The Annual Systems Engineering Conference is the UK’s premier Systems Engineering event, attracting a wide range of industry, academic, and government professionals. This year’s conference will take place on 17 and 18 November 2020 with presentations being streamed live in an interactive virtual environment. This event gives a platform for our presenters and practitioners to provide engaging content as they explore the theme ‘The Challenges of Contemporary Systems Engineering’. For more information please visit https://asec2020.org.uk

Writing a concept of operations can be overwhelming; especially for first timers! Attend the INCOSE TWG Meeting on December 17, 2020 to learn about Noblis’ execution of National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) project 08-120 Initiating the Systems Engineering Process for Rural Connected Vehicle Corridors and the two model SE documents developed for practitioners. The project team followed a systems engineering process to conduct the research and develop the two project products: model Concept of Operations (ConOps) and model Systems Requirements (SyRS) document. The project team conducted a literature review and engaged with stakeholders in three formats: survey, interview, and validation webinar. Informed by the findings, model systems engineering documents were developed to represent the core or base needs of an agency planning to implement connected vehicle technology on a rural corridor. These model documents will provide agencies with a starting point upon which they can tailor to meet their specific local needs efficiently and timely, to ensure effective, secure, and interoperable deployments. Following model document development, a second stakeholder webinar was conducted to confirm that the prioritized use cases and system requirements address the most critical rural corridor user needs and functional requirements. Final versions of the two products have been submitted to the panel for review and comment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barbara Staples, CSEP, PMP Barbara Staples is a Senior Principal with Noblis, Inc. She is an INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) and certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP). Barbara has thirty-three years of systems engineering experience on a wide range of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and Connected Vehicle research program projects, and in multiple domains including surface and air transportation, defense, health care, education. She has 20 years of project management experience within the US DOT ITS Joint Program Office. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Login and Meeting Details: PARTICIPANT - Join as GUEST Meeting Details Web Address: https://incose.pgimeet.com/INCOSE_GMEleven Access Number: 1-605-475-5604 Guest Passcode: 499 423 0059 USA dial-in numbers: 1-605-475-5604 1-719-457-6209 Link to GLOBAL LIST of dial-in numbers: https://www.mymeetingroom.com/meetinginfo/callmanagement.asp?bwebid=9820041&cid=da66e6bdd7e95a10d779fce74d4e82df&confid=da6ee6b8d7ea5a17d779fcef4d4c82da425b&brandid=73391

The INCOSE UK Rail Interest Group (RIG) has been operating now for more than 15 years. During that time we have heard presentations on a vast array of experience. It seems time for us to reflect on what we have learnt from that and to make those lessons available to those who have influence on how rail projects are run. The RIG Committee has started to accumulate a list of lessons learned, drawing upon the committee members’ experience. Now we would like to tap into the knowledge and experience of the full membership of the RIG. This 90-minute-long event will not be a traditional presentation. Members of the RIG committee will present the objectives of the exercise and, as a starting point for discussion, the committee’s list of lessons learned. The majority of the time, however, will be spent hearing proposals from the participants for amendments (addition, deletions or revisions) to the list and voting on these amendments. At the end of the session, we hope to have a better list that all participants can support. Participants in the discussion will receive further briefing material shortly before the event. The results of the discussion will be recorded and made available to the entire RIG membership. We will also be looking for an opportunity to publish the results more widely, so, by participating in this event, you will have the opportunity to help decision-makers make decisions about projects that will result in more effective SE and better outcomes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you would like to be involved, please register your interest with Bruce Elliott, bruce.elliott@altran.com .

Network Rail delivers hundreds of infrastructure projects every year to enhance and renew the national rail network. This forms a capital delivery portfolio measured in Billions of pounds per year, from platform extensions to large scale regionwide upgrades. This presentation provides a discussion on a case study of the development and implementation of Network Rail's System Integration (SI) for Delivery framework , launched in June 2019. The focus here is on the drivers for a new framework, it’s implementation embedded with existing management systems, and the language and terminology used to communicate the new framework. The framework is designed to be flexible in terms of effort relative to complexity and benefit and aims to optimise the performance of new infrastructure delivered by Network Rail and provide improved services for passengers and freight. The framework consists of a suite of competence management, training, processes, products and tools that have been embedded within existing management systems to support a consistent and cohesive approach to delivery of capital projects. The SI4D Framework was first presented to the INCOSE UK RIG in 2019. This presentation will also cover lessons learnt and insights gained since that time as SI4D was deployed in Network Rail. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To receive an invite please send an email to michael.morua@altran.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Presenter: Derek A Price, BSC(hons) Mphil FIET MINCOSE Derek’s career has largely been focused on the application of systems thinking to major infrastructure projects across transport, power and defence industries. He has worked on both sides of the fence as well as sitting on it – suppliers, consultancy, approvers/regulators, owners, operators, and has seen the state of practice develop over 2 decades now. His current role for Network Rail is “Technical Head of Discipline (Systems Integration)” to Direct, Plan and Assure System Integration activities related to delivery of projects and programmes across Network Rail’s Infrastructure Projects. Derek is proud to be a founder member of the INCOSE UK Rail Interest Group and is Network Rail’s representative on the INCOSE UK Advisory Board. His hometown is Darlington, where the world’s first public passenger steam railway “SYSTEM” started service in 1825. Derek certainly didn’t set out to become a Railway Man but the complexities, scale of challenge, and opportunity to forge a path as a systems engineer in this critical sector became irresistible.

Join us for our first meeting of the year to discuss what this group can deliver for its members in the coming year and beyond. We'll the feedback from our questionnaire on the challenges to systems engineering in the automotive sector. This meeting will also contain our AGM to determine the roles of Chair and Secretary for the group. If you would like to be considered for this position and cannot make the meeting, please send a message to the group secretary, Tom Westbury - twestbur(at)jaguarlandrover.com

Unfortunately, we have postponed this series of events until September. Sorry for the late notice. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. There has been a lot of interest in this event including a late surge in registrations last week. That means we need to redesign the event to accommodate the larger numbers. By postponing, we can draw on the resources of the UK Chapter as a whole to ensure the events are a success. You may wish to pencil the following dates in your diaries, 2nd, 9th and 16th September. We will confirm these dates using the email address that you used when you expressed an interest on the INCOSE UK Chapter nearer the time. In the interim, we have set up a LinkedIn Group to provide a forum to start the conversation in advance of September. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8964578/ We look forward to seeing you in September

Applications of Machine Learning for Model Based Systems Engineering - a thesis in progress by Amelia Jephson. Sharing and discussion about the development of a natural language processing model that is trained to predict SysML elements and identify relationships within text documents, with outputs in a format that are compatible with MBSE tools. This has been designed to be a proof of concept but it is hoped that such an application may be able to support the processing and population of architectural element repositories or even capture stakeholder concerns and requirements more efficiently within the early stages of project lifecycles. Reflect on the approach for this investigation and identify areas of future work that could make such an application useful for the wider MBSE community. An open discussion to capture thoughts, risks or opportunities for such applications within the wider context of MBSE.

High impact threats could occur with little or no notification and have the potential of crippling America’s power grid for weeks, months, or even years. Such a large-scale power outage would impair the social and economic processes that Americans require and depend on to meet their daily needs. The InfraGard National Electromagnetic Pulse Special Interest Group (EMP SIG) was formed in July 2011 to share information about these catastrophic threats to our nation’s critical infrastructure. In 2019 the National InfraGard Board of Directors changed the name of EMP SIG to the National Disaster Resilience Council (NDRC). This presentation provides an overview of the NDRC and current efforts. Recent developments include collaboration with Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) to create a collaborative pilot project known as San Antonio Electromagnetic Defense, or SAEMD. The work by the SA-EMD group directly addresses the March, 2019 the Presidential Executive Order 13865, Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses. ******************************************************************************************************************************* Speaker: Steve Papas Steve has over 30 years of experience in emergency management team building in both the public and private sector. Steve has authored Regional, State, and County all-hazard response and recovery operations plans for life-line infrastructure across the US. Steve has also served as president of the Indiana chapter of the FBI sponsored InfraGard program, a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the United States, critical infrastructure, and the American people. As president, he coauthored the guidebook: Powering Through, From Fragile Infrastructure to Resilient Communities (2016) and contributed to public private sector relationships with InfraGard, state, and local governmental homeland security agencies and non-governmental organizations. Steve also has experience as a DoD contractor at Indiana University, where he developed policy, provided system safety engineering and security education, products and services to the US Navy, Marine Corps, US Army and Air Force installations worldwide. ******************************************************************************************************************************* Call-in Information: Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/929663384 Meeting ID: 929 663 384 Meeting Password: 814343 One tap mobile (US San Jose): +14086380968,,929663384#; +16699006833,,929663384# Dial by your location: +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose); +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose); +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston); +1 253 215 8782 US; +1 301 715 8592 US; +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago); +1 646 876 9923 US (New York); or, find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aIzojIRyU ******************************************************************************************************************************* Speaker Contact Information: scpappas@outlook.com (317) 695-6961; 5313 Bancroft Lane, Greenwood, Indiana 46142

2nd meeting of 2020. Topics currently include: MBSE Work Streams activity, Cultural impacts of MBSE, Ontology. Meeting login details will be sent prior to the meeting so please ensure contact details are up to date.