Ivy Deliz

Affiliation– NASA Ames Research Center

Division– Human Systems Integration Division (TH)

Email– ivy.deliz@nasa.gov

Phone– 650-316-0956

Professional Bio

Ivy has been a software developer at the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Group at NASA Ames Research Center since 2010; currently under contract through ASRC Federal. 

She’s the Technical Lead and Senior Software Developer for Playbook, a planning software platform which supports several NASA Analog Missions including CHAPEA, HERA and previously NEEMO to research future exploration concepts like scheduling crew autonomy. In collaboration with JPL, she’s the Co-Cognizant engineer for COCPIT, the planning tool for the Perseverance Rover, and a software developer for the Aerie planning tool supporting Europa Clipper. She has also previously built planning tools for several NASA missions, including the International Space Station and Mars Science Laboratory.

Education

• B.S. Computer Science, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, 2008
• M.S. Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, 2010

NASA Missions Supported

• Mars2020
• CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payloads Program)
• Europa Clipper
• Mars Science Laboratory
• International Space Station
• NEEMO Analog Mission
• HERA Analog Mission
• CHAPEA Analog Mission

Individual Awards

• 2021 – NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal – For outstanding engineering contributions to the COCPIT software tool developed for the Mars2020 Perseverance rover
• 2016 – ASRC Federal Emerging Technologist
• 2014 – Contractors Council, Certificate of Excellence, ASRC Federal Research and Technology Solutions

Group Awards

• 2020 – Ames Honor Award – BASALT Research Program Group/Team
• 2017 – Space Flight Awareness Award – Playbook for Crew Autonomous Scheduling Test (CAST)
• 2016 – NASA Group Achievement Award – Crew Activity Scheduling System (Playbook) Team
• 2015 – Ames Technology Award – Software Release Award for Open Scheduling and Planning Interface for Exploration (OpenSPIFe)
• 2014 – Space Flight Awareness Team Award – International Space Station Team
• 2014 – NASA Software of the Year Runner Up – Ensemble Project
• 2012 – NASA Group Achievement Award – The Score Team
• 2011 – NASA Group Achievement Award – International Space Station Power Planning and Analysis Tool (PLATO) Team

Publications

• Deliz, A. Connell, C. Joswig, J. J. Marquez and B. Kanefsky, “COCPIT: Collaborative Activity Planning Software for Mars Perseverance Rover,” 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO), Big Sky, MT, USA, 2022, pp. 01-13, https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2017.7943609
• Marquez, Jessica J., Steven Hillenius, Ivonne Deliz, Jimin Zheng, Bob Kanefsky, and Jack Gale. “Enabling Communication between Astronauts and Ground Teams for Space Exploration Missions.” In 2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 1–10. Big Sky, MT, USA: IEEE, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2019.8741593.
• Marquez, Jessica J., Matthew J. Miller, Tamar Cohen, Ivonne Deliz, David S. Lees, Jimin Zheng, Yeon J. Lee, et al. “Future Needs for Science-Driven Geospatial and Temporal Extravehicular Activity Planning and Execution.” Astrobiology 19, no. 3 (March 2019): 440–61. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1838.
• Kanefsky, Bob, Jimin Zheng, Ivonne Deliz, Jessica J. Marquez, and Steven Hillenius. “Playbook Data Analysis Tool: Collecting Interaction Data from Extremely Remote Users.” In Advances in Usability and User Experience, edited by Tareq Ahram and Christianne Falcão, 607:303–13. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60492-3_29.
• Deans, Matthew, Jessica J. Marquez, Tamar Cohen, Matthew J. Miller, Ivonne Deliz, Steven Hillenius, Jeffrey Hoffman, et al. “Minerva: User-Centered Science Operations Software Capability for Future Human Exploration.” In 2017 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 1–13. Big Sky, MT, USA: IEEE, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2017.7943609.
• Marquez, Jessica J., Steven Hillenius, Bob Kanefsky, Jimin Zheng, Ivonne Deliz, and Marcum Reagan. “Increasing Crew Autonomy for Long Duration Exploration Missions: Self-Scheduling.” In 2017 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 1–10. Big Sky, MT, USA: IEEE, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2017.7943838.
• Hillenius, S. R., J. Marquez, I. Deliz, B. Kanefsky, D. Korth, M. Healy, S. Gibson, and J. Zheng. “Designing and Building a Crew-Centric Mobile Scheduling and Planning Tool for Exploring Crew Autonomy Concepts Onboard the International Space Station,” 2016. International Space Station R&D Conference, July 12-14, 2016; San Diego, CA. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20190018055.