Midwest Gateway Chapter

Welcome to the Midwest Gateway Chapter

Welcome to the Midwest Gateway Chapter of INCOSE. We are based in the St Louis region, from Rolla to the Metro East. The Midwest Gateway Chapter of INCOSE was founded in St. Louis in 1992. Over the years we've hosted the INCOSE Symposium and the Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), and been the home chapter of national and regional INCOSE leaders.

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2024 Board of Directors

President: Mike Franco, Boeing
President-Elect (Vice President): Mike McCarthy, Paragon Technology Group
Secretary (2023/2024): Kirk Kittell, Bayer
Treasurer (2024/2025): Lou Pape, Boeing
Director (2024/2025): Dr. Mary Malast, Leonardo DRS
Director (2024/2023): Caleb Klapp, Boeing
Director (2023/2024): Bob Scheurer, Boeing
Director (2023/2024): Dr. Cihan Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Past President: John Thompson, Boeing

Contact the MGC Board of Directors at midwest-gateway@incose.net.

Upcoming Chapter Events

Speaker Event

When: Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024

Where: Ferguson Brewing Company, 418 S. Florissant Rd, Ferguson, MO 63135

Who: Rich Massey

What: Cybersecurity

RSVP: Mike McCarthy - michael.mccarthy@incose.net

Summary: TBD

AI Explorer: Trustworthiness in AI Systems

Jun 15, 2022 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Eastern Standard Time

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AI Explorer events feature two brief (TED-style) talks on key Artificial Intelligence topics and allow time for questions and discussion by all participants.

Introduction to Trustworthiness in Computing Systems:
Foundations for AI

Date: 15 June 2022
Time: 10:30 am - :11:45 am EST
Registration: https://incose-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUldOuurjsvEtXiMsTUVHtjWOoca5yD2nkp
Speaker: Tom McDermott

Abstract: General concepts of trust in AI and autonomous systems can be derived from engineering concepts of dependable and secure computing systems. In computing systems, trust is formally defined as the dependence of one system on another, and the acceptance that the other system is also dependable. [Avižienis, et al, 2004]. This dependence can be either human/machine or machine/machine. Resilience is related to trustworthiness as the ability of the system to withstand instability, unexpected conditions, and gracefully return to predictable, but possibly degraded, performance. This is a system-of-systems concern, and trust must be considered as both a characteristic of an individual system or subsystem and as relationships between the system and other systems including humans. In systems engineering, trust can be categorized into a set of dependability and security attributes: the ability of a system to avoid service failures and cover the interrelated foundational attributes of availability, reliability, safety, integrity, confidentiality, and maintainability. These attributes work together to ensure the system’s successful application, and demonstration of those attributes over time engenders trust. Thus, trust is a systems engineering concept. In this talk we will explore modeling trust as a set of system attributes.

Presenter: Tom McDermott is the Deputy Director and Chief Technology Officer of the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. With the SERC he develops new research strategies and is leading research on digital transformation, education, security, and artificial intelligence applications. Mr. McDermott also teaches system architecture concepts, systems thinking and decision making, and engineering leadership. He is a lecturer for Stevens as well as Georgia Tech and Agnes Scott College, both in Atlanta, GA. He provides executive level consulting as a futurist and organizational strategy expert, applying systems approaches to enterprise planning. He currently serves on the INCOSE Board of Directors as Director of Strategic Integration.

See more details at: www.incose.org/ai

Chapter News

New Chapter Members - 2023

Austin Renwick, The Boeing Company, Feb 27
Rachel Harlan, Student - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Mar 13
Caleb Klapp, Leonardo DRS, Apr 19
Kyle Thayer, The Boeing Company, Apr 19
Jessica Stevons, Medtronic, Apr 24|
Philip Hoff, United States Air Force, May 9
Peter Cichacz, Leonardo DRS, Jun 1
Deborah Keller, Nothrop Grumman Corporation, Jun 2
Sarah Ehlen, The Boeing Company, Jun 12
Brett Chase, Student - Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Jun 27
David Ware, Olin, Jun 27
Andrew Nixon, The Boeing Company, July 4
Thomas Fehr, Student, Aug 7
Kaleb Rockwell, Student - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Aug 7
John Combs II, AWS, Aug 8
Matthew Freeman, Student - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Aug 10
Thomas McKinney, Student, Aug 13
Maggie Hummel, Aug 21
Waylon Lindseth, John Deere, Sep 11
Ruchi Bhatia, Caterpillar, Inc., Sep 25
Aaron Kenkel, John Deere, Sep 25
Aaron Wasson, Charter Communications, Oct 12
Yvette Smith, The Boeing Company, Oct 17
Daniel Huck, SGRE, Oct 21
Aaron Simpson, Oct 31
Eleni Schock,Northrop Grumman, Nov 13

The Midwest Gateway Chapter of INCOSE was founded in St. Louis in 1992. Over the years we've hosted the INCOSE Symposium and the Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), and been the home chapter of national and regional INCOSE leaders. Many of our members are engaged in defense, biotech, connected devices, and academia. Most members are located in St. Louis and the surrounding area (from Missouri S&T in Rolla to Scott Air Force Base in the Metro East), but all are welcome to affiliate with us.

For more information about joining INCOSE, please visit the incose.org website: Join INCOSE. If you're not sure about joining yet, come out and visit us at one of our events.

Connect

If you have any questions for us, get in touch: midwest-gateway@incose.net. You can also get in touch with our Board of Directors.

To keep up with us, connect via:

LinkedIn: INCOSE-MGC group
Twitter: @incosemgc
Facebook: @incosemgc
Email list: Friends of INCOSE-MGC (for non-members—chapter members will be on our internal email list)

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