Theme: Diverse Aircraft in a Common Sky – ICNS Leads the Way
April 23-25, 2013
Westin Washington Dulles Airport Hotel
Herndon, Virginia
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Quick Links: All ICNS 2013 Bios | Overview Agenda | Plenary Day 1 | Plenary Day 2 | Plenary Day 3 | Technical Sessions
| Day & Time | Tuesday, 23 April | Wednesday, 24 April | Thursday, 25 April |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | Registration & Continental Breakfast (Starts 7:30 AM on Thursday) | ||
| 8:00 AM | Welcome and Keynote: Pamela Whitley, Assistant Administrator for NextGen (A), FAA | Welcome and Keynote: Jim Williams, Program Executive, UAS Integration Office, FAA | |
| 8:30 AM – Noon | Plenary Panel: Next Generation Airspace Developments, led by Steve Bradford, Chief Scientist for Architecture and NextGen Development, FAA; and Bo Redeborn, Principal Director ATM, EUROCONTROL | Plenary Panel: UAS in the NAS, led by Ed Waggoner, Program Director, Integrated Systems Research Program, NASA; and Michael Standar, Chief Strategies and External Relations, SESAR Joint Undertaking | Welcome and Plenary Panel: Airport Surface Movement in the NextGen Era, led by Paul Planzer, Manager of Air Traffic Control Programs, ATCA, and moderated by Mariano Alicea Jr., Senior Vice President, Sabre Systems |
| Noon | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 – 5:30 PM | Technical Sessions A,B,C,D,E | Technical Sessions F,G,H,I,J | Technical Sessions K,L,M,N |
| Evening Event | 5:30-7:00 PM: Exhibitor Welcome. Keynote speaker, Michael Harrison, “Droning on About UAVs” at 6:30 PM |
6:30-9:30 PM: Exhibitor Sponsored Entertainment Event | |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 – 8:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast (Rivanna D) | |
| 8:00 – 8:10 AM | Welcome & Introduction | |
| 8:10 – 8:30 AM | Keynote Speaker: Pamela Whitley, Assistant Administrator for NextGen (A), FAA | |
| 8:30 – 8:40 AM | Introduction and Opening Remarks | Steve Bradford, Chief Scientist for Architecture and NextGen Development, FAA |
| 8:40 – 9:00 AM | Outcome of the ICAO 12th Air Navigation Conference | Richard Macfarlane, Chief Integrated Infrastructure Management, ICAO |
| 9:00 – 9:20 AM | US Perspective of ANC-12 Outcome | Steve Bradford, Chief Scientist for Architecture and NextGen Development, FAA |
| 9:20 – 9:40 AM | Europe’s Contribution to Global Interoperability | Bo Redeborn, Principal Director ATM, EUROCONTROL |
| 9:40 – 10:10 AM | Break | |
| 10:10 – 10:30 AM | BEBS – What Does It Mean? | Michael Standar, Chief Strategies and External Relations, SESAR JU |
| 10:30 – 10:50 AM | Best Equipped Best Served, US Perspective | Rich Jehlen, Director Operational Concept and Requirements, FAA |
| 10:50 – 11:10 AM | Building the Future ATM Architecture | Jean-François Grout, Future Systems Architecture Director, Air Operation Division, THALES |
| 11:10 – 11:30 AM | Operational Trends and Enablers: US Perspective | Steve Bradford, Chief Scientist for Architecture and NextGen Development, FAA |
| 11:30 – 11:50 AM | Key Operational Trends and Enablers: European Perspective | Nikos Fistas, Future Communications Infrastructure Team Leader, EUROCONTROL |
| 11:50 – Noon | Closing Remarks | Bo Redeborn, Principal Director ATM, EUROCONTROL |
| Noon – 1:00 PM | Lunch (Rivanna D) | |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 – 8:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast (Rivanna D) | |
| 8:00 – 8:10 AM | Welcome & Introduction | |
| 8:10 – 8:30 AM | Keynote: Jim Williams, Program Executive, UAS Integration Office, FAA | |
| 8:30 – 10:00 AM | Joint Planning and Development Office Perspective | Yogi Shah, Manager, Strategic Interagency Initiatives Division, JPDO |
| DoD Policy Board on Federal Aviation Perspective | Steve Pennington, Acting Executive Director, DoD Policy Board on Federal Aviaiton, USAF | |
| Industry Perspective | Scott Edrington, Program Manager NASA Programs, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems | |
| Perspectives on Civil UAS Integration into the NAS | Chuck Johnson, Project Manager, UAS Integration in the NAS, NASA | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | Break | |
| 10:30 – Noon | RPAS in the European Airspace | Michael Standar, Chief Strategies and International Relations, SJU |
| RPAS Activities in Europe | Mike Lissone, UAS ATM Integration Manager, EUROCONTROL | |
| Evolving Regulatory Framework for RPAS | Filippo Tomasello, Rulemaking Official, EASA | |
| Noon – 1:00 PM | Lunch (Rivanna D) | |
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 7:30 – 8:30 AM | Registration & Breakfast (Rivanna D) |
| 8:30 – 10:00 AM | Welcome and Introduction by Paul Planzer, ATCA |
| Moderator: Mariano Alicea Jr., Sabre Systems | |
| Panelists: | |
| Richard Barhydt, NASA | |
| Chris Brinton, MOSAIC ATM | |
| Rob Brown, Saab Sensis | |
| Kevin Hightower, Lockheed Martin | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:30 – Noon | Roundtable Discussion, Questions & Answers |
| Noon – 1:00 PM | Lunch (Rivanna D) |
| Session | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | ATM Communications Beyond NextGen | Aloke Roy, Honeywell |
| A2 | Study of Long Term Candidates for Air-to-Air & Air-to-Ground Communications in the National Airspace System (NAS) | Joel Wichgers, Rockwell Collins |
| A3 | An Operator-Oriented Perspective of Future Aviation Datalink Technologies | Brian Haynes, Daniel Johnson, Rocky Stone, Richard Haendel, XCELAR |
| A5 | Satellite Communication Requirements for 4D Air Traffic Management | Catherine Morlet, Nicholas Lan, European Space Agency; Stefano La Barbera, Thales Alenia Space Italy |
| A6 | A Survey of Multilink Concepts for Aeronautical Data Link Communications | Barbara Kubera, Max Ehammer, University of Salzburg |
| A7 | The German National Project ICONAV | Michael Schnell, Ulrich Epple, Dmitriy Shutin, Nicolas Schneckenburger, German Aerospace Center (DLR); Thomas Bögl, Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG |
| A8 | Modeling of Aerial-to-Aerial Short-Distance Free-Space Optical Links | Asaad Kaadan, Dayong Zhou, Hazem Refai, The University of Oklahoma; Peter G. LoPresti, The University of Tulsa |
| B1 | AeroMACS – A Global Standard for Airport Surface Communications | Declan Byrne, WiMAX Forum |
| B2 | Signal Evaluation on Airport Surface in 5.1GHz Band | Naoki Kanada, Yasuto Sumiya, Naruto Yonemoto, Akiko Kohmura, Shunichi Futatsumori, Electronic Navigation Research Institute |
| B3 | IEEE 802.16j Multihop Relays for AeroMACS Networks and the Concept of Multihop Gain | Behnam Kamali, Mercer University, Robert Kerczewski, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| B4 | Global Mobile Satellite Service Interference Analysis for the AeroMACS | Jeffrey Wilson, Rafael Apaza, NASA Glenn Research Center; Ward Hall, ITT Exelis; Brent Phillips, FAA |
| B5 | Security Framework for AeroMACS | Thanga Anandappan, Honeywell |
| B6 | Airport Surface Gridlock Analysis: a Case Study of Chicago O’Hare 2007 | Saba Neyshabouri, Lance Sherry, Karla Hoffman, Center for Air Transportation Systems Research (CATSR) |
| B7 | Verification, Validation, and Demonstration of an Aerodrome Map Information Service | Eduard Gringinger, Harald Milchrahm, Frequentis AG; Marcus Andersson, Efrain Guerrero, LFV/NORACON |
| B8 | Taxi Time Variation at Major U.S. Airports | Derek Robinson, Daniel Murphy, Federal Aviation Administration |
| C1 | Flight Information Exchange via Net-Centric Services | Charles Chen, Harris Corporation; Midori Tanino, Federal Aviation Administration; Bruce Taylor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Labs |
| C2 | A Domain-Specific Language for Aviation Domain Interoperability | Paul Comitz, The Boeing Company |
| C3 | Providing a Flight Object Manager in the National Airspace System | Tony Ng, Lockheed Martin IS&GS |
| C5 | Are Aviation Data Models Too Complex ? | Paul Comitz, The Boeing Company |
| C6 | Passenger Trip Reliability Metrics: 2011 | Lance Sherry, Center for Air Transportation Research at George Mason University |
| C7 | Graph Time-Series Mixture Models for Air Traffic Prediction | Anthony Vardaro, Cuong Thai Doan, Kavitha Chandra, UMass Lowell; Vineet Mehta, MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
| D1 | Optimal Profile Descent with 4-D Trajectory | Shih-Yih (Ryan) Young, Kristen Jerome, Rockwell Collins |
| D2 | Implementation of Avionics Standards for Time Based Air Traffic Management | Alan Bell, Systems Enginuity |
| D3 | Multiobjective 4D Optimization of a Trajectory-Based Air Traffic Management | Julia Zillies, Angela Schmitt, German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
| D4 | Determination and Visualization of Uncertainties in 4D-Trajectory Prediction | Paul Weitz, German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
| D5 | Near Real-Time Predictive Safety Evaluation | Rafael Fraga, ISA Software |
| D6 | Time Based Metering in Support of Playbook Reroutes | Chris Brinton, Mosaic ATM, Inc. |
| D7 | Analysis of Aircraft Lateral Path Tracking Accuracy & Its Implications for Separation Standards | Michael Cramer, Laura Rodriguez, The MITRE Corporation |
| E1 | A Study of Primary Surveillance Radar Traffic and Its Utility Via ADS-B Uplink | Brock Lascara, William Carson, David Edwards, The MITRE Corporation |
| E2 | Locating Aircraft with Space-Based ADS-B | Jeff Beyer, Clairus, LLC |
| E3 | Initial Flight Tests of UAT ADS-B Unit for Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicles | Richard Stansbury, Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Nick Demidovich, FAA Commercial Space Transportation Office; Chuck Greenlow, John DiNofrio, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center |
| E4 | SSR Mode S Downlink Aircraft Parameters Validation and Evaluation | Keisuke Matsunaga, Atsushi Senoguchi, Tadashi Koga, Electronic Navigation Research Institute (ENRI) |
| E5 | Flight Privacy in the NextGen: Challenges and Opportunities | Krishna Sampigethaya, Boeing Research & Technology |
| E6 | Military Position Source Challenges for Worldwide ADS-B Out Compliance | Edward Lester, MITRE Corporation |
| E7 | Application of Taguchi Methods to NextGen Integrated Safety Risk Management | Alan Bell, Resit Unal, Old Dominion University |
| F1 | SANDRA – Seamless Aeronautical Networking through integration of Data links, Radios, and Antennas | Simon Plass, German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
| F2 | Optimization of Robust Header Compression for Aeronautical Communication | Romain Hermenier, Christian Kissling, German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
| F3 | Simulation Results and Final Recommendations of the SANDRA Concept for Integrated IP-Based Aeronautical Networking | Thomas Gräupl, Max Ehammer, University of Salzburg |
| F4 | SANDRA Fault Analysis and Simulation | Muhammad Ali, Y. Cheng, J. P. Li, Yim-Fun Hu, Prashant Pillai, University of Bradford |
| F5 | ATN/OSI over SANDRA Mobile IP Network | Frederic Durand, SITA, Frank O’Connor, Aitel ATN |
| F6 | AeroMACS Evolution — Extension to Landing, Take-Off, and Approach Phases | Paola Pulini, Simon Plass, German Aerospace Center (DLR); Lorenzo Taponecco, Michele Morelli, Luca Sanguinetti, University of Pisa |
| F7 | Theory and Practice of Advanced Communication Features in Aviation | Max Ehammer, University of Salzburg, Department of Computer Sciences |
| F8 | The SANDRA Testbed for the Future Aeronautical Communication Network | Oliver Lücke, Dirk Gomez Depoorter, Theophile Tordjman, Frank Kühndel, TriaGnoSys |
| G1 | Air-Ground Channel Measurements & Modeling for UAS | David Matolak, Ruoyu Sun, University of South Carolina |
| G2 | Security Risk Assessment Process for UAS in the NAS CNPC Architecture | Dennis Iannicca, NASA, Daniel Young, DB Consulting Group, Inc.; Suresh Thadhani, Gilbert Winter, Verizon Federal Network Systems |
| G3 | UAS Control and Non-Payload Communication (CNPC) System Prototype Status | James Griner, NASA – Glenn Research Center |
| G4 | NASA GRC UAS Project Communications Modeling and Simulation Status | Gregory Kubat, Vantage Partners, LLC. |
| G5 | Multiple-Trajectory-Prediction Algorithm for UAS’s Sense And Avoid (SAA) Operation | Yan Zhang, Gerard Fairley, U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center |
| G7 | A Secure Communication Framework for Large-scale Unmanned Aircraft Systems | Jiang Bian, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Remzi Seker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Mengjun Xie, University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| G8 | Controlling UAS Flight Operations in a Mixed-Mode Environment Today | Christopher Smith, Serco Inc., Noel Taylor, Serco Management Services, Inc. |
| H1 | Toward a Performance-Based NAS: Airports for Potential Application of PBN-Enabled Departure Separation Standards | Ralf H. Mayer, Matthew R. Pollock, Jonathan T. Schwalbe, Graham K. Glover, Remi L. Gottheil, The MITRE Corporation |
| H2 | Voice Communication Benefits From RNAV/RNP in En Route and Terminal Environments | Travis Gonzalez, Genki Kondo, The MITRE Corporation |
| H3 | Agent-Based Modeling for Performance Management in Air Navigation | Rainer Koelle, EUROCONTROL / Lancaster University |
| H4 | A Methodology for Airport Arrival Flow Analysis using Track Data – A Case Study For MDW Arrivals | Akshay Belle, Lance Sherry, Center for Air Transportation Systems Research, GMU; Michael Wambsganss, Anastasia Mukhina, Crown Consulting Inc. |
| H5 | Big Data Analysis of Irregular Operations: Aborted Approaches and Their Underlying Factors | Lance Sherry, Zhenming Wang, Houda Kourdali, John Shortle, Center for Air Transportation Systems Research at George Mason University |
| H6 | Benefits of a Collaborative Pre-Departure Rerouting Process at IAH Airport | Michael Carpenter, Saab Sensis Corporation |
| H7 | End-to-End RNP Procedures | Adam Pusateri, The MITRE Corporation |
| H8 | Performance Based Navigation: Analysis and Reporting | Thomas Becher, MITRE Corporation |
| I1 | Modeling Weather in Simulation and Analysis | Jessica Young, Andrew Crowell, Andrew Fabian, Federal Aviation Administration |
| I2 | MITRE Data Communication Laboratory Initiative for Departure Clearance (DCL) | Dongsong Zeng, John Gonda, Juliana Goh, Mike Bernock, Jon Salisbury, MITRE |
| I3 | Methodology for Collision Risk Assessment of Flow Corridor Concept | Yimin Zhang, John Shortle, Lance Shrry, George Mason University |
| I4 | Queue Management Techniques for Avoiding Gridlock in NAS-Wide Simulations | Tim Myers, Ali Tafazzoli, Metron Aviation |
| I5 | Determining Seasonal Delay Curves | Al Meilus, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Performance Analysis |
| I6 | NAS-Wide Simulation Applied to Reduced Oceanic Separation Scenarios | Joseph Post, James Bonn, Sanjiv Shresta, Federal Aviation Administration |
| I7 | Modeling the Impact of Fuel Price on the Utilization of Piston Engine Aircraft | Tao Li, Antonio Trani, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech |
| I8 | Predictive Analytics with Aviation Big Data | Samet Ayhan, Paul Comitz, Gary Gerberick, The Boeing Company; Steve Bliesner, Avaliant LLC; Johnathan Pesce, Embry Ridle Aeronautical University |
| J2 | Evolution of First Come, First Served to Best Capable, Best ServedEvolution of First Come, First Served to Best Capable, Best Served | Al Secen, Lockheed Martin IS&GS |
| J3 | Capability-Aware Traffic Flow Management for Metroplex Environments | Shervin Ahmadbeygi, Emily Bromberg, Matthew Elliott, Taryn Lewis, Metron Aviation Inc.; Ved Sud, FAA |
| J4 | PLANET-2: Providing in-Flight Weather Services and Observations to and from Business and Regional Aircraft | Oliver Lücke, Eriza Hafid Fazli, TriaGnoSys; Jean-Marc Gaubert, Remy Gallois, ATMOSPHERE-F |
| J5 | Revolutionizing Air Travel Through Aireon’s Global Space-Based ADS-B Surveillance | Om Gupta, Aireon, LLC |
| J6 | ATN Ground to Ground Applications to Provide Air Traffic Services in Colombia | Oscar Pico Ortiz, Jorge Ortiz, National University of Colombia |
| J7 | Comparison of High Reliability Organizations (HROs) | Paula Lewis, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) |
| J8 | CNS Availability and NAS Performance: Data Communications System | Aleksandar Bauranov, Jasenka Rakas, University of California Berkeley |
| K1 | Robust Parametric Empirical Bayes Based Anomaly Detection for Flight Safety Events | Anil Yelundur, Keith Campbell, MITRE/CAASD |
| K2 | Semantic Driven Security Assurance for System Engineering in SESAR/NextGen | Rainer Koelle, EUROCONTROL, Walter Strijland, 42 Solutions |
| K3 | Quantifying Collision Potential in Airport Surface Movement | Timothy Waldron, Andrew Ford, Saab Sensis Corporation; Sherry Borener, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aviation Safety |
| K4 | Towards Mathematical Modeling in Security Risk Management in System Engineering | Rainer Koelle, John Hird, EUROCONTROL; Denis Kolev, Lancaster University |
| K5 | Benefits of Commercial Data Link Security | Paul Storck, Everett Ayers, ARINC, Inc |
| K6 | Data Link Requirements for Air-to-Air Collision Avoidance | Niklas Peinecke, DLR (German Aerospace Center); Maarten Uijt de Haag, Pengfei Duan, Ohio University; Nico Franzen, DLR (German Aerospace Center) |
| K7 | An Initial Safety Concept for Segmented Independent Parallel Approaches | Christian Hanses, German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
| K8 | Time Based Flow Management as a Service – with NextGen SOA | Kiran Chittargi, Lockheed Martin IS&GS Civil |
| L1 | Distributed-MILS: A Novel Approach to Advanced ATM Communication Services | Wolfgang Kampichler, Frequentis AG; Dieter Eier, Frequentis USA, Inc.; Wilfried Steiner, TTTech Computertechnik AG |
| L2 | Doppler-Aided Channel Estimation in Satellite Communication base on frequency-domain equalization | Chengkai Tang, University of Virginia Charlottesville; Baowang Llian, Northwestern Ploytechnical University; Lingling Zhang, University of Virginia Charlottesville |
| L3 | Wavelength Agile FSO Transceiver | Wei Yi, Peter LoPresti, University of Tulsa; Hazem Refai, University of Oklahoma |
| L4 | Interference Assessment of Future Satellite Aeronautical Communications | Jan Erik Haakegaard, SINTEF, Alessandro Di Stefano, Thales Alenia Space Italia |
| L5 | Assessing the Capacity Breakeven Performance of VDL2 in Europe | Max Ehammer, Carl-Herbert Rokitansky, University of Salzburg, Department of Computer Sciences |
| L6 | Spectrum for UAS Control and Non-Payload Communications | Robert Kerczewski, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| L7 | Dual Priority SDMA in Aeronautical Communications | Jindong Xie, Lin Bai, Jun Zhang, Beihang University |
| M1 | Recent Developments in NAS-Wide Simulation | Sapna George, Frederick Wieland, Intelligent Automation Inc. |
| M2 | Developing a Quantitative Framework for Implementing Traffic Management Initiatives in the National Airspace System | Nina Mohleji, The MITRE Corporation |
| M3 | An Improved runwaySimulator – Simulation for Runway System Capacity Estimation | Peter Kuzminski, The MITRE Corporation |
| M5 | Potential Wake Turbulence Encounters Analysis in Current and NextGen Flight Operations | Zheng Fan, Nataliya Schroeder, Douglas Swol, Antonio Trani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| M6 | A NAS-Wide Shadow Mode Development Environment | Benjamin Boisvert, Saab-Sensis |
| M7 | Inferring Complete Demand and Actual Capacity Information from the Airline Origin and Destination Survey | Tao Li, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Hojong Baik, School of Air Transportation and Logistics, Korea Aerospace University |
| M8 | Modeling Requirements for Integrated Networks and Information Flow in the Future NAS | Matthew Blake, Crown Consulting, Inc. |
| N1 | Implementation of a Nationwide Wide-Area Multilateration System for Austrian Airspace | Werner Langhans, Austro Control GmbH |
| N2 | DataComm Trials Automation Platform | Frank Matus, Thales |
| N4 | Optimized Itinerary Generation for NAS Performance Analysis | Feng Cheng, Bryan Baszczewski, John Gulding, FAA |
| N5 | Cross-Platform Aviation Analytics Using Big-Data Methods | Tulinda Larsen, masFlight |