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Dear SERC Collaborators:<BR>
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If you are interested in SE for autonomous systems, TARDEC has a Conformance Verification Tool (CVT) [please see the e-mail below].<BR>
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Gary Witus is our POC in this regard since Wayne State University is a NAMC member. If you are interested in this, please inform me and I will coordinate our interest with Gary.<BR>
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Best regards,<BR>
Mitchell<BR>
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<B>Mitchell C. Kerman, Ph.D.</B><BR>
<B>Director of Program Development and Transition</B><BR>
<B>Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC)</B><BR>
Stevens Institute of Technology<BR>
Altorfer Building, Room 319<BR>
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Hoboken, NJ 07030<BR>
(201) 618-4453 (Mobile)<BR>
E-mail: <A HREF="mailto:mitchell.kerman@stevens.edu">mitchell.kerman@stevens.edu</A><BR>
Website: <A HREF="http://www.sercuarc.org">www.SERCuarc.org</A><BR>
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<B><FONT SIZE="6"><FONT COLOR="#606060">Conformance Verification Tool (CVT)</FONT></FONT></B>
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NAMC Members:<BR>
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This email is for any interested NAMC member to submit a brief, one-to-two page application expressing your interest in receiving and using prototype versions of an Interoperability Profiles (IOP) software program developed by TARDEC called the <B>Conformance Verification Tool (“CVT”)</B>. <BR>
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The CVT is used to validate conformance of an IOP implementation to the attributes defined in the IOP <B>JAUS Profiling Rules</B> specification. The CVT acts as a client to a system under test similar to what an Operator Control Unit (OCU) would be – it sends a series of messages to the system under test and looks for correct responses, displaying those results for the tester. The CVT is one of the tools the TARDEC UGV Interoperability Lab uses as part of its process for validating conformance to JAUS Profiling Rules attributes.<BR>
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TARDEC wants to distribute the CVT to NAMC member companies and organizations that have or anticipate being involved in IOP development efforts for them to use in-house, and who meet qualifications on their provided application. TARDEC is doing so in order to:<BR>
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<LI>Assist companies in their efforts to develop systems and software compliant with IOP attributes
<LI>Provide feedback to the TARDEC UGV Interoperability Lab on their use of the prototype CVT
<LI>Accelerate future official compliance testing by making available the same tool that the TARDEC UGV Interoperability Lab uses as part of its process for validating compliance to IOP attributes
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<B>Member Obligations for the CVT --</B><BR>
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Submitting NAMC members whose applications are selected by the Government to receive a copy of the CVT will be required to:<BR>
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<LI>Execute the attached agreement and abide by its terms and conditions for using the CVT
<LI>Install and use the CVT for the purpose they identified. <B> [NOTE: any results from the CVT are not an endorsement of a company’s product, and do not certify that a company’s product is “IOP compliant” or meet the requirements of a specific project or program.]</B>
<LI>Provide a brief, 1-2 page report/questionnaire response at least quarterly to provide feedback on their experience using the CVT. Participating companies that fail to provide such a quarterly report will be removed from the CVT distribution/support list and will not receive any further updates of the CVT.
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<B>Request for Applications --</B><BR>
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NAMC members interested in using the prototype CVT are requested to submit a brief, one-to-two page application specifying their interest in and qualifications for using the CVT. <B> The applications are due by 5PM EDT on May 29th, 2015. All applications should be submitted via e-mail in PDF format to Cindi Bousley, cindib@ncms.org. </B> The applications will be reviewed by TARDEC in order to ensure submitting NAMC member companies and organizations meet qualifications to receive the CVT.<BR>
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<I>Format for the Application is as follows (qualifications to receive CVT are evaluated based on these applications):</I><BR>
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<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=1><B>Company Primary Contract/Admin & Technical POC(s) </B>– name, title, phone, and e-mail
<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=2><B>Company Background</B> – size; location(s); whether traditional or non-traditional defense supplier; one to two paragraph overview of the company: background, products and services, history, etc.
<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=3><B>Interest/Experience in using the Interoperability Profiles –</B> one to three paragraphs describing previous, current, and/or planned efforts to use IOP to develop interoperable platforms and modules
<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=4><B>Response to Obligations</B> – one to three paragraphs on how your company proposes to use the CVT (be specific)
<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=5><B>Key Personnel Qualifications</B> – one paragraph summary of the technical qualifications for each of the key individual(s) responsible for coordinating your company’s use of the CVT
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<B>Process for Selected NAMC Members --</B><BR>
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TARDEC will be responsible for: <BR>
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<LI> Executing a copy of the attached terms of use agreement with the selected NAMC members
<LI>Distributing the CVT to qualified NAMC member companies and organizations that execute the attached terms of use agreement
<LI>Providing limited support to the participating companies for installing and using the CVT
<LI>Providing a report / questionnaire format and process for participating companies to use to provide feedback on the CVT
<LI>Evaluating reports received from participating companies and using those reports to fix bugs, make feature improvements, etc.
<LI>Providing regular bug fix, feature improvement/addition, and new IOP Version releases of the CVT to the participating companies, at least quarterly.
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<B> Timeline</B><BR>
This effort will begin upon Government acceptance of this proposal and end by December 31, 2015, at which time a decision will be made whether to renew the effort for another year.<BR>
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Please contact Cindi Bousley with any questions, comments, or other feedback preferably in writing. <BR>
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Best Regards,<BR>
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Cindi Bousley<BR>
National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC)<BR>
Membership Services Manager<BR>
cindib@ncms.org<BR>
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<B>CVT document</B><BR>
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