1. Intelligent Ships
The American Society of Naval
Engineers Presents 2017 Intelligent
Ships Symposium XII
“Smart Ships – Smart Processes”
The Intelligent Ships Symposium is a biennial conference that provides technical presentations, expert
panels, and networking opportunities to the Naval Engineering professional community. The symposium
invites papers from all shipboard system engineering communities.
Call forTechnical Papers and Presentations
Abstract submission:
One page, 250 word maximum abstracts should be submitted in MS Word format or Adobe Acrobat as an
attachment to an email to Greg Anderson (gregory.w.anderson@navy.mil). Abstracts can also be submitted via a
web-form at: http://www.navalengineers.org/ISS-Abstract
Suggested Topics:
• Cybersecurity
• Information Assurance
• Energy Storage
• System Architectures
• Automated Failure Recovery
• Thermal Management
• Modeling & Simulation (M&S)
• Variable Speed Drives
• Propulsion Systems
• Auxiliary Shipboard Systems
Abstracts should include:
• Proposed title
• Authors’names and organizations
• For primary point of contact:
Mailing address
Phone number
• Machinery Automation
• Power Systems & Distribution
• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
• Modular Design
• Maintenance (Condition- based, Robotics, etc.)
• Control Systems & Control System Sustainment
• Modernization Systems Engineering
• Life Support & Ship Habitability Systems
Distance Support & Logistics Technologies
Ship Modernization Technologies
• Written description in sufficient detail for review by the
Technical Papers Committee, including a problem statement
or introduction, an outline of key points, and conclusions or
recommendations.
IMPORTANT DATES
November 4, 2016 - Abstracts Due
December 2, 2016 - Author Notification of Acceptance
January 27, 2017 - Draft Papers Due for Committee Review
February 24, 2017 - Committee Review Comments to Authors
April 28, 2017 - Final Papers & Copyright Release Due
May 19, 2017 - Final Presentations & Biographies Due
May 23—24, 2017 Intelligent Ships Symposium
Direct questions and abstracts to:
Technical Program Committee Chair
Greg Anderson, Ph. D.
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia
Division (NSWCPD) (215) 897-8762
gregory.w.anderson@navy.mil