Abstract:

In the Fall of 2004, the Autonomous Sciencecraft (ASE) became the primary operations system for the Earth Observing One (EO-1) mission.  Since that time the ASE software, flight and ground,  has controlled the operations of the spacecraft for over 60,000 image acquisitions and  2.6M commands.  Come hear about:

- Automated scheduling of observations, engineering activities, calibrations, and downlinks to maximize high priority science - enabling users to directly request observations from any secure internet connection.
- Onboard instrument processing that enables ASE to autonomously track volcanism, flooding, and cryosphere events and search for spectral signatures.

Bio:

Steve Chien is Head of the Artificial Intelligence Group and Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.  He has led the deployment of Onboard Autonomy software to the EO-1, MER, and IPEX missions.  He also led the deployment of automated scheduling tools for Rosetta Orbiter science operations.  He is a four-time honoree in the NASA Software of the Year competition and he has been awarded four NASA medals for his work in spacecraft autonomy and operations automation.  He is the Principal Investigator for the Autonomous Sciencecraft.