Name: Introducing the Responsible Computing Self-Assessment
Start: 2023-04-26T16:00:00Z
End: 2023-04-26T16:00:37.000Z
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The Object Management Group® (OMG®) is an international, open membership, not-for-profit technology standards consortium. Founded in 1989, OMG standards are driven by vendors, end-users, academic institutions, and government agencies.

The Real-Time Publish-Subscribe (RTPS) is the network communication protocol that enables real-time data exchange between distributed systems. In this webinar, we’ll provide an overview of RTPS and explore how it serves as the underlying wire protocol for DDS, enabling seamless and reliable data exchange in real-time, distributed systems.
 
We will discuss:
• The motivation behind RTPS
• The basics of RTPS messages and sub-messages
• RTPS discovery
• How DDS Security affects RTPS

Whether you're building autonomous vehicles, robotics, or mission-critical industrial applications, understanding RTPS is key to leveraging the full power of DDS. Join us to dive deeper into how RTPS ensures low-latency, scalable communication across your distributed systems.

RTPS: The Interoperable Wire Protocol for DDS Systems

Discover how the Data Distribution Service (DDS) can revolutionize your software architecture. This webinar will provide an in-depth look at the architectural advantages of DDS over MQTT and OPC UA, illustrating its impact on system design, performance, scalability, and real-time decision-making at the edge. Ideal for software architects seeking to leverage middleware solutions to optimize industrial automation and other complex, data-centric applications.

This webinar will cover:
1. What is DDS?
- Brief introduction to DDS and its core concept
- The importance of middleware in modern software architecture
2. DDS vs. MQTT and OPC UU
- Comparative analysis of DDS, MQTT, and OPC UA
- Limitations of MQTT and OPC UA in next-generation architectures
- Unique strengths of DDS that address these limitation
3. Enabling Next-Generation Architecture with DDS
- How DDS supports complex, scalable, and high-performance system
- Architectural benefits: data-centricity, quality of service (QoS), and robustness
- Case studies demonstrating next-generation architectures enabled by DDS
4. Real-Time Decision Making at the Edge
- The significance of real-time data handling in modern applications
- How DDS enables real-time decision-making through its data-centric approach
- Examples of edge computing solutions leveraging DDS for instant insights and actions
5. DDS in Industrial Automation
- Case studies: Success stories from the AMR and ASRS markets
- Real-world examples of DDS in action
6. Designing with DDS: Best Practices
- Architectural patterns and strategies for DDS integration
- Tools and frameworks that complement DDS (e.g., your vendor-agnostic development and operations tool)
7. DDS and the Future of Middleware Solutions
- Trends and future directions in middleware and DDS
- How to stay ahead of the curve as a software architect

Edge Intelligence and Beyond: Transforming Systems with DDS

This webinar will cover a set of best practices when it comes to designing a DDS based system. It will present a step by step process to go from initial design to eventual deployment, and cover topics like:

• How to break up your domain specific information model into a set of normalized topics that minimizes overhead and maximizes performance and throughput?
• How to select the appropriate QoS policies for each of those topics?
• How to efficiently separate the various traffic flows in your system so that you balance between low latency and high throughput.
• Low bandwidth connections don't need to sacrifice bandwidth for traffic they are not interested in
• High priority traffic never gets interrupted/delayed by sudden bursts of low priority traffic.

Designing your DDS System for Performance and Scalability

Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) is evolving to support the complexity of embedded and distributed applications, which often have strict requirements in terms of performance, scalability, robustness and security.

Data Distribution Service (DDS) addresses the communications requirements between system components running across different computers, including connectivity, security and quality of service (QoS). This session will focus on how to simplify and streamline MBSE with DDS. 

The session will include a demonstration to rapidly model DDS with MBSE using Dassault Systèmes Cameo Systems Modeler™ and the CATIA Magic Real-Time Communication Designer, the software plugin that provides a direct integration to DDS. This enables the graphical design and configuration of all DDS aspects, including Domains, Types, Topics and QoS.

Audience Q&A will follow the discussion.

Attendees will learn: 
- Concepts and Fundamentals of SysML interfaces 
- Integrating SysML with DDS  
- Demonstration

Connecting MBSE with Interface Design Using DDS: A best practice approach

Panelists:
Jimmie “Bud” Davis, Assistant Professor, University of Texas
Gerardo Pardo, CTO, Real-Time Innovations (RTI)
Justin Wilson, Principal Software Engineer, OpenDDS Foundation / Unity Foundation
Moderated by: Nick Stavros, CEO, Jackrabbit Consulting

From its first use case with the US Navy to today’s breadth of applications, the Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard has stood the test of time in enabling real-time communications across distributed systems. Please join this panel in a lively discussion that includes: 

• Why DDS has stood the test of time 
• Unexpected use cases and applications running DDS
• The process to expand the DDS standard 
• What’s next in DDS

The panel will be followed by audience Q&A.

The Past, Present and Future of the DDS Standard

In this webinar, you will learn how to use the Cloud Working Group discussion paper on “Domain Taxonomies for Data Governance,” issued by OMG in December 2023, to identify, inventory, tag and manage sensitive information stored in the cloud. The “domains” of the title refer to personal data protection, export controls, classified or defense information, and intellectual property. The paper also presents some of the mechanisms and tools that can be used to secure such information, and a scheme to attach classification labels to each dataset.

Domain Taxonomies for Data Governance

One of the fundamental concepts in the DDS technology is the use of data type information to make data exchange robust, efficient, and feature-rich.  The X-Types specification provides a rich toolset for defining data types for use in DDS systems.  This includes how data types are defined, how they may evolve, how they are exchanged between DDS participants at run-time, and rules for data type assignability.

In this episode of the DDS Foundation's 20th anniversary webinar series, we will explore the Extensible and Dynamic Types for DDS (or "X-Types") specification and learn how this very important component of the DDS standards impacts the design, function and interoperability of DDS systems.

Exploring DDS X-Types

We have been developing software for well over half a century. Throughout that time, people have proposed practices and methods that promise high performance for teams that choose them. Yet, beyond the few case studies accompanying the advertising and the hype, we don’t seem to see the promised results.  
This inevitably leads to new and better methods that promise to address the failings of their predecessors. But they don’t. They also have their shortcomings, and beyond the few case studies accompanying the new hype, they fail to bring the promised results to teams that adopt them. 

The answer is not to create new and better methods and frameworks. Instead, we must look into why methods fail to deliver what they promise and overcome those problems. That’s what Ivar Jacobson set out to do and what led to Essence being adopted as an OMG Standard ten years ago.  

In those ten years, we have seen a growing number of experts and methodologists use Essence to describe their frameworks and practices, and an increasing number of teams and organizations adopt Essence. 

This talk will explore some of the use cases of Essence and the value it can provide to various stakeholders, including the methodologist, the team, and the organization. We will share some success stories and look to the future by describing some of the changes proposed for Essence 2.0 and the drivers behind them. We will also explain why Essence is designed for a world of living and breathing AI.

Whether you are entirely new to Essence or already enjoying its benefits, there will be something to interest you in this talk.

Essence – The Standard Bearer for High-Performing Teams

Cybersecurity is critical in developing and running complex, distributed systems.  As systems become more interconnected and intelligent, protecting data against cyberattacks and unauthorized participants becomes increasingly challenging. The first step to securing a distributed system is to protect its data.  

As a publish/subscribe protocol, DDS helps ensure that only authorized users and nodes can transmit and receive data, providing zero-trust, end-to-end data protection and data-origin authentication. 

The DDS Security specification defines the security model and Service Plugin Interface (SPI) architecture for DDS-compliant implementations. This enables out-of-the-box security between compliant DDS applications. Specifically, the use of SPIs allows DDS users to customize the authentication, access control, encryption, message authentication, digital signing, logging and data tagging.

The OMG will release an updated version of the DDS Security specification later this year. Last updated in 2018, the updated version includes new cryptographic algorithms, key rotation, support for dynamic revocation of credentials and hardness against DoS attacks. This webinar will provide an overview of the DDS Security spec with an emphasis on the new features. The presentation will be followed by audience Q&A.

Speaker
Gerardo Pardo, co-chair, DDS SIG, Lead Author of the DDS-Security specification, and CTO, Real-Time Innovations (RTI)

What’s New in the DDS Security Standard

Developers of systems running Data Distribution Service (DDS) use Quality of Service (QoS) policies to configure the behavior of the service.  For example, a user can declare that a DataWriter and DataReader are reliable, which obligates the service to deliver each and every sample from the DataWriter to the DataReader.  QoS separates the concerns of "what" (reliable data transfer) from "how" (resends, acknowledgments, etc.).
 
In this talk, we will
• introduce the 22 QoS policies in the DDS Specification
• describe use cases for various QoS policies
• look at a few "gotchas" related to QoS
 
The session will include an audience question and answer.

DDS: The FAQs about QoS

Join CISQ and Puppet by Perforce on February 15th and February 29th for a two-part series on Secure Critical Infrastructure for Continuous Compliance Standard.

Our event moderator, Chris Ganacoplos, AVP, Puppet will be joined by Tim Schilbach, CEO Penacity, and Paul Reed, Principal Solutions Engineer, Puppet for the second part of the series on February 29th, where they will present a demo of secure critical infrastructure with Continuous Compliance Framework enforcement modules for the operating system and hardening of systems and present what a solution with requirements will entail.

Secure Critical Infrastructure for Continuous Compliance Standard Solution

Join us for a technical DDS 101 webinar, a high-level introduction to the OMG's Data Distribution Service technology and standards.

The Data Distribution Service (DDS) from the Object Management Group (OMG) is a data connectivity framework becoming standardized in a wide range of industries and military systems.  From autonomous vehicles and embedded medical devices to electrical grids and intelligence and weapon systems, DDS is found in a growing number of architecture standards and government contracts. 

This webinar will focus on the technical features of DDS in the context of today's real-world use cases.

Introduction to the Data Distribution Service (DDS) Standard

Join CISQ and Puppet by Perforce on February 15th and February 29th for a two-part series on Secure Critical Infrastructure for Continuous Compliance Standard.

On February 15th, 2023 at 11:00am CT we'll kick off with a panel that will discuss the need and elements of SCI and why and how to meet Compliance Framework Regulatory Standards like CMMC, NIST, CIS, DISA STIG, PCI, and FINRA.

Our event moderator, Chris Ganacoplos, VP of East and Federal for Puppet Perforce IT Operations, Perforce will be joined by Tim Schilbach, CEO Penacity, for the first part of the series on February 15th, where they will discuss the challenges of Secure Critical Infrastructure. We will touch on Why Secure Critical Infrastructure is important, especially for stakeholders who need CMMC 2.0 certified with the NIST framework. We will discuss strategic and tactical topics you must implement in your program to be successful.

On February 29th, we'll be back with the addition of Paul Reed, Principal Solutions Engineer, Puppet by Perforce, who will give a presentation with Tim Schilbach and an in-depth demonstration that discusses the challenges of Secure Critical Infrastructure. We will review what it takes to build and deliver Secured Critical Infrastructure leveraging CMMC 2.0 certified and Center for Internet Security frameworks. We will demo an automated environment with policy as code, reporting, and auditing dashboards.

Secure Critical Infrastructure for Continuous Compliance Standard Panel

DDS turns 20! In 2024, we celebrate 20 years of DDS innovation. From its first use case that enabled distributed communications for US Navy ships to the autonomous systems of today, the DDS family of standards has enabled new generations of applications to run reliably, rapidly and securely, regardless of distance or scale. 

To commemorate this milestone, the DDS Foundation will be running a year-long celebration to highlight the 14 specifications in the DDS standard, along with selected real-world use cases. 

Kicking it off on January 18 is a webinar that starts at the beginning: A discussion with the original Principal Developer of the original Proof of Concept experiments, along with the lead developer of the original DDS standard. Audience Q&A is encouraged. 

The audience will gain insights into the development of the original DDS standard, including:
- Why the US Navy needed a distributed communication protocol
- Insights from the original developer of the core technology
- How it became a standard
- And more! 

Speakers
Gerardo Pardo, co-Author of the original DDS standard and CTO, Real-Time Innovations (RTI)
Mark Swick, Former Principal on US Navy project that formed the DDS standard; currently Systems Architect, Real-Time Innovations

DDS, the US Navy, and the Need for Distributed Software

Application modernization is more than ever at the top of the agenda across different industries. Some of the reasons involve cost, business agility, availability of skilled workforce, end of life of certain technologies and platforms, etc. 

Whatever the reasons, every transformation comes with its own set of challenges and risks. Many of these risks are related to organizational complexity, functional complexity, or lack of understanding of the current systems and applications. In this session, we will try to address this last aspect, and we’ll see how understanding your current systems blueprints and inner workings can help you make informed decisions on a relevant modernization strategy. 

Join CAST on Thursday, December 14th at 11:00am ET to gain some insights on what they’ve learned while working with some of their clients.

Insights-based Legacy Modernization Strategy

25 years ago, the Object Management Group's (OMG) Unified Modeling Language enhanced modeling efficiency in software intensive systems and continues to be used by engineers worldwide today. It is now considered by many, that OMG's Essence standard will have an even greater global impact because it can be integrated into every facet of the software engineering process. 

This webinar provides an overview of Essence, a demo of how it is used today, various use cases, and a preview of future implementations.

Essence – Redefining Software Engineering

25 years ago, the Object Management Group's (OMG) Unified Modeling Language enhanced modeling efficiency in software intensive systems and continues to be used by engineers worldwide today. It is now considered by many, that OMG's Essence standard along with its updated 2.0 version will have an even greater global impact because it can be integrated into every facet of the engineering process. Going beyond software engineering to include all engineering processes.

This webinar provides an overview of the intent of Essence v2.0 and how to get involved in this latest version.

Towards Essence 2.0: Removing Engineering Limitations

Governments, social scientists, technologists, and even the heads of AI organizations are expressing concerns about the potential misuse of the power unleashed by Foundation Models and Generative AI. Many nations and organizations have already started taking steps to regulate this powerful technology to prevent possible misuse and disruption of the societal fabric. Fear and concerns are synonymous with the approach toward nuclear technology worldwide. 

The teams of the Object Management Group (OMG) Responsible Computing Initiative launched a Tiger team to study and evaluate the potential concerns regarding Generative AI Techniques (GAIT) and recommend ways to channel the capabilities of GAIT responsibly to benefit society. 

Specific objectives include investigations on how to:

- Instill trust and reduce bias in the data used to build GAI models.
- Recommend proper and ethical use of AI models whilst protecting the intellectual rights of authors, artists, and other professionals.
- Regulate the proliferation of AI models to ensure no disruptive effects on employment, society, and the environment.
- Educate the consumers, administrators, and governmental bodies on the dangers and limitations of excessive use of AI models.

The different tracks of this initiative are:

• Ensure trustworthy Generative AI Models, which must be based on accurate and unbiased data.
• Impact on the Labor market, especially many white-collar jobs like copywriters, interpreters, and even professionals like investment advisors, editors, lawyers, customer support professionals, creative writers, doctors, etc.
• Issues related to IP, copyright violation, ownership, royalty, etc.
• Impact on the environment with the power-hungry deep learning process to build(train) GAI models.

Michael Linehan (OMG) and Cheranellore Vasudevan (IBM) will present their thoughts as they start their work on this initiative.

Responsible Generative AI

Join us for a tour of the Responsible Computing Self-Assessment. The self-assessment charts a journey and provides recommendations based on responses to achieving sustainable practices in ICT environments for technology vendors and their clients, assessing six domains: Code, Data Center, Data Usage, Impact, Infrastructure, and Systems. 

The self-assessment is available to the public on our website: https://responsiblecomputing.net/responsible-computing-self-assessment/

Our members are working on a maturity model and deeper assessment, which will be available to our member organizations to provide a more profound framework of how to be a responsible computing leader.

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