onto:Nexus Workshop 2024

Hybrid Workshop

onto:Nexus Workshop 2024 is the 1st International Workshop on Ontological Modeling and Analysis. The theme of this version is Infusing Rigor and Agility in MBSE. It will discuss what has been accomplished so far, what is being worked on currently, and what the future challenges and directions are. It also intends to build a community of practitioners in this area and foster collaborations among them.

The workshop is a free hybrid event that will take place on Wed Jan 31st, 2024 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm PST at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA. This is the day after the INCOSE IW 2024, which will take place on Jan 27-30 in (the nearby city of) Torrance, CA.

Workshop Chair

Maged Elaasar, JPL

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Physical Venue

The physical venue will be room 180-101 at the JPL campus located at 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109. Registration is required by contacting us and waiting for a confirmation. The deadline for this is Dec 20, 2023.

Notice that the venue space is limited and there will be time required to complete an onboarding process for JPL visitors. So the sooner you register, the better.

Directions: On the day of the event, please plan to arrive to the address above early (before 7:30 am). As you approach the enterance, mention that you are attending the event to the security personnel, then turn left and proceed to the JPL Badging Office. If you will be driving, you will need to park your vehicle in the visitor parking across (another reason to arrive early as this may take time). Park there then walk back to the Badgging Office where you will need to check-in and get a visitor tag. As there will be many visitors trying to do the same process, this may take time. We need to finish this process by 8:15 am max then walk together as a group to the venue inside the JPL campus.

IMPORTANT: visitors should bring with them the "same id" they used in the JPL Onboarding process (this is usually a passport for foreign nationals and a gov id for US persons). Without such id, access to the JPL campus will be denied.

Virtual Venue

The virtual venue will be a Teams meeting. Registration is required by contacting us and waiting for an invitation. The deadline for this is Jan 30, 2024.

Agenda

Time (PST)	Topic	Presenter
INCOSE IW 2024 (Jan 27)
3:30 - 4:30	openCAESAR: Balanacing Rigor and Agility in MBSE Practice	Maged Elaasar (JPL)
onto:Nexus Workshop 2024 (Jan 31)
7:30 - 8:15	JPL Visitor Onboarding
8:30 - 9:00	Introduction to onto:Nexus 2024	Maged Elaasar (JPL)
Existing Capabilities
9:00 - 9:30	MBSE@JPL: The CAESAR Journey	David Wagner (JPL)
9:30 - 10:00	Ontological Foundation for Automotive System Design and Testing	Ahsan Qamar (Ford)
10:00 - 10:15	Coffee Break
10:15 - 10:45	OML Overview	Nicolas Rouquette (JPL)
10:45 - 11:15	A Whirlwind Tour to OntoUML and its Ecosystem	Giancarlo Guizzardi (uTwente)
11:15 - 12:00	Lunch @ 167 Cafeteria
12:00 - 1:00	Tour of JPL Campus
Emerging Activities
1:00 - 2:45	System Model DevOps with OML Vision Using Graph Theory to Gain Insights About System Models Knowledge Integration and Acquisition in Model-Based Systems Engineering Developing Digital Twins with Ontologies Model Validation Ontologies for Government Reference Architectures Using Ontologies to Enhance Digital Engineering Models Towards a Digital Engineering Factory for Students Lessons learned from OpenCAESAR Application to JAXA’s ETS-9 Project Ontological Utility Exemplified: The Synthesis of Project Management and Systems Engineering within EMPIRE MHI’s MBSE Initiatives in Commercial Aircraft and Space Divisions Reducing Cycle Time from Design Stage to Work Order using MBSE and AI: A Concept	Multiple Presenters (10-min each)
2:45 - 3:00	Coffee Break
Future Directions
3:00 - 3:30	R&D Directions for Onto MBSE	Maged Elaasar (JPL)
3:30 - 4:30	Discussion Panel: How should we collaborate?	David Wagner (JPL)
4:30	Conclusion

Virtual Posters

A Digital Engineering Factory for Students
Commons Ontology Library - Digital Engineering Model Interoperability (DEMI)

Pre-Event Questionnaire

We have created a pre-event questionnaire for you to fill out. It has four sections: a) Getting to Know you, b) MBSE in Practice (optional), c) Panel: How should we collaborate? (optional) and d) Questions from the organizers. The questionnaire is anonymous and a summary of the answers will be presented in the introduction to the workshop. We highly encourage you to fill out the questionnaire as a contribution (even if you do not plan to attend). We will also keep it open after the event, publish the summary online, and update it frequently. It will help define the community’s R&D agenda going forward.

Call for Short Presentations

One of the main objectives of the workshop is to build a community for rigorous and agile MBSE. This is why the agenda includes a session for members of the community to present their context, interests, and plans. Since we want to accomodate as many such presentations as possible, they have to be short (10 mins) so we recommend 2-3 slides only.

If you like to contribute a short presentation in this slot, we ask you to send us a short abstract and wait for a confirmation. You can then send the slides, which will be merged into a single deck to minimize the hand off time between presenters. The deadline is Jan 26, 2024.

Call for Virtual Posters

The workshop will feature virtual posters contributed by members of the community. Those posters will consist of videos/slides that showcases past or future work accompanied by a title and short description. The poster will be accessible publicly on the workshop’s page (this page).

If you like to contribute a virtual poster, we ask you to send us your contribution. The deadline is Jan 26, 2024.

Panel

The agenda includes a 1h panel session that will discuss how the community should collaborate to achive synnergy and move faster in this field. Questions will be posed on what to collaborate on and how to get organized to achieve them.

JPL Campus Tour

The agenda has a slot for a JPL campus tour for in-person attendees. We will also provide a URL to do a virtual tour for online attendees.

Breaks

A few breaks are planned in the agenda. Some coffee/tea will be provided by JPL. However, other food/drinks can be brought with you or purchased from the JPL cafeteria during breaks.

onto:Nexus Forum

If you are not yet a member of the onto:Nexus Forum (LinkedIn group), we invite you to join to be part of the community going forward.