MOOS-DAWG'11

Welcome to MOOS-DAWG 2011 !!

The 2011 Working Group Meeting for MOOS developers and practitioners was held in Cambridge Massachusetts, July 19-20th, on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Meeting Results

MOOS-DAWG'11 has come and gone! Many thanks to all who came and participated or just listened in. We grew a fair amount this year and look forward to next year's event. Your feedback and suggestions are still more than welcome. Below are links to the briefs from MOOS-DAWG'11 posted as they are sent from presenters. And some photos from the few days in Cambridge.

• Briefs from MOOS-DAWG'11
• Tutorials from MOOS-DAWG'11
• Photos from MOOS-DAWG'11

Important Dates

• July 18th Barbecue on the eve of MOOS-DAWG'11 - Sponsored by Bluefin Robotics .
• July 19th: Day 1 of the workshop Link to Full Schedule
• July 20th: Day 2 of the workshop Link to Full Schedule

Preliminary List of Talks and Speakers: View Full Set of Talks Here

A Summary of Topics:

• Autonomy / Collaborative Autonomy (20)
• Unmanned Surface Vehicles (4)
• Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (21)
• MOOS-IvP (18)
• IvP Helm Behavior Development (7)
• Acoustic Communications (7)
• Mine Countermeasures (8)
• Anti-Submarine Warfare (5)
• The Ocean Explorer UUV (4)
• The Ocean Server Iver2 UUV (2)
• The Ocean Observatories Initiative (2)
• High Fidelity Ocean/Autonomy Simulation (3)
• Other topics: Mission Planning / Configuration(3), Mission Control / Visualization(2), The Bluefin MUSCLE Vehicle(1), The Yellowfin UUV(1), Autonomy Middleware(1), The Goby Project(1), Ocean Modeling (2), Automatic Target Recognition(1), MOOS-Core (1), Plume Tracking (2), WHOI Acoustic Modem (2), Behavior Development with Matlab(1), EvoLogics Acoustic Modem(1), Image Compression(2), The Kingfisher USV (1)

Objectives and Format

The objectives of the MOOS-DAWG 2011 meeting are to bring people together who have experience or an interest in using MOOS autonomy middleware and its substantial set of applications, toward the advancement of unmanned autonomous systems.

The format of the meeting will be mostly single-track discussions on

• Fielded autonomous platforms using MOOS and/or MOOS-IvP.
• Development of MOOS-based software applications.
• Panel discussions on best-practices and roadmaps for improvement.
• Tutorials.