Agenda

Day 1 - Thursday, June 6
Dress code: Business Casual
2:15 pm	Welcome and Opening Remarks Daniel Carruth Associate Director, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University Bogdan Epureanu Director, Automotive Research Center, University of Michigan David Gorsich DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center
2:30 pm	Addressing DoD Challenges in Modeling and Simulation at the Automotive Research Center Panel discussion with the Automotive Research Center thrust leaders; ARC efforts to address DoD challenges in M&S Panelists Jon Smereka Senior Technical Expert, Ground Vehicle Robotics, DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center Paramsothy jayakumar Senior Technical Expert, Analytics, DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center Katie Sebeck Research Materials Engineer, Materials Application and Integration Team, DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center Vamshi Korivi Branch Chief, Fluid, Thermal & Signature Team, DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center Matt Castanier Research Mechanical Engineer, DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center Steve Rapp Senior Scientist, Analytics, DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	Standards and Interoperability in Modeling and Simulation for Autonomous Ground Vehicles Discussion of current efforts to support standardization, interoperability and portability of simulations Panelists Aaron Prather Director of Robotics and Autonomous Systems Programs, ASTM International Jasvinder Singh Strategist North America, ASAM Ben Hager Head of the Autonomous Driving and Software Engineering, dSPACE Inc Seo-Wook Park Principal Application Engineer, MathWorks
4:45 pm	ProjectGL: Lessons from Building a Modular and Extensible Simulation Software Framework Jason Hogan Immersive Simulation, DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm	Networking/Social Event

Day 2 – Friday, June 7
8:00 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Opening Remarks
9:05 am	Keynote Speaker Col. Ryan Howell Chief of Staff, Next-Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team
9:40 am	Industry Panel Discussion of industry support for M&S in off-road environments. Panelists Joe Auchter SWRI
10:40 am	Break
10:50 am	Working Sessions Focused roundtable conversations: multiple breakout rooms, moderated group discussion, each room assigned a topic area and primed with material to drive discussion, try to achieve equal parts education and idea generation, unpacking recent successes, current challenges, and future of autonomous vehicle simulation. Main Room Technical Presentations Peilin Song Research Mechanical Engineer, USACE Engineer Research and Development Center Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory Mihir Acharya Mathworks Dithoto Modungwa Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Breakout Session #1 – Cybersecurity and Communications M&S Breakout Session #2 – Simulation Fidelity Moderator: Chris Goodin Mississippi State University Breakout Session #3 – Test Design for Autonomous Ground Vehicles Moderator: Buhrmann Gates USACE ERDC
11:50 am	Break
12:00 pm	Presentation on expanded horizons in off-road autonomy – other application areas, challenges not yet addressed, etc.
12:40 pm	Wrap Up
12:50 pm - 3:00 pm	Lunch Reception and Networking