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Workshop VIII in London, England October 11-13
Sunday, October 02, 2011
BKCASE Workshop VIII Author Attendees in London
The BKCASE Workshop VIII took place in London, England over three days on October 11-13. The first two days of the workshop were plenary and the third day was scheduled primarily for breakout sessions. The workshop was closed for author and core member attendance to discuss the broader project activities. Some milestones and major decisions were made for both SEBoK and GRCSE. Such topics included: the SEBoK v0.50 released to the public the month before in September, the reviewer progress in the Wiki, the development and release of a SEBoK v0.75, the GRCSE CorBoK, and the way ahead in preparation for the December GRCSE v0.50 release.
At the workshop the core team proposed the spring 2012 release of a SEBoK 0.75 for limited review. This would be an interim release before the final SEBoK version 1.0 is delivered to the BKCASE sponsor, released to the public, and adopted by its stewards in fall 2012. The 0.75 version would address only select articles identified by the author team as blank or shallow in content. The objective would be for these articles to meet the team's internal criteria set forth for the v0.50 Wiki articles and implement any applicable reviewer feedback received during the v0.50 review window. The team also discussed GRCSE in great depth. The GRCSE CorBok framework used in v0.25 was reorganized slightly using a modified Bloom's scale that the author team agreed upon. The newer approach will be presented in version 0.50. A path ahead was decided upon for the release of GRCSE v0.50 which will be released mid-December in a PDF format that will be made available online for public download. For a detailed overview of all the workshop discussion points and list of attendees, please click the workshop's final report.
The core team is especially thankful to our fellow BKCASE author Rick Adcock from Cranfield University who worked with professor Raul Leal, professor Matthew Whyndham, and administrator Katrina Walker from the University College London to host our group at UCL. Special thanks also goes to our fellow BKCASE author Hillary Sillitto from Thales UK who worked with Peter Andrews, John Meston, Richard Packer, and Helen Thomas from Thales to host a remarkable tour of the Thales Catalyst campus for some members of our BKCASE author team after the workshop. Everyone in London provided us with gracious hospitality and it is appreciated. The next BKCASE workshop is closed to its authors and scheduled to be hosted by authors Massood Towhidnejad and Tom Hilburn from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for January 17-19, 2012 in Daytona Beach, FL.