Welcome to MOOS-DAWG 2013 !!

The 2013 Working Group Meeting for MOOS and IvP developers and practitioners was held in Cambridge Massachusetts, July 30-31, on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

2013 Photos:

Event Dates

• July 29th Barbecue on the eve of MOOS-DAWG'13.
• July 30th: Day 1 of the workshop Link to Schedule
• July 31st: Day 2 of the workshop Link to Schedule

Format

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.

2013 MOOS-DAWG Talks:

• Talk-01: iFrontSeat: a New Approach for Writing Extensible MOOS-IvP Frontseat-Backseat Payload Interface Drivers,
  Toby Schneider, MIT. DOWNLOAD
• Talk-02: ROS-MOOS Interfacing using a NMEA-format Protocol,
  Mike Purvis, Clearpath Robotics.
• Talk-03: An Overview of MOOS-IvP Usage at SSCI,
  Kai-yuh Hsiao, Scientific Systems Company Inc. (SSCI). DOWNLOAD
• Talk-04: Bio-Inspired Multi-Robot Communication through Behavior Recognition,
  Michael Novitzky, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).
• Talk-05: The Latest Developments of the Yellowfin 2.0 UUV,
  Michael Novitzky, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).
• Talk-06: Sampling-Based Motion Planning and Co-Safe LTL for Coverage Missions Using the MOOS-IvP Framework,
  James McMahon, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). DOWNLOAD
• Talk-07: Environmentally-Sensitive Search Behaviors for Collaborating Underwater Autonomous Vehicles,
  Ryan Goldhahn, Kevin LePage, Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE).
• Talk-08: MOOS-IvP Helm Based Simulations of Collision Avoidance by an Autonomous Surface Craft Performing Repeat-Transect Oceanographic Surveys,
  Michael A. Filimon and Daniel L. Codiga, Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode Island (URI). DOWNLOAD
• Talk-09: Networked Utilities for Reliable and Safe Transfers of Control Between Native Mission Software and Backseat MOOS-IvP Helm on an Autonomous Surface Craft,
  Amit Nehra and Daniel L. Codiga, Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode Island (URI). DOWNLOAD
• Talk-10: Using MOOS-IvP and Goby to Adapt Acoustic Data Rates for Improvement of Bandwidth in Collaborative AUV Missions,
  Dainis Nams, Mae Seto, Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC). DOWNLOAD
• Talk-11: Bounding the Operating Area with a Confines Behavior,
  Alon Yaari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
• Talk-12: MOOS-IvP Based Autonomous Surface Vehicle for Acoustic Communications Experimentation,
  Josh Leighton, Mei Yi Cheung, Eric Gilbertson, Brooks Reed, Franz Hover, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
• Talk-13: Next Generation Bluefin-9: A COTS AUV Enabling On-going and Advanced Platform Research,
  Cheryl Mierzwa, Mikell Taylor, Bluefin Robotics. DOWNLOAD
• Talk-14: Sensor-Driven Area Coverage for an Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using MOOS,
  Liam Paull, Carl Thibault, Amr Nagaty, Mae Seto and Howard Li, Dalhousie University, Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC).
• Talk-15: Autonomous and Adaptive Front Tracking using AUVs in an MSEAS Dynamic Ocean Model,
  Stephanie Petillo, Laboratory for Autonomous Marine Sensing Systems (LAMSS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). DOWNLOAD
• Talk-16: Using the MOOS-IvP with Machine Learning and AUV Behaviors for Target Classification Based on Acoustic Scattered Fields,
  Erin Fischell, Laboratory for Autonomous Marine Sensing Systems (LAMSS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). DOWNLOAD
• Talk-17: New Features and Applications in MOOS-IvP 13.5 and Near Term Development Plans,
  Michael Benjamin, Laboratory for Autonomous Marine Sensing Systems (LAMSS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). DOWNLOAD
• Talk-18: MOOS-V10 What's New,
  Paul Newman, Oxford. DOWNLOAD
• Talk-19: Change Detection for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Simultaneous Localization and Mapping,
  Timothy Pohajdak, Mae Seto, Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC).
• Talk-20: Nested Autonomy: A Robust Operational Paradigm for Communication-Constrained Undersea Sensing Networks,
  Henrik Schmidt, Laboratory for Autonomous Marine Sensing Systems (LAMSS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
• Talk-21: COLREGS Collision Avoidance for Autonomous Surface Vehicles with MOOS-IvP,
  Kyle Woerner, Michael Benjamin, Laboratory for Autonomous Marine Sensing Systems (LAMSS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
• Talk-22: Hunter-Prey: An Open-Source Adversarial Competition to Promote Cooperative Autonomous Research,
  LT Arthur Anderson, Alon Yaari, Michael Benjamin, Laboratory for Autonomous Marine Sensing Systems (LAMSS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). DOWNLOAD
• Talk-23: UUV Autonomy to Facilitate UUV Recovery by a Submarine,
  Mae Seto, George Watt, Defence Research and Development Canada.