Workshop on Space Systems: Towards Long-Term Robotic and Human Presence on the Moon and Mars

Workshop code: 66w6w

Organizing Committee

– Dr. Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, NASA-JPL, Chair

– Adrian Stoica, JPL

– Hari Nayar, JPL

– Jim Keravala, OffWorld

– Kevin Kempton – NASA-LRC

– Robert Mueller, NASA-KSC

– Terry Fong, NASA -ARC

The  Workshop titled Toward Long-Term Robotic and Human Presence on the Moon and Mars will be held from October 1-4, 2023 as part of SMC 2023 flagship annual conference of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society.

This workshop will discuss the opportunities for discovery through robotic and human long-term presence on the Moon and Mars. The workshop will discuss programs of long-term robotic and human presence on the Moon and Mars of NASA, ESA, JAXA, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), UK Space, The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST), China National Space Administration, etc. in the near and far term.

Topics to be discussed at the workshop will include but not limited to the following;

  1. Landing Reference Maps for the Moon and Mars
  2. Terrain Relative Navigation Technologies
  3. Sample Return missions
  4. Artemis Program
  5. NASA Commercial Lunar Payloads Services Missions
  6. Teleoperations of robots on the Lunar surface from Earth.
  7. The in-situ operation of robotics system by an astronaut on the Lunar and Martian surface.
  8. Mission Concepts for long-term human and robotic presence on the Moon and Mars.
  9. Technologies that will enable cooperative long-term human and robotic presence missions.
  10. Artificial Intelligence technologies for long-term human and robotic presence on Moon and Mars.
  11. Systems of systems design of long-term human and robotic presence on the Moon and Mars
  12. In situ resource utilization (ISRU) technologies and mission concepts
  13. Moon Astrophysics mission concepts
  14. Cooperative/Collaborative construction of infrastructure (habitats, networks, power, etc.) on Moon and Mars
  15. Autonomous Robotic Systems for long-term presence on the Moon and Mars.

Tentative Workshop Format.

Day 1: Moon

    1. Session 1 – 9am to 10 am – Invited Address
    2. Session 2 – 10am to 12 noon – Morning session  Invited Papers (6, including (CADRE, ColdArm, LuNaMaps, etc)
    3. Session 3 – 2pm to 3:30 pm – Panel on Moon
    4. Session 4 – 3:30-5:30 Afternoon Contributed Papers

Day 2: Mars

    1. Session 1 – 9am to 10 am – Invited Address
    2. Session 2 – 10am to 12 noon – Morning session  Invited Papers
    3. Session 3 – 2pm to 3:30 pm – Panel on Mars
    4. Session 4 – 3:30-5:30 Afternoon Contributed Papers
The same dates as for the SMC regular papers apply: https://ieeesmc2023.org/

Author instructions:

Full paper submissions: Authors that wish to have their papers appear in the SMC 2023 conference proceedings and in IEEE Xplore, will need to submit their 4-6 page papers to the SMC 2023 conference using this link (https://conf.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl). Choose “Submit a Contribution to SMC 2023”. Under the first submissions category, choose the “Workshop Session Papers” and use code 66w6w. Full papers will undergo peer-review by a minimum of three reviewers and will be subject to an acceptance rate to be determined by the general SMC 2023 chairs.

Abstract submissions: 1-page abstracts can also be submitted. These will be reviewed by a technical program committee put together by the Workshop organizers. Accepted abstracts will not appear in the SMC 2023 proceedings and will not appear in IEEE Xplore, but they will be listed on the SMC 2023 website for diffusion. Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters during the Workshop. Abstracts should provide a title, authors list, technical content, and references within one page. To submit an abstract, authors should choose the “Workshop Session Abstracts” option in the link above and also use code 66w6w.