Invited Talks and Panels

Over the past few months, NASA has been in the news numerous times both for the exciting discoveries of the pair of Mars Rovers as well as the country’s “Vision for Space Exploration.” This vision focuses on the joint human and robotic exploration of the solar system starting with a return to the moon and then the human exploration of Mars. In addition, the vision includes a continued array of exciting robotic missions to Mars as well as other destinations. There are numerous challenges that must be addressed to accomplish this vision. One critical area of technology is the broad area of information technology with a particular emphasis on intelligent systems. Future human exploration will require a new level of technology enabling NASA to deploy smarter, more adaptive systems. These systems must be designed to complement their human partners. In this talk, Daniel Clancy will present a brief overview of the new vision and then will talk in depth about a range of technologies that have been developed and demonstrated by NASA over the past few years. In particular, he will focus on how advanced artificial intelligence technologies have been developed and demonstrated within a robust environment and then in some cases deployed on NASA missions. Technologies that will be discussed include: automated planning and scheduling, humancentered computing, remote collaboration tools, machine learning and multi-model interaction using EEG and EMG signals.