SISO SAC Status: FEDEPDSEEP Status 1278 Standards Status 1516, 1516'1, 1516'2 Status 1516'4 Results

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SISO SAC StatusFEDEP/DSEEP Status1278
Standards Status1516, 1516.1, 1516.2
Status1516.4Results of Dominance Investigation
NEW!

• Katherine L. Morse, SISO SAC Chair
• Prepared for IEEE CS SAB, 7 November 2007
• For Computer Society Internal Use Only

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FEDEP/DSEEP

• A PDG (WG) has been established to revise IEEE
  1516.3, Federation Development and Execution
  Process
• The PDG is expanding the scope of the standard to
  encompass other simulation standards beyond HLA
• Including folding in the related DIS guidance
  standard IEEE 1278.3
• Expanded scope is reflected in assignment of a
  new name, Distributed Simulation Engineering and
  Execution Process (DSEEP), and a new base
  standard number, 1730
• Approved by NesCom at their September meeting
• PDG (WG) has closed the first comment round and
  is closing out a couple of remaining comment
  resolutions

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1278 Standards Status

• 1278.1, 1278.1a in revision
• DIS PDG (WG) has developed, reviewed, and revised
  13 drafts since its formation
• Draft 13 completed in June and received detailed
  review and comment period
• Draft 14 will be submitted to PDG (WG) for
  approval to take to IEEE Ballot
• 1278.2 - revise
• DIS PDG (WG) is preparing a PN (PAR) to begin
  revision
• 1278.3 - reaffirm
• Awaiting new ProCom reaffirmation process
• 1278.4 - reaffirm
• Awaiting new ProCom reaffirmation process

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1516, 1516.1, 1516.2 Status

• Some significant (good) technical comments had
  more far reaching impact on the standards than we
  anticipated
• Were within a few weeks of wrapping up final
  changes
• Anticipate balloting in early 2008
• Ballot group reopened to allow new stakeholders
  to join since it had been so long since the
  original invitation
• Closed October 31

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New 1516.4

• Recommended Practice for VVA of a Federation, an
  Overlay to the HLA FEDEP was approved by the IEEE
  Standards Board as IEEE Standard 1516.4-2007 on
  27 September 2007!
• SISO SAC establishing a Product Support Group
  (PSG) which assumes the responsibilities of an
  interpretations committee

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Dominance Investigation

• The former chair of the DIS PDG (WG) requested an
  investigation of potential dominance of the PDG
  by a government program
• SISO SAC formed an investigation committee
• Produced a complete report that was forwarded to
  CS SAB and SASB chairs
• Executive summary
• There is no evidence that the United States Air
  Force or its subordinate organizations attempted
  to exert coercion or domination of the DIS PDG.
• Members of the PDG directly sponsored or
  affiliated with the CAF DMO related efforts do
  not constitute a majority of the membership of
  the DIS PDG.
• While the inquiry identified one case of
  potential bloc voting and one case of organized
  bloc voting, neither of these cases was
  successful in affecting the resulting draft
  standard.
• Voting records of the DIS Product Development
  Group do not provide evidence of systematic bloc
  voting by members affiliated with the CAF DMO
  program.
• There are no reported cases of overt coercion by
  either a member's employer or a member's
  sponsoring organization.
• The Chair of the DIS PDG violated the spirit of
  the SISO restrictions on the Chair's
  participation in procedural or contentious
  discussions.
• Some officers and members of the DIS PDG violated
  the IEEE Code of Ethics and the DIS PDG's
  Procedures for Participation in DIS PDG Telecoms.
• SAC updating the SISO PP to specifically address
  inappropriate actions by PDG (WG) chairs

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Adios (Kind of)

• Since I assumed the SAC chair in September, Ill
  be rotating off the SAB after this meeting
• The new SAC Vice Chair, Jane Bachman, will be
  replacing me on the SAB
• Please give her the same excellent support youve
  given me over the last several years
• Ill be rotating off the SISO SAC in September
  2008 because Ill be term limited
• Hopefully this will mean Ill have more time to
  spend actually developing standards, which is
  what this is really all about
• Thanks for all the support and guidance over the
  years that allowed me to normalize SISOs
  relationship with the IEEE and made it possible
  for SISOs members to focus on standards
  development