Dept of Systems and Engineering Management
Email: John Colombi
PhD, Air Force Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Generalized Hidden Filter Markov Models. Advisor: Dr Dennis Ruck, 1996
MSEE, Air Force Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cepstral and Auditory Model Features for Speaker Recognition. Advisor: Dr Stephen K. Rogers, 1992
BSEE, University of Lowell, 1986.
System and Enterprise Architecture, Architectural Analysis
Petri Nets, Graph Theoretical Systems Analysis
Complex Systems (Interoperability)
Command and Control, Network Centric Warfare and Operations Analysis
Human Systems Integration (Workload, Display layouts)
SYSTEM AND ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS
COMPLEX SYSTEMS
HUMAN SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS (SOS) ENGINEERING
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
Nicholas Hardman, David Jacques, John Colombi, Raymond R. Hill and Janet Miller, Requirements Elicitation through Legacy Mishap Analysis, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Journal[Accepted, March 2010]
Nicholas Hardman, John Colombi, David Jacques, Raymond R. Hill, and Janet Miller, An Empirical Function Allocation Method and its Application to Traffic Collision Avoidance, International Journal of Applied Aviation Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp 133-153, 2009.
J. Colombi and R. Cobb, Application of Systems Engineering to Rapid Prototyping for Close Air Support. Defense Acquisition Review Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp 284-303. Oct 2009
Thomas C. Ford, John M. Colombi, David R. Jacques and Scott R. Graham, A General Method of Measuring Interoperability and Describing Its Impact on Operational Effectiveness, The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp 17-32, Jan 2009.
Thomas C. Ford, John M. Colombi, David R. Jacques and Scott R. Graham. On the Application of Classification Concepts to Systems Engineering Design and Evaluation. Journal of Systems Engineering. Vol 12, No. 2. 2009.
John M. Colombi, David R. Jacques and Dennis D. Strouble. Maximizing Warfighter Capability using Surveyed Necessity Measurement. Defense Acquisition Review Journal. Vol 15, No 3. December 2008., pg 241-259.
John Colombi, Brannen Cohee, and Chuck Turner. Interoperability Test and Evaluation: A System-of-Systems Field Study of Current Policy and Practice. Crosstalk: Journal of Defense Software Engineering. Vol 21, No 11, November 2008., pg 10-14.
Peer-Reviewed Conferences/ Magazines
Vinod Naga, John Colombi, Ken Hopkinson and Michael Grimaila,Mission-Related Execution and Planning Through Quality of Service Methods, Annual International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRST), June 2010 (Best Student Paper)
Vinod Naga, John Colombi, Michael Grimaila, Kenneth Hopkinson, Enabling Performance of Mission-Oriented Networks Through Quality of Service Methods, WorldComp 2010 – International Conference on Security and Management: Special Track on Mission Assurance, July 21-25, 2010 - Las Vegas, NV.
Jill Ward and John Colombi, Human Systems Integration: A Discrete Event Simulation of Operational Utility for Control of Multiple Small Unmanned Aerial Systems. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), 2010 Annual Meeting.
John Colombi and Jill Ward, Human Systems Analysis for Control of Multiple Small Unmanned Aerial Systems. Proceedings of the Conference on Systems Engineering Research, Hoboken, NJ, March 2010. Available at http://sse.stevens.edu/research/sponsored-conferences/cser/2010/
John M. Colombi and Nicholas S. Hardman. RELAAy – A Tool to Examine HSI Requirements. Presentation and Proceedings of the International Council on Systems Engineering Conference, Chicago, July, 2010. (Best Human Systems paper)
Nicholas Merski and John Colombi. Tailored System Architecture for Design of Space Science and Technology (S&T) Missions using DoDAF2.0 , IEEE (AIAA) Aerospace Conference , Big Sky, Montana March 6-13, 2010.
Matt Larkowski, Robert F. Mills and John M. Colombi, The Cyberspace-Development Dogfight:Tightening The Acquisitions Turn Circle, High Frontier Journal 6(1), US Air Force Space Command, pp 44-48, 2009.
Nicholas Hardman, John Colombi, David Jacques, Raymond Hill and Janet Miller. Application of Seeded Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for User Interface Design. Presentation and Proceedings of the IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Conference, San Antonio, 2009.
Adam Lenfestey, Eric Cring and John Colombi. Architecting Human Operator Trust in Automation for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Control. WorldComp 2009 - Proc of the 2009 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'09) July 13-16, 2009.
Peter Mastro, Richard Orcutt, David Jacques and John Colombi, Enterprise Architecture Support for Capability Based Assessments, Presentation and Proceedings of the Conference on Systems Engineering Research, Loughborough, England, April 2009.
Nicholas Hardman, John Colombi, David Jacques, Raymond Hill and Janet Miller. Persons in the Processes: Human Systems Integration in Early System Development. Presentation and Proceedings of the International Council on Systems Engineering Conference, Singapore, June 2009.
Nicholas Hardman, John Colombi, David Jacques, Raymond Hill and Janet Miller. The Challenges of Human Considerations in the Systems Engineering Technical Process. Presentation and Proceedings of the Conference on Systems Engineering Research, Loughborough, England, April 2009.
Karen S. Bausman and John Colombi. The Future of Systems Engineering. Defense AT&L, DAU Press. pg 38-42, January-February 2009.
G. Richard Freeman, Randall Bullard and John Colombi. The Global Positioning System: A Case Study in Systems Engineering. INCOSE INSIGHT, Vol 11, Issue 4, pg 40-44, Sep 2008.
Randall Bullard, John Colombi and Richard Freeman, Global Positioning System: A Case Study Focused on Systems Engineering, Proceedings and for Oral Presentation at the 19th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSEng), August 2008.
Randall Bullard, John Colombi and Richard Freeman, Global Positioning System (GPS) Systems Engineering Case Study, Proceedings and for Oral Presentation at INCOSE Symposium, June 2008.
John Colombi and Joseph Carl, Addressing Complex Systems. INCOSE INSIGHT. Vol 11, Issue 3, pg 46-48, July 2008.
D. O’Malley, J. Zall, J. Colombi and J. Carl. Integrating Cognition into System Design, WORLDCOMP'08, World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing, July 2008.
Thomas Ford, John Colombi, Scott Graham and David Jacques, Measuring System Interoperability: An i-Score Improvement, 6th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research, April 2008.
Nicholas Hardman, John Colombi, David Jacques, Ray Hill, What Systems Engineers Need to Know About Human-Computer Interaction, INCOSE INSIGHT, Vol 11, Issue 2, Special Issue on Human Systems Integration, April 2008. Nicholas Hardman, John Colombi, David Jacques, Janet Miller, Human Systems Integration within the DoD Architecture Framework, Proceedings of the 2008 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, J. Fowler and S. Mason, eds, April 2008.
Nicholas Hardman, John Colombi, David Jacques, Raymond Hill, Improved User Interface Design Through Graph-Theoretic Modeling, IEEE International Conference on Distributed Human-Machine Systems, March 2008.
David Jacques and John Colombi, “Architecture-Based Concept Evaluation in Support of JCIDS”, presented at 10th Annual Systems Engineering Conference (National Defense Industrial Association, IEEE, INCOSE), 22-25 Oct 2007.
John Colombi and David Jacques, System of Systems Implications for Operational Test, presented at 10th Annual Systems Engineering Conference (National Defense Industrial Association, IEEE, INCOSE), 22-25 Oct 2007.
John Colombi, Operational Test and Evaluation: The System of Systems Imperative, presentation to GEIA 41st Annual Engineering & Technical Management Conference, San Antonio, TX, September 2007.
John M. Colombi, David R. Jacques, Mark K. Wilson and John M. Griffin, An Assessment of the Systems Engineering Continuum, Defense AT&L, DAU Press, Sep-Oct 2007.
John M. Colombi and David R. Jacques, Teaching the Systems Engineering Continuum, INCOSE INSIGHT, Vol 10, Issue 3, July 2007.
Joseph W. Carl and John M. Colombi, Seven Secret Tips to Build Intelligent Enterprise Architectures, Proceedings and for Oral Presentation at INCOSE Symposium, 24-28 July 2007.
Thomas C. Ford, John M. Colombi, Scott R. Graham, David R. Jacques, “ Survey on Interoperability Measurement”, 12th Annual International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRST), June 2007
Thomas Ford, John Colombi Scott Graham David Jacques, The Interoperability Score, 5th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research, Hoboken, New Jersey, March 14-16, 2007.
Ann Wong-Jiru, John Colombi, Laura Suzuki, Robert Mills, Graph Theoretical Analysis of Network Centric Operations Using Multi-Layer Models, 5th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research, Hoboken, New Jersey, March 14-16, 2007
T. Wieser, G. Miller, A. Piepkorn, J. Kennedy, R. Mills, J. Colombi, “DoD Enterprise Architecting: Joint Issues “, 9th Annual Systems Engineering Conference (National Defense Industrial Association and IEEE Systems Council), 23-26 Oct 2006.
L. Anderson, P Doty, M. Griego, K. Timko, J. Colombi, B Hermann, “Solutions Analysis for Helicopter Brownout”, 9th Annual Systems Engineering Conference (National Defense Industrial Association and IEEE Systems Council), 23-26 Oct 2006.
G. Buckner, G. Buttram, M. Cannon, A. Collazo, M. Jiru, J. Colombi R. Cobb, “Systems Engineering for Rapid Prototyping: A Practical Application”, 9th Annual Systems Engineering Conference (National Defense Industrial Association and IEEE Systems Council), 23-26 Oct 2006.
J. Colombi, L. Anderson, P Doty, M. Griego, K. Timko, B Hermann, “Operational Domain Systems Engineering”, submitted to International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Insight. Vol 9, Issue 1, Oct 2006.
George C. Dalton II, Dr. Robert F. Mills, Dr. John M. Colombi, Dr. Richard A. Raines, Analyzing Attack Trees using Generalized Stochastic Petri Nets, Proceedings of the 7th IEEE Workshop on Information Assurance, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, 21-23 June 2006
George Dalton, Dr. Robert Mills, and Dr. John Colombi , Modeling Security Architectures, 11th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, Cambridge, UK, 26 Sep 2006 [approved, pending publication]
George Dalton, Dr. Robert Mills, and Dr. John Colombi, “A Survey of the Use of Petri Nets to Model Security and Access Controls”, ICIW 2006: International Conference on i-Warfare and Security, March 2006
John M. Colombi, Editor, “B-2 Systems Engineering Case Study”, Sep 2005 John M Griffin, John Colombi, "Application and Analysis of the Friedman-Sage Framework for Case Studies of Systems Engineering and Management", Presentation to National Defense Industrial Association, Nov 2004.
J. Colombi, "Biometric Technology, Testing and Standards", Presentation to American National Standards Institute (ANSI), X9F4, Jan 1998.
J. Colombi, "Trends in Biometrics", Presentation at the Workshop on Privacy, Security and Electronic Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, June 1998.
J. Colombi, "The Challenge and Importance of Biometric Testing", 10th Canadian Information Technology Security Symposium, Invited panel member, Ottawa, Canada, June 1998.
J. Colombi, "Engineering TradeOffs in Biometric API Design", CardTech/SecurTech, Washington DC, April 1998.
J.M. Colombi, J.S. Reider, J. P. Campbell, "Allowing Good Impostors to Test", 31st Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, IEEE Computer Society, Nov 1997.
J.M. Colombi, D.W. Ruck, T.R. Anderson, S.K Rogers, M. Oxley, "Cohort Selection and Word Grammar Effects for Speaker Recognition", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, (ICASSP ‘96), Vol I, pages 85-88, 1996.
John M. Colombi, "Hidden Filter Markov Models Applied to Speaker Recognition", Air Force Institute of Technology, AFIT/GE/ENG/DS-96-01, March 1996.