Dear ESS,

Please join us for the ESD Student Society Research Forum on Wednesday (11/2), 12pm-1pm given by Paul Grogan. Details below.

If you plan to attend, RSVP by tomorrow (Tuesday) at noon.

Best,
Regina
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Date: Wednesday, November 2
Time: 12pm-1pm
Location: E40-298
Speaker: Paul Grogan

Title: Strategic Engineering Gaming for Decentralized Engineering Systems Design

Abstract: System-of-systems are often developed without a central authority such that constituent system designs may be developed with a narrow perspective of the larger system. Furthermore, engineering systems exhibit complexities beyond internal and behavioral "technical" complexities – there also exist social dimensions of evaluation nested within a larger institutional sphere. My research seeks to apply wargaming - techniques and technologies developed for military strategy - in the context of engineering systems design. In a strategic engineering game decision-makers participate in a multi-player interactive simulation using their natural roles to communicate, learn, and ultimately, develop strategy for constituent system design. I propose an exploratory study to apply strategic gaming to the conceptual design of two resource infrastructure system-of-systems: a space-based resource economy and hard infrastructure on the Arabian Peninsula. Quantitative analysis of recorded games combined with qualitative insights from decision-makers would lead to an evaluation of the effectiveness of this methodology to aid in the design of system-of-systems.
Upcoming Speakers:
November 9, 12pm-1:00pm: DJ Ramberg
November 16, 12pm-1:00pm: Candace Brakewood
Monday, November 21, 12pm-1:00pm: Regina Clewlow (special day, as part of MIT ESD Open House)

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Regina Clewlow | PhD Candidate, Engineering Systems Division
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
rclewlow@mit.edu | http://web.mit.edu/rclewlow/www