My research sits at the intersection of software engineering theory and mission-critical practice — particularly for real-time embedded systems in spaceflight and defense contexts.
Research interests include real-time embedded software design and analysis; software modeling and model-based engineering; UML/SysML for real-time systems; software performance and schedulability analysis; and mission assurance for safety-critical and flight software systems.
For a complete and current list of publications, please see my profiles on Google Scholar and DBLP, linked in the sidebar. Both are kept up to date and include citation metrics.
IEEE ISORC
I serve as Steering Committee Co-Chair for IEEE's International Symposium on Real-Time Computing (ISORC), one of the leading international venues for research on real-time and embedded computing systems.
SoSyM — Software and Systems Modeling
I serve as an editor for the International Journal of Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM), a Springer journal covering the theory and application of modeling in software and systems engineering.
Rob Pettit Consulting
I maintain an active consulting practice through Rob Pettit Consulting, focused on software engineering and mission assurance for complex systems. My work with The Aerospace Corporation over more than two decades informed much of the applied research reflected in my publications; that same spirit of connecting theory to practice continues to drive both my consulting and my scholarship.