Performance Optimization

For Energy Companies
Dakota Joiner (Okanagan College, Canada)
Mathias Clement (Okanagan College, Canada)
Keegan Pereira (Okanagan College, Canada)
Tom Chan (Langara College, Canada)
Youry Khmelevsky (Okanagan College, Canada)
Albert Wong (Langara College, Canada)
Joe Mahony (Harris SmartWorks, Canada)
Michael Ferri (Harris SmartWorks, Canada)

15:00 Risk ontology development from a system of systems framework for

engineering projects
Mona Khan (RMIT University, Australia)
John P.T. Mo (RMIT University, Australia)
Lucy Lunevich (RMIT University, Australia)

13:30 - 15:30
3C4: Complex Systems II
Room: Beethoven
Chair: Ali K Raz (George Mason University, USA)

13:30 Enterprise Transformation and Cybersecurity: A literature review on

cyberattacks
Enoc Ferniza (University of Texas at El Paso, USA)
Sergio Luna Fong (The University of Texas at El Paso, USA)
Aditya Akundi (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA)

14:00 Food Security in Global Food Distribution Networks: A Systems Thinking

Approach
Anthony Callo (Stevens University, USA)
Mo Mansouri (Stevens Institute of Technology & University of South-Eastern Norway, USA)

14:30 Inferring Internet Topology at Point of Presence Level

Abdullah Yasin Nur (University of New Orleans, USA)
Mehmet Engin Tozal (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)

15:00 Emergence of Next generation Digital Twin based Robotic frameworks for
Cyber-Human-Physical contexts
Joe Cecil (Oklahoma State University, USA)

13:30 - 15:30
3C5: Systems Fundamentals
Room: Mozart
Chair: Maximilian Schöberl (Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany)

13:30 System-level Thinking as Key to Construction Site Automation

Maximilian Schöberl (Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany)
Anne Fischer (Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany)
Johannes Fottner (Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany)

14:00 Autonomous Vehicle Development as a System of Systems and Constituent

Systems Networking
Ahmed Elhadeedy (Colorado State University, USA)
Jeremy Daily (Colorado State University, USA)

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14:30 A Systems Theoretic Approach to Online Machine Learning

Anli du Preez (Virginia Tech, USA)
Peter Belng (Virginia Tech, USA)
Tyler Cody (Virginia Tech, USA)

15:30 - 16:00
Wednesday PM Break
Room: Opus Foyer

16:00 - 17:30
3D1: Robotic Systems II
Room: Opus 2
Chair: Cairo L. Nascimento, Jr. (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil)

16:00 Self-Assembling Modular Robotic Training Using Concurrent Dual Machine

Learning
John O'Fallon (University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA)
Dalila B. Megherbi (University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA)

16:30 Testing the real-time performance of a monocular visual odometry method for
a wheeled robot
Hajira Saleem (Malmo University, Sweden)
Reza Malekian (Malmö University & University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Sweden)

17:00 Higher Order Kinematics and Singularity Analysis of a Schönflies-Parallel

Manipulator using Screw Theory Methodology
Ahad Zare Jond (Islamic Art University of Tabriz, Iran)
Sina Akhbari (University of Tabriz, Iran)
Siamak Pedrammehr (Tabriz Islamic Art University, Iran & IISRI, Deakin University, Iran)
Adetokunbo Arogbonlo (Deakin University, Australia)
Zoran Najdovski (Deakin University, Australia)
Houshyar Asadi (Deakin University, Australia)

16:00 - 17:30
3D2: Decision-Making for Complex Systems II
Room: Vivaldi
Chair: TBA

16:00 Deep Reinforcement Learning Agents for Decision Making for Gameplay
Jacqueline Heaton (Queen's University, Canada)
Sidney Givigi (Queen's University, Canada)

16:30 Exploration Principles for Decision-Making Systems with Binary Feedbacks

Henri Sohier (IRT SystemX, France)
Romain Barbedienne (IRT SystemX, France)
Sara Yasmine Ouerk (IRT SystemX, France)
Sinitandjon Yaya Yeo (Ecole Polytechnique, France)

17:00 Towards Interpreting Multi-Objective Feature Associations

Nisha Pillai (Mississippi State University, USA)
Ganga Gireesan (Mississippi State University, USA)
Michael J. Rothrock Jr. (USDA ARS, USA)
Bindu Nanduri (Mississippi State University, USA)
Zhiqian Chen (Mississippi State University, USA)
Mahalingam Ramkumar (Mississippi State University, USA)

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16:00 - 17:30
3D3: Socio-Technical Systems
Room: Tchaikovsky
Chair: Holly Handley (Old Dominion University, USA)

16:00 An Information Model for Synergistic Decision Support

Holly Handley (Old Dominion University, USA)
Cansu Yalim (Old Dominion University, USA)

16:30 Understanding the Social Media Problem: A Systems Thinking Exercise

Cole Smith (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA)
Mo Mansouri (Stevens Institute of Technology & University of South-Eastern Norway, USA)

17:00 Multi-regional urban systems vulnerability and disaster impact analysis

Xiuke Tang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Pradeep V. Mandapaka (Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management, Singapore)
Kang Tai (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Edmond Y. M. Lo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

16:00 - 17:30
3D4: Model-Based Systems Engineering V
Room: Beethoven
Chair: Shannon Dubicki (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory,
USA)

16:00 Integrating Model-Based Systems Engineering for Enhanced Digital Forensics

in Crash Investigations
Mars Rayno (Colorado State University, USA)
Jeremy Daily (Colorado State University, USA)

16:30 Modeling a digital twin for the optimization of a self-supply energy system for
residential use
Laura Rodriguez de Lope (University of Cantabria, Spain)
Victor Maestre (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain)
Luis Diez (University of Cantabria, Spain)
Alfredo Ortiz (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain)
Ramon Aguero (University of Cantabria, Spain)
Inmaculada Ortiz (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain)

17:00 MBSE as an enabler for collaborative offer management for individual

production systems
Daria Wilke, Lynn Humpert (Fraunhofer IEM, Germany)
Tobias Seidenberg (Fraunhofer IEM, Germany)
Leon Menne (Fraunhofer IEM, Germany)
Carolin Grewe (Fraunhofer IEM, Germany)
Roman Dumitrescu (Fraunhofer IEM, Germany)

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16:00 - 17:30
3D5: Special Session: Grid-connected Power Converters for Renewable Power
Generation
Room: Mozart
Chair: TBA

16:00 Electricity Theft Detection using Ensemble-Based Machine Learning Classifier

Ashish Kumar (National Institute of Jamshedpur & NIT Jamshedpur, India)
Mantosh Kumar (IEEE MEMBER, India)
Kumari Namrata (National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, India)
Veerpratap Meena (IEEE Systems Council, India & Malaviya National Institute of
Technology Jaipur, India)
Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban (University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway)
K Rahvendra Naik (Assistant Professor, India)

16:30 Project Z - System Requirements for Pilot Scale Net Zero-Carbon Emissions
Electricity Generation
Walter D. Downing, Jr. (Southwest Research Institute, USA)
Joshua M. Schmitt (Southwest Research Institute, USA)
Natalie R. Smith (Southwest Research Institute, USA)
Fernando Karg Bulnes (Southwest Research Institute, USA)
Timothy C. Allison (Southwest Research Institute, USA)

18:00 - 19:30
WiSE Reception
Room: Brahms

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8:00 - 10:00
4A1: Energy Management and Sustainability, including Renewable Energy I
Room: Opus 2
Chair: Youry Khmelevsky (Okanagan College, Canada)

8:00 Development of digital business models for holistic energy management on

device, home and grid level
Stephan Stieren (Fraunhofer IEM Paderborn, Germany)
Luca Lenger (Fraunhofer IEM, Germany)
Moritz Kliem (Fraunhofer IEM, Germany)
Christian Henke (Fraunhofer IEM, Germany)
Ansgar Trächtler (Universität Paderborn, Germany)

8:30 Translating Natural Language Queries to SQL using the T5 Model

Albert Wong (Langara College, Canada)
Lien Pham (Langara College, Canada)
Young Lee (Langara College, Canada)
Tom Chan (Langara College, Canada)
Razel Sadaya (Langara College, Canada)
Youry Khmelevsky (Okanagan College, Canada)
Mathias Clement (Okanagan College, Canada)
Florence Wing Yau Cheng (Langara College, Canada)
Joe Mahony (Harris SmartWorks, Canada)
Michael Ferri (Harris SmartWorks, Canada)

9:00 Safety-oriented dynamic procedure modeling

Charles A Mathou (ISAE-SUPAERO, France)
Jean-Charles Chaudemar (ISAE-SUPAERO, France)
Kevin Delmas (ONERA, France)
Pierre de Saqui-Sannes (ISAE-SUPAERO, Université de Toulouse, France)

8:00 - 10:00
4A2: Autonomous Systems III
Room: Vivaldi
Chair: Kleber M. Cabral (Queen's University, Canada)

8:00 Graph Neural Network to Solve the Dynamic Emergency Vehicles Routing
Problems
Jean-Alexis Delamer (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)
Kyran Cupido (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)
Sidney Givigi (Queen's University, Canada)

8:30 Vehicle Trajectory Prediction Using Deep Learning for Advanced Driver
Assistance Systems and Autonomous Vehicles
Shehab Alsanwy (Deakin University, Australia)
Mohammadreza Chalak Qazani (Sohar University, Oman)
Arian Shajari (Deakin University, Australia)
Wadhah Al-ashwal (Deakin University, Australia)
Houshyar Asadi (Deakin University, Australia)
Saeid Nahavandi (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)

9:00 3D Convolutional Spiking Neural Network for Human Action Recognition Using
Modulating STDP With Global Error Feedback
Thoshara Malathi Nawarathne Batugedara Mohottalalage (University of Calgary, Canada)
Henry Leung (University of Calgary, Canada)

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9:30 Safeguarding Autonomous UAV Navigation: Agent Design using Evolving

Behavior Trees
Nicholas Potteiger (Vanderbilt University, USA)
Xenofon Koutsoukos (Vanderbilt University, USA)

8:00 - 10:00
4A3: Engineering Systems-of-Systems IV
Room: Tchaikovsky
Chair: William M Brooks (Colorado State University, USA)

8:00 Decisions Supported by the Core Ontology for Missions and Capabilities in
Systems of Systems
Joyce D Martin (Mälardalens University, Sweden)
Jakob Axelsson (Mälardalen University & RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden)
Jan Carlson (Mälardalen University, Sweden)
Jagadish Suryadevara (Volvo Construction Equipment & Mälardalen University, Sweden)

8:30 Policy-Guided Collaboration for Enhancing System of Systems Goal

Achievement
Zelalem Mihret Belay (Mälardalens Universitet, Sweden)
Jakob Axelsson (Mälardalen University & RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden)
Eunkyoung Jee (KAIST, Korea (South))
Doo-Hwan Bae (KAIST, Korea (South))

9:00 Analyzing the Impact of Reusable Rocket Launch System Failures on Large-
Scale Space Missions: A Simulation-Based Approach
Piyush Sonawane (Florida Institute of Technology, USA)
Luis Daniel Otero (Florida Institute of Technology, USA)

9:30 Risk Analysis for System of Systems Management: The Swedish COVID-19
Management Case
Marjorie Nawila Pettersson (Mälardalen University, Sweden)
Jakob Axelsson (Mälardalen University & RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden)
Anna Johansson (Mälardalen University, Sweden)
Pontus Svenson (RISE, Sweden)

8:00 - 10:00
4A4: Defense Systems I
Room: Brahms
Chair: David Beskow (United States Military Academy, USA)

8:00 Multi-Radar Classification of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Phillip Schmedeman (United States Military Academy, USA)
Hyeyon Bastian (United States Military Academy, USA)
David Beskow (United States Military Academy, USA)

8:30 Designing an Intelligent System to Map Global Connections

Elijah Bellamy (United States Military Academy, USA)
Kseniya Farrell (United States Military Academy, USA)
Aiden Hopping (United States Military Academy, USA)
James Pinter (United States Military Academy, USA)
Michael Saju (United States Military Academy, USA)
David Beskow (United States Military Academy, USA)

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9:00 Adapting to Modern Threats: Optimizing the FAAD C2 System for Effective
Counter-UAS Operations
Htut Khaung M Oo (United States Army, USA)
Joshua Lawrence (United States Army, USA)
Matthew Dove (United States Army, USA)
Robert Barrie (United States Army, USA)
Sam Yoo (United States Army, USA)

10:00 - 10:15
Thursday AM Break
Room: Opus Foyer

10:15 - 12:15
4B1: Energy Management and Sustainability, including Renewable Energy II
Room: Opus 2
Chair: Sylvia Melzer (Universität zu Lübeck, Germany)

10:15 Sustainable Development of Information Systems Using SysML, FAS and DOL
Sylvia Melzer (Universität zu Lübeck, Germany)
Tim Weilkiens (oose Innovative Informatik eG, Germany)
Christian Muggeo (CONTACT Software GmbH, Germany)
Axel Berres (German Aerospace Center, Germany)

10:45 Encblock: Enclave and Blockchain-enabled Secure Data Sharing and

Computing for Power Grids
Derock Xie (Kentucky Country Day School, USA)
Anup Kumar (University of Louisville, USA)

11:15 Perceptions of Electric Vehicle Adoption Through Natural Language

Processing and Machine Learning
Jesus Alejandro Gutierrez Araiza (The University of Texas at El Paso, USA)
Sergio Luna Fong (The University of Texas at El Paso, USA)
Aditya Akundi (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA)
Ivonne Santiago (The University of Texas at El Paso, USA)

10:15 - 12:15
4B2: Defense Systems II
Room: Vivaldi
Chair: David Beskow (United States Military Academy, USA)

10:15 Optimum signal duration for Human Activity Recognition based on Deep
Convolutional Neural Networks
Farhad Nazari (Deakin University, Australia)
Arian Shajari (Deakin University, Australia)
Darius Nahavandi (Deakin University, Australia)
Navid Mohajer (Deakin University & Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and
Innovation (IISRI), Australia)

10:45 Comparison of Common Crawl News & GDELT

David Beskow (United States Military Academy, USA)
Ameir El Ouadi (United States Military Academy, USA)

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10:15 - 12:15
4B3: Engineering Systems-of-Systems V
Room: Tchaikovsky
Chair: Cairo L. Nascimento, Jr. (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Brazil)

10:15 Model-Based Systems Engineering Digital Twin: Capabilities-Based

Requirements Analysis of the Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information
System
William M Brooks (Colorado State University, USA)
V. Chandrasekar (Colorado State University, USA)
Rob Cifelli (NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, USA)

10:45 SCeFSTA: Smart Contract enabled Fair, Secure, and Transparent Auction for
Healthcare Transportation
Suman Bhunia (Miami University, Ohio, USA)
Owen Campbell (Miami University, USA)
Arthur Carvalho (Miami University, Farmer School of Business, USA)
Vamsi Alluri (Freelance Blockchain Protocol Architect, USA)

11:15 Event-triggered Reconfiguration Scheduling of Hypergraph-based System-of-

systems: the Resilience Reaction
Jun Jiang (University of Lille, France)
Yiwen Chen (Centrale Lille, France)
Othman Lakhal (University of Lille - CRIStAL, France)
Rochdi Merzouki (Polytech Lille, France)

11:45 Transforming Cybersecurity Dynamics: Enhanced Self-Play Reinforcement

Learning in Intrusion Detection
Aws Jaber (KTH, Sweden & KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)

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