Focus on:  Hide Contributions
Back to Conference View
Login

4th Model Based Space Systems and Software Engineering ~ MBSE2023

→ Europe/Amsterdam
Newton Conference Area (ESA/ESTEC)

Newton Conference Area

ESA/ESTEC

Keplerlaan 1 2201AZ Noordwijk The Netherlands
Agnes Mestreau (ESA (TEC-SY)), Joachim Fuchs, Marcel Verhoef (ESA/ESTEC)
Description

The European Space Agency organizes on Thursday 16 November, in collaboration with the MB4SE advisory group, the Model Based Space Systems and Software Engineering workshop 2023. This year, it will be a one-day interactive and thematic workshop on “reducing the gap between model-based systems engineering and domain-specific model-based approaches”. 

We invite systems engineers and domain experts to discuss their ideas, including lessons learned from attempts to bridge this gap, return of experience, hurdles to overcome, identified unresolved issues and open questions at the workshop.

Professor Hans Vangheluwe, full professor at the University of Antwerp and the Flemish Strategic Research Centre Flanders Make, will provide a key-note talk on his experiences on the theory and practice of multi-paradigm modelling and simulation.

Moreover, we have selected five speakers that are invited to present an elevator pitch to challenge the workshop audience to identify ideas on solving the presented issues, and ways to improve the return of investment.

In order to maximize engagement between all participants, the meeting will only be hosted physically at ESTEC (no remote participation possible), in a "world-café" approach. In summary, this means that:

  • an open call for position statements is issued ahead of the workshop,
  • the program committee selects the five most challenging position statements,
  • the selected pitch authors present their position statement at the workshop as a precursor to discussion sessions with all participants,
  • all participants interact with each of the pitch authors in the world-café setting (rotating group discussions),
  • the results from the group discussions are summarized on-the-fly, identifying the main conclusions,
  • overall improvement directions are discussed in a plenary session.


The aim of the workshop is to:

  • identify ways forward for improving the dialogue between all engineering disciplines; this might result in
    • concrete solutions
    • proposals for practical experiments
    • ideas for new research and development
    • directions for further collaboration or harmonization
  • identify topics to include in the call for papers for MBSE 2024, to ensure future follow-up to any of the ways forward

 

Note that the MBSE 2023 workshop is part of the 17th Workshop on Avionics, Data, Control and Software Systems (ADCSS2023). In case you would like to attend both events, please be aware that you will have to register to both events separately! Also attending ESA staff needs to register in order to plan the world-café groups. 

Registration is first-come, first served. Priority will be given to members of the MB4SE advisory group, in case of over subscription.

For support please contact
    • 1
      MBSE 2023 - Welcome & Logistics
      Speakers: Agnes Mestreau (ESA/ESTEC), Joachim Fuchs (ESA/ESTEC), Marcel Verhoef (ESA/ESTEC)
    • 2
      Introduction to the workshop
      Speaker: Marcel Verhoef (ESA/ESTEC)
      mbse2023_introduction.pdf
    • 3
      Keynote - Theory and practice of multi-paradigm modelling and simulation

      Hans Vangheluwe is a Professor in the Antwerp Systems and Software Modelling (AnSyMo) group within the Computer Science Department at the University of Antwerp in Belgium, where he is a founding member of the NEXOR Consortium on Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). AnSyMo is a Core Research Lab of Flanders Make, the strategic research centre for the Flemish manufacturing industry. He heads the Modelling, Simulation and Design Lab (MSDL), founded when he was a professor at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. In a variety of projects, often with industrial partners, he develops and applies the model-based theory and techniques of Multi-Paradigm Modelling (MPM) in application domains as diverse as bio-actived sludge waste-water treatment plant design and optimization (which led to the WEST commercial tool), safe automotive software (within the NECSIS project), and autonomic production plants in the context of Industry 4.0.

      His fundamental work covers the foundations of modelling and (co-)simulation, of model management, model transformation, and collaborative domain-specific (visual) modelling environments. This work is always accompanied by prototype tools such as WEST, Python(P)DEVS, the Modelverse, T-Core, AToM3 (with Juan de Lara) and AToMPM. In the mid ’90s, he was one of the original members of the equation-based, object-oriented modelling language Modelica design team, one of the initiatives of the ESPRIT Basic Research Working Group 8467 on “simulation for the future: new concepts, tools and applications” (SiE) which he co-founded. He has published extensively in simulation and in software modelling. He frequently gives tutorials on topics such as Statecharts, DEVS, co-simulation, modelling language engineering and a-causal modelling. He was the co-organizer, with Vasco Amaral, of Summer Schools such as Domain-Specific Modelling, Theory and Practice (DSM-TP). Recently, he was the chair of the EU COST Action IC1404 “Multi-Paradigm Modelling for Cyber-Physical Systems” (MPM4CPS).

      Speaker: Prof. Hans Vangheluwe (University of Antwerp)
      0 - HansVangheluwe - keynote.pdf
    • Elevator Pitches
    • 9
      World Cafe - introduction and kick-off
      Speaker: Ms Nikolena Christofi (ESA)
    • 11:00
      Coffee break
    • 10
      World Cafe - Round 1, 2 and 3

      The audience is split up in five groups. The groups will rotate from topic to topic, spending 20 minutes discussing each topic. The first three rounds are before lunch.

    • 12:55
      Lunch
    • 11
      Start of afternoon session
    • 12
      World Cafe - round 4 and 5

      The group work continues, with the final two rounds to complete the circuit.

    • 13
      Prepare plenary reporting

      The pitch owners and facilitators will summarize the main conclusions from the discussions to prepare a 10-minute presentation as part of the final plenary session.

      1 - AirbusSWpitch - feedback.pdf
      2 - Ellidiss_pitch_results.pdf
      3 - SysMLv2_feedback.pdf
      4 - OHB_datahub - feedback.pdf
      5 - AI4DataLinking.pdf
    • 15:20
      Tea break
    • 14
      Plenary Discussion

      Plenary discussion on the five topics, based on the feedback reports given by the pitch owners. At most 20 minutes per topic, including final Q&A with the audience.

    • 15
      MBSE 2023 - conclusions and close
      • synthesis, feedback and conclusions from keynote speaker
      • synthesis, feedback and conclusions from ESA organisers
      mbse2023_close_161123.pdf
      RM_Model-Based for System Engineering - v2.2.pdf
      THD_Model-Based for System Engineering - v2.2.pdf
Powered by Indico v3.2.9