Dr. Joseph B. Kroculick Profile

Dr. Joseph B. Kroculick

Systems Engineer at Winifred Connects LLC

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Publications (12)

Proceedings Article | 30 April 2019 Presentation + Paper

Architecting doctrinally-consistent C2 infrastructure services

Joseph Kroculick

Proceedings Volume 11015, 110150L (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2519262

KEYWORDS: Systems engineering, Chemical elements, Systems modeling, Software development, Process modeling, Information technology, Knowledge management, Integration, Computer architecture, Telecommunications

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Planning future Multi-Domain Battle (MDB) missions requires extensive, complex, and real-time collaboration and coordination between many Warfighting Functions and Domains such as Electronic Warfare (EW), Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), Network Operations, and Cyber Operations. This collaboration and coordination requires synchronization of the associated domain processes and activities. Large Infrastructure projects for Command and Control (C2) are designed to integrate and align these processes through Information Technology (IT) services, such as decision aids, collaboration tools, and communication tools. New acquisition initiatives are driving infrastructure development to support the rapid fielding of capabilities through a modular software development approach. State-of-the-Art Shared Infrastructure Services can be developed using Agile Software Development (ASD) methods such as Scrum, Kanban, or Extreme Programming. However, the integration of these IT services cannot be easily planned since they are developed at the technology (i.e., software implementation) level according to the selected ASD method. Engineering the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) results in a gap between doctrinal processes and required system functionality since developers quickly code and configure small functional modular units at the technology level, while bypassing the traditional top-down waterfall flow from requirements to design. Furthermore, IaC does not explicitly require consulting a systems architecture. To improve the alignment of configured IT infrastructure services with doctrinal processes, this paper seeks to determine the extent to which agile Development Operations (DevOps) process can implement C2 doctrine while supporting dynamically-changing mission requirements and an operational environment. This paper proposes an automated Systems Engineering workflow to realize IT infrastructure services using Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) and a military DevOps.

Proceedings Article | 25 April 2017 Presentation + Paper

Application of assurance-driven design to capability set management

Joseph Kroculick

Proceedings Volume 10205, 102050F (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263171

KEYWORDS: Internet, Systems modeling, Clouds, Network architectures, Signal processing, Data modeling, Computer architecture, Systems engineering, Process engineering, Standards development

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Proceedings Article | 17 June 2014 Paper

An end-to-end communications architecture for condition-based maintenance applications

Joseph Kroculick

Proceedings Volume 9096, 909607 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053133

KEYWORDS: Network architectures, Defense and security, Reliability, Defense systems, Sensors, Satellite communications, Satellites, Data communications, Data transmission, Weapons

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Proceedings Article | 24 May 2011 Paper

Migration strategies for service-enabling ground control stations for unmanned systems

Joseph Kroculick

Proceedings Volume 8062, 80620I (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.884718

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Unmanned systems, Data modeling, Systems modeling, Navigation systems, Telecommunications, Sensors, Computer architecture, C4I

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Proceedings Article | 28 April 2010 Paper

Metrics for measuring net-centric data strategy implementation

Joseph Kroculick

Proceedings Volume 7707, 77070N (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.851254

KEYWORDS: Data modeling, Data integration, Visibility, Web services, Data processing, Databases, Integration, Data conversion, Computer security, Defense and security

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Proceedings Article | 2 October 2006 Paper

Representing structural conflicts in provisioning optical protection switching