A trend has emerged in which complex systems are being integrated on a large scale with other self-contained systems to satisfy global objectives. Interoperability of resulting systems is enabled through information exchange and increased levels of automation. In light of this emerging discipline trend, this technical committee will focus on both the theory and applications of System of Systems and advocate their development. This technical committee will promote the SoS area for both theory fundamentals and industrial applications. The goal of this technical committee is to develop an environment for discussion and development of Systems of Systems epistemology, lexicon, taxonomy, methods, theory and applications.

• Organizing First IEEE SMC on Systems of Systems Engineering Conference to be held on 24-26 April 2006.
• Organizing two special sessions at SMC 2006.
• A Systems of Systems workshop will be held in conjunction with the SOSE conference. This will represent the first meeting of the TC and the initial membership signup. The outcome of the workshop will be presented as a paper at SMC2006 as well as reported to the TAB. It is intended that this will also be developed into an article for the first issue of the Systems Journal.

Join us in this newly created TC on SoS. We will explore this area in both theoretic development and industrial applications such as in aerospace, defense, and automobile industries. We will also explore technical areas in enterprise management, model simulation, and software and hardware architecture development that relate to System of Systems. You can exchange your ideas, your management skills, and your research and development results with your peers in similar areas.