IEEE SysCon 2011 - 5th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference SysCon 2011

5th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference
April 4 - 11, 2011
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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

* Engineering systems of systems

* Risk management of complex systems environment

* Systems reliability

* Engineering Processes for complex systems

* Service Oriented Architecture

* Comprehensive Cyber Security approaches

* Enterprise System Engineering

* Agile Development Methods of System of Systems

* Systems engineering quality management

* Modeling & simulation

* Systems Verification and Validation

* Systems engineering 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

* The impact of systems engineering on other engineering fields

* Cyber Security approaches and strategy

* Systems Engineering in the Enterprise Environment

* Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Enterprise Health Management

* Research in Systems Engineering

* Virtualization and Cloud Computing for the Enterprise

* Enterprise Security Management

* Robust Multi Security Domain Enterprise Systems

* Software Systems Engineering

* Information Discovery, Retrieval and Dissemination in SoS

* Interoperability and Information Sharing through Secure Data Tagging and

labeling

* Special Session: "Biometrics Privacy: Technology and Applications"

* Systems considerations such as:

* Autonomous Systems

* Energy management & sustainability, including renewable energy

* Space & 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

**Proposals for Special Sessions are welcome.

We invite authors to submit an extended abstract of 3-4 pages in length. The
extended 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. Abstracts should be submitted electronically to the
EDAS Website at http://www.edas.info. Please submit to IEEE SysCon 2010. To
simplify abstract slotting to Tracks, authors will be limited to selecting
one topic only from the listing above. If the abstract does not fit any of
the topic areas listed above, there will be an “other” option. For
comprehensive information, please reference the conference web site at
http://sysconf11.ieeesystemscouncil.org

IMPORTANT MILESTONES:

* Abstract deadline: October 15, 2010

* Acceptance Notification: December 1, 2010

* Final Paper Deadline: February 15, 2011

Conference Chair
Bob Rassa, Raytheon Company

Technical Program Co-Chairs
Alain Beaulieu, Royal Military College of Canada
George Foster, CSC

Chair of Technology and Industry Relations
Sam Farroha, Department of Defence - Fort Meade