Exhibition
The 20th International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE）was held on July 12-15 in Chicago, USA. From SDM, Prof. Yoshiaki Ohkami, Prof. Takashi Maeno, Associate Prof. Naohiko Kohtake, Associate Prof. Seiko Shirasaka, and Assistant Prof. Sun Kim participated in the presentations on research and the discussions on various topics relating to systems engineering research and education. The Symposium, a collaboration between academia and industry, attracts more participants from industry than other academic conferences and conventions do. Therefore, in addition to around 100 research presentations, various business-related sessions are held; 17 tutorials (Certified Systems Engineering Professional, Modeling with SysML, and Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering etc.) on how to apply systems engineering concepts into business, 38 working group meetings (Information Systems, Space Systems, and Knowledge Management, etc.), and meetings by region, such as Europe, US and Asia. Region VI, composed of INCOSE chapters in Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East, met to discuss the policies to promote systems engineering research and education in the region and the possibility of holding an INCOSE international symposium in Japan. Prof. Ohkami, the president of the Japan chapter, expressed interest in holding a symposium in Japan in 2013. The next INCOSE International Symposium will be held in Denver, Colorado, USA in 2011.
Ahead of this year’s symposium, BKCASE, the workshop on Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge and Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering, was held on July 7 and 8 in Chicago. (BKCASE stands for Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering.) Associate Prof. Kohtake and Associate Prof. Shirasaka attended the workshop to discuss their experiences in research and education at SDM and current related issues.
Related links:
- 20th Annual INCOSE International Symposium
http://www.incose.org/symp2010/ - BKCASE
http://www.bkcase.org/