1. 2005 MAPLD International Conference
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Washington, D.C.
September 7-9, 2005

2. Conference Chairmen Richard B. Katz NASA Office of Logic Design
Tanya Vladimirova
University of Surrey
Alan Hunsberger
National Security Agency
Kevin Hames
Johnson Space Center
Journal Publications
Hans Tiggeler
European Liaison
Rod Barto
NASA Office of Logic Design

3. Registration and Production
Ms. Ana Wilson, Infonetics
MAPLD Registration Coordinator

4. Communications Internet outside of the Atrium Hall Ringers off
Please
Emergency Messages
Internet
outside of the
Atrium Hall

5. Facilities

6. MAPLD and Dissemination
From the National Aeronautics and Space Act Pub. L. No , As Amended:
FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 203.
  (a) The Administration, in order to carry out the purpose of
this Act, shall--
(3) provide for the widest practicable and appropriate
         dissemination of information concerning its activities
         and the results thereof;

7. "The Hubble Space Telescope"
Invited History Talk
"The Hubble Space Telescope"
Steven Beckwith
Director, Space Telescope Science Institute
Thursday, after lunch

8. Invited Mishap and Lessons Learned Talk
"Computer Overload and The Apollo 11 Lunar Landing: An Insider's View"
Jack Garman
Lockheed-Martin (formerly NASA JSC/MSC)
Friday, after lunch

9. Dinner Banquet and Panel Session Why Are Space Stations So Hard?
Historical Perspective and Panel Moderator
Keith Cowing
Editor, NASA Watch
Roger D. Launius
Chair, Division of Space History
National Air and Space Museum
Alphonso Diaz
"Member of the NASA Senior Staff,
formerly the Associate Administrator"
Chris Faranetta
VP, Orbital Space Flight Program
Space Adventures, Ltd
William Dwyer
Engineer: Space Station Freedom and ISS
NASA Johnson Space Center
Rick Tumlinson
Co-Founder
Space Frontier Foundation
Thursday Evening, September 8.
Entertainment during dinner by Swing'N on a Star

10. Program Changes
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11. Technical Sessions Wed Thurs Friday
A - Applications: Military & Aerospace I
Tanya Vladimirova, University of Surrey
Hans Tiggeler
John Lewis, Federal Aviation Administration
B - Logic Design and Processors
Keith Bergevin - Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA)
Creigh Gordon - Air Force Research Laboratory/Space Vehicles Directorate/Space Electronics Branch
C - Reconfigurable Computing, Evolvable Hardware, and Security
Olaf Storaasli - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
John Harkins - Department of Defense
Robert Hodson - NASA Langley Research Center
D - Reliability
Bryan A. Robertson, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
E - Radiation and Mitigation Techniques
Gary M. Swift, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Massimo Violante, Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN, Torino, Italy
F - Applications: Military & Aerospace II
David A. Gwaltney, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Sandi Alexander Habinc, Gaisler Research
P - Poster Session
Virginia Ross, Air Force Research Laboratory
Wed
Thurs
Friday

12. Workshop Sessions Wed and Thurs Sessions
G: Digital Engineering and Computer Design - A Retrospective and Lessons Learned for Today's Engineers
Paul Ceruzzi, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
H: Reconfigurable Computing
Alan Hunsberger, National Security Agency
Douglas Fouts, Naval Postgraduate School
J: - PLD Failures, Analyses, and the Impact on Systems
Kay Jobe, Boeing
Mark R. McLean, Department of Defense
L: Mitigation Methods for Reprogrammable Logic in the Space Radiation Environment
Ken LaBel, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Michael J. Wirthlin, Brigham Young University
M: "Low Power Design“
Matthew French, University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute
Mike Wirthlin, Brigham Young University
S: NESC and Software
Steven S. Scott, NASA Engineering and Safety Center
W: Verification of Large Designs and Related Design Methodologies
Wes Powell, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
John Lach, University of Virginia
Wed and Thurs Sessions

13. Seminar Series

14. Questions and Answers
Use the microphone so everyone can hear you. It’s a big room.
Identify yourself and your affiliation
Nominally 5 minutes Q&A per talk (except for Invited Talks). The Session Chairman can exceed this if discussion warrants.
Session Chairman will moderate the discussion.
Panel and “BOF” Sessions: Audience participation encouraged.

15. 2006 MAPLD International Conference
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Washington, D.C.
September, 2006
On your evaluation forms, please let us know:
What seminars you would like to have
What themes the conference should emphasize.
Evaluation forms are available in your packets or on-line at klabs.org

16. "NESC – Safety and Mission Success through Engineering Excellence"
Ralph R. Roe
Director, NASA Engineering and Safety Center