NOTE:
In response to many requests from authors, the due date for papers has been changed to 31 Jan 2011, with notification of acceptance by 18 Feb 2011.
AFCEA-GMU Symposium "Critical Issues in C4I" to be held at GMU Fairfax Campus 24-25 May 2011
AFCEA and the GMU C4I Center are jointly sponsoring our 4th annual conference with the goal of bringing academia, industry and government together to consider current critical issues in C4I technology and systems R&D. We believe this is in the US national interest and that of our international coalition partners. The conference will focus on a selected set of hot topics. We seek a strong, impactful collection of papers. These papers could have been presented elsewhere but they must address current, cutting-edge issues in a compelling manner. Our program committee has been recruited based on their involvement at that cutting edge.
Topics
Cloud Computing in C4I Systems, including
High-assurance public clouds for C4I
Clouds with integrated sensors
Cloud computing in tactical systems
Network security, including
Inherently secure network architecture
Security at the edge: mobile/wireless security
Securing dispersed C4I systems
Military Use of Commercial IT, including
Commercial approaches to Defense software development
IT supply chain security
COTS products in fielded military systems
Program Committee
Dr. Mark Pullen, George Mason University, Chair
Ms. Miriam Browning, Browning Consulting Group
Dr. Donald Brutzman, Naval Postgraduate School
Ms. Destiny Burns, General Dynamics Advanced Info Systems
Dr. Rachel Goshorn, Naval Postgraduate School
Mr. Jim Griggs, AFCEA
Dr. Anup Ghosh, George Mason University
Mr. Frank Guglielmo, Microfocus
Mr. Chris Gunderson, Joint Interoperability Test Command
Dr. Greg Hanson, Criterion Systems
Dr. Michael Hieb, George Mason University
Dr. Nat Heiner, Northrop Grumman Corp.
Mr. Bill Jones, DSA Inc.
Dr. Kathryn Blackmond Laskey, George Mason University
Dr. Ken Nidiffer, Carnegie Mellon SEI
Dr. Susan Numrich, Institute for Defense Analyses
Ms. Cecilia Phan, Joint Staff J6
Dr. Jens Pohl, California Polytechnic State University
Mr. Hans Polzer, Lockheed Martin Corp.
MG (Ret) Conrad Ponder, Booz Allen Hamilton
Dr. Harry Van Trees, George Mason University
Dr. Bernard Zeigler, University of Arizona
While this is not an IEEE conference, we will use the IEEE standard paper format which is available at http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/pubs/confpubcenter/pdfs/samplems.pdf
Papers can be uploaded to http://c4i.gmu.edu/symposium_papers
Selected papers will be posted on our website and also become candidates for special issues of journals. (Some of the best papers from past symposia have been selected for the International Journal of Command and Control and the Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation.)
Potential authors also may submit an abstract or double-spaced draft for Program Committee comment/recommendations, via the upload site
