Purpose

Reliability/availability/security and fault tolerance drive the trade-space for system architecture development. However, in conferences, they are often discussed in separate sessions. When these topics are discussed separately:

Codependent components and realistic methods for implementation are overlooked.
Optimization can be misguided.
Mitigation can be inaccurately applied.

The intent of this workshop is to discuss the system development trade-space in one forum to capture the realistic challenges that design teams are required to manage.

Workshop Description

This workshop will provide a glimpse into the development and assurance of a space mission aimed to support advanced data handling. It will focus on how each of the system’s complex components and their susceptibilities drive the product’s trade-space from a system-architect’s and mission assurance perspective.

We will hear from NASA and ESA regarding their perspectives on the future of advanced data handling in space applications.
We will then discuss how radiation, reliability, security, and mitigation present real challenges for developing complex space architectures targeted for advanced data handling.
System architects will provide their perspectives on the trade space for managing radiation, reliability/availability, and security requirements:

How do system requirements drive development?
How does trade affect theoretical expectations (realistic limitations vs. initial concepts)?

Mission assurance will follow the system architecture presentation; discussing how to verify function/operations, reliability/availability/security, and fault tolerance meet system requirements.
The workshop will end with a panel discussion addressing known challenges, misinterpretations of said challenges, and other concepts/challenges that are currently not being considered (or overlooked) – i.e., what are we missing and are there better ideas?

The Workshop is chaired by Melanie Berg (Space R³ LLC), Wes Powell (NASA/GSFC), and Jim Butler (NASA/JPL).

Schedule

Monday, July 15th

TIME (PDT)	TITLE	PRESENTER
10:30 AM	Workshop Introduction	Melanie Berg (Space R³)/Wes Powell (NASA/GSFC)
10:50 AM	University of Pittsburgh: New Approaches Toward Advanced Data Handling for Space Products	Tyler Garrett (University of Pittsburgh)
11:25 AM	UFRGS: New Approaches Toward Advanced Data Handling for Space Products	Fernanda Kastensmidt (UFRGS)
12:00 PM	BREAK	-

Thursday, July 18th

TIME (PDT)	TITLE	PRESENTER
10:30 AM	Workshop Welcome	-
10:40 AM	NASA: New Approaches Toward Advanced Data Handling for Space Products	Wes Powell (NASA/GSFC)/Jim Butler (JPL)
11:20 AM	ESA: New Approaches Toward Advanced Data Handling for Space Products	Maris Tali (European Space Agency)
12:00 PM	BREAK	-
1:15 PM	Challenges: Radiation Effects and Reliability	Indranil Chatterjee (Airbus)
1:55 PM	Challenges: Mitigation	Melanie Berg (Space R³)
2:35 PM	Space System Development: Balancing Performance and Fault Tolerance	TBD
3:15 PM	BREAK	-
3:45 PM	Panel Discussion	Audience comments and suggestions toward balancing performance and fault tolerance
4:45 PM	BREAK	-

Supporters

Your sponsorship is a strong statement about your organization's commitment to the field of Space Computing. SMC-IT/SCC 2024 continues to offer exciting opportunities for sponsors. Please refer to the Sponsor Prospectus and Sponsor Guide and Order Form for further sponsorship information.

Contact

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at:

Email: smcit-scc_chairs@jpl.nasa.gov
Twitter: @smcit_conf