IEEE Seminar September 16th

Welcome to an IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture by Paul E. Gartz:

"The New Role of Systems-of-Systems and Professional Societies in Advancing Scandinavia and Global Business and Research"

10.15am in E:2311, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University

Digital and IT technologies have re-carved the way the world works and have penetrated almost every product made and service offered. The more recent globalization of the use of the internet and web have further enabled these products and services to link and interoperate with one another on a global scale.

The terrorist incidents in the US on 2001-09-11 (so called "911") and the potential for "cyber-terrorism" have also had a profound effect on the need for better interoperability of intelligence information and coordinated planning and response that links domestic agencies with military ones.

These needs and realities of increased interoperability of "systems", humans and organizations has given rise to a larger scale, higher level concept to assure all the interoperability's are conceived and implemented in more optimal and even human-friendly manners called "Systems-of-Systems" or SoSs. As in any higher level system, the SoSs set a new context, framework and set of requirements and architectural standards for all the "smaller" products (systems also) and services (systems also). They will also surface new research topics, new business opportunities across all levels of systems and even governmental opportunities to set policies to take advantage of the SoS concepts even if not called that. A good example is the current healthcare reform debate in the US.

This talk will introduce the SoS concepts, show some examples and discuss the unique role tha professional, non-profit organizations and human networks can provide.

Last updated 2009-09-07