Event

INCOSE Critical Infrastructure Seminar: Dealing with large-scale disruptions in systems

Thursday, February 23, 2023
3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Zoom online presentation
Steve Sutton
sjsutton243@comcast.net
https://incose-org.zoom.us/j/81916356515?pwd=YUdQU0F0NFBESlNYaCtnbHdiZVFjQT09

INCOSE Critical Infrastructure Protection and Recovery Working Group Seminar

Asset Management and Resilience: Means For Dealing With Large-Scale Disruptions In Critical Infrastructure Systems

Polinpapilinho F. Katina
Department of Informatics and Engineering Systems
University of South Carolina Upstate

Abstract
Contemporary organizations are complex systems that function in complex business and operational environments composed of closely interdependent systems. This complexity is not always well understood, let alone efficiently controlled. As the complexity and interdependencies increase, organizational systems (and their operations) become more unstable, creating conditions for cascading system-level failures. These failures can be categorized into (i) physical damage and destruction of critical infrastructures and (ii) functional disruptions of operations without physical damage to infrastructures systems. In many cases, sources of risks are external to organizations. Hence, while organizations are affected by such threats (e.g., COVID-19), they cannot control their occurrence. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic affected public well-being and several sectors worldwide. In such situations, there is a need to think, plan and act differently in the face of similar disruptions.

We suggest a combination of structured Asset Management (AM) concepts and Resilience to address contemporary organizations' economic viability. Recent case studies involving a major North American electrical utility demonstrate the applicability of the suggested approach during an exceptional ice storm with significant damage to physical critical infrastructure assets as well as COVID-19 without with is without physical destruction of infrastructure systems.

Biography
Polinpapilinho F. Katina is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics and Engineering Systems at the University of South Carolina Upstate (Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA). He has served in various capacities at the National Centers for System of Systems Engineering (Norfolk, Virginia, USA), Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia, USA), Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy), The University of Alabama in Huntsville (Huntsville, Alabama, USA), and Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York, USA).

He holds B.S. in Engineering Technology (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA), M.Eng. in Systems Engineering (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA), and Ph.D. in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA). He received additional training at the Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy) in the Energy Department in the Nuclear Division - Laboratory of Signal Analysis and Risk Analysis.

Dr. Katina focuses on teaching and research in the areas of Complex System Governance, Critical Infrastructure Systems, Decision Making and Analysis, Emerging Technologies (e.g., IoT), Energy Systems (Smart Grids), Engineering Management, Infranomics, Manufacturing Systems, System of Systems, Systems Engineering, Systems Pathology, Systems Theory, and Systems Thinking. He has experience leading large-scale research projects and has achieved many established research outcomes, including publications in influential journals, conferences, and books.

His profile includes nearly 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, and book chapters. He has co-authored six (6) books. He has published in over 15 different peer-reviewed journals with high impact and visibility (i.e., indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, Inspec, etc.). He is a recipient of several awards, including Excellence in Teaching and Advising (University of South Carolina Upstate), top 1% for the 2018 Publons Global Peer Review Awards, and 2020 IAA Social Sciences Book Award (IAA: International Academy of Astronautics).

Zoom information
https://incose-org.zoom.us/j/81916356515?pwd=YUdQU0F0NFBESlNYaCtnbHdiZVFjQT09
Meeting ID: 819 1635 6515
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