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• CASI Ottawa | Future Systems Engineering: How Economic Pressures and New Technology Are Changing Everything

  • When
    November 21, 2024
  •  
    17:45 - 20:00
  • Location
    Carleton University, Canal Building, Room 3101CB, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
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    39

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  CASI Ottawa Branch Future Systems Engineering: How Economic Pressures and New Technology Are Changing Everything November 21, 2024 | 17:45 - 20:00 A CASI Hybrid Event In-person Start | 17:45 Zoom Meeting Start | 18:30 Jointly sponsored by the Carleton Mechanical and Aeronautical Society (CMAS)

  Guest Speaker: Dr. Paul Gorton | Former VP at MDA and Research Adjunct Professor at Carleton  Hosts: Jeff Bird | CASI Ottawa Omer Majeed | CASI Ottawa Location: Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive Canal Building, Room 3101CB Parking: P4 or P7 Garage   Campus Map Meeting Details The increasingly sophisticated systems developed in the latter half of the twentieth century led to the development and maturation of the systems engineering methodology for the creation of complex systems. The first published standards for systems engineering appeared in the 1960’s when the era of electronic control and communication was in its infancy. Over the last sixty years, as the capability of electronic technology and information technology has increased, the systems engineering methodology has provided a reliable basis for the production of complex systems that would have been unimaginable in the 1960’s. However, since the turn of the century, economic pressures and increasingly capable technology have presented challenges to the systems engineering paradigm. Many companies are now refining, or even rejecting, the systems engineering methodology in efforts to find faster and cheaper ways to create complex systems. In the presentation we will review the conventional systems engineering methodology, the changing economic and technical environment and the responses from government and industry, including new procurement practices, new processes and technical improvements that are changing everything. Looking further ahead, we will consider the possibility of future technological augmentation and automation of the systems engineering development process. We will re-examine the systems engineering process from first principles and identify technologies that are likely to underpin the systems engineering methodology of the future. Speaker Bio: Dr. Paul Gorton is a consultant with extensive experience in the development of high value aerospace, defence and commercial information management systems. His knowledge and experience are particularly relevant to complex, technology-based businesses and programs. He spent most of his career with MDA Space as Manager of Research and Development, Director of Engineering and Vice President and General Manager of the Systems Division. Prior to joining MDA, he worked on airborne radar systems and precise aircraft positioning systems with Litton Systems (Canada) Limited and image formation processors for space-borne and airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems with Systems Designers plc in the UK. He has a PhD in Automatic Control from the University of Manchester (UK). See http://www.pgscientific.com/ Registration Fees CASI or CMAS Members | Complimentary Non-Members | $15.00 Why not join CASI today and save? Register now

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