MindSET

Who better to round out MindSET season one than the Chief Technology Officer at Leidos, Jim Carlini. In this episode he shares not only his career journey to date, but also what he’s seen over the last 30 years in terms of evolution of technology and innovation.

Key takeaways:

Enduring technology challenges

Technology requirements across markets

Delivering innovation with speed, security, and scale

Impact of COVID-19 from a technology perspective

What will logistics look like in the future? Lisa DeVine, Chief Technology Officer, Logistics and Mission Support at Leidos joins MindSET today to discuss this very question.

Key takeaways:

What are operations and logistics?

Why companies are investing in automation in their warehouses

Emerging technology in logistics

The Amazon effect

The impact of the pandemic on supply chains

NASA’s Artemis program is centered around space exploration, so to talk us through human landing systems and how Leidos and Dynetics are working with NASA to send the first woman & the next man to the moon is VP of Space Systems Kim Doering.

Key takeaways:

The evolution of Dynetics and their work with Leidos

The programs Dynetics is involved in with NASA

NASA’s Artemis program

Concept of the lunar economy

The collaborative approach to Dynetics’ HLS

Difference between the Apollo and Artemis missions

Within the Leidos Health Group, a team of more than 300 scientists, researchers, and program managers are focused on how human performance and biobehavioral research can support warfighters serving on land and on and under the sea.

Key takeaways:

What is biobehavioral research

Leidos’ capabilities in human performance across the deployment cycle

Examples of biobehavioral research, including human subject and database-driven studies

Impacts of COVID-19 on human performance research

Analyzing data to make mission-critical decisions used to take days or weeks, but now edge to cloud operations have reduced this time to hours if not minutes. With edge to cloud, decision making is moved to the edge where data is collected and allows the data to rapidly transit to link the mission space to the cloud.

Key takeaways:

The definition of edge to cloud

How edge to cloud accelerates innovation and digital modernization

The capabilities included in the edge to cloud ecosystem at Leidos

The importance of edge to cloud operations across sectors

How do you ensure humans get to Mars safely? Meet Kritina Holden, Ph.D., and Technical Fellow in human factors at Leidos. Tina’s job is ensuring that systems designed for space are safe and easy for astronauts to use.

Key takeaways:

How human systems integration (HSI) differs from typical engineering approaches

The human-centered design (HCD) process

How NASA has used the HCD process

The benefits of HSI and HCD outside of NASA

The security checkpoint of the future is here. To talk about it and how the passenger experience will be enhanced is Bill McGann, Chief Technology Officer for Leidos’ Security Detection & Automation operation.

Key takeaways:

What the checkpoint of the future looks like

How passenger experiences in security checkpoints can be improved

The touchpoints that will enhance the passenger experience

Creating a frictionless travel experience

Sensor technology is developing at a rapid pace. Talking us through how Leidos is involved in this arena is Cayley Rice, Enterprise Lead for Sensors, Collections & Phenomenology at Leidos.

Key takeaways:

Sensors, Collections & Phenomenology

The capabilities Leidos has in this arena

The opportunities with sensors for government agencies today

What distinguishes Leidos from the commercial space

The challenge of cycle time to new innovations

If you're a future technologist or you’re just starting out in your career, Dr Julie Rosen, Chief Scientist at Leidos Health Group is someone you want to listen to.

Key takeaways:

How data are transforming the healthcare space

Why big data isn’t at the heart of 21st century data science

How AI and ML are impacting data analysis

The data analytics challenges today and in the future

Cybersecurity isn’t an issue that can be dealt with simply by using technology. It’s about bringing together technology and people to solve complex problems. Join in the conversation with Arlette Hart and Meghan Good in this week’s episode of MindSET

Key takeaways:

Cybersecurity sits at the intersection of people and technology

The various pathways to cybersecurity at Leidos

The biggest threat to cybersecurity today

The advancements in cybersecurity

The impact of COVID-19 on cybersecurity