Defense and Aerospace Test and Analysis Workshop

Join Us for DATAWorks 2027
April 13-15, 2027
at NASA Langley Research Center
in Hampton, Virginia.

Workshop Overview

The Defense and Aerospace Test and Analysis (DATA) Workshop is the result of a multi-organization collaboration with the Director of Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), and the Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security (SDNS) of the American Statistical Association (ASA). This three-day event is designed to help the defense and aerospace communities strengthen their application of scientific approaches to test design and program evaluation. The workshop features impactful keynotes, hands-on mini-tutorials, and breakout talks highlighting applied problems and quantitative methodologies. While originally focused on statistics in test and evaluation (T&E), the workshop has broadened to include data-driven approaches to evaluation and decision-making. DATAWorks offers a unique forum for T&E practitioners and other data-centric communities to interact and share best practices.

Improving the Quality of Test & Evaluation

Talks under this theme may include (but are not limited to) the following topics: Design of Experiments, Integrated Testing, Sequential Testing, Model Based Systems Engineering, Digital Transformation, Human System Interaction

Sharing Analysis Tools, Methods, and Collaboration Strategies

Talks under this theme may include (but are not limited to) the following topics: Bayesian Methods, Statistical Modeling, Data Visualization, Communication skills, Statistical Engineering

Advancing Test & Evaluation of Emerging and Prevalent Technologies

Talks under this theme may include (but are not limited to) the following topics: Cybersecurity, Autonomy & Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Systems, Software Systems, Space Systems, Hypersonic, Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations, Full Spectrum Survivability

Solving Program Evaluation Challenges

Talks under this theme may include (but are not limited to) the following topics: Sustainment, Data Management, Automation, Reproducible Research, Model and Simulation and Uncertainty Quantification, Reliability, Evaluating Mission Level Effects, Cost Estimation

This year’s workshop themes are: Improving the Quality of Test & Evaluation; Sharing Analysis Tools, Methods, and Collaboration Strategies; Advancing Test & Evaluation of Emerging and Prevalent Technologies; Solving Program Evaluation Challenges


Important Dates

Call for Abstracts: October 2026

Registration Opens: January 2027

Abstract Submission Closes: February 2027

Registration Closes: April 2027

Workshop: April 13 – April 15, 2027

 

Questions?
Contact us at dataworks@testscience.org

Location

DATAWorks 2027 will be held at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.