1. Intelligent Systems Technical Committee
January 10, 2017
AIAA SciTech Forum 2017
Grapevine, TX

2. ISTC SciTech 2017 Meeting Agenda
Opening welcome by chair and a round of introductions – 10 min
Presentation of Distinguished Service Award – 10 min
SciTech 2017 Intelligent Systems Panels – 10 min
ISTC & ISG updates – 20 min
update – 10 min
Subcommittee reports (10 min each – 1 hr 40 min total)
Awards
Conference Planning
PDE&O
Procedures
Public Policy
Publications
Roadmap
Workshop
Website
Membership
TC Chair Election – 15 min
Adjourn and social at sport bar (chair invites all)

3. Members Sam Adhikari Sysoft Corporation Florian Adolf
German Aerospace Center DLR
Nisar Ahmed
University of Colorado Boulder
Danette Allen
NASA Langley
Ella Atkins
University of Michigan
Mark Balas
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, FL
Christine Belcastro
David Casbeer
AFRL
Kelly Cohen
University of Cincinnati
Steve Cook
MITRE Corp
Mary Cummings
Duke
Richard Doyle
NASA JPL
Nick Ernest
Psibernetix Inc
Fernando Figueroa
NASA Stennis
Yu Gu
West Virginia University
Joshua Harris
Texas A&M
Michel Ingham
NASA JPL
Elad Kivelevitch
University of Cincinnati
Kevin Kochersberger
Virginia Tech
Stephan Kolitz
Draper Lab
Chetan Kulkarni
NASA Ames / SGT
Andrew Lacher
MITRE
Quang Lam
Leidos
Amanda Lampton
Systems Technology Inc
Thomas Lombaerts
Catharine McGhan
University of Michigan
Andrew Meade
Rice University
Kevin Melcher
NASA Glenn
Miguel Morales
HCL Technologies
Jonathan Muse
AFRL
Natasha Neogi
NASA Langley
Nhan Nguyen
NASA Ames
Akira Oyama
JAXA
Eric Rozier
University of Cincinnati
Kristin Rozier
John Ryan
NASA Armstrong
Chelsea Sabo
University of Sheffield 
Robert Savely
NASA Johnson
Daniel Selva
Cornell University
Julie Shah
MIT
Ashok Srivastava
Verizon
Sean Swei
NASA Ames
James Steck
Wichita State U.
Christopher Tschan
Aerospace Corp
John Valasek
Texas A&M
Yan Wan
University of Texas, Arlington
Adnan Yucel
Lockheed Martin
Tansel Yucelen
University of South Florida
Paul Zetocha
AFRL

4. ISTC Distinguished Service Award
The ISTC Distinguished Service Award is created to recognize a member who has made significant contributions to the activities of the ISTC to keep the TC healthy and active.
The award was established since 2009 and has been awarded to five members
The winner of the ISTC Distinguished Service Award in 2017 is Dr. Christopher Tschan
Citation: For leadership in development of “Roadmap for Intelligent Systems in Aerospace”
Nomination: Dr. Chris Tschan has been serving the AIAA ISTC in a sustained and exceptional manner for the past 6 years. During this period, Dr. Tschan served the four-year term as TC chair-elect, chair, and honorary chair from 2010 to During the past two years, he serves as the chair of the public policy and roadmap subcommittees. Since 2013, he has advocated for the development of a roadmap that articulates a vision for intelligent systems and provides a set of recommendations for increased research to overcome technology barriers. As a direct outcome of the roadmap process that Dr. Tschan is leading, the ISTC has built a research community engagement through three Intelligent Systems Workshops successfully held during the past three years. Through his tireless dedication and hard work, Dr. Tschan has brought together many leading researchers in the research community to contribute to the development of the roadmap. His leadership as the lead editor has culminated in the completion and recent public release  on June 6, 2016 of the first edition of the 101-page document entitled “Roadmap for Intelligent Systems in Aerospace”. The ISTC is well -served with this roadmap document which will increase awareness of the role of intelligent systems in technology development for aerospace systems. It is hereby with great pleasure that Dr. Chris Tschan is nominated for the ISTC Distinguished Service Award for his sustained contributions and exceptional leadership in achieving the completion and public release of the Roadmap for Intelligent Systems in Aerospace.

5. ISTC Update 2016 has been a busy year for the ISTC
3rd Intelligent Systems Workshop at NASA LaRC in August – 165 registered, 110 attended
Acknowledgment: John Valasek, Chris Belcastro, and Danette Allen as well as many other TC members for their contributions
Public release of 1st edition of roadmap on June 6, 2016 – First success story: NASA has referred to the roadmap for planning of new Autonomous Systems project
Acknowledgment: Chris Tschan, Adnan Yucel, and Nhan Nguyen
Honor and Awards – IS Best Paper Award, Best Student Paper Competition Award, ISTC Distinguished Service Award
Acknowledgment: Chelsea Sabo, Kevin Melcher, and Tansel Yucelen
– 128 papers; 31 from ISTC and 57 from USPC, and 3 panels
Acknowledgment: Kevin Melcher, Amanda Lampton, and James Steck

6. ISTC Update
Information Space Forum 2016 – Organized 7 sessions, 30 papers
Acknowledgment: Sean Swei and Mitch Ingham
Information Aviation Forum 2016 – Organized one session
Acknowledgment: Danette Allen
Public Policy - Initial revised draft of position paper ready for TC feedback
Acknowledgment: Yu Gu, Yan Wan, Chris Tschan, and Andrew Lacher
Publication – 2nd edition of Advances in Intelligent and Autonomous Aerospace Systems and Aerospace America Intelligent Systems Year-in-Review
Acknowledgment: John Valasek and Elad Kivelevitch
K-12 education outreach – Judging and Selection of Synopsis Challenge science fair winner in San Jose, CA
Acknowledgment: Jose Benevides, Chetan Kulkarni, Nhan Nguyen, and Kristin Rozier

7. ISTC Update
TAC funding and fund raising from Intelligent Systems Workshop help sustain ISTC activities
Best student paper competition – $408 in 2016 and $392 in 2017
Synopsis Challenge science fair competition – $250 in 2016 and $500 in 2017
Recognition and loyalty items – $448 in 2016
ISTC continues to enjoy strong membership interest
50 members (50 max.)
11 new membership applications received, 6 accepted
2017 Intelligent Systems Workshop at University Of Michigan in August
Chair: Ella Atkins
Co-Chairs: Dani Selva and Andrew Lacher
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reached out to the ISTC asking for candidates to serve on Committee on Aviation Safety Assurance being formed at the request of NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Four members nominated: Ella Atkins, John Valasek, Steve Cook, and Andrew Lacher
One member to participate in public hearing: Florian Adolf

8. ISTC Update New Associate Fellows – Kevin Melcher and James Steck
Please let TC know if interested in associate fellow upgrade
Fellow nomination – John Valasek
Keynote and plenary speakers at SciTech 2017
Women at SciTech Social Hour and Keynote – Missy Cummings
Plenary: Disruptive Technology Developments – Danette Allen
ISTC chair participated in AIAA nomination committee at Space Forum in September 2016
Voted for candidates for AIAA president and roster of directors

9. ISG Update
ISG selected ISTC for TC-of-the-Quarter article “Roadmap for Intelligent Systems in Aerospace” in the TAC newsletter
Information Systems Forum
Idea first brought up at SciTech 2016 ISG meeting
First meeting at Aviation Forum in June 2016 – not well-attended
At SciTech 2017 ISG meeting, Tom Irvine came by and share his thought on Information Systems Forum
AIAA recognizes the information systems are important to aerospace industry
Needs to have a strategy to bring in information systems community
and GNC are seeing decline in paper submission
SciTech is seen as Aerospace Sciences Meeting
not getting enough visibility
Loss of identity and community spirit
IS Forum could include conferences like GNC, ATIO, ATM, etc..
Plan to have another meeting with ISG and TCs in the near future
Earliest start is at least two years away
ISTC is supportive of this initiative

10. ISG Update Tom Duerr presented Resources Working Group (RWG)
Review current funding practices for Member-Driven Activities
Provide Board of Trustees recommendations for future process
Emerging Technologies Committee – each TC is supposed to have a liaison
ISG is looking for fellow nominations by TC
Jim Rankin plans to move over as director on Board of Trustees – Terry Morris may replace him as interim ISG director

11. Subcommittees
Awards subcommittee – Chairs: Chelsea Sabo, Kevin Melcher
Members: Mark Balas, Mitch Ingham, Stephan Kolitz, Amanda Lampton, Miguel Morales, Nhan Nguyen, Robert Savely, James Steck, Tansel Yucelen
Conference Planning subcommittee – Chair: Kevin Melcher, Amanda Lampton
Members: Sam Adhikari, Florian Adolf, Nisar Ahmed, Ella Atkins, Mark Balas, Fernando Figueroa, Elad Kivelevitch, Kevin Kochersberger, Amanda Lampton, Thomas Lombaerts, Natasha Neogi, Julie Shah, Yan Wan, Adnan Yucel, Tansel Yucelen, Paul Zetocha
Membership subcommittee – Chairs: Nhan Nguyen, David Casbeer
Members: Sean Swei, Chris Tschan
PDE&O subcommittee – Chair: Kristin Rozier, Chetan Kulkarni
Members: Ella Atkins, Missy Cummings, Rich Doyle, Stephan Kolitz, Chetan Kulkarni, Amanda Lampton, Catharine McGhan, Andrew Mead, Eric Rozier, James Steck
Procedures subcommittee – Chairs: John Ryan, Mitch Ingham
Members: Sam Adhikari, David Casbeer, Mitch Ingham, Elad Kivelevitch, Quang Lam, Kevin Melcher, Miguel Morales, Chelsea Sabo, Ashok Srivastava, Adnan Yucel

12. Subcommittees
Public Policy subcommittee – Chairs: Chris Tschan, Andrew Lacher
Members: Christine Belcastro, Steve Cook, Missy Cummings, Elad Kivelevitch, Kevin Kochersberger, Quang Lam, Kevin Melcher, Eric Rozier, Paul Zetocha
Publications subcommittee – Chair: Natasha Neogi
Members: Florian Adolf, Nisar Ahmed, Ella Atkins, Kelly Cohen, Rich Doyle, Elad Kivelevitch, Thomas Lombaerts, Akira Oyama, John Valasek
Roadmap Subcommittee – Chairs: Yu Gu, Yan Wan
Members: Missy Cummings, Quang Lam, Nhan Nguyen, Dani Selva, Chris Tschan, Adnan Yucel
Website subcommittee – Chair: Catharine McGhan
Members: Nick Ernest, Joshua Harris, Dani Selva
Workshop subcommittee – Chairs: Ella Atkins, Andrew Lacher
Members: Florian Adolf, Danette Allen, David Casbeer, Chris Belcastro, Nhan Nguyen, Dani Selva, John Valasek

13. TC Chair Election Current chair term expires on April 30, 2017
David Casbeer will be the incoming TC chair starting on May 1, 2017
ISTC to elect new TC chair who will lead the TC into the future and serve as an affective advocate for intelligent systems in the AIAA community as well as a liaison with other communities by developing goals and vision.
One year as vice-chair starting in May 2018
Two years as chair in May 2019
One year as honorary chair in May 2011