›Ground System Architectures Workshop: Embracing The Rapid Rate of Change

GSAW 2016
Feb. 29-March 3, 2016
Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel
“Embracing the Rapid Rate of Change”

The Ground System Architectures Workshop (GSAW), now in its 20th year, provides a forum for the world’s spacecraft ground system experts to collaborate with other ground system users, developers, and researchers through tutorials, presentations, working groups, panel discussions, and a poster session.

This year’s theme is “Embracing the Rapid Rate of Change.” Ground system design is influenced by many factors which are changing at an increasing pace. Cost, schedule, and performance pressures continue to grow. Technology is providing more options for system design, but is also enabling new mission types and communications options. Many business models are being adapted to the CubeSat/smallsat and hosted payload marketplace. Considerations include reuse, standards, common services, fleet operations, enterprise support, and more. How do you plan for the future when the rate of change is faster than traditional acquisition cycles? We are looking for presentations on how your organization is addressing aspects of this rapid rate of change and on leading-edge practices, lessons learned, and research.

Please be advised that by attending this conference you grant The Aerospace Corporation the right to capture your likeness via photograph or video recording, and to use the likeness in any media, including television, film, internet, public display, marketing, or general-interest multimedia. For additional registration details, please contact the conference registrar at 310.336.6804.



GSAW is sponsored by The Aerospace Corporation in cooperation with:

Air Force Space Command
Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center
National Reconnaissance Office
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
University of Southern California, Center for Systems and Software Engineering
Software Engineering Institute
Institute for Software Research at the University of California, Irvine
European Space Agency

If you would like to be added to our distribution list, send an email to gsaw@aero.org.

The Ground System Architectures Workshop (GSAW), in its 20th year, provides a forum for the world’s spacecraft ground system experts to collaborate with other ground system users, developers, and researchers through tutorials, presentations, working groups, panel discussions, and a poster session.

This year’s theme is “Embracing the Rapid Rate of Change.” Ground system design is influenced by many factors which are changing at an increasing pace. Cost, schedule, and performance pressures continue to grow. Technology is providing more options for system design, but also enabling new mission types and communications options. Many business models are being adapted to the cubesat/smallsat and hosted payload marketplace. Considerations include reuse, standards, common services, fleet operations, enterprise support and more. How do you plan for the future when the rate of change is faster than traditional acquisition cycles? We are looking for presentations on how your organization is addressing aspects of this rapid rate of change and on leading-edge practices, lessons learned, and research in areas including:

• Architecture modeling and model-based approaches
• Creative business and acquisition models
• Enterprise management
• Cybersecurity and information assurance
• Mission assurance and risk management
• Virtualization, “Big Data,” “Internet of Things,” and cloud
• Space-ground communications
• Mobile and lightweight platforms
• Autonomy and automation
• Agile, crowdsourcing, and rapid system development
• Operations, fielding, sustainment, and multimission support
• Interoperability, compatibility, and standards
• Human factors, workload, and effectiveness
• Cost, schedule, and governance

Submission Details

Send unclassified submissions and inquiries to gsaw@aero.org or call 310.336.0454.
Send classified submissions and inquiries to gsaw@gwan.npa.ic.gov or call 891.2321.
Proposal instructions can be found here for the following:

Plenary Presentations
Presenting a 15-minute talk describing the results of your work, progress, or case studies. Award to best presentation.

Working Groups
Leading a four-hour collaborative discussion.

Tutorials
Instructing a half- or full-day session.

Poster Session
Displaying a 30” x 40” poster.

Unclassified Session
The general workshop will be held at the hotel and will include international attendees. Presented materials will be made available on the website after GSAW.

Classified Session
We will be accepting submissions for a classified plenary session to be hosted on March 3 at The Aerospace Corporation. All attendees will be required to have a TS/SCI clearance. Presentations can be up to the TS//SI/TK//NOFORN classification level.
Deadlines

• Abstracts/proposals: Oct. 5, 2015
• Notification of acceptance: Nov. 16, 2015
• Accepted presentations: Jan. 29, 2016

Presenters are responsible for the classification level of their submissions and ensuring their organization has cleared their release. This workshop will be conducted in English.

Details
Registration Fees Workshop Workshop Tutorial Tutorial
Early Standard (Half-day) (Full-day)
(before Feb. 12) (after Feb. 12)

General Attendance $525 $575 $200 $400
Full-Time Students $150 $150 $100 $200


GSAW Registration Fees

Tutorial registration fees allow you to attend selected half- or full-day tutorials on Feb. 29, 2016. These fees do not include attendance of the general workshop held March 1-3, 2016.

Workshop registration fees allow you to attend the reception and general workshop which includes plenary, working group, poster session, and evening sessions held March 1-3, 2016. These fees do not include attendance of the tutorials held Feb. 29.

There is no fee to attend the classified session held March 3.

Please be advised that by attending this conference you grant The Aerospace Corporation the right to capture your likeness via photograph or video recording, and to use the likeness in any media, including television, film, internet, public display, marketing, or general-interest multimedia. For additional registration details, please contact the conference registrar at 310.336.6804.
Internet Access

GSAW registration fees do not include Internet access at the Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel, but may be available for a fee. Please contact the hotel directly for additional information.
Unclassified Session Information

The general workshop will be held at the Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel and will include international attendees. Tutorials will be held on Feb. 29. Plenary presentations and working group summaries will be made available on the website.

Send additional unclassified inquiries to gsaw@aero.org or call 310.336.0454.

Hotel Information
Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel

9620 Airport Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90045 USA
Phone: 1.310.337.2800

Toll-free Reservations Worldwide

Online Hotel Reservations will be available in Dec.

Important Dates
Abstracts/proposals due: Oct. 5, 2015
Notification of acceptance: Nov. 16, 2015
Registration Opens: Dec. 7, 2015
Accepted presentations: Jan. 29, 2016

GSAW 2016 – Feb. 29-March 3, 2016
Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel