Small Business Opportunities Panel

On monday I attended the panel on small business opportunities in aerospace, and it was great to learn about how different companies got started in the industry. Learning about the SBIR program was especially interesting with different sides, from awardees to a program manager to a lobbyist presenting their views on the program. I hope AIAA keeps on sponsoring such discussion panels in the future, because as a student, they are important learning opportunities.

Great way to end the day!

Cheers to whoever picked Sonoma Valley for this conference. It was a great way to mingle and meet people.

•The AIAA Computer Systems and Software Systems TCs have created a track featuring standardized, Testing, COTS and plug and play technologies and applications which should blend well with other parts of Infotech
•Architecture and Standards for Autonomous Systems Panel
•Intelligent Systems Tracks
•Sensor Systems Track
•UAV Application Tracks
These are our sessions that start today with the name of the session chair:

•Monday 1:30 PM – Testing and Evaluation of Aerospace Systems
•Kevin Carbajal, NASA Ames Research Center
•Monday 3:45 PM – Hardware Processing and Computing Applications
•Lyle Long, Pennsylvania State University
•Tuesday 10:00 AM – COTS Guidebook (for Mission Critical Applications)
•Fred Briggs, Wyle Laboratories
•Tuesday 1:30 PM – Plug & Play Breadth and Approaches across Industries
•Joe Marshall, BAE Systems
•Tuesday 3:45 PM – Standardized and Responsive Space Electronics Hardware
•Tom Woodall, Raytheon
•Wednesday 8:00 AM – Plug and Play Hardware Interfaces
•Nick Sramek, The Aerospace Corporation
•Wednesday 10:15 AM – Plug and Play and Other Software Architectures
•Ron Kohl, SEI
•Wednesday 1:30 PM – Responsive Mission Software Tools & Architectures
•Barry Hamilton, Red Canyon Software
•Wednesday 3:45 PM – Plug and Play Applications, Missions and Future
•Geoffrey Hintz, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Plug In, Explore, Network and Play!
•Please attend and explore our sessions and papers and interact with other related sessions and papers
•There should be plenty of interesting related tangents and opportunities between the tracks to add value to your participation here
•Please provide any of us feedback so we can make 2008 better
•If you like our track, the topic areas we have covered or have ideas/areas for related or future meetings, you are welcome to attend our joint Computer System and Software System Technical Committee meetings later this week (membership is not required):
•Wednesday evening: 7-10 PM - COTATI Room
•Thursday morning: 8 AM – noon - Salon II

Joe

Congratulations award recipients!

Congratulations to the following individuals who will be honored at the 8 May awards dinner.

2007 Aerospace Software Engineering Award - Mark Tischler, Kenny Cheung, Sean Shan-Min Swei and Chad Frost located at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field California, "For developing CONDUIT, a revolutionary concept for integrated control system software design and for achieving its acceptance by the aerospace industry.”

Information Systems Best Paper - AIAA 2005-7046 “Demonstration of Digital Pheromone Swarming Control of Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles" by John Sauter, Sven Brueckner, Robert Matthews, and H. Van Dyke Parunak, NewVectors LLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Carol Stewart
Manager
AIAA Honors and Awards

Connect. Share. BLOG. (with us!)

We want you to participate in our blogging experiment. If you'd like to write something for the Infotech@Aerospace Blog, please contact Micah-Marie Eleazar.

We'd love to have some "audience participation."

Places to visit in Sonoma Wine Country

You may want to take an evening or afternoon and check out some of the local restaurants and wineries:

Matanzas Creek Winery
Benziger Family Winery
Willow Wood Cafe
Hana Japanese Restaurant
Sassafras Restaurant and Wine Bar
zazu
Martini House

MacArthur Maze! Travel tips to get to Infotech@Aerospace

I’m flying out this weekend to Sonoma Wine Country through Oakland International Airport and was concerned how the recent Truck Meltdown would affect my travel plans. Transit.511.org and the Doubletree Hotel in Sonoma were both helpful when providing alternate routes.
When researching my travel plans to Rohnert Park, CA the best route to the Hotel from the Oakland Airport is the Sonoma County Airport Express. I could rent a car from Oakland Airport, but I prefer to let the locals do the driving.

Hope this will help you and I look forward to seeing you in California!

Sandra Turner

AIAA UAV Standards

AIAA currently has only one standard in UAV technology. Terminology for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Remotely Operated Aircraft (R-103-2004) seems like a nice basis for a comprehensive library of UAV standards. Should we leave the creation of UAV standards to other standards developers, or do AIAA members want to get involved in this important area to support the AIAA reputation as "the" place for space standards? What do you think?

JACIC Special Issue

The best papers from the Infotech@Aerospace 2007 conference will be considered for publication in a future special issue of the Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication. The process for determining the best papers starts by reviewing the best paper nominations from the conference attendees. So please take the time to fill out the best paper nomination form for the papers that you believe are worthy of this recognition.

Wine Country Reception

Eight unique and diverse wineries share the fruits of their labor for your enjoyment. Taste the fabulous wines that Northern California’s wine country has to offer and learn directly from owners and winemakers from Loxton Vineyards, Harvest Moon, and Viviani Vineyards. Delightful appetizers will accompany your tastings. Don’t miss this very special evening.

Welcome to the Infotech@Aerospace blog

Suggested topics to blog about:


Technical Topics
Advanced sensors and sensor systems
Advanced Technologies… for vehicles and systems
Computer and software systems – applications and issues
Design and analysis tools
Intelligent Systems and their applications
International developments and perspectives
Missions and operational perspectives
Multi-vehicle systems-of-systems
Navigation, control, and communications
Plug and Play Avionics
UAS in the NAs
Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) platforms- from micro- to mega-
Unmanned systems.. air and space

Local Flavor
Attractions
Food&Drinks
Weather

News
Committee News
Sponsor News
Exhibit News
Student News

Special Events
Awards Banquet
Wine Country Reception
AIAA Intelligent Systems Student Paper Competition

I@A 2007

This year's conference is shaping up very well. We have an impressive line up of keynote speakers, technical sessions, and a special forum all in the beautiful Sonoma Wine Country! For more detailed information on the conference, please visit our AIAA Infotech@Aerospace events page. You'll find a wealth of information on the program and the location.

We're really looking forward to seeing you at the conference. Don't forget to share your experiences in this blog!