Palestrantes

Palestrante Nacional: Prof. Dr. Breno Bernard Nicolau de França (UNICAMP)

Título: The Role of Simulation-based Studies in Software Engineering Research
Resumo: Several decades ago, inspired by other knowledge areas, simulation was introduced as a research method to Software Engineering. Motivated by potential benefits achieved in other areas, the software engineering community has used simulation-based studies for planning, controlling, and improving software development. However, unclear expectations from simulation-based studies, a lack of methodological support, as well as dispersed knowledge to support model building and calibration, simulation-based has hindered its widespread adoption. In this talk, we delineate the role of simulation in software engineering research and compile existing processes and guidelines into a comprehensive life cycle.

Short bio: Breno is a professor at the Computing Institute (UNICAMP) and coordinator of the LASER research lab (Laboratory for Software Engineering and Reliability), conducting research on Empirical Software Engineering, Lean and Agile Software Development, Software Architecture, and Computer Simulation. He got his Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Computer Science at COPPE/UFRJ, where Breno also concluded a Postdoctoral fellowship. He got his master and the bachelor degrees in Computer Science at Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). Over the years, Breno had several collaborations with public and private organizations in the context of Research & Development for technology acquisition, evaluation, and transfer supported by experimental methods, software process improvement, and Software Engineering education and training.

Palestrante Internacional: Prof. Dr. Bernard Zeigler (University of Arizona)

Título da Palestra: Model Based Systems Engineering with/out Simulation: State of the Art and Way Forward
Resumo: The limitations of model-based support for engineering complex systems include limited capability to develop multifaceted models, as well as their analysis with robust reliable simulation engines. Lack of such Modeling and Simulation (M&S) infrastructure leads to knowledge gaps in engineering such complex systems and these gaps appear as epistemological emergent behaviors. In response, an initiative is underway to bring Model- Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) closer together with model-based simulation developments. M&S represents a core capability and is needed to address today’s complex, adaptive, systems of systems engineering challenges. This talk will consider the problems raised by MBSE taken as a modeling activity without the support of full strength integrated simulation capability and the potential for, and possible forms of, closer integration between the two streams. An example of a system engineering application, an unmanned vehicle fleet providing emergency ambulance service, will be examined as an application of the kind of multifaceted M&S methodology required to effectively deal with such systems.

Short bio: Bernard P. Zeigler is Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona. He received a Ph.D. in Computer/Communication Sciences from the University of Michigan (1968), an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1964), and a B.S. in Engineering Physics from McGill University in Montreal, Canada (1962). Zeigler has held faculty appointments at the University of Michigan (1969–1975, 1980–1981), the Weizmann Institute in Israel (1975–1980), Wayne State University (1981–1984), The University of Arizona (1985–2010), and Arizona State University (2005–2008). While in Arizona, Dr. Zeigler served as the Co-Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and Simulation (ACIMS). He is currently affiliated with the Center of Excellence in Command, Control, Communications, Computing and Intelligence (C4I Center) at George Mason University and is also the Chief Scientist at RTSync Corp. Currently, he is also an IEEE Distinguished Speaker.

Zeigler is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) for which he served as President (2002–2004). He is a member of the SCS Hall of Fame. In 2013 he received the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) Simulation Society Distinguished Service Award. In 2015 he received the INFORMS Lifetime Professional Achievement Award, which is the highest honor given by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences’ Simulation Society.

Zeigler, has published several books on modeling and simulation and is best known for his theoretical work concerning modeling and simulation based on systems theory and the Discrete Event Systems Specification formalism which he invented in 1976. Recently, he published with two young researchers the third edition of his classic Theory of Modeling and Simulation which has become a classic in the field. Zeigler has played a critical role within the modeling and simulation field through his editorial responsibilities and professional activities that focus on the importance of modeling and simulation in its interaction with other disciplines (e.g., artificial intelligence, biological systems, and defense systems architecture). Zeigler has received much recognition for his various scholarly publications, achievements, and professional service. His 1984 book, Multifaceted Modelling and Discrete Event Simulation, was published by Academic Press and received the outstanding Publication Award in 1988 from The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS) College on Simulation.