The AIAA Intelligent Systems Technical Committee (ISTC) is concerned with the application of Intelligent System (IS) technologies and methods to aerospace systems, the verification and validation of these systems, and the education of the AIAA membership in the use of IS technologies in aerospace and other technical disciplines.
Our Mission
Welcome!
If you are interested in joining the ISTC, please complete a Technical Committee Nomination form (you must already be an active AIAA member and logged into the site to submit a form): https://www.aiaa.org/home/get-involved/committees-groups/technical-committees/committee-nomination-form
| Chair Information: | ISTC Officers: |
| John Valasek, valasek@tamu.edu | * Co-chair: David Casbeer * Chair-elect: Natasha Neogi * Secretary: Dani Selva |
Mission
The Mission of the Intelligent Systems Technical Committee is fourfold:
- Advance basic principles and fundamental understanding of Intelligent Systems across the full spectrum of aerospace applications through technical publications, technical conferences, discipline working groups, and educational outreach.
- Expand the horizon for aerospace applications of Intelligent Systems through technical discovery, technology and methodology advancements, technical assessments, outreach and advocacy.
- Provide professional development and networking opportunities to TC members and others involved with conception, design, development, testing, deployment, operations, maintenance, and management of intelligent aerospace systems.
- Define, engage and explore interdisciplinary interfaces through inter-TC, and inter-professional initiatives, and the organization of special technical conference sessions, tutorials, working groups and study groups.
Scope
The scope of the Intelligent System Technical Committee includes:
- Civil, commercial and military aerospace systems, and those ground systems that are part of development, test, or operations of aerospace systems.
- Technologies that enable safe, cost-efficient, and reliable operation of highly autonomous complex aerospace, land, and sea systems, or collaborative synthetic-human agent teams.
Intelligent Systems technology areas include, but are not limited to:
| Data fusion | Reasoning and Learning Techniques | Evolutionary (genetic) algorithms | Expert systems | Fuzzy logic |
| Human-machine interaction | Intelligent and adaptive control | Integrated Communication and Navigation | ||
| Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking | Robotics | In-Orbit Servicing | Intelligent data/image processing | |
| Knowledge-based systems and knowledge engineering | Machine learning techniques | Model-based reasoning | ||
| Neural networks | Planning and scheduling algorithms | Qualitative simulation | ||
Duties
Every member of the ISTC has the following ongoing responsibilities:
- Express an interest in activities of ISTC.
- Be responsive to emails or phone calls from the TC Chair and the chairs of the sub-committees of which they are members.
- Take part in, and actively support the projects of, at least two sub-committees.
- Participate actively in TC-wide initiatives (such as Infotech@Aerospace Conference support and JAIS Special Issue paper reviews).
- Commit to being physically present at a minimum of one TC meeting per year and to try to dial into meetings they cannot attend.
- Promote the TC’s activities to their coworkers and colleagues who might have an interest and be on the lookout for opportunities to promote IS technology and applications.
- Report any concerns regarding their participation in the TC or a sub-committee to the TC and/or sub-committee chair.
Sub-Committee Listing
The ISTC is divided into nine subcommittees:
- Awards
- Conference Planning
- Membership
- Procedures
- Professional Development, Education, & Outreach
- Public Policy
- Publications
- Communications
- Workshop Planning (2022-2023)
For information on the various ISTC subcommittees and current members, please see the Members and Subcommittees page!