The
2004 IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium
(SIEDS 04) was held on April 16 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The Symposium is an annual international forum for applied
research, development, and design in systems engineering.
Organized by the Department of Systems and Information Engineering
at the University of Virginia, the Symposium has a strong
student focus and presents undergraduate and graduate design
and thesis projects. SIEDS 04 served as an excellent opportunity
for students to learn about their peers' research and interact
with other students, faculty, and project sponsors. The
Symposium is primarily sponsored by the IEEE Systems, Man,
and Cybernetics (SMC) Society.
The papers published in the Symposium Proceedings were
organized into six parallel tracks, with themes encompassing
Data Mining and Database Applications, Systems Engineering
Methods and Applications, Infrastructure Protection and
Security, Financial and Socio-Technical Systems, Logistics,
and Transportation Systems. SIEDS 04 received support from
several companies and government agencies as track sponsors,
including Accenture, Lockheed Martin Corporation, the National
Institute of Aerospace, Northrop Grumman, and the Science
Applications International Corporation (SAIC).
Papers were received from thirty-nine authors representing
ten institutions of higher education internationally. Participating
schools included Universidad del Norte (Colombia), the University
of Hong Kong, the Harbin Engineering University (China),
the United States Military Academy at West Point, George
Mason University, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the
University of Oklahoma, and Colorado State University, as
well as several departments at the University of Virginia.
The keynote address was given by Christopher David, the
Chief Technology Officer for Arlington County, Virginia-host
to the Pentagon and Reagan National Airport. His address
was titled, "Fast Forward the Future-Charting the Course
of Student Collaborations Across the Globe."
Awards were presented to the Best Poster overall and the
Best Paper from each track. The Best Poster award went to
"Measuring the Effectiveness of a 'Decision Matrix'
for Missile Retargeting Decisions," by Christopher
Jones and Stephanie Guerlain of the University of Virginia.
The Best Paper from the Data Mining and Database Applications
track is "Improving Upon Logistic Regression to Predict
United States Army Delayed Entry Program (DEP) Losses,"
by
John Halstead and Donald Brown of the University of Virginia.
The Best Paper from the Financial and Socio-Technical Systems
track is "System Analysis of Economic Impacts of Redeveloped
Superfund Sites," by Michael Chen, Manish Garg, Connie
Lin, Leena Patel, Henry Wong, and Peter Beling of the University
of Virginia. The Best Paper from the Infrastructure Protection
and Security track is "Modeling the Impact of Infrastructure
Interdependencies on Virginia's Highway Transportation System,"
by Lisa Dryden, Matthew Haggerty, Lindsey Lane, Christine
Lee, and Yacov Haimes of the University of Virginia. The
Best Paper from the Logistics track is "Strategic Space
Plan Initiative (SSPI)," by Kevin King, Jessica Lackey,
Daniel Stevens, Brian Kleiner, and Subhash Sarin of the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The
Best Paper from the Systems Engineering Methods and Applications
track is "Implementation of a Software Tool for a Gold
Electroplating Bath Operation," by William Denney,
Matthew King, and Joseph Wilck of the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University. The Best Paper from the
Transportation Systems track is "Content Development
for a Web-based System Devoted to Flight Dispatcher Icing
Training," by Matthew Brophy, Courtney Lane, Ricky
Li, Ryan Swigler, Ellen Bass, and Justin DeVoge of the University
of Virginia.
SIEDS 05 will be held in April 2005 in Charlottesville,
Virginia. For more information about the Symposium and the
Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the
University of Virginia, please visit http://www.sys.virginia.edu/.
