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IAP 2013 Activities by Sponsor - Engineering Systems Division

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Fundamentals of Modeling and Simulation

Paul Grogan, PhD Candidate, Engineering Systems Division, Tom Coles, PhD Candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/14
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This course is intended to introduce students to modeling and simulation techniques in an intensive one-week session. Advance registration is required and attendance is mandatory for all five days.

Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of modeling and simulation through progressive tutorial-based exercises culminating with development of a distributed simulation application. Course topics include Java programming techniques, object-oriented modeling, time-based simulation techniques, graphical and user interfaces, and distributed simulation using the IEEE Std. 1516-2010 High Level Architecture (HLA). Open source software will be used with an exception for the HLA runtime infrastructure for which a temporary license will be provided for the duration of the course.

By the end of the course, students should be comfortable with a Java development environment, able to create object-oriented models of physical systems, familiar with basic time-simulation and 2-D visualizations, and aware of the core components of the HLA standard. After conclusion of the course, students are encouraged to continue developing simulation models for participation in the SISO Simulation Smackdown, an international federated simulation event held at the Spring Interoperability Workshop from April 8-12, 2012 in San Diego, California. The SISO Simulation Smackdown seeks simulation federates to participate in a simulated lunar exploration near the Aitken Basin.

Sponsor(s): Engineering Systems Division, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Contact: Paul Grogan, 33-409, 617-388-2427, ptgrogan@mit.edu


Jan/21 Mon 10:00AM-03:00PM 32-144, Bring your laptop
Jan/22 Tue 10:00AM-03:00PM 32-144, Bring your laptop
Jan/23 Wed 10:00AM-03:00PM 32-144, Bring your laptop
Jan/24 Thu 10:00AM-03:00PM 32-144, Bring your laptop
Jan/25 Fri 10:00AM-03:00PM 32-144, Bring your laptop

Paul Grogan - PhD Candidate, Engineering Systems Division, Tom Coles - PhD Candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics


Startups 3.0: Seeing the System

Fady Saad, Shirish Nilekar

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 50 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none

Majority of startups fail because of managerial issues, and mainly because managers fail to see the organizational system. This practical and concise activity will explore the different lifecycle phases an organization goes through, and the changing needs in each phase. At the end of this activity, students will be able to see the complete startup system and the interdependency between its elements

Sponsor(s): Engineering Systems Division
Contact: Fady Saad, 617 386 9861, FADY@MIT.EDU


Jan/09 Wed 06:00PM-08:00PM E51-085
Jan/10 Thu 06:00PM-08:00PM E51-085
Jan/11 Fri 06:00PM-08:00PM E51-085
Jan/12 Sat 06:00PM-08:00PM E51-085, potential optional session

Fady Saad, Shirish Nilekar