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). The workshop is strategically designed to strengthen the community by applying rigorous statistical approaches to test design and data analysis in the fields of defense and aerospace.

The three-day workshop will showcase a combination of applied problems, unique methodological approaches, and tutorials from leading academics.

Our goal is to facilitate collaboration among all involved, including other government agencies.

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

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, Hypersonics, Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations

Solving Program Evaluation Challenges

Talks under this theme may include (but are not limited to) the following topics: Sustainment, Data Management, Reproducible Research, Model and Simulation and Uncertainty Quantification, Reliability, Human System Interaction, DoD’s Five Data Decrees, Evaluating Mission Level Effects