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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">SMC-IT 2023</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">9th International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT)</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Date: 18-21 July, 2023</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Venue: Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Sponsored by: IEEE Computer Society and the Technical Committee on Software</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">The International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Technology (SMC-IT) and the Space Computing Conference (SCC) gather</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">system designers, engineers, computer architects, scientists,</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">practitioners, and space explorers with the objective of advancing</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">information technology, and the computational capability and reliability</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">of space missions. The forums will provide an excellent opportunity for</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">fostering technical interchange on all hardware and software aspects of</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">space missions. The joint conferences will focus on current systems</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">practice and challenges as well as emerging hardware and software</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">technologies with applicability for future space missions.</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Systems in all aspects of the space mission will be explored, including</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">flight systems, ground systems, science data processing, engineering and</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">development tools, operations, telecommunications, radiation-tolerant</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">computing devices, reliable electronics, space-qualifiable packaging</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">technologies. The entire information systems lifecycle of the mission</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">development will also be covered, such as conceptual design, engineering</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">tools development, integration and test, operations, science analysis,</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">TECHNICAL TOPICS</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Topics of interest for SMC-IT include, but are not limited to, the</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Data Analytics and Big Data: knowledge extraction and management; data</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> mining and analysis; data science life cycle; cloud computing in</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Advanced Computing for Novel Instruments and Improved Operations:</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> novel exploitation techniques and algorithms; sensor networks; quantum</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> computing.</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Intelligent and Autonomous Space Systems: intelligent systems;</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> computational intelligence; machine learning and artificial</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> intelligence; explainable AI; autonomy and autonomous systems; UAV/UAS</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> in space; cooperative systems / swarming; neuromorphic computing.</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Robotics for Exotic Mission Destinations: novel space exploration</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> concepts enabled by robotic advancements; humans working with robots</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Robotic Manufacturing and Assembly of Large Space Structures: 3D</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> printing in space; in-space manufacturing; robotics cooperation and</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> interaction; telerobotics; construction of structures on other</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> planets/moons using in situ materials; CAD tools for in-space</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Space Networking: resilient communications; space-terrestrial</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> internetworking and interoperability; standardization.</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Cybersecurity: securing federal networks; protecting critical</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> infrastructure; cyber policies; international law; multi-level</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> security; defensive cyber operations.</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Fault-Tolerant Space Processing, Memory, and Storage: innovative</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> resilient architectures; fault and power management approaches;</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> architectures for embedded artificial intelligence, big data, robotic</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> vision, intelligent systems applications, and resource-constrained</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> environments.</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Software Reliability for Mission-Critical Applications and Safety of</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> Life: verification and validation approaches; design for test;</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> re-usable software architectures; verification of complex systems;</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Advanced Ground Control: mission planning and scheduling; distributed</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> and collaborative mission planning; human-machine interactions; design</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> for change; the impact of agile development and continuous integration</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> / continuous deployment; the increasing velocity of ground system</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality and HCI: AR/VR applications to</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> telerobotics, data processing, mission operations, space science</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> analysis; video game technology advancing space capabilities; training</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0"> astronaut; user interfaces, human-computer interaction.</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">The organization committee is considering to have a closed-door session. If you</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">might be interested in submitting work for that session, please contact the</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">chairs at: smcit-scc_chairs@jpl.nasa.gov.</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">SUBMISSIONS</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">The SMC-IT 2023 Technical Committee is seeking three kinds of</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">submissions at this time: full papers, presentations, posters, and</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">FULL PAPERS WITH PRESENTATION</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">SMC-IT 2023 will again use a single-pass, full-paper review process.</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Full papers can be up to 10 pages in length and require a verbal</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">presentation. </div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Authors of full papers must submit a final version of their paper of
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">All papers accepted for SMC-IT 2023 will be published in the IEEE</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">conference proceedings, indexed in the IEEE Xplore database. Note that</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">IEEE has a "Podium and Publish" policy for conferences, which means that</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">no manuscript will be published in IEEE Xplore without first being</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">presented at the conference. Some selected papers may be invited to</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">appear in a special issue of a reputable journal in the field.</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">POSTER SUBMISSIONS </div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Proposals for posters can be up to 2 pages in length. Poster authors or</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">teams will be given multiple opportunities to discuss their work with</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">interested attendees in poster sessions. Successful poster proposals</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">will receive further guidance on the exact size and format for their</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">posters. We particularly encourage college students to participate and</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">submit original paper and poster contributions.</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">MINI-WORKSHOP SUBMISSIONS </div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">SMC-IT 2023 will continue the highly successful mini-workshop session</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Each mini-workshop typically runs as one track for one day, or one or</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">To propose a mini-workshop topic, please submit a 1-2 page abstract</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">including the theme, scope, and goals of your workshop, as well as</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">any potential speakers already identified. Please also indicate whether</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">you prefer a full-day, or one or two half-day time-slots.</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">OTHER SESSIONS </div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">The SMC-IT/SCC committee is also planning on holding an "Unclassified,</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">US Persons Only” session and a “Classified Session” hosted by the</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">for either of these sessions, please contact the chairs at:</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">smcit-scc_chairs@jpl.nasa.gov.</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">FORMAT</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Templates can be found on the SMC-IT/SCC 2023 web site:</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">SCHEDULE</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Miniworkshop Proposal Submission Deadline: Jan 13, 2023 (extended)</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Miniworkshop Acceptance Notification: Jan 31, 2023 (extended)</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Deadline Papers (for SMC-IT and SCC): Jan 31, 2023</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Authors Acceptance Notification (full papers): March 15, 2023</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Deadline Workshop Submissions: April 15, 2023</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Deadline Final Versions (papers, posters, presentations): May 15, 2023</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">* Workshop Authors Acceptance Notification (workshop submissions): May 15, 2023</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">CONFERENCE CHAIRS:</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">General Chair (SMC-IT): Alessandro Pinto (NASA JPL)</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">General Co-chair (SMC-IT) Yogita Shah (NASA JPL)</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Finance Chair: James Oyama (NASA JPL)</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Finance Co-Chair: Brian Duncan (Johns Hopkins University / APL)</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Program Chair (SMC-IT): Ivan Perez (KBR / NASA Ames Research Center)</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Program Co-chair (SMC-IT): Marie Farrell (University of Manchester)</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Workshop Chair (SMC-IT): Sanaz Sheikhi (Stony Brook University)</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">Diversity Chair: Divya Gopinath (KBR / NASA Ames Research Center)</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">- Larry Bergman (NASA JPL, Ret.)</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">- Michael Campbell (The Aerospace Corporation, Ret.)</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">- Michelle Carter (The Aerospace Corporation)</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">- David Rutishauser (NASA JSC)</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">- Mariam Malek (NASA JPL)</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">- Maria Dolores Rodriguez Moreno (Universidad de Alcala de Henares)</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">- Michela Munoz Fernandez (NASA)</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">- Brian Duncan (Johns Hopkins University / APL)</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">STEERING COMMITTEE:</div>
<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">- Richard Doyle (NASA JPL)</div>
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<div class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted0">- Jana Roche (The Aerospace Corporation)</div>
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- Yisong Yue (Caltech)<br>
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