The 2015 NEXTOR Research Symposium was organized by the Federal Aviation Administration and held at the FAA Quesada Auditorium in Washington, DC on May 28, 2015. The symposium featured remarks by Dave Chin, NEXTOR Program Director; Michael Huerta, FAA Administrator; and Professor Michael Ball, University of Maryland. The program featured research presentations highlighting recent results from studies conducted by NEXTOR universities.
Video is available for each session on YouTube. Just click the video links below.
See the Symposium poster here.
| Session: Welcome and Introduction | Video |
| Welcome and Introduction | Dave Chin, NEXTOR Program Director and Director of Performance Analysis, FAA ATO |
| Opening Remarks | Michael Huerta, Administrator, FAA |
| NEXTOR and NEXTOR-II, a Brief History | Michael Ball, Professor, University of Maryland |
| Session I: Safety Trends and Research | Video |
| How Safe Is It to Fly? | Arnold Barnett, Professor, MIT |
| Sensitivity Analysis of the Integrated Safety Assessment Model | John Shortle, Professor, George Mason University |
| Session II: Use of ADS-B to Manage Oceanic Traffic | Video |
| Modeling Oceanic Traffic in the Era of Satellite-Based ADS-B Surveillance Technology | Antonio Trani, Professor, Virginia Tech |
| Improving Investment Analysis of Operational Improvements in the North Atlantic (NAT) via Stakeholder Interviews | Daniel DeLaurentis, Professor, Purdue University |
| Session III: Performance Modeling & Analysis | Video |
| New Predictability Metrics | Mark Hansen, Professor, U.C. Berkeley |
| Passenger Delay Modeling and Trends | Cynthia Barnhart, Professor, MIT |
| Data Driven Methods for Airspace Performance Analysis | Lance Sherry, Associate Professor, George Mason University |
| Session IV: Traffic Flow Management | Video |
| Service Level Expectation Setting for Traffic Flow Management | Michael Ball, Professor, University of Maryland |
| Analysis of Gaming Issues in Collaborative Trajectory Options Program (CTOP) | John-Paul Clarke, Professor, Georgia Tech |
| Closing remarks | Video Dave Chin, Director, Performance Analysis, FAA ATO |