Jim Smith

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Key Responsibilities

Research into tools, techniques, and practices to improve the development of large, complex, software-intensive systems of systems (SoS), and to transition them into practice. Current research interests include the use of modeling and simulation for SoS acquisition, and the application of category theory to the problem of SoS interoperability.

Professional Background

Prior to joining the SEI, Jim Smith spent over 20 years in the U.S. Navy, serving in several operational, research and development, Navy and Joint acquisition commands. At the SEI, he has been an active contributor to the systems of systems body of knowledge, and has recently been working on innovative approaches to achieving interoperability in data-centric systems. Smith has authored numerous technical papers, reports, and conference presentations. He developed the Influence Mapping Analysis (IMA) method, and was a co-developer of the SEI's SoS Navigator (SM) process and the Interoperable Acquisition tutorials.

In addition to a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Kansas University, Smith has a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is also a graduate of the Defense Acquisition University's Defense Systems Management College, and was a member of the Acquisition Professional community, with DAWIA Level-III certification in both the Program Management (PM) and Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering (SPRDE) career fields. Smith is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Curriculum Vitae

Publications (recent or significant)

Smith, J.; Place, P.; Novakouski, M.; & Boxer, P. A Compliance Case for Interoperability in Systems of Systems. Proceedings of the 13th Annual NDIA Systems Engineering Conference. San Diego, CA, 25-28 October 2010.
Smith, J.; Place, P.; Novakouski, M.; & Boxer, P. Data Interoperability for Systems of Systems: An Integrated Software Engineering Perspective. Proceedings of the 13th Annual NDIA Systems Engineering Conference. San Diego, CA, 25-28 October 2010.
Smith, J. An Introduction to Influence Maps: Foundations, Construction, and Use. Proceedings of the 12th Annual NDIA Systems Engineering Conference. San Diego, CA, 26-29 October 2009.
Smith, J. Systems of Systems and Software Radios: Impacts on Acquisition. Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Software Radio Conference (ISR 2009). London, UK, 8-9 June 2009.
Smith, J. The Use of Influence Maps to Understand System-of-Systems Programmatics. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Systems & Software Technology Conference (SSTC 2009). Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 20-23 April 2009.
Smith, D.; & Smith, J. Ten Changes to Acquisition and Engineering Practice Required to Successfully Acquire Systems of Systems. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Systems & Software Technology Conference (SSTC 2009). Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 20-23 April 2009.
Smith, J. Towards a Reasoning Framework for System-of-Systems Programmatics. 21st Annual SEPG North America (SEPG 2009). San Jose, CA, 23-26 March 2009.
Smith, J. Keynote Address: Network-Centric Acquisition for SDRs. 7th Annual Software Radio Summit, Vienna, VA, 23-26 February, 2009.
Alberts, C.; Smith, J.; & Woody, C. Multi-View Decision Making (MVDM) Workshop (CMU/SEI-2008-SR-035). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, February, 2009.
Smith, J. Tutorial: Acquisition for Network Centric Operations. Network Centric Warfare 2009. Washington, DC, 27-30 January, 2009.
Meyers, C.; Fowler, S.; & Smith, J. Model-Based Diagnostic Approach to Acquisition in a System-of-Systems Context, AIAA-2009-1008. Proceedings of the 47th Annual AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, 5-8 January, 2009. AIAA, 2009.

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Teams

(1) Integration of Software-Intensive Systems (ISIS), (2) "Towards Interoperable Acquisition" IR&D, (3) COTS-Based Systems (CBS), (4) Past Chairman, AIAA Network Centric Operations Program Committee, (5) AIAA Software Systems Technical Committee, (6) AIAA Systems Engineering Technical Committee, (7) Technical Program Co-Chair, AIAA Infotech@Aerospace 2010

Education

Certificate, DoD Acquisition Program Management, Defense Acquisition University/Defense Systems Management College
MS, Electrical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School
BS, Electrical Engineering, Kansas University

Certifications/Licenses

DAWIA Level-III Program Management (PM), Department of Defense
DAWIA Level-III Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering (SPRDE), Department of Defense