Dear SERC Collaborators:
If you are interested in SE for autonomous systems, TARDEC has a
Conformance Verification Tool (CVT) [please see the e-mail below].
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.
Best regards,
Mitchell
--
Mitchell C. Kerman, Ph.D.
Director of Program Development and Transition
Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC)
Stevens Institute of Technology
Altorfer Building, Room 319
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
(201) 618-4453 (Mobile)
E-mail: mitchell.kerman at stevens.edu
Website: www.SERCuarc.org
Conformance Verification Tool (CVT)
NAMC Members:
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
Conformance Verification Tool
(“CVT”).
The CVT is used to validate
conformance of an IOP implementation
to the attributes defined in the IOP
JAUS Profiling Rules 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.
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:
* Assist companies in their
efforts to develop systems
and software compliant with
IOP attributes
* Provide feedback to the
TARDEC UGV Interoperability
Lab on their use of the
prototype CVT
* 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
Member Obligations for the CVT --
Submitting NAMC members whose
applications are selected by the
Government to receive a copy of the
CVT will be required to:
* Execute the attached
agreement and abide by its
terms and conditions for
using the CVT
* Install and use the CVT for
the purpose they identified.
[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.]
* 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.
Request for Applications --
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. 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 at ncms.org. The
applications will be reviewed by
TARDEC in order to ensure submitting
NAMC member companies and
organizations meet qualifications to
receive the CVT.
Format for the Application is as
follows (qualifications to receive
CVT are evaluated based on these
applications):
1. Company Primary
Contract/Admin & Technical
POC(s) – name, title, phone,
and e-mail
2. Company Background – size;
location(s); whether
traditional or
non-traditional defense
supplier; one to two
paragraph overview of the
company: background,
products and services,
history, etc.
3. Interest/Experience in using
the Interoperability
Profiles – one to three
paragraphs describing
previous, current, and/or
planned efforts to use IOP
to develop interoperable
platforms and modules
4. Response to Obligations –
one to three paragraphs on
how your company proposes to
use the CVT (be specific)
5. Key Personnel
Qualifications – one
paragraph summary of the
technical qualifications for
each of the key
individual(s) responsible
for coordinating your
company’s use of the CVT
Process for Selected NAMC Members --
TARDEC will be responsible for:
* Executing a copy of the
attached terms of use
agreement with the selected
NAMC members
* Distributing the CVT to
qualified NAMC member
companies and organizations
that execute the attached
terms of use agreement
* Providing limited support to
the participating companies
for installing and using the
CVT
* Providing a report /
questionnaire format and
process for participating
companies to use to provide
feedback on the CVT
* Evaluating reports received
from participating companies
and using those reports to
fix bugs, make feature
improvements, etc.
* Providing regular bug fix,
feature
improvement/addition, and
new IOP Version releases of
the CVT to the participating
companies, at least
quarterly.
Timeline
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.
Please contact Cindi Bousley with
any questions, comments, or other
feedback preferably in writing.
Best Regards,
Cindi Bousley
National Advanced Mobility
Consortium (NAMC)
Membership Services Manager
cindib at ncms.org
cindib at NAMConsortium.org
www.NAMConsortium.org
CVT document
Terms of Use
Download
Cindi Bousley
National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC)
Membership Services Manager
cindib at ncms.org
cindib at NAMConsortium.org
www.NAMConsortium.org
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