GSAW 2025 Featured Speakers

2025 Featured Plenary Speakers

Speakers will be continuously added as we approach the event. Check back regularly to view the latest additions to the program!

 

 

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Session 1: Advanced Ground

Sven Richter
Galileo: Upgrading One of the Most Complex Ground Segments Without Impacting Four Billion Users

James Eggleston
Towards Service Based Operations

Ella Herz
NOAA Communications Scheduling is EASI (Enterprise Automated Scheduling Implementation)

 

Session 2: Automation Efficiency

Gabriele De Canio
Artificial Intelligence for Mission Operations Automation Roadmap: The European Space Operations Centre Updates and Vision

Michael Morgan
Optimizing User Effectiveness in Future European Missions

Chris Hoffman
MOC Automation with GMSEC and the Generic Extendable Message Utility (GEMU)

Session 3: Data Engineering and Advanced Analytics

Evridiki Ntagiou
Data-X: Pioneering the Future of Data in Mission Operations

Rudy Semola
Continual Learning for On-Ground Satellite Health Monitoring

Amaya Atencia
Challenges of Space Data Digital Economy

Session 4: Anomaly Detection

Shannon Bull
Maximizing Operator Impact: Leveraging Machine Learning to Improve Trending Analysis for the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission

Ra’ad Saleh
Implementation and Feasibility of Using AI/ML Methods for Satellite Anomaly Detection, Diagnostics, and Resolution.

Cody Cutright
Model-based Automation of Mission Operations & Testing with Digital Twins

 

Session 5: Mission Data Processing

Steven Bouchired
A Stepwise Approach to Evolve the European Galileo Ground Segment towards Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment

Patricia Harrington-Duff
Ground System Real-time Image Processing of DRACO Observations for the DART Mission

Jordan Scott
Bridging the Void: Next Gen CDS for Space Systems

 

Session 6: Cloud and Virtualization

 

Mercedes Sánchez Manzano
New needs in Ground Segment, GMV tools for GSaaS

Kristian Knudtzon
Reducing the Maritime Domain Awareness Observe, Orient, Decide, Act (OODA) Loop: Applications of Ground Segment as a Service and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning for Rapid Earth Observation

Ronak Patel
Enterprise Engineering to Simplify External System Integration

 

Session 7: Communications

David Mitlyng
Optical Ground Stations & Quantum Advancements in Timing and Encryption in Contested and Congested Environments

Kenneth Watts
NESDIS Antennas as a Service (NAaaS) An Enterprise Common Service Paradigm Shift

Harris Mohamed
Methods of Detecting Electromagnetic Interference in Passive Radio Frequency Data

Session 8: Modeling and Simulation

Federico Antonello
Enhancing Spacecraft Operations with Digital Twins Solutions

Dr. Jeffery Hansen
Flexible and Extensible Drift Monitoring in Machine Learning Systems

Maciej Prokopczyk
Infrastructure for Automated Management of Spacecraft Digital Twins and Enhancing Simulator Fidelity with ML

Wednesday, February 25, 2025

Session 9: Trusted Artificial Intelligence

 

Pamela Wood
Trusted Autonomy: A Survey of Current Methods and Approaches

Michael Orosz
Lessons Learned in Implementing DoD Space-Based Agile/DevSecOps Programs

Ipek Ozkaya
Shift Left with Generative AI: Automating Library Replacement

Session 10: Large Language Models & Retrieval Augmented Generation 

Samuel Morgan
Using Machine Learning and Industry Collaboration to Predict Space Weather. Part II – The Computation and Data Management Challenge

Alefiya Hussain
A Generative AI-Powered Framework for Spacecraft Risk Management—A Pilot Project with the Aerospace Corporation and University of Southern California (USC)