Conference On Systems Engineering Research
April 14-16, 2011
Crown Plaza Redondo Beach and Marina Hotel
Redondo Beach, California
www.incose-la.org/cser2011
Prior CSERs http://sse.stevens.edu/research/sponsored-conferences/cser/

Conference Objective
The primary conference objective is to provide practitioners and researchers in academia, industry, and government a common platform to present, discuss and influence Systems Engineering research with the intent to enhance Systems Engineering practice and education. Papers are solicited pertaining to research in all these areas.

Call for Papers
We invite original research papers addressing the conception, design and architecting, development, modeling and simulating, production, operation and support of systems; definition of metrics of performance, and improvement methods; assessment and mitigation of risks; definition of critical success factors, and best practices. The research papers at the conference will be complemented with invited talks. Papers are invited in the following broad areas:

• Model-based Systems Engineering
• Value-based , Lean, Agile Systems Engineering
• System Security Engineering
• Integration of Physics-based and Information-based Models
• Social Networks and Graph Theory
• Early Stage Design Concepts and Economic Value of Ilities
• Uncertainty and Complexity Management
• Systems Architecting and Architecture Tradeoff Analysis
• Cognitive Engineering and Human-Systems

When : Important Deadlines
December 1, 2010 : Abstract Submission
January 19, 2011 : Acceptance/Rejection Notification & Author Instructions
Feb 19, 2011 : Submission of Camera-Ready Full Paper

More Information and Submit abstract
To learn more, please visit the CSER 2011 website at www.incose-la.org/cser2011

Abstracts must include: A Title, Full Author Name and Affiliations, Complete Address for the Corresponding Author
Doctoral candidates pursuing systems engineering related research are specially encouraged to submit abstracts. One technical track at the CSER’11 will be devoted to abstracts by doctoral candidates. Please submit your abstracts electronically in Microsoft Word (not to exceed 800 words) to: http://venus.usc.edu/cser2011.

Conference Organizers
CSER 2011is organized by the University of Southern California (USC), in collaboration with Stevens Institute of Technology, managed by the Los Angeles Chapter of the International Council on Systems Engineers (INCOSE-LA) and additionally co-sponsored by others.

Conference Honorary Chair: George Friedman, USC
Conference General Co-Chairs: Azad Madni(USC) and Elliot Axelband(RAND)
Technical Program Co-Chairs: Roger Ghanem(USC) and Marilee Wheaton (Aerospace Corporation)
Conference Management Chair: Terry Rector (COM DEV –USA)