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Technical Research Areas

Autonomous Systems and Robotics
Overview The Exploration Vision calls for closer cooperation between humans and robots than ever before. Creating robust robotic assistants, as well as making key spacecraft systems self sufficient, requires building ...
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Collaborative & Assistant Systems
Overview As NASA missions become longer and more scientifically complex, so will the ongoing participation of and cooperation between individuals in many different locations. At the same time, human/machine interactions ...
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Discovery and Systems Health
Overview The Discovery and Systems Health (DaSH) technical area focuses on challenges in understanding engineering and science data. The engineering data understanding work is centered around the emerging systems engineering ...
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Robust Software Engineering
Overview We are the Robust Software Engineering technical area, based in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California. Our goal is to dramatically increase ...
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Highlights

Human Exploration Telerobotics Project Conducts Communications Test Between ISS and Ames Marscape
The Human Exploration Surface Telerobotics project conducted a communications test between a laptop onboard the International Space Station (ISS) and a K10 rover in the Marscape at NASA Ames Research ...
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Dr. Rozier Participates in Career Fair at Santa Clara University
Dr. Kristin Y. Rozier completed training to become a NASA Technical Recruiter and served in this position at the Santa Clara University (SCU) 2013 Winter Engineering Career Fair on Wednesday, ...
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NASA Headquarters Open House Talk on Inauguration Day Features Autonomous Missions Operations Project
In an Inauguration Day talk at the NASA Headquarters Open House, astronaut Lee Morin described how experiments are done onboard the International Space Station (ISS). The talk featured the Autonomous ...
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Education Outreach Students Win National Awards
Deepak Kulkarni served as coach to a group of elementary school students participating in a national math problem-solving contest: the Noetic Learning Math Contest. In the Fall 2012 competition, the ...
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Vehicle Systems Safety Technologies Project Hosts Technical Interchange Meeting
The Vehicle Systems Safety Technologies (VSST) project hosted a one-day meeting at NASA Ames Research Center on December 18, 2012, with participation from NASA Ames researchers, the FAA, the Army ...
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Dr. David Smith Gives Invited Talk at First Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems
Dr. David Smith gave an invited talk at the First Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems, held in Palo Alto, Dec 6-8, 2012. The talk was entitled "Progressive Planning," ...
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Intelligent Systems Division Personnel and Colleagues Participate in First Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems
The First Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems was held in Palo Alto, Dec. 6-8, 2012. Dr. David E. Smith (TI/ASR) presented an invited talk on Progressive Planning. Dr. ...
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Human Exploration Telerobotics Project Demonstrates Remote Operation of “Smart Spheres” on Space Station
The Human Exploration Telerobotics (HET) project demonstrated remote operation of the “smart Synchronized Position, Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites” (smart SPHERES) onboard the International Space Station (ISS) on December 12, ...
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Dr. Giannakopoulou Co-Chairs 18th International Symposium on Formal Methods
Dr. Dimitra Giannakopoulou, together with Professor Dominique Méry, co-chaired the 18th International Symposium on Formal Methods (FM 2012) that took place in Paris, August 27-31, 2012. By co-chairing this prestigious ...
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Robust Software Engineering Members Help Organize Ames Formal Aspects of Component Software Symposium
Dr. Corina Pasareanu chaired the 9th International Symposium on Formal Aspects of Component Software (FACS), held September 12-14, 2012 at NASA Ames Research Center. The Symposium featured a strong technical ...
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Dr. Srivistava Elected AIAA Associate Fellow
Dr. Ashok Srivastava has been elected to the grade of associate fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). AIAA Associate Fellows are individuals of distinction who have ...
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V. Stepanyan and K. Krisnakumar Publish Chapter in “Advances in Intelligent and Autonomous Aerospace Systems”
A chapter titled “Modified Reference Model MRAC (M-MRAC): An Application to a Generic Transport Aircraft,” by Vahram Stepanyan and Kalmanje Krishnakumar, was published in the book Advances in Intelligent and ...
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Abhinav Saxena Awarded PHM Society’s Distinguished Service Award
The Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society awarded Abhinav Saxena its first-ever Distinguished Service Award at its annual Prognostics and Health Management Conference, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 23-27, for continued ...
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Dr. Rozier Gives Invited Lectures at University Of Miami
Dr. Kristin Y. Rozier gave an invited College of Engineering Colloquium at the University of Miami on “Formal Specification and Verification of a Coordination Protocol for an Automated Air Traffic ...
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U.S. Adaptive Control Patent Awarded to NASA Scientists
On October 9, 2012, the patent “Aircraft System Modeling Error and Control Error” (US Patent No. 8,285,659 B1) was granted to three NASA Scientists belonging to the Intelligent Systems Division. ...
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Dr. Giannakopoulou Speaks at 17th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Industrial-Critical Systems
Dr. Dimitra Giannakopoulou was one of two invited speakers at the 17th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Industrial-Critical Systems (FMICS) in Paris, France, August 2012. FMICS brings together scientists ...
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Prognostics Center of Excellence Wins Best Paper Awards
Two papers written by Prognostics Center of Excellence researchers won best paper awards at the Annual Conference of the Prognostics & Health Management Society 2012, held at Minneapolis, MN, September ...
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Jeremy Frank Gives Speaks at University of Miami Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Jeremy Frank visited the University of Miami Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and gave a talk titled “Embedded Systems: A NASA Perspective.” The talk described NASA applications of ...
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Planetary Data Systems 4 Tools Released to Planetary Sciences Community
The Planetary Data Systems (PDS) User-Centered Design team has released the first version of a software library for reading and writing metadata and data products using the PDS4 data standard. ...
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Habitat Automation Software Successfully Demonstrated During JSC Deep Space Habitat Mission Operations Test
Throughout the two-week Mission Operations Test (MOT) in the Deep Space Habitat (DSH) at Johnson Space Center (JSC), September 10-21, software provided by the Autonomous Systems Project ran twenty four ...
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