The BID4R Lab had the opportunity to present at the 2025 International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) International Symposium (IS) in Ottawa, Canada. Ph.D. students Rogelio Garcia Otalvaro and James Hand presented their cutting-edge systems engineering research and Dr. Bryan Watson served as a session chair for multiple sessions.
Rogelio presented his work, “Bifurcation Analysis for System Resilience: A Case Study on Power Infrastructure”. This presented a new method for analyzing power grid/system for resilience. His work was highly praised by the attending audience, with some noting the work could directly impact their own research. James presented two papers at the conference: “MilliSwarm: Leveraging Emergence for Energy Efficient Robotic Swarm Movement” and “Faulted Agent Resilience in Multi-Agent Systems: An Exploration of Two Ant Inspired Strategies”. The first, analyzed millipede swarming behaviors to determine group movement efficiency. His second paper, focused on strategies inspired by ant behaviors and their ability to resist infectious/malicious faults in swarm systems. James received the Brian Mar Best Student Paper for this work. Additionally, James passed the INCOSE Knowledge Exam and is now able to apply for his Associate Systems Engineering Professional (ASEP) certification.
Outside of the conference the group was able to explore the wonderful city of Ottawa. They even stopped by a local safari park, Parc Omega, to experience the local wildlife and feed carrots to a few hungry deer.
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