DATAWorks Session Materials

Day	Session Type	Session Title	Speaker	Materials
1	Short Course Group	Design and Analysis of Experiments – Next-Level Methods with Case Studies	Dr. Tom Donnelly JMP Statistical Discovery LLC
1	Short Course Group	Design and Analysis of Experiments – Next-Level Methods with Case Studies	Dr. James Wisnowski Adsurgo
1	Short Course Group	R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis	Ms. SherAaron Hurt The Carpentries	Session Materials URL
1	Short Course Group	R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis	Dr. Barney Ricca University of Colorado, Colorado Springs	Session Materials URL
1	Short Course	Text Analysis: Introduction to Advanced Language Modeling	Dr. Karl Pazdernik Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
1	Short Course Group	Understanding and Applying the Human Readiness Level Scale During User-Centered Design	Dr. Judi See Sandia National Laboratories
1	Short Course Group	Understanding and Applying the Human Readiness Level Scale During User-Centered Design	Dr. Pam Savage-Knepshield CACI, International
2	Presentation	A Framework for OT&E of Rapidly Changing Software Systems: C3I and Business Systems	Logan Ausman Research Staff Member, IDA
2	Presentation	A Mathematical Programming Approach to Wholesale Planning	Nikolai Lipscomb Research Staff Member, IDA
2	Presentation	A practitioner’s framework for federated model V&V resource allocation	Dhruv Patel Research Staff Member, IDA
2	Presentation	A preview of functional data analysis for modeling and simulation validation	Curtis Miller Research Staff Member, IDA
2		A Statistical Framework for Benchmarking Foundation Models with Uncertainty	Giri Gopalan Scientist, Los Alamos
2	Presentation	Adaptive Sequential Experimental Design for Strategic Reentry Simulated Environment	Kelly Koser Senior Project Manager & Statistician, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
2	Mini-Tutorial	Advancing Reproducible Research: Concepts, Compliance, and Practical Applications	Boris Chernis Research Associate, IDA
2	Presentation	Applications for inspection simulation at NASA	Peter Juarez Research Engineer, NASA
2		Bayesian Design of Experiments and Parameter Recovery	Christian Frederiksen PhD Student, Tulane University
2	Presentation	CIVA NDT Simulation: Improving Inspections Today for a Better Tomorrow	Starr D’Auria NDE Engineer, Extende
2		Classifying violent anti-government conflicts in Mexico: A machine learning framework	Vishal Subedi PhD Student, University of Maryland Baltimore County
2	Speed Presentation	Clustering Singular and Non-Singular Covariance Matrices for Classification	Andrew Simpson Ph.D. Student, South Dakota State University
2		Data-Driven Robust Design of an Aeroelastic Wing	Andrew Cooper Graduate Student, Virginia Tech Department of Statistics
2	Presentation	Developing AI Trust: From Theory to Testing and the Myths In Between	Yosef Razin Research Associate, IDA
2	Presentation	Developing Model-Based Flight Test Scenarios	Jose Alvarado Technical Advisor, AFOTEC Det 5/CTO
2		Enhancing Multiple Regression-based Resilience Model Prediction with Transfer Function	Fatemeh Salboukh PhD Student, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
2		From Text to Metadata: Automated Product Tagging with Python and NLP	Aayushi Verma Data Science Fellow II, IDA
2	Mini-Tutorial	Leading Change: Applying Human Centered Design Facilitation Techniques	Christina Houfek and Kelli Esser
2	Presentation	Meta-analysis of the SALIANT procedure for assessing team situation awareness	Sarah Shaffer Research Staff Member, IDA
2	Presentation	Mission Engineering	Gabriela Parasidis Lead Systems Engineer, MITRE
2	Presentation	Moving Target Defense for Space Systems	Chris Jenkins R&D S&E, Cybersecurity, Sandia National Labs
2	Presentation	Onboard spacecraft thermal modeling using physics informed machine learning	Zaki Hasnain Data Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2	Presentation	Operational T&E of AI-supported Data Integration, Fusion, and Analysis Systems	Adam Miller Research Staff Member, IDA
2	Presentation	Operationally Representative Data and Cybersecurity for Avionics	Steven Movit Research Staff Member, IDA
2	Presentation	Optimizing Mission Concept Development: A Bayesian Approach Utilizing DAGs	Patricia Gallagher Data Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2	Presentation	Practical Experimental Design Strategies for Binary Responses under Operational Constraints	Peter Parker Statistician, NASA
2		Quantitative Reliability and Resilience Assessment of a Machine Learning Algorithm	Karen Alves da Mata Graduate Research Assistant, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
2	Presentation	Rancor-HUNTER: A Virtual Plant and Operator Environment for Predicting Human Performance	Thomas Ulrich Human Factors and Reliability Research Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory
2		Regression and Time Series Mixture Approaches to Predict Resilience	Priscila Silva Graduate Research Assistant, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2	Presentation	Regularization Approach to Learning Bioburden Density for Planetary Protection	Andrei Gribok, Mike DiNicola
2		Silence of the Logs: A Cyber Red Team Data Collection Framework	Jason Schlup, Jared Aguayo, and Misael Valentin
2	Presentation	Simulation Insights on Power Analysis with Binary Responses: From SNR Methods to ‘skprJMP’	Tyler Morgan-Wall Research Staff Member, IDA
2	Presentation	The Joint Test Concept: Reimagining T&E for the Modern Joint Environment	Christina Houfek and Maegan Nix Lead PjM, VT-ARC
2	Presentation	Threat Integration for Full Spectrum Survivability Assessments	Russell Kupferer Naval Warfare Action Officer, DOT&E
2	Presentation	Using Bayesian Network of subsystem statistical models to assess system behavior	James Theimer Operations Research Analyst, HS COBP
2		Wildfire Burned Area Mapping Using Sentinel-1 SAR and Sentinel-2 MSI with Convolutional Neural Networks	Garrett Chrisman Cadet, United States Military Academy
3		A Bayesian Approach for Credible Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis	Terril Hurst Senior Engineering Fellow, Raytheon
3	Presentation	Assessing the Calibration and Performance of Attention-based Spatiotemporal Neural Network	Nathan Gaw Assistant Professor of Data Science, Air Force Institute of Technology
3	Presentation	Bayesian Projection Pursuit Regression	Gavin Collins R&D Statistician, Sandia National Laboratories
3	Presentation	Best of Both Worlds: Combining Parametric Cost Risk Analysis with Earned Value Management	Christian Smart and Murray Cantor
3	Presentation	Beyond the Matrix: The Quantitative Cost and Schedule Risk Management Imperative	Christian Smart Senior Programmatic Risk Analyst, JPL
3	Presentation	Bringing No-Code Machine Learning to the average user	Alex Margolis Subject Matter Expert, Edaptive Computing, Inc
3	Presentation	Case Study: State Transition Maps for Mission Model Development and Test Objective Identifiers	Nicholas Jones STAT Expert, STAT COE
3		Cobalt Strike: A Cyber Tooling T&E Challenge	Nathan Wray Senior Operator, DOT&E ACO
3	Presentation	Cost Considerations for Estimating Small Satellite Integration & Test	Rachel Sholder and Kathy Kha
3		Creating Workflows for Synthetic Data Generation and Advanced Military Image Classificatio	James Starling Associate Professor, United States Military Academy
3	Presentation	Data VV&A for AI Enabled Capabilities	John Dennis Research Staff Member (Economist), IDA
3		Demystifying Deep Learning – Aircraft Identification from Satellite Images	Cameron Liang Research Staff Member, IDA
3	Presentation	Design of In-Flight Cyber Experimentation for Spacecraft	Meghan Sahakian Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
3	Presentation	Development, Test, and Evaluation of Small-Scale Artificial Intelligence Models	David Niblick AI Evaluator, Army Test and Evaluation Command
3	Presentation	Dynamo: Adaptive T&E via Bayesian Decision Theory	James Ferry Principal Research Scientist, Metron, Inc.
3	Presentation	Examining the Effects of Implementing Data-Driven Uncertainty in Cost Estimating Models	Victoria Nilsen Operations Research Analyst, NASA HQ
3	Presentation	Experimental Design for Usability Testing of LLMs	Jasmine Ratchford Research Scientist, CMU Software Engineering Institute
3	Presentation	Failure Distributions for Parallel Dependent Identical Weibull Components	Gina Sigler STAT COE contractor, HII/STAT COE
3		Global Sensitivity Analyses for Test Planning under Constraints with Black-box Models	Giuseppe Cataldo Planetary Protection Lead, NASA
3		Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Trajectories: A conversation about synthetic data in T&E	Karen O’Brien Senior Principal Data Scientist, Modern Technology Solutions, Inc
3		Lessons Learned for Study of Uncertainty Quantification in Cyber-Physical System Emulation	Jamie Thorpe Cybersecurity R&D, Sandia National Laboratories
3	Mini-Tutorial	Leveraging Bayesian Methods to support Integrated Testing	Justin Krometis and Adam Ahmed
3	Presentation	MLTEing Models: Negotiating, Evaluating, and Documenting Model and System Qualities	Kate Maffey and Robert Edman
3	Presentation	Overview of a survey methods test for the NASA Quesst community survey campaign	Jonathan Rathsam Senior Research Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center
3	Mini-Tutorial	Rethinking Defense Planning: Are We Buying Weapons and Forces? Or Security?	Leo Blanken and Jason Lepore
3	Presentation	Rocket Motor Design Qualification Through Enhanced Reliability Assurance Testing	Todd Remund Staff Data Scientist, Northrop Grumman
3		Sensor Fusion for Automated Gathering of Labeled Data in Edge Settings	Robert Edman Machine Learning Research Scientist, Software Engineering Institute
3	Presentation	Simulated Multipath Using Software Generated GPS Signals	Russell Gilabert Researcher/Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center
3		Statistical Validation of Fuel Savings from In-Flight Data Recordings	Keltin Grimes Assistant Machine Learning Research Scientist, Software Engineering Institute
3	Presentation	The Role of Bayesian Multilevel Models in Performance Measurement and Prediction	Austin Amaya and Sean Dougherty
3		Unlocking our Collective Knowledge: LLMs for Data Extraction from Long-Form Documents	Patrick Bjornstad Systems Engineer I, Jet Propulsion Laboratory