IDA Research Staff participate actively in various professional activities – both within their disciplines and ancillary to them – including publishing in the open literature. Below are some recent citations of IDA Researchers and their work.
David Tate presented (approximately 4:24) remarks based on the paper “Software Speed Limits: What Controls How Fast We Can Modernize?” at the 18th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium on May 13, 2021. David and IDA colleague John Bailey coauthored the paper and presentation.
Joe Adams was recently installed as a fellow of the Military Operations Research Society (MORS). This is the highest honor bestowed by the organization.
Asha Balakrishnan spoke on the Activating Debris Removal Panel on June 22, the second day of the 2021 Summit for Space Sustainability, hosted by the Secure World Foundation. A recording is available; the panel starts around 2:53:39.
Curtis Miller served on a panel at the University of Utah during which he spoke to undergraduate students about careers in mathematics. The panel was held June 11, 2021.
Laura Odell, Cameron DiLorenzo, Chandler Dawson and Matthew Kowalyk coauthored “Supply Chain Risk in Leading-Edge Integrated Circuits,” cited in a recent White House report (page 56).
Shelley Cazares and DoD contractor Gregory Schultz, White River Technologies, discussed unexploded ordnance (UXO) remediation during an interview with FastTIMES. Shelley’s remarks begin around 1:13.
Vanessa Peña spoke on the “Innovation at Technology Transfer Offices” panel during the two-day technology transfer event, hosted by the Office of Strategic Alliances and the National Center for Advancing Translation Sciences. The event took place May 13-14, 2021.
Tom Colvin presented “Encouraging Private Sector Investment into Lunar Surface Capabilities” at the 11th joint Planetary and Terrestrial Mining Sciences Symposium and Space Resources Roundtable, June 8, 2021.
Ben Corbin spoke during the Citrus Spaceport virtual event held June 12, 2021, at his alma mater, the University of Central Florida. The conference is an opportunity for students to hear directly from aerospace professionals.
Director Margaret Myers recently received an honorary doctor of science degree from her alma mater, Colorado College in conjunction with the Class of 2021 Commencement.
Yuna Wong discussed wargaming during the “Through the Warfare Looking Glass” panel at the Institute for Security and Technology’s first StratTech Conference held May 25.
Abby Goldman spoke on a panel, “Career Paths in Policy,” during a webinar hosted by the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS). The webinar occured on Thursday, June 10, 2021.
Peter Levine was a member of a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine panel charged by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to look into how to better apply data science to improve acquisition processes. The panel’s report, “Empowering the Defense Acquisition Workforce to Improve Mission Outcomes Using Data Science,” is available by signing up for a free National Academies Press account.
Michael McLendon joins panelists from the Army, Navy, and Air Force for the panel discussion “Building Successful Software Sustainment Strategies During Acquisition” Tuesday, June 8, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET. Michael Jennings of the Air Force Sustainment Center will chair the panel. The panel is part of DOD Sustainment Series: Sustainment Early in Acquisition, a virtual Defense Acquisition University (DAU) event.
Owen Daniels published two papers for Joint Air & Space Conference 2021. The annual Joint Air Power Competence Center (JAPCC) event will be held in Germany on September 7–9. The first paper explores the limitations and challenges of the observe-orient-decide-act (OODA) loop as a mental model for thinking about artificial intelligence applications, particularly with regard to speed. The second, with coauthor Clementine Starling of the Atlantic Council, discusses potential ways to overcome obstacles to NATO’s command and control resilience in contested environments.
IDA President Norton Schwartz interviewed WWW II B-24 Liberator aviator Captain John Billings about his book, Special Duties Pilot, at an event hosted by the Office of Strategic Services Society on Wednesday, April 28.
SFRD’s Peter Levine testified at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on management challenges and opportunities facing the Department of Defense on Tuesday, April 27. Other speakers included Adam Grant, University of Pennsylvania; and Elizabeth Field, Government Accountability Office. A video of Peter’s testimony (opening statement at 24:06) and a transcript are available online.
Jennifer Taylor wrote “Preparing Gen Z to Enter the National Security Community” published in Inkstick as part of “The Future of National Security Work.”
Michael Fischerkeller wrote “Current International Law Is Not an Adequate Regime for Cyberspace,” published in Lawfare.
Shelley Cazares, Elizabeth Ayers, Katherine Fisher, and Michael Tuley coauthored “The Live Site Demonstrations for Advanced Geophysical Classification of Terrestrial Unexploded Ordnance,” published in FastTIMES, a publication of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society.
Representative Matt Rosendale referenced IDA’s quality assurance review of the VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization program during a hearing with the House Subcommittee on Technology Modernization: Subcommittee on Health (at approximately 16:00 minutes). The April 14 hearing was entitled “Strategic Review: Evaluating Concerns About the Ongoing Implementation of the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program.”
Asha Balakrishnan spoke on an Explorers Panel Discussion at Space Tech 2021, an annual event hosted by the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The online event was held April 14, 2021.
