GSAW 97: Ground System Architectures Workshop
Agenda and Presentations
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26, 1997
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
SESSION 1
PLENARY 8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.
SESSION CHAIR: Dennis Plunkett
Introduction and Announcements
Judy Kerner, GSAW97 General Chair, The Aerospace Corporation
Welcome Address
George Paulikas, Executive Vice-President, The Aerospace Corporation
The Perfect Satellite Control Architecture of the Future -- and Why We Can't Get There, Yet
Col. Terry Graham, Director, Satellite and Launch Control, SMC
BREAK 8:50 a.m.- 9:05 a.m.
SESSION 2
FUTURE DIRECTIONS 9:05 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.
SESSION CHAIR: Jennie Yeh
Satellite Operations Architecture Development Team
Lt. Col. Roger Odle, DOD Office of the Space Architect
Common Core Tracking, Telemetry, and Commanding
Maj. Greg Petrick, AF Space Command Requirements
Future Vision for NASA Ground Systems
Gael F. Squibb, NASA Space Operations Management Office (SOMO)
Space Project Mission Operations Control Architecture (SuperMOCA)
Michael K. Jones, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
BREAK 10:25 a.m.- 10:40 a.m.
SESSION 3
GENERIC ARCHITECTURES I 10:40 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
SESSION CHAIR: Sergio Alvarado
A Reference Architecture for Satellite Operations Control Segments (SOCSs) within the Satellite Control Network
Sidney Hollander, The Aerospace Corporation
Air Force Test and Evaluation Satellite Control Architectures
Michael Hogan, The Aerospace Corporation
The Command and Control Platform - Vision, Challenge, & Strategy
Thomas F. Saunders, MITRE Corporation
LUNCH BREAK 11:45 a.m.- 12:45 p.m.
SESSION 4
GENERIC ARCHITECTURES II 12:45 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.
SESSION CHAIR: Sidney Hollander
Blossom Point Architecture
David Schriftman, Naval Research Lab
Advanced Multimission Operations System (AMMOS)
Barbara V. Anderson, Multimission Ground Systems Office, JPL
NASA Mission Control Center Software Architecture
(attachments: Software Architecture Overview and Snapshot Compass)
Lynn R. Vernon, NASA Johnson Space Center
MAGIC (Multimission Advanced Ground Intelligent Control)
Lt. George S. Schneiderman, Phillips Laboratory
BREAK 2:05 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
SESSION 5
COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURES 2:20 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
SESSION CHAIR: Tom Bleier
Lessons Learned from COTS Product Integration
Richard J. Grich, Storm Integration, Inc.
Emerging Trends in Ground Systems Architectures
Vincent J. Kovarik Jr., Software Technology, Inc.
Building Ground Systems Quickly and with Low Risk
Jeff Klagenberg, Talarian Corporation
A Distributed Network Architecture for PC-Based Telemetry Systems
Paul A. Thoreson, Lockheed Martin Telemetry & Instrumentation
Faster, Better, Cheaper: Lessons from the Commercial World
Steve Chamberlain, Integral Systems
BREAK 4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
SESSION 6
CASE STUDIES I 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
SESSION CHAIR: Ron Nishinaga
Experience With NOAA Weather Satellite System
George S. Hechtman, Mitretek
GPS Operational Control Segment
Russell Y. Nakamura, Lockheed Martin Federal Systems
Multimission Image Processing System - a Study in Ongoing Architectural Evolution
Tom Handley, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 1997
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
SESSION 7
PLENARY 8:00 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.
SESSION CHAIR: George Paulikas
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Satellite Operations Vision 2000 and Beyond
Lt. Gen. Roger DeKok, Commander, USAF Space and Missile Systems Center
DARPA Perspective on Technology Opportunities
John Salasin, DARPA Program Manager, EDCS Program
BREAK 8:55 a.m.- 9:10 a.m.
SESSION 8
REPRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGIES 9:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
SESSION CHAIR: Judy Kerner
Formalization and Investigation of Software Architectures
Capt. Mark J. Gerken, Rome Laboratory
Rapide ADL and Its Application to SGS
David Luckham, Stanford University
ACME: An Interchange Language for Architecture Representation
David Wile, USC/ISI
Software Architecture-Based Attribute Analysis
Barry Boehm, USC-Center for Software Engineering
BREAK 10:30 a.m.- 10:45 a.m.
SESSION 9
DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES I 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
SESSION CHAIR: Barry Boehm
Identifying Architectural Mismatches in Heterogeneous Architectures
Ahmed A. Abd-Allah, USC-Center for Software Engineering
Evaluation Criteria Applicable to Architecture-Based Ground Station Development
Paul Nussbaum, TRW
A Domain Analysis and Modeling Method: Application to NASA's Payload Operations Control Center Domain
Hassan Gomaa, George Mason University
LUNCH BREAK 11:45 a.m.- 12:45 p.m.
SESSION 10
DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES II 12:45 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.
SESSION CHAIR: Mary Rich
A Component-Based Architecture Derived from a Feature-Oriented Domain Analysis
Glenn Jones, Raytheon E-Systems
Flexible Architectures for Custom Ground Stations
Christopher Landauer, The Aerospace Corporation
Supporting Dynamic Reconfiguration in Ground Systems Architectures
Phillip Schmidt, The Aerospace Corporation
An Architectural Approach Maximizing Platform Portability and User Interface Component Reuse
Richard N. Taylor, University of California, Irvine
BREAK 2:05 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
SESSION 11
TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS 2:20 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
SESSION CHAIR: Rami Razouk
Application of Object Oriented Technologies in Developing the Resource Management Segment for the Air Force Satellite Control Network
Mike Farmer, Lockheed Martin Federal Systems
An Object-Oriented Model for Developing a Reference Architecture of the Air Force Satellite Control Network
Sergio J. Alvarado, The Aerospace Corporation
A Model of the AFSCN Common Core TT&C System Using the Rapide ADL
Charles Simmons, The Aerospace Corporation
New Software Technologies in Tracking and Data Acquisition
Keiji Tasaki, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
BREAK 3:40 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.
SESSION 12
CASE STUDIES II 3:55 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
SESSION CHAIR: Charles Simmons
Four Generations of Satellite Ground System Prototypes
Rex D. Pendley, Computer Sciences Corporation
Remote Tracking Station (RTS) Automation - Interface Requirements Related to Automated Space Vehicle Anomaly Resolution
Bradley Claus, Lockheed Martin Federal Systems
Application of Middleware in Developing RMS for AFSCN
Ron Toms, Lockheed Martin Federal Systems
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1997
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
SESSION 13
USERS' PERSPECTIVES ON FUTURE ARCHITECTURES 8:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
SESSION CHAIR: Carl Sunshine
Panel:
Barbara V. Anderson, Multimission Ground Systems Office, JPL (slides)
Lt. Col. Nancy Crowley, Phillips Lab
Maj. Greg Petrick, AF Space Command Requirements (slides)
David Schriftman, Naval Research Lab (slides)
Maj. LeRoy Smith, Center for Research Support (CERES) (slides)
Lynn R. Vernon, NASA JSC (slides)
BREAK 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
SESSION 14
RESOLVING ISSUES -- WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
SESSION CHAIR: Barbara Anderson
Panel:
Lt. Col. Roger Odle, DOD Office of the Space Architect
Maj. Brad A. Prescott, Satellite Control IPT
John Salasin, DARPA
Gael F. Squibb, NASA
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