Dr. Eng. Sushil Acharya is Professor of Software Engineering and Director, Research and Grants (Research and Grant Administration) at Robert Morris University, USA. Among his professional activities are the following:

• Sr. Operations Analyst , US AIRWAYS, OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER, Pittsburgh, PA,
• Practitioner Faculty, UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, Dallas (Texas) and Pittsburgh (PA)
• Subject Matter Expert VCLEARN INC., Brussels, Belgium
• Resource Manager/ SCM Team Lead - Education Services , i2 TECHNOLOGIES, Inc. Irving, Texas
• Sr. Solution Architect- Product Management, i2 TECHNOLOGIES, Inc. Irving, Texas
• Consultant/Sr. Consultant/Team lead, i2 TECHNOLOGIES, Inc. Irving, Texas
• Project Systems Manager , THE CENTER FOR ENERGY-ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (CEERD), Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

Among his publications are the followings:

• Acharya, S., et. al., (2014) “Using Software Engineering Best Practices to create an App to Test Touchscreen Compatible Prostheses”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Innovation (IJERI), Print ISSN: 2152-4157, Online ISSN: 2152-4165
• Acharya, S. et.al. (2014), Enhancing Manufacturing Process Education via Computer Simulation and Visualization,  Journal of Education and Learning, ISSN # 1927-5250 (Print)  ISSN# 1927-5269 (Online)
• Acharya, S., et. al., “Collaborative Education: Building a Skilled Software Verification and Validation User Community“,  Journal of Computers in Education, ISSN# 0736-8607
• Acharya , S. & Ackerman, F.,  (2011), “Software Engineering Education Needs More Engineering” 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition – Software Engineering Constituent Committee June 10 - 13 – San Antonio, Texas
• Acharya , S., & Schilling, W., (2011), “Effective Active Learning Approaches to Teaching Software Verification” 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition – Software Engineering Constituent Committee June 10 - 13 – San Antonio, Texas
• Acharya, S. and Sirinterlikci, A., “Introducing Engineering Design through an Intelligent Rube Goldberg Implementation”, The Journal of Technology Studies, 2010
• Acharya, S. and Sirinterlikci, A., “Intelligent Rube Goldberg using Vex Robotics Development System”, 2010 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Louisville, KY
• Acharya, S. et. al., “Using Student Incepted Projects to Retain Student Interest in Software Engineering”, Technology Interface Journal, Volume 9 No.2, Spring 2009, ISSN# 1523-9926
• Acharya, S. et. al., “Integration of Service Learning into a Manufacturing Engineering Course: A Case Study”, International Journal of Service Learning in Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 44?52, Spring 2009, ISSN# 1555?9033
• Acharya, S., “Enhancing the Software Verification and Validation Course through Laboratory Sessions”, ASEE Annual Conference,  June 22-23, 2008
• Acharya, S. and  Czajkiewicz  Z.J., “Technology Based Hands-On Education in Engineering”, in Proceedings of the X International Conference on Engineering and Technology Education - INTERTECH'2008, Santos, Brazil, March 2-5, 2008
• Acharya S, Harvey V., Holdan E.G., Maxwell M.M., Wood D.F. and Wu P.Y., “Discrete Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals”, 2^nd Edition, Robert Morris University, 2005 (Supplement to Richard Johnsonbaugh, Discrete Mathematics, Sixth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2005).
• Acharya, S. and Burke, D., “Incorporating Gaming in Software Engineering Projects: Case of RMU Monopoly”, Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (JSCI), ISSN#: 1690-4524, Volume 7, Number 1, Year 2009

Dr Jeremy Horne is President-emeritus of the Southwest Area Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science: AAAS. He currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Inventors Assistance League, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping independent inventors bring their creations to fruition.   He is doing research and writing in the areas of Logic as the language of innate order in the universe, which is an ongoing 40 year project.

Dr Horne taught many courses in political science and technology, delivered many presentations on the philosophy of scientific methods for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Quantum Mind conferences, has been reviewer for various journals about the structure and process in binary space, consciousness studies, systems, theory, and philosophy of science, and Documentation Systems Developer, for White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. His most recent publication consists of two chapters on the philosophy of binary logic and artificial minds in Research and Applications in Global Supercomputing, released by IGI Global Press March 2015.

Dr. Horne is member of several professional organizations such as The American Association for the Advancement of Science, (AAAS, the World’s largest general scientific society) where he was President of its Southwest Area Division; Bioelectromagnetics Society;  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers where he is a voting member of Fiber Optic Technical Advisory Group.

Dr. Jeremy Horne earned his Ph. D. in Philosophy at University of Florida, Gainesville; His Master of Science in Political Science at New Haven, CT, and his Bachelor in Art in International Relation at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, He has been a member of the Phi Kappa Phi, National Academic Honor Society, and his name was included in several Who's Who directories.

Dr. Nagib Callaos is the founding president of the IIIS and the founding president of the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics (JSCI). He is former Dean of Research and Development of the University Simon Bolivar and was the founding presidents of several organization on research, development, and technological innovation, e.g. The Foundation of Research and Development of the University Simon Bolivar, the founding president of the Venezuelan Fund for Technological Innovations (created by presidential decree), The founding president of the Venezuelan Association of Executives in Patents and Copyrights, etc. His main research and professional activities were in the area of systemic Methodologies of Information System Development, Group Decision Support Systems, and Action-Research mainly via Operations Research. He tutored more than 100 undergraduate and graduate theses and produced more than 100 research papers and reflection articles.

Related to the topic of this conversational session he has been continuously designing and redesigning (for about 35 years) more effective methodologies for information/informing system development, which effectiveness depends on including ethos, pathos, and logos to the in the context of a combination of systemic and traditional systematic analysis, design, and development methodologies. A synthesis of was he has achieved in this methodological area can be found at http://www.iiis.org/nagib-callaos/Toward-Systemic-Notion-of-Methodology-Practical-Consequences.pdf. With regards to the cybernetic relationships implicitly or explicitly should exist between episteme and techne, science and engineering, in the context of their industrial and societal insertion can be found at http://www.iiis.org/nagib-callaos/engineering-and-meta-engineering/engineering-and-metaengineering.pdf.  This kind of insertion is necessary for the Ethos, Pathos and Logos of both episteme and techne as well as of both Science and Engineering/technology. This has strong consequences in the Ethos, Pathos and Logos, especially in Higher education.

Three panelists will present a different perspective (Technical, Systemic, and Philosophical) in10 minutes with regards to Information Systems Verification and Validation. Then, the audience will have 30 minutes to ask questions and make comments, not necessarily related to the content presented by the panelists. Some suggested questions for the conversational part: Should V&V start in the week of the developing project? Should V&V be organically or systemically embedded with the information systems development methodology? Is an updated Trivium required in order to have an adequate interaction with the users? Is Ethos, Pathos, and Logos important, or even necessary, in information systems V&V? Should the users and stakeholders have a similar knowledge or experience regarding V&V and no to let it just the responsibility of the developers? How painful is the Beta test as a necessary part of V&V? Should the users be prepared for this painful phase? Might these answers generalized to any kind of real life systems analysis and synthesis?