All times are given in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT/GMT-4).
| Monday, June 21, 2021 | ||||
| 8:30 AM | WebEx sign in, Join Meeting | |||
| 9:00 AM | CCAA Workshop Chair & Principal Investigator for Cognitive Communications | Dr. Janette C. Briones | Welcome, Introductions & CCAA Workshop Overview | |
| 9:15 AM | Director of NASA Glenn Research Center | Dr. Marla Perez-Davis | Opening Remarks | |
| 9:30 AM | Deputy Associate Administrator for SCaN | Mr. Badri Younes | Cognitive Capability Contributions to NASA’s Future Networks and Missions | |
| Technical Sessions – Monday, June 21, 2021 | ||||
| Session Chair: Rachel Dudukovich | ||||
| Time | ID | Title | Name | Org. |
| 10:30 AM | 19 | An Optimization Framework for Resource Allocation in Multi-Tenant Communication Networks | Kyle Polich | Data Skeptic / Atlas Space Operations |
| 10:55 AM | 15 | Deep Learning Cognitive Cooperative Data Scheduling Protocol for Small Spacecraft Swarms | Abriel Holland | Bluecom Systems |
| 11:20 AM | 21 |
Machine-learning-based spectrum sensing enhancement for software-defined radio applications |
Shirin Aghabeiki |
Altran Technologies France |
| 11:45 AM | 6 | Optimizing Space Communication Systems using Deep Learning | Brianna Robertson | Louisiana State University |
| 12:05 PM | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 PM | Keynote Speaker: Greg Heckler, NASA Acting Director of the Commercial Services Office for SCaN | The Role of Wideband Multilingual Terminals in NASA’s Transition to Commercial Space Communications Services | ||
| 2:00 PM | Break | |||
| Technical Sessions – Monday, June 21, 2021 | ||||
| Session Chair: Dylan Gormley | ||||
| 2:05 PM | 4 | Design and Analysis of Convolutional Neural Network for RF Signal Modulation Classification for In-Orbit Deployment | Chris Yakopcic | Prixarc, LLC |
| 2:30 PM | 9 | Adaptive Modulation Using Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning for LEO Satellites | Felipe Pasquevich | National Space Activities Commission – CONAEArgentina |
| 2:55 PM | 17 | Heterogeneous Transfer in Deep Learning for Spectrogram Classification in Cognitive Communications | Tyler Cody | University of Virginia |
| 3:20 PM | Break | |||
| 3:25 PM | 1 | Quality of Transmission Estimation for Multi-User Free Space Optical Communication Using Supervised Machine Learning | Hazem Refai | University of Oklahoma |
| 3:50 PM | 23 | Optimal Observation Policies for Multisensor Navigation Systems | Khanh Pham | Air Force Research Laboratory |
| 4:15 PM | 28 | Cardinality-Agnostic Universal Approximation for Neural Networks on Point Clouds | Christian Bueno | University of California Santa Barbara |
| 4:45 PM | Virtual Networking Event | |||
| Tuesday, June 22, 2021 | ||||
| 8:30 AM | WebEx sign in, Join Meeting | |||
| 9:00 AM | Keynote Speaker: Dr. Julie Parish, Sandia National Lab | Cooperative Communication for Autonomous Hypersonics | ||
| Technical Sessions – Tuesday, June 22, 2021 | ||||
| Session Chair: Rachel Dudukovich | ||||
| Time | ID | Title | Name | Org. |
| 10:00 AM | 11 | A Distributed Approach to High Speed Delay Tolerant Networking Within a Virtualized Environment | Rachel Dudukovich | NASA Glenn Research Center |
| 10:25 AM | 10 | Applying the Cognitive Space Gateway to Swarm Topologies | Ricardo Lent | University of Houston |
| 10:50 AM | 5 | Beam Placement in High-Throughput Satellite Constellations: Complexity and Approach | Nils Pachler | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 11:15 AM | 18 | Cognitive Route Selection and FrequencyAllocation for CubeSat Swarm | Wenkai Zhang | University of California, Irvine |
| 11:40 AM | 3 | Towards a Disaster Response System Based on CubeSat Constellation | Jin Wei-Kocsis | Purdue University |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 PM | Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey Hayes, Discipline Scientist & Program Executive, Astrophysics and Heliophysics Divisions, on detail to SCaN | Cognitive Systems in Space: – a new paradigm for research |
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| 2:00 PM | Break | |||
| Technical Sessions – Tuesday, June 22, 2021 | ||||
| Session Chair: Marie Piasecki | ||||
| 2:05 PM | 13 | Satellite Navigation Anti-Spoofing Using Deep Learning on a Receiver Network | Darren Kartchner | University of New Mexico |
| 2:30 PM | 24 | A Spectrum Sensor for CubeSat Radios | Dylan Gormley | NASA Glenn Research Center |
| 2:55 PM | 7 | Flight Trajectory Prediction Based on Hybrid-Recurrent Networks | Nathan Schimpf | University of Louisville |
| 3:20 PM | Break | |||
| 3:25 PM | 20 | Deep Learning of Phase-field Simulated Domain Structure of Ferroelectrics for Reflectarray Antennas | Samrat Choudhury | University of Idaho |
| 3:50 PM | 8 | Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna for Cognitive Radio | Marios Patriotis | University of New Mexico |
| 4:15 PM | 26 | Cognitive Circular Tapered Slot Array Antenna for Lunar Surface Communications | Rainee Simons | NASA Glenn Research Center |
| 4:40 PM | 25 | Enhancing the cybersecurity on mission critical applications using Cognitive technologies | Felipe Costa | ISA (International Society of Automation) / Moxa INCBrazil |
| 5:05 PM | CCAA Workshop Concludes | |||