Topic: The Integrated Battle Command Experiment
Speaker: Joseph Saur

Bio: 
	Following graduation from ODU (BS/CS in 1989; MS/CS in 1991),
Mr. Saur has worked for a variety of defense contractors, primarily in
the area of software development management.  In 1998-2000, he planned a
series of Y2K operational evaluations for the US Atlantic Command while
working for Keane Federal Systems, and presented the results of those
tests at ODU in Spring, 2000.  Mr. Saur is currently on the staff of
Georgia Tech Research Institute as a Senior Research Scientist, and
works at the Joint Systems Integration Command in Suffolk, VA.


Abstract:
	The Integrated Battle Command (IBC) Experiment is a multi-year
series of events conducted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA) and US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM).  It explores the
possibility of providing new functionality to the Joint Task Force (JTF)
Commander in three areas: visualization, effects prediction, and
planning.  
	Two contractor teams were selected, one led by BAE Systems, and
one by Lockheed-Martin ATL.  The government's evaluation team consisted
of representatives from: the Joint Systems Integration Command (JSIC),
The USJFCOM Joint Experimentation / J9 Directorate (J9), and Evidence
Based Research (EBR).  
	A series of events was conducted.  During three Limited
Objective Experiments (LOE), government experts provided feedback to the
contractors on the efficacy of their approaches:
*	LOE 1 (28 Nov-1 Dec 2005): Visualization of the entire
Political, Military, Economic, Social, Infrastructure, Information
(PMESII) environment.
*	LOE 2 (21-23 Feb 2006): Using a family of interconnected models,
exploration of all possible effects of possible Diplomatic, Information,
Military, Economic (DIME) actions.  
*	LOE 3 (20-24 Mar 2005): Ability to modify and/or replace models.
*	The final Capstone experiment (11 May-2 Jun 2006) involved a
comparison between three Joint crisis action planning staffs, each
performing a series of three separate planning exercises: one with tools
currently, one using the BAE toolkit, and one using the LM toolkit.
	This talk will outline the government team's initial approach
(including metrics), changes made over time, and outlines the results of
the final Capstone experiment.