MITRE-MIT Conference

MITRE – MIT Enterprise Modeling Exchange

SUMMARY

The Coordinating Committee of the MITRE – MIT Enterprise Modeling Exchange extends a cordial invitation to you and your colleagues to participate in this two-day conference. The purpose of this conference is to bring together Enterprise Systems Engineering researchers and practitioners from the MITRE Corporation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for knowledge-sharing and mutual learning, as it pertains to computational modeling and simulation for excellence at the Enterprise level.

This second MITRE-MIT Enterprise Modeling Exchange is an outgrowth of a collaborative project between The MITRE Corporation and MIT’s Engineering Systems Division on Enterprise Dynamics, with emphasis on computational enterprise modeling and simulation – a critical enabler of complex enterprise systems architecting and engineering for operational excellence, modernization and transformation.

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Abstract of proposed papers and presentations: Request for submission electronically by May 31, 2008 (single page or less, double-spaced, outlining the content of the proposed paper and presentation). The Coordinating Committee will select from among the submittals for presentation at the Enterprise Modeling Exchange. We expect that some papers at the Exchange will be invited, as well.

Completed papers and presentations: Request for submission electronically by August 31, 2008. A set of presentation charts is the minimum requirement for presenters, and a paper (of any length) for dissemination to other Exchange participants also is requested but not required. Suggested style for the papers and template for PowerPoint presentations will be issued later.

DESCRIPTION

Of particular interest for the Enterprise Modeling Exchange are papers and presentations describing applications of computational modeling and simulation to specific Enterprise Systems Engineering programs and domains: What worked and what did not? Research papers and presentations describing new enterprise modeling concepts and theory, as well as early, exploratory applications are also invited.

In general, papers and presentations should address five issues: 1) the purpose of the application or research, 2) how the enterprise is defined in the work, 3) modeling and simulation results, outcomes and enterprise impact, 4) what about the modeling and simulation worked and what didn’t, and 5) implications for future research on enterprise
modeling and simulation.

Application programs and domains might be from national defense, homeland and border security, civil aviation, and many others. Applications to MITRE research program “Grand Challenges” are very welcome. Topics for modeling and simulation might include: improving agency or organizational operational efficiency and flexibility, program portfolio management, acquisition improvement and reform, performance based logistics, architecting network-centric enterprises, planning and management of major acquisition programs, design and management of procured services, lifecycle capability procurement, and others. In general, the conference will cover modeling and simulation applied to:

• Complex Enterprise Systems Engineering
• Enterprise operations performance improvement, modernization and transformation
• System-of-systems engineering and architecting
• Design of complex engineering systems.

Modeling and simulation applications may cover any of a range of enterprise scales, from single systems engineering programs to complex enterprise ecosystems involving many disparate stakeholders and national or international economic impact. Enterprise change scales enabled by Enterprise Systems Engineering may range from incremental through transformative.

Computational modeling and simulation methods and techniques can cover a wide spectrum, including system dynamics, agent-based modeling, optimal control, Petri Net modeling, NK modeling, game theoretic modeling and others.. A special interest at the Enterprise Modeling Exchange is hybrid models to capture in an integrated manner the complex dynamics of enterprises and relevant decision environments at multiple scales.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Professionals and executives working with complex Enterprise Systems Engineering and enterprise transformation challenges in government and the private sector, who would like to receive and/or share information about state-of-the-art modeling approaches to help with “messy” problems in enterprise management, modernization and transformation;
• Professionals actively engaged in modeling and simulation activities to address complex enterprise management, modernization and transformation challenges, including those facing many large acquisition programs, federal government agencies and departments, and private-sector organizations;
• Academic researchers pushing the frontiers of computational enterprise modeling and simulation to help address critical real-world systems engineering, enterprise architecting and transformation challenges, as well to help create new knowledge through in vitro simulation experiments in a virtual laboratory environment using computational models of complex engineering and enterprise systems.

REGISTRATION

There is no registration fee for this conference. Please contact Dr. Wojcik, Dr. Bozdogan or Dr. Hoffman (below) to indicate your desire to participate (including intention to submit an abstract). Those who simply wish to attend the conference, without giving a paper or presentation, are all welcome.

CONTACTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Please direct any inquiries for further information to:

Dr. Leonard Wojcik, MITRE (“Leonard A. Wojcik”)
Dr. Kirkor Bozdogan, MIT (“Kirkor Bozdogan”)
Dr. Kenneth Hoffman, MITRE (“Kenneth C. Hoffman")