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System of Systems:What They Are and How to Engineer Them

Speaker: Dr. Jo Ann Lane, Research Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, USCAbstract:
To quickly respond to changing business and mission needs, many organizations are integrating new and existing systems with commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products into network-centric, knowledge-based, interoperable, software-intensive systems of systems (SoS). Regional Area Crisis Response System – Sample SoSWith this approach, system development processes to define the new architecture, identify sources to either supply or develop the required components, and eventually integrate and test these high level components are evolving and are being referred to as SoS Engineering (SoSE). This presentation describes the results of SoS and SoSE investigations that explore the characteristics of SoSs, the corresponding SoSE challenges, and how engineering teams are addressing these challenges. In particular, it discusses:• Types of SoS• Incremental commitment and evolution• Application of lean principles• Engineering cost estimation• Engineering and management artifacts• SoS models to support SoSE• SoS test and evaluation approachesBio:
Dr. Jo Ann Lane recently completed her PhD in the USC ISE department under the guidance of Professors Barry Boehm and Stan Settles in the area of system of systems (SoS) engineering and cost modeling. As a PhD candidate, she was awarded the 2007 International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Foundation/Stevens Doctoral Award for promising research in Systems Engineering and Integration. She is currently a principal at the DoD-Stevens-USC Systems Engineering Research Center, conducting research in the area of systems engineering and system of systems engineering. In this capacity, she is working on SoS engineering cost models, SoS engineering process models, SoS test and evaluation, and innovation in systems engineering. She has published over 20 papers in the systems of systems area, several of which are widely referenced in the systems of systems literature. She is currently a member of the INCOSE and IEEE professional organizations. Prior to her current work, she was a key technical member of Science Applications International Corporation's Software and Systems Integration Group for over 20 years, responsible for the development and integration of software-intensive systems and systems of systems.

Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - 209 (Webex information is available upon request).

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Evangeline Reyes