The Boehm Center for Systems and Software Engineering is hosting a 3-day online forum, April 21-23. In keeping with Dr. Boehm’s areas of interest, we are soliciting presentations from those in academia, industry, and government, especially from those involved in systems and software engineering.
Topics
- Generative AI
- Data analytics
- Digital Engineering
- AI, Autonomous Systems
- Systems Thinking as applied to business/ organizational processes, particularly as related to technology and innovation
- Enterprise architecture, software processes
- Software Intensive Systems
- Systems & Software maintenance and quality
- Innovative approaches to Cost Engineering
- Moral and ethical boundaries of AI
- Cybersecurity
Program Schedule
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| All times in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) | ||
| Tuesday, 4/21 | ||
| 8:00 AM | Boehm CSSE Opening | President |
| 8:15 AM | KeyNote: UCC (Unified Code Counter) History & Beyond | Paul Cymerman, QuateRNion & Anandi Hira |
| 9:15 AM | What does the future hold for Software Cost Engineering | Sanathanan & Rajagopa |
| 10:00 AM | Break/Lunch & Announcements | |
| 10:30 AM | AI Engineering for Building AI Systems | Dustin Updyke |
| 11:15 AM | AI-driven Software Cost Estimation | Kevin McKeel |
| 12:00 AM | Break/Lunch & Announcements | |
| 12:30 AM | Using AI to Streamline Compliance Reviews: Faster, Smarter Gap Analysis with Large Language Models | Brad Clark & Sanchez, Esteban |
| 1:15 PM | Building the Bridge – From COCOMO II to COCOMO III | Brad Clark |
| 2:00 PM | End of 1st Day | |
| Wednedsay, 4/22 | ||
| 8:00 AM | KeyNote: Developing and Integrating AI Assistants for Systems Engineering | Ray Madachy |
| 9:00 AM | Research on Challenges for Integrating Cost Estimation Measurement and Control Mechanisms into the Lifecycle of Future Technology-Centric Systems | Ken Nidiffer |
| 9:45 AM | Break/Lunch & Announcements | |
| 10:15 AM | Pain-Free MBSE — A High-Value, Low-Pain Approach to Model-Based Systems Engineering | Doug Rosenberg |
| 11:00 AM | Capability-Based Software Sizing (CaBSS): Feasibility of using NLP to group similar software application types | Anandi Hira |
| 11:45 AM | Break/Lunch & Announcements | |
| 12:15 PM | Software as a Systems Engineering Discipline: Planning and Predictability in Large-Scale Defense Programs | Robert Ferguson |
| 1:00 PM | Digital Transformation for Space Systems: Guidance for RFPs | Marilee Wheaton |
| 1:45 PM | End of 2nd Day | |
| Thursday, 4/23 | ||
| 8:00 AM | The Economics of Automated Software Analysis | Colin Hammond |
| 8:45 AM | Affordability vs Availability: Relating RAM Metrics to Cost | Stephen Koellner |
| 9:30 AM | Break/Lunch & Announcements | |
| 10:00 AM | Engineering Software Systems Without “Systems Engineering” | Nadim Nakhleh |
| 10:45 AM | Markov Decision Process Modeling for Conditions Based Maintenance | Daniel Summers |
| 11:30 AM | Some Thoughts on Proof of Software Correctness | James Alstad |
| 12:15 PM | Boehm CSSE Closing | President |
| 12:30 PM | End of 3rd Day | |
Submission
Please submit a 1-3 paragraph abstract along with the presenting author biography consisting of 2 sentences to abstracts@boehmcsse.org.
Important Dates
| March 27, 2026 | Abstract Submission |
| April 3, 2026 | Acceptance Notification |
| April 15, 2026 | Proceedings Materials Due |
Ticketing
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ATW 2026
April 21, 2026 – April 23, 2026
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
