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Tuesday September 23, 2025
| 0800 | Registration and Badging | |
| 0830 | Keynote | Dr. Joel Mozer, USSF Chief Scientist, Emeritus |
| 0945 | Break | |
| Morning Session (Autonomy 1) | Talks 1-4 | |
| 1000 | Autonomous Satellite Inspection in Low Earth Orbit with Optimization-Based Safety Guarantees | Mark Stephenson, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder |
| 1030 | Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Spacecraft Scenarios | Nathaniel Hamilton, University of Dayton Research Institute |
| 1100 | Leveraging Multi-Domain Modeling in AFSIM for AI-Enabled Simulations | Victor Ong, AFRL/Sierra Lobo, Inc. |
| 1130 | Autonomy at Levels for a Space Asset Protection Mission Example | Daniel Baker, BlueHalo and AFRL |
| 1200 | Lunch | |
| Afternoon Session #1 (SDA 1) | Talks 5-8 | |
| 1300 | Detection of Unexpected Maneuvers | Kallee Gallant, MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
| 1330 | Autonomous Observation Scheduling using Reinforcement Learning Under Operational and Visibility Constraints | Mark Stephenson, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder |
| 1400 | An Uncertainty-Aware, and Explainable, AI Approach to Conjunction Screening | Alexander Lay, RTX BBN Technologies |
| 1430 | Model Robustness Testing and Benchmarking with MaDDG (Maneuver Detection Data Generation) | Michael Tierney, MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
| 1500 | Break | |
| Afternoon Session #2 (HMT, V&V) | Talks 9-12 | |
| 1515 | HMI Operator Study | Kyle Dunlap, AFRL |
| 1545 | Peregrine: Integrating Deep Reinforcement Learning into an Operational Training Simulator | Hayden Smotherman & Noah Jones, Northrop Grumman |
| 1615 | Input Verification through Neural Network Inversions for Space Autonomy | Vignesh Sivaramakrishnan, AFRL |
| 1645 | Synthetic Imaging for the Assessment of Coarse 3D Reconstruction | Henry Lei, Verus Research |
| 1800 | No-Host Reception @ Revolution Hall | 3 Maguire Rd, Lexington, MA |
Wednesday September 24, 2025
| 0800 | Registration and Badging | |
| 0830 | Keynote | Maj Sean Allen, SDA TAP Lab |
| 0945 | Break | |
| Morning Session (SDA 2) | Talks 13-16 | |
| 1000 | Few-Shot Learning for Spectral Identification of GEO Satellites in Contested Space Environments | Roberto Furfaro, Space4 Center, University of Arizona |
| 1030 | ExoChat: Democratizing Space Domain Awareness Data in Contested Environments | Chris Ingram, ExoAnalytics Solutions |
| 1100 | Applying AI Generated Commands To An Active Spacecraft | John Brewer, Space Dynamics Laboratory |
| 1130 | Satellite Anomaly Governance & Evaluation | Jeremiah Kollodge, Space Dynamics Laboratory |
| 1200 | Lunch | |
| Afternoon Session #1 (Autonomy 2) | Talks 17-20 | |
| 1300 | AFIT ANT Center 2025 Grads - Satellite Autonomy Research | Nicholas Yielding, Air Force Institute of Technology |
| 1330 | The Safe Trusted Autonomy for Responsible Space (STARS) Program | Kyle Dunlap, Air Force Research Laboratory |
| 1400 | Deep Reinforcement Learning Waypoint Generator | Raul Santos, Texas A&M University, AFRL, University of Dayton Research Institute |
| 1430 | Subspace Transformer Network for Space Autonomy | Kochise Bennett, Toyon Research Corporation |
| 1500 | Break | |
| 1515 | Session 6: Poster Session | |
Thursday September 25, 2025 – Clearance Required
| 0800 | Registration and Badging | |
| 0830 | Keynote | Prof. Richard Linares, MIT Aero/Astro |
| 0945 | Break | |
| Morning Session | Talks 21-24 | |
| 1000 | Finding Satellites Using Stellar Occultation and Machine Learning | Violet Felt, US Space Force |
| 1030 | Robust AI for Space Domain Awareness | Brian Knoth & Zack Folcik, MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
| 1100 | Improving Satellite Identification with Synthetic Radar Image Generation | Nico San Miguel, MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
| 1130 | Experimental Demonstrations of Trusted Distributed Autonomy Applications | Islam Hussein, Trusted Space, Verus Research, AFRL |
| 1200 | Lunch | |
| 1300 | LC3T Tour #1 / Panel Discussion | |
| 1400 | LC3T Tour #2 / Panel Discussion | |