September Chapter Meeting - Technology Impact on Computers and Software Architecture
Boulder , USA
6120 Longbow Drive
The Von Neumann computer architecture is changing and it will cause a change in software architecture. The changes in memory and cores per processor die are driving the changes.
Speaker
Francis Thompson, Sensor Exploitation Systems Chief of Technology and Sr. System Engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC), Boulder, CO.
Please Note: All attendees must be U.S. Citizens
Speaker Biography
Francis Thompson is Sensor Exploitation Systems Chief of Technology and Sr. System Engineer at NGC. Francis developed functional architecture and led the longest and largest Enterprise Sensor Laboratory program award in its 12-year history. Francis delivered 11 space systems for Electro-Optical/Infrared/Radio Frequency space vehicles, ground stations, payloads and launches. Francis’ experience includes 16 years leading and building space vehicles, four years leading System Engineering for Payload Sensors, and 12 years leading Ground Systems.
Francis was on a team of three people who started the Los Angeles INCOSE Chapter. He is our distinguished Past President of the Colorado Front Range Chapter (2012), and has been Corporate Advisory Board (CAB) member for Hughes, TRW, and NGC.
Agenda
6:30 pm: Check-in, Announcements
6:45 pm: Speaker Presentation
8:00 pm: Departure
Attendance
The event is open to all INCOSE Colorado FRC members, their invited colleagues, and to interested non-members.
RSVP
RSVP by Monday September 22, 2014 to Nicolas Ferrington, Boulder Area Director.
Please include “INCOSE September Meeting” in the e-mail’s subject line.
Refreshments will be pizza and soda for a $5 donation. Please indicate in your RSVP if you’d like to be included in refreshments. Please let Nic know if you have any dietary restrictions.
Cancellation Policy
The event is informal and entails no commitment; however, we would like to keep count for reservation purposes, so please let us know at your earliest convenience if you no longer intend to attend. If you provide us your email address and your phone number, we will attempt to contact you if the event is canceled due to inclement weather, emergencies, or other force majeure.
Presentation