2002 Annual Report
McLeod Institute for Simulation Science of SCS
Prof.
Ralph Rogers, Director
Prof.
R. Bowen Loftin, Co-Director
Message
from the Director and Co-Director
We are
pleased to present the
CY2002
again saw the center surpass its previous year’s results in terms of revenue,
project activity, and progress toward our vision of becoming a "…global
leader in Modeling and Simulation (M&S) research and development and an
integrator of M&S with visualization technologies." Through CY2002,
project revenue increased by 63% from $3.5M to more than $5.5M. For the third year
in a row the center remained the largest research producer within
In 2002,
we made significant progress towards the development of the first ever Battle
Laboratory within academia.
In building this laboratory we purchased over $500,000 in
hardware and software.
This equipment was used effectively during the Joint Battlespace
Environment demonstration and Marine Corps Special Event at the 2002
Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference. Our plan for the
first half of CY2003 is to complete development of the
Battle Laboratory and to initiate government and commercial decision support
projects in collaboration with our industry, government and academic partners,
beginning with the late summer and fall 2003.
Our
modeling and simulation graduate programs continued to grow impressively in
2002. Fifty-one
students are currently enrolled in the Masters degree program with 12 having
graduated from the program.
Nineteen students are currently enrolled in the PhD program, with
the first student still on track to receive his degree in May 2003.
In
addition to the foregoing accomplishments, the center initiated a partnership
with the
These
accomplishments noted above are among the most significant of the many achieved
by the center’s team. Individual
faculty accomplishments of note are highlighted on the 2002 Accomplishments
section, and the 2002 Publications and Presentations page lists major scholarly
documents created by our exemplary researchers, dedicated university faculty,
and committed students.
Organization
Synopsis
The Old
Dominion Center of the McLeod Institute for Simulation Science of the SCS is
administered through the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, a
not-for-profit collaborative enterprise center of Old Dominion University's
College of Engineering and Technology. We are partnered with academia,
industry and government.
Our foci are:
·
Modeling,
simulation and visualization research, development and education.
·
Leveraging,
promoting and cultivating simulation technology
expertise through industry, government, and academia.
Vision
The
center will be a global leader in modeling and simulation (M&S) research
and development, an integrator of M&S with visualization technologies, and
a portal for the nation's premier M&S educational program.
·
Engage
in collaborative research and development in modeling, simulation, and
visualization (MS&V).
·
Provide
government, industry and academia with MS&V
scientific/engineering applications, development and technical services.
·
Promote
education in MS&V through graduate degree programs, short courses, and
certificate programs.
·
Stimulate
economic development through increased industry and government use of MS&V.
Facility
Primary
Location:
Secondary
Location: Kaufman Hall,
Seven
Development Laboratories:
Operations Research & Analysis Constructive Modeling
Human Factors Engineering Virtual
Simulation
GIS/Database Virtual
Environments (
CAVE
Facility (
Simulation
hardware, software and tools valued at over $4 million
Modeling
and Simulation Graduate Programs
CY2002
Statistics
·
First
Modeling & Simulation Dissertation Proposal Defended
CAPT John Sokolowski, USN (ret) successfully defended the
first Modeling and Simulation Ph.D. dissertation proposal on
·
51
students enrolled in the M&S Master's Program with 12 graduates since
program start
·
3
Masters of Engineering in Modeling and Simulation program graduates in 2002
§
Todd
K. Chamberlain
§
Jennifer
E. Mills
§
Edward
Shepherd
·
19
students enrolled in the M&S Ph.D. Program
·
1
§
LTC
George Reynolds, US Army National Guard
·
1
Fulbright Scholar
§
Hungria Berbesi
Project
Activities
Intelligent Synthesis Environment
Project
Leads: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, Director,
VMASC and ODU Modeling
and Simulation Programs
Dr. David Dryer,
Assistant Professor,
Department of
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Dr. Debra Major,
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology
Student: Tom Fletcher
Sponsor: NASA,
Description: This project focused on extracting the key
tasks from, and the interaction within, an engineering team that is developing
the next generation vehicles at NASA. Current research is targeted at
identifying technologies that enhance team collaboration.
DEVELOPMENT
AND VALIDATION OF A SELECTION SYSTEM FOR WELDERS
Project
Lead: Dr.
James Bliss, Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology
Sponsor: Northrop
Grumman
Students: Carlotta Boone,
Welding School
Description: The goal of this research was to define
methods for optimizing the welder trainee selection system used at Northrop
Grumman Newport News (NGNN).
The research team, in collaboration with members of the Training
Modernization Group (TMG) and representatives of NGNN management, gathered
comprehensive information about welding. Following interviews
with
current and former NGNN welding students, welding instructors, representatives
of NGNN's human resources department, and members of
NGNN management, the research team completed a comprehensive analysis of the
welding tasks taught at NGNN.
Following that analysis, the researchers assembled a list of
possible interventions that offered promise for refining the welder selection
process at NGNN.
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS AND DIGITAL LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
Project
Leads: Dr. Steven Zahorian, Chair,
Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Mr. Kevin McCleskey,
Director,
Student & Faculty
Services
Students: Ashtosh Mishra,
Harbrinder Dhanjal, George
Blacken, Wei Wang, Kavita Kasi, Tony Luong, Antonio
Robinson
Sponsor:
Description: Continue ongoing effort to provide a wide
range of support to the JW900 Department at JWFC. Specific projects include; Assist with the
installation, configuration and troubleshooting of various computers and
systems within the JWFC computer network. Assist in the manufacture and
installation of fiber optic connectors and multi mode ST fiber connectors and
testing using the Seicor testing unit; provide
technical and engineering support in the area of distance learning technologies
and initiatives. Provide guidance on cutting-edge technologies, Provide support
in the area of graphics and visualization; support the continued development
and implementation of XML-based indexing architecture for the Joint Digital
Library and the development of a speech to text translation capability for the
Joint Digital Library.
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT
Project
Lead: Dr. Mohammad Zubair,
Associate Professor,
Department of Computer
Science
Mr. Ajay Gupta, Director
of Computer Resources
Department of Computer
Science
Sponsor:
Description: Continue ongoing effort to provide technical
support for the development of an improved and enhanced management information
system. Focus of the project was database administration and development,
conducting research, and providing support for the development of web-based
management applications.
MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
Project
Leads: Dr. Kurt Maly, Chair,
Department of Computer
Science
Dr. Mohammed Zubair, Associate Professor,
Department of Computer
Science
Mr. Ajay Gupta, Director
of Computer Resources,
Department of Computer
Science
Students: Rohith Ramamurthy, Satayam Das, Ramya Sampath, Tirumala Cheedella, Shruthi Kumar, Mayur Govani, Panditharadh
Sripathi, Divya Gupta, Jeesan Thayavalliyil, K. Arcotparthasarathy, Sudeep Suresh
Sponsor:
Description: Continue ongoing effort to provide technical
and analytical support to develop and implement the Force Management
Information System (MIS) using web-based technology and commercial software.
The resultant MIS, when fully fielded, will include all the elements of test
management oversight, finance and manning modules, and other administrative
support modules to facilitate accurate information and report generation.
KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENT DEFINITION STUDY
Project
Lead: Mr. C.C. Hill, Project Engineer,
Engineering and
Technical Services
Sponsor:
Description:
Assist the Joint Experimentation
Directorate with an integrated program of knowledge management research and
evaluation experimentation support that assesses concept based hypothesis for
near, mid and far term concepts, reviews technology capabilities, identifies
the latest and best knowledge management practices, and assesses commercial and
industry advanced knowledge management programs, to identify and recommend the
best-value solutions supporting changes to doctrine, organizations, training,
material and leadership to achieve significant advances in joint operational
capabilities.
INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
Project
Lead: Mr. Tom Lang, Director,
Engineering and
Technical Services
Sponsor:
Control and
Communications Directorate
Description: Provide continuing research and technical
support to examine interoperability issues affecting the Combatant
Commanders-in-Chief. Support
is focused on interoperability problems encountered by
MODELING
AND SIMULATION ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Project
Lead: Mr. Robert Kean,
Senior Engineer Advisor,
Engineering and
Technical Services
Sponsor:
Description: Continue ongoing effort to provide modeling
and simulation technical and engineering support including researching various
legacy training models and simulations and their interactions, using tools
associated with the Joint Training Confederate (JTC), and providing
recommendations for acquisition of modeling and simulation tools to be used by
the JTC to meet exercise unique training objectives. In addition, provide
subject matter information support concerning potential future training and
analytical simulation systems and other emerging technologies.
CARGO
LOGISTICS MODELING AND SIMULATION
Project
Lead: Dr. Jim Leathrum, Associate
Professor,
Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Students: Emre Baydogan, Srinicvas Gullapalli, Yogamalini Manepalli, Saurav Mazumdar, Ashul Sharma, Prabhu Krishnan, Sreekalyana Kajuluri, Reejo Mathew, Vimal John, Rajeswari Malladi, and Timothy
Southerland
Sponsor: Military Traffic Management Command
Transportation
Engineering Agency
Description: Enhance Army logistics simulation
capabilities involving Joint Logistics Over the Shore operations, seaports,
nodal networks and intra-theater infrastructure. Specific tasks include: development of
an initial Joint Logistics Over the Shore capability; investigate the use of
the transit architecture developed in the Port Simulation model to support the
networking of multipleterminals; assist in the
development of a port or embarkation process; and assist in the development and
execution of a test plan and performance analysis for the Enhanced Logistics
Intra-theater Support Tool.
JOINT
SIMULATION SYSTEM OPERATIONAL TESTING SUPPORT
Project
Lead: Mr. John Sokolowski, Project
Scientist, VMASC
Sponsor:
Description: Provide technical support for the Joint
Simulation System (JSIMS) operational test and evaluation process. Assist in
developing the test methodology and applying it to test events. Develop test
procedures, criteria, and metrics that are relevant to JSIMS operational
requirements. Because
JSIMS is the first large-scale computer simulation to undergo the formal
operational test and evaluation process, the test methodology developed may
become the standard for future operational testing of simulations.
MODELING
THE DECISION MAKING OF THE JOINT TASK FORCE COMMANDER
Project
Lead: Mr. John Sokolowski, Project
Scientist, VMASC
Student: Elizabeth Schmidt
Sponsor:
Description: The focus of this project is the development
of a computational model of the cognitive decision process used by senior
military commanders at the operational level of warfare to correct existing
shortcomings. The research will investigate the utility and accuracy of
psychologically based decision modeling methods when implemented as executable
software. The
implemented model may provide the basis for a software component that could
substitute for high-level human commanders in simulation scenarios that call
for command decision-making when human commanders are not available.
COMPOSABLE,
RE-CONFIGURABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ACQUISITION, TRAINING AND EXPERIMENTATION
Project
Leads: Dr. Mikel D. Petty, Chief
Scientist, VMASC
Dr. Frederic McKenzie,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Students: Taimur Khan,
Qingwen Xu, Eric Weisel
Sponsor: Defense Modeling and Simulation
Office
Description: Determine and document current operational
requirements for simulating the behavior of non-combatant crowds in military
simulations. Experimentally
establish and validate a requirements definition process. Review the current state of
psychological models of crowd behavior. Develop a detailed design of a
prototype implementation of a crowd simulation.
A THEORY OF COMPOSABILITY
Project Leads: Dr.
Mikel D. Petty, Chief Scientist, VMASC
Mr. Eric Weisel, Project Scientist, VMASC
Sponsor: Defense Modeling and Simulation
Office
Description: Develop a formal theory for semantic
composability, drawing upon existing theories, including mathematical logic and
computability theory. Produce
formal definitions of composability and associated concepts, a set of theorems
and proofs addressing crucial aspects of semantic composability, such as the
validity of compositions, and an analysis of what the theoretical results imply
for practical composability engineering.
SOFTWARE
ARCHITECTURE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES
Project
Leads: Dr. Mikel D. Petty, Chief
Scientist, VMASC
Dr. Frederic McKenzie,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Student: Qingwen Xu
Sponsor:
Description: Software architecture is high-level software
design, dealing with the component-level structure and organization of large
software systems. Architecture
description languages (ADLs) represent general
software designs at the architecture level. Experimental applications of two ADLs (Rapide and Acme) to
existing simulations showed that ADLs could be used
to discover important features of simulation system architectures.
Project
Lead: Dr. Roland Mielke, Technical
Director, VMASC
Sponsor:
Description: Develop a low-pressure producer system
simulation consisting of a detailed, physics-based computer simulation of the Cosmodyne GB-2 Low-Pressure Liquid Oxygen/Nitrogen Producer
System. The
developed simulation model accurately simulates the start-up, steady state, and
shutdown operations of the cryogenics system, as well as the transitions
between these operating states. Additionally, the simulation model
captures and simulates abnormal conditions that could be encountered in the
actual system. Additionally, six hours of cryogenic-specific safety instruction
were converted to approximately one and one-half hours of Level II CBT. The newly developed
safety CBT segment will be used to support instruction in Phase 1 of the
Cryogenics
Training Course.
Project
Lead: Mr. Tom Lang, Director,
Engineering and
Technical Services
Sponsor:
Description: Identify
NATO
CONFERENCE SUPPORT
Project
Lead: Dr. Andreas Tolk, Senior Research
Scientist, VMASC
Sponsor:
Description:
Participate in the IABG NATO Symposium as presenter, technical advisor, and
session chair as well as to prepare inputs for the IABG report on this
symposium.
VIRTUAL
AND AUGMENTED REALITY FOR TRAINING
Project
Lead: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, Director,
VMASC and ODU Modeling
and Simulation Programs
Sponsor: NASA,
Description: Research and examine the extent to which
"immersion" in VR
systems
produces motion sickness and disrupts perceptual and sensorimotor functions
that may ultimately result in negative impacts on performance of operational
activities. The study
is evaluating and comparing responses to two types of VR delivery systems
(head-mounted display [HMD] and a dome projection system), during three
duration periods and repeated exposures.
DEVELOPING
VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR TRAINING
Project
Leads: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, Director,
VMASC and ODU Modeling
and Simulation Programs
Dr. Frederic McKenzie,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Dr. Mark Scerbo,
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology
Students: Nathan Bailey, Taimur Khan, Sommer Thompson, Elizabeth Schmidt, Jim Chen, Lauren Marsh,
and Ali Nazar
Sponsor:
Partners: University of Pennsylvania, LinCom
Corporation,
and
Description: Perform research to assist in understanding
the additional constraints encountered due to emotional responses in
judgment-based military scenarios. Specifically, the goal of this project
was to address both culturally independent and dependent cues of nonverbal
communication and recreate them in training scenarios. Focus was on cues that are precursors
to aggression and/or hostile activities such as those cues that suggest
deception. A
digital terrain database of the Quantico MOUT side called
The
basic training objective was to monitor all ingress into the fictional town. The participant's
role was to act in the role of a guard and stop each vehicle as it approached
the checkpoint, check and verify the identities of all persons seeking access
to the town, and clear and/or deny access to all vehicles that appear
suspicious.
ADVANCED DISTANCE LEARNING (ADL) OPERATIONAL
REQUIREMENT DEVELOPMENT
Project
Lead: Mr. Tom Lang, Director,
Engineering and
Technical Services
Sponsor:
Description: Continue the ongoing effort to support the
development of an ADL Network and its resultant curriculum content. Support the
submission of two advanced concept technology demonstration proposals to the
Office of the Secretary of Defense for the development of both an ADL Network
and ADL content development for shareable courseware. Support the development of a Joint
Warfighting Center ADL Campaign Plan and ensure it is aligned, for the
long-term, with Joint Experimentation and Mission Rehearsal. Support the requirement for leveraging
the Joint Digital Library, Joint Simulation System, Joint Distributed Learning
System, interagency and coalition training programs and other new technologies. Investigate leveraging
the Partnership For Peace five-year strategic plan,
the Swedish Memorandum of Understanding, the Memorandum of Understanding
between U.S. Department of Defense and the Swiss Federal Department of Defense,
Civil Protection, and Sports with the development of the ADL Campaign Plan.
ARMY
TRAINING SUPPORT SYSTEM (TSS) REQUIREMENTS DEVELOPMENT
Project
Lead: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, Director,
VMASC and ODU Modeling
and Simulation Programs
Student: Hungria Berbesi
Sponsor:
Description: Provide support in three distinct areas
critical to the future viability and success of the
and provide requirement recommendations for building and equipping a
visualization and wargaming facility; and produce a concept demonstration of a
M&S application tool that highlights the value of using such a tool to
capture, at the macro-level, the salient features of the planning process for a
complex military training exercise.
WARGAMING & MILITARY
TECHNOLOGY
VIRTUAL
CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Project
Leads: Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, Director,
VMASC and ODU Modeling and Simulation Programs, Mr. Joe
Grosel, Program Manager, Engineering and Technical Services
Sponsor:
Description: This project is focused on the development of
a Virtual Campaign Management Information System (VCMS) that will enable the
Joint Experimentation Directorate to locate needed information and simultaneously
make this information available to the larger Joint experimentation community
including, the Combatant Commands, Service Agencies, Joint Staff and the Office
of the Secretary of Defense.
The goal is to move the VCMS from the theoretical to a system
design suitable for implementation.
MILLENNIUM
CHALLENGE 2002 RANGE INTEGRATION SUPPORT
Project
Lead: Mr. Mark Phillips, Senior
Research Scientist, VMASC
Students: Robert King, Quynh-Ahn
Nguyen, and Eric Weisel
Sponsor:
Description: Integrate live-test ranges on the
ENGINEERING
AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT RELATED TO C4ISR AND THEATER AIR MISSILE DEFENSE
Project
Lead: Mr. David O'Neill, Senior
Engineer Advisor,
Engineering and
Technical Services
Sponsor:
Description: Continue the ongoing effort to support CINC
coordination duties for the Joint Theater Missile Defense Office. Evaluate the
contributions of new C4ISR technology to approved Warfighting requirements. Ensure new C4ISR
processes are interoperable and conform to joint standards. Support interoperability
identification and resolution development. Perform tactical C4 reviews, studies
and assessments. Review
and assess Operational Requirements Documents and Mission Needs Statements.
ADVANCED
CONCEPT TEST DEMONSTRATIONS (ACTD) ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Project
Lead: Mr. Al Wunsch,
Senior Engineer Advisor,
Engineering and
Technical Services
Sponsor:
Description: Continue ongoing effort to review and make
recommendations on issues associated with on-going Advanced Concept Test
Demonstrations. Develop test and evaluation criteria for Joint exercises and
tests. Review and comment on all ACAT I/IA and Joint Requirements Oversight
Council special interest documents that have been validated and approved.
Develop and staff technical white papers, Mission Need Statements, Capstone
Requirements documents and Operational Requirements
Documents. Conduct performance analysis and assessment of special projects to
support requirements development.
C4ISR
ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Project
Lead: Mr. Tom Lang, Director,
Engineering and
Technical Services
Sponsor:
Communications Directorate
Description: Provide major exercise (Millennium Challenge)
support and follow-on experiment engineering analysis and evaluation in support. Develop joint
requirements, C4I networks, assumptions, principles
and division of labor across service and agency boundaries.
C4ISR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
Project
Lead: Mr. Michael Rendon,
Senior Engineer Advisor,
Engineering and
Technical Services
Sponsor:
Joint C4ISR
Description: Continue the ongoing effort to provide the
Combatant Commands, at the Joint Task Force level, with a joint assessment and
experimental capability that has strong connectivity to programmatic
implementations through the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff, and which provides a forcing
function for joint capability and interoperability.
JOINT
BATTLESPACE ENVIRONMENT DEMONSTRATION SUPPORT
Project
Lead: Mr. Mark Phillips, Senior
Research Scientist, VMASC
Students: Robert King, Quynh-Ahn
Nguyen
Sponsor:
Description: Provide a faculty and student research team
to coordinate and integrate a range of simulation systems (constructive, virtual
- including man-in-the-loop, with real time C4ISR Systems (GCCS-M & C2PC)
to build a prototype of the Joint Battlespace Environment for demonstration at
the various service models from Airforce, Navy and
Marine Corps into a Common Operational Picture for demonstration during the
I/ITSEC 2002 Conference.
Project
Lead: Dr. Roland Mielke, Technical
Director, VMASC
Mr. Mark Phillips,
Battle Lab Director, VMASC
Student: Jermaine
Headley
Sponsor:
Description: Develop a Battle Laboratory/Decision Support
Center within the VMASC facility to enhance the conduct of modeling and
simulation research of direct importance to the military; improve our ability
to support our industrial members by involving them in projects and research
that expand their modeling, simulation and visualization horizon; serve as a
demonstration of how modeling and simulation technology can be used to assist
with business enterprise decision-making; and provide a state-of-the-art
classroom in which to educate the modeling and simulation experts of the
future.
COMMAND,
CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS, INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND
RECONNAISSANCE (C4ISR) ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Project
Lead: Mr. John Dorris,
Senior Engineer Advisor,
Engineering and
Technical Services
Sponsor:
and
Communications Directorate
Description: Continue the ongoing effort to evaluate the
contributions of new C4ISR technologies to various Warfighting processes. Facilitate process
improvements by accelerating the implementation of selected C4ISR technologies. Ensure new C4ISR
processes are interoperable and conform to joint standards and provide warfighter feedback early in the process. Compare alternative C4ISR processes,
identify shortfalls in the current process and make
technical recommendations to correct the shortfalls.
Student involvement in
center projects, as noted above, continues to grow. During CY2002 forty-six students were
engaged in center projects, several in more than one.
Accomplishments
for 2002
·
VMASC
will manage the Norfolk-based United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM)
contract awarded to
·
Development
began on the Battle Lab, the world's first university-run battle lab that can
simulate chains of complex situations for businesses and military agencies. The
Battle Lab was funded by a $904,000
·
A
new e-commerce web site was launched at www.vmasc.odu.edu
·
VMASC
member support grew to 146 members during 2002 with the addition of ten new
members. VMASC membership support was comprised of 98 Industry members (68%),
24 government members (16%), 15 affiliate members (10%) and 9 academic members
(6%).
·
·
VMASC
was profiled in the July 2002 issue of Military Training Technology Magazine
·
VMASC
joined the circle of the Extensible M&S Framework (XMSF) core architects in
late 2002. VMASC's role will be to tighten the relations between the M&S
and the C4I community using similar technical solutions for establishing their
future system architecture frameworks. Dr. Andreas Tolk will serve as a liaison
to the SISO C4I community as well as to the C4I Domain Task Group of the Object
Management Group (OMG).
·
John
Sokolowski successfully defended
·
Dr.
Roland Mielke and Dr. Mikel Petty of VMASC presented an 18-hour short course in
Modeling and Simulation to Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
Dr. Bowen Loftin, Executive
Director:
·
was elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the National Training
Systems Association.
·
was
quoted in the Jan. 29 Daily Press and Virginian-Pilot stories about the
·
was elected to a two-year term as Chair of the IEEE Computer Society's
Technical Committee on Visualization and Graphics.
·
Continues to serve on the MOVES Advisory Board at the
·
was elected to serve on the Technical Advisory Board for the
·
was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the
Dr. Roland Mielke:
·
was named University Professor by President Roseann Runte. The
designation, created in 1998 as a way to reward superior teachers, is for four
years and includes an annual stipend to support teaching and professional
development.
·
was quoted in a Feb. 20 Daily Press story about the Battle Lab, a proposed
center of high-tech research in computer technology for both military in
industry use.
Dr. Mikel Petty:
·
co-authored a National Research Council report on Modeling &
Simulation for Defense Acquisition.
·
served as Associate Editor of journal SIMULATION, Transactions of
the Society for Modeling and Simulation International.
Dr. Andreas Tolk:
·
participated in and co-chaired the NATO Studies, Analysis and
Simulation (SAS) Panel Symposium on Analysis of Military Effectiveness of
Future Command and Control Concepts and Systems, held at the NATO C3 Agency,
·
was re-elected as Chair of the Command, Control, Communications,
Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) Planning and Review Panel (PRP) for the
Simulation Interoperability Workshop Committee of the Simulation
Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO). He was also elected to be
Vice-Chair of the Information Operations and Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance (IO/ISR) PRP.
·
received the Best Paper Award at the Simulation Interoperability
Workshop Fall 2002 for his paper "Avoiding Another Green Elephant - A
Proposal for the Next Generation HLA based on the Model Driven
Architecture". This is the 8th consecutive award he has received from the
Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO).
·
chaired the track on Verification and Validation for
Multi-Resolution Modeling, during the Foundations 2002 Conferences for
Validation, Verification, and Accreditation (VV&A), held at the
·
was invited to participate as a Subject Matter Expert in the NATO SAS
Lecture Series on "Modeling of and for Military Decision Making",
held at the NATO C3 Agency,
2002
Publications and Presentations
L. A. Belfore, II, "An Architecture Supporting Live Updates
and Dynamic Content in VRML Based Virtual Worlds," Symposium on Military,
Government and Aerospace Simulation 2002 (MGA 2002), San Diego, California,
April 2002, 138-143.
L. A. Belfore II and S. Battula,
"VRML Clients Linked through Concurrent Chat," Proceedings of the
2002 Winter Simulation Conference,
A.
Griffin, J. Lacetera, A. Tolk (Eds.):
"C4ISR/Simulation Technical Reference Model Study Group Final
Report", Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop 2002, Paper
02F-SIW-022, Orlando, Florida, September 2002.
C. Harding,
M. E. Klausmeier, L. A. Belfore, II, L.
M. Deschaine, "An Open Source Approach to
Environmental Data Management, Analysis and Visualization," Business and
Industry Symposium
2002 (BIS 2002),
R. B.
Loftin, "Med School 1.0: Can Computer Simulation Aid Physician Training?",
F. D.
McKenzie, M. D. Petty, and Q. Xu, "Using Rapide to Simulate a Federation Architecture",
Proceedings of the Fall 2002 Simulation
Interoperability Workshop,
M. D.
Petty, "Comparing High Level Architecture Data Distribution Management
Specifications 1.3 and 1516", Simulation Practice and Theory, Vol. 9, Iss. 3-5, May 2002, pp. 95-119.
M. D.
Petty, et al, "Conclusions and Recommendations", in P. E. Castro, et
al, Modeling and Simulation in Manufacturing and Defense Acquisition: Pathways to Success, National Research
Council, National Academy Press,
M. D.
Petty, et al, "Modeling and Simulation Research and Development
Topics", in P. E. Castro, et al, Modeling and Simulation in Manufacturing
and Defense Acquisition: Pathways to
Success, National Research Council, National Academy Press,
M. D.
Petty, F. D. McKenzie, and Q. Xu, "Using a
Software Architecture Description Language to Model the Architecture and
Run-Time Performance of a Federate", Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE
International Workshop on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications,
Ft. Worth TX, October 11-13 2002, pp. 85-92.
M. D.
Petty, A. Tolk, and J. A. Sokolowski, “Introduction to DoD/Military
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