2015 Modelling and Simulation for Autonomous Systems Workshop in Prague, CZE
Abstract
MESAS 15 is a two-day workshop to be held in Prague 29 -30 April 2015.The event will gather renowned experts from different domains: Military, Academia and Industry. Based on the results of the previous edition, this year workshops theme is : “Developing autonomous systems for tomorrow’s operating environment using M&S”. MESAS 15 is organized in conjunction with ITEC 2015 and recognized by IEEE, IEEE RAS Italian Chapter, MIMOS, Simulation Team.Modelling and Simulation (M&S) is a key tool to foster interoperability and reuse technology. Furthermore M&S is an enabler Concept Development & Experimentation (CD&E), Education and Training, Distributed Simulation and Interoperability.From an Operational perspective, the key point of an efficient and effective use of M&S techniques is the ability of use realistic and up to date Synthetic Environments capable to capture the essential peculiarity of the Operational Fields.It is a fact that Unmanned Systems have been used more and more in nearly all contexts and kinds of Operations, while their demand continues unabated today. The evolution from Remotely Controlled Systems to Systems with Autonomous Capabilities seems to be in a peak phase.The next challenging step is to integrate the Systems with Autonomous Capabilities into the Operational Field. In this new context M&S plays a key role enabling a better use of Autonomous Systems expanding Education and Training in order to adequately prepare the human operator factor and training the Systems to operate autonomously and correctly in a constantly changing environment. The two-day workshop MESAS 15 will give the opportunity to dig into the details in the following areas identified in the previous year’s edition:Common supporting standards and approaches focused on the ontology for AS and M&S, System Design focused on the M&S as a driver for SAC Development, C2 Sim linkage and Test and alidation,Concepts of Operation focused on the application of system with Autonomous Capability and evaluation legal aspects.MESAS’15 is relevant to the Naval Science and Technology (S&T) Strategic Plan and it represents a scientific research effort that may contribute to the future operational concepts of the Navy and the Marine Corps. In particular the objective of the NATO M&S COE’s MESAS’15 initiative is in the scope of two of the nine Focus Area of the Naval S&T Strategic Plan that map the needs of the warfighter to the world of S&T: Assure Access to Maritime Battlespace; Autonomy and Unmanned System. During MESAS’15 topics will be approached from a Multinational and Coalition perspective, thus stressing interoperability needs in terms of Autonomous and Unmanned Systems cooperation in multi service and/or multinational operations.Identify all US collaborators.The first outcome of MESAS’15 is a publication that will collect all selected and revised presentations and the main findings of the workshop. As a second outcome is to enrich a Community of Interest that collects experts in the field of Modelling & Simulation and in the field of Robotics in order to enhance the use of Modelling & Simulation to integrate Systems with Autonomous Capabilities into the Operational Field.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Feb 03, 2017
- Source ID
- N62909151C022
Entities
People
- Jan Hodicky
Organizations
- Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy