Thursday, November 15
3:30 p.m.
IST Classrooms
On-Line Simulation
Techniques for Real-Time Management of Systems
Dr. Richard Fujimoto
Acting Director of the Georgia Tech Modeling and Simulation
Research and Education Center
Abstract: On-line
simulation refers to the use of simulation tools to aid in the management
of operational systems. For example, faster-than-real-time simulations of
the air transportation network can be used to aid air traffic controllers
in managing traffic flows to reduce congestion and improve safety. Live
feeds from air traffic control centers are used to build a situation
database indicating the current status of the transportation network. This
database is used to initialize faster-than-real-time simulations that are
used to explore the impact of decisions made by traffic controllers in
order to determine appropriate courses of action. Other applications of
on-line simulation include use in managing military engagements,
communication networks, or supply chains.
I will describe techniques that we have developed to
realize efficient on-line simulations. Parallel execution is used to
achieve fast execution of simulation models. Techniques to incrementally
clone running parallel simulations enable rapid, concurrent evaluation of
alternate courses of action in order to aid in decision-making processes.
Our experiences in applying these techniques to applications such as air
traffic control will be described.
Dr. Richard Fujimoto is a professor in the College
of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Acting Director of
the Georgia Tech Modeling and Simulation Research and Education Center. He
received the Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the University of California
(Berkeley) in 1980 and 1983 (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering)
and B.S. degrees from the University of Illinois (Urbana) in 1977 and 1978
(Computer Science and Computer Engineering). He has been an active
researcher in the parallel and distributed simulation community since
1985, and has published over 120 technical papers on this subject. His
publications include a textbook entitled Parallel and Distributed
Simulation Systems (Wiley Interscience, 2000) and an award-winning article
entitled "Parallel Discrete Event Simulation" (Communications of
the ACM, 33 (1990) 30-53). He has led the development of
parallel/distributed simulation software systems including the Georgia
Tech Time Warp (GTW) simulation executive and the Federated Simulation
Development Kit (FDK), both of which have been distributed worldwide. He
has given several tutorials on parallel and distributed simulation at
leading conferences. He led the definition of the time management services
for the DoD High Level Architecture (HLA) effort that has been designated
as the standard reference architecture for all modeling and simulation in
the U.S. Department of Defense. Fujimoto has served as an area editor for
ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation since its
inception in 1990. He served as chair of the steering committee for the
Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS) as well as the
conference committee for the Simulation Interoperability workshop
(1996-97). 
Monday, October 22
1:30 p.m.
IST classrooms
Human-Machine Symbiosis: A Vision for
Our Future
Dr. Peter Hancock, Provost Distinguished
Research Professor Department of Psychology Institute for Simulation and
Training University of Central Florida
(candidate for IST Director position)
Abstract: The task of a leader is to
provide and sustain a vision. Vision without resource is impotent and
resource without vision is mindless. uccess depends upon the mutual
identification of goals and the ability to secure
the means to achieve them. For the present pragmatic interview purposes, I
shall provide a very general vision of our possible societal future
(including observations on the darker and less heroic sides of humanity).
I shall indicate, albeit briefly, IST’s great opportunities in this and
similar visions of our probable futures. I shall be prepared to discuss my
approach to leadership, its advantages and disadvantages. Questions will
be welcomed.
Peter Hancock is Provost Distinguished Research
Professor in the Department of Psychology and at the Institute for
Simulation and Training at the University of Central Florida. In his
previous appointment, he founded and was the Director of the Human Factors
Research Laboratory at the University of Minnesota. At Minnesota he held
appointments as Full Professor in the Departments of Computer Science and
Electrical Engineering,Mechanical Engineering, Psychology, and Kinesiology
as well as at the Cognitive Science Center and the Center on Aging
Research. He currently holds a courtesy appointment as a Research
Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Professor
Hancock is the author of over two hundred refereed scientific articles and
publications as well as editing numerous books including: Human
Performance and Ergonomics in the Handbook of Perception and Cognition
series, published by Academic Press in 1999 and Stress, Workload, and
Fatigue, published in 2001 by Lawrence Erlbaum. He is the author of the
1997 book, Essays on the Future of Human-Machine
Systems.
He has been continuously funded by extramural
sources for every year of his professional
career, including support from NASA, NIH, NIA, FAA, FHWA, the US Navy and
the US Army as well as numerous State and Industrial agencies. He is the
Principal Investigator on the recently awarded Multi-Disciplinary
University Research Initiative, on which he will oversee $5 Million of
funded research on stress, workload, and performance. In 999 he was the
Arnold Small Lecturer of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and in 0
he was awarded the Sir Frederic Bartlett Medal of the Ergonomics Society
of Great Britain for lifetime achievement. He was the Keynote Speaker for
International Ergonomics Association and the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society at the 2000 combined meeting in San Diego. In 2001 he won the
Franklin V. Taylor Award of the American Psychological Association as well
as the Liberty Mutual Prize for Occupational Safety and Ergonomics from
the International Ergonomics Association. In association with his
colleagues Raja Parasuraman and Anthony Masalonis, he was the winner of
the Jerome Hirsch Ely Award of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
for 2001, in which year he was also elected a Fellow of the International
Ergonomics Association. His current experimental work concerns the
evaluation of behavioral response to high-stress conditions. His
theoretical works concerns human relations with technology and the
possible futures of this symbiosis. He is a Fellow of and past President
of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He collects and studies
antique maps and is a committed Ricardian.
.Friday,
October 12
11:00 a.m.
IST classrooms
The Science of Training: Why
Organizations Don’t Pay Attention to It?
Dr. Eduardo Salas, Professor
Department of Psychology/Institute for Simulation and Training
University of Central Florida
Abstract:
Organizations
to remain competitive must employ state-of-the-art methods, tools and
techniques to manage their workforce. Simulation and training have now
become an indispensable strategy
in many businesses, industries, government agencies, educational and
institutional and the military to accomplish their mission and objectives.
In fact, the investment in simulation technologies and training strategies
by organizations is over $200 billion a year.
However, this investment and implementation in
organizations has gone on without
relying on the findings from the science of training. Why is this the
case, when a recent review of the training literature suggests that
advancements have been made that help in understanding better the design
and delivery of training in organizations? This presentation will focus on
what we know about training and what are the challenges, barriers and
myths that prevent the reciprocity between the science and practice of
training in organizations.
Dr. Eduardo Salas is a Professor of Psychology at
the University of Central Florida where he also holds an appointment as
Program Director for the Human Systems Integration Research Department at
the Institute for Simulation and Training. He is also the Director of UCF’s
Ph.D. Applied Experimental & Human Factors Program. Previously, he was
a senior research psychologist and Head of the Training Technology
Development Branch of the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems
Division for 15 years. During this period, Dr. Salas served as a principal
investigator for numerous R&D programs focusing on teamwork, team
training, decision-making under stress and performance assessment.
Dr. Salas has co-authored more than 170 journal
articles and book chapters and has co-edited 10 books. He is on the
editorial boards of Personnel Psychology, Military Psychology,
Interamerican Journal of Psychology, Transportation Human Factors Journal,
International Journal of Aviation Psychology, Group Dynamics, Journal of
Organizational Behavior and Training Research Journal. He
currently edits an annual series Advances in Human Performance and
Cognitive Engineering (Elsevier).
Dr. Salas has held numerous positions in the Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society during the past 15 years. He is the past
chair of the Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making Technical Group,
past chair of the Training Technical Group, member of the Jerome H. Ely
Human Factors Articles award committee, and served on the Alphonse
Chapanis Best Student Paper Award Committee. In addition, he has edited
two Special Issues (one focus on training and one on decision making in
complex environments) for the Human Factors Journal. He is also the
current editor of the journal. He is also very active with the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). He is currently the
series editor for the Professional Practice Book series and has
served on numerous committees throughout the years.
Dr. Salas is a Fellow of the American Psychological
Association (SIOP and Division 21), the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society, and a recipient of the Meritorious Civil Service Award from the
Department of the Navy. He received his Ph.D. degree (1984) in industrial
and organizational psychology from Old Dominion University.
Wednesday,
October 10
1:00 p.m.
IST classrooms
An Integrated Environment for Human Behavior
Representation
Dr. Avelino Gonzalez, Professor
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Central Florida
Abstract: Representation of human
behavior, especially that associated with tactical decision making, is a
complex and difficult task. Many approaches exist, some that attempt to
model the cognitive process of the human and others that do not. One thing
most have in common is their high level of complexity and relative
inefficiency. The former makes it difficult to develop models. The latter
makes it difficult to run them. There is little effort on the part of the
research community to provide an integrated environment consisting of
tools that facilitate the specification, development, validation,
verification and implementation of the resulting models.
The presentation will discuss a vision for
developing an integrated environment in which human behavior
representation models can be specified, designed, built, verified,
validated and maintained by simulation application engineers and/or
subject matter experts. The resulting models should be able to run
sufficiently fast to permit real time operation when many of these models
execute simultaneously on the same machine.
The underlying representation paradigm for this
integrated environment is Context-based Reasoning (CxBR), a highly
flexible technique developed at the Intelligent Systems Lab (ISL) at UCF.
Several techniques that enhance and extend the basic concept of CxBR are
currently under development at the ISL.
The presentation will cover the vision for an
integrated environment, Context-based Reasoning, its enhancements, and the
tools being developed to accomplish this vision.
Dr. Avelino Gonzalez is currently a professor in the
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UCF. He has been
at UCF since 1986, when he joined the Computer Engineering Department as
an Associate Professor. His area of research and teaching has been in
artificial intelligence and knowledge based systems, especially as applied
to simulations. He has authored a textbook on knowledge-based systems, as
well as over 100 research articles on the subject. He is one of the
founding Co-directors of the Intelligent Systems Laboratory at UCF.
Dr. Gonzalez has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Pittsburgh, and MSEE and BSEE degrees, also in
Electrical Engineering, from the University of Miami. Prior to coming to
UCF, he was employed successively as an administrator, engineer, and
supervisor at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Pittsburgh, PA and
later in Orlando. His work at Westinghouse included development of the
Westinghouse GenAID system - the first commercially offered
knowledge-based system application. A real time monitoring and diagnostic
system for large electrical turbine-driven generators, GenAID is still
being marketed by Siemens-Westinghouse to this day.
Friday
September 28
11:00 a.m.
IST classrooms
Autonomous Systems (A Small
Matter of Programming [SMOP])
Dr. Randall P. Shumaker
Superintendent of the Information Technology Division (ITD)
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, DC
Abstract: A very old dream is creation of systems
that can behave intelligently, handle unexpected situations in reasonable
(to humans) ways and be robust against both internal faults and overt
attack. In the past 50 years computing power of individual computers has
increased by seven orders of magnitude, and "large scale
software" has grown from a few thousand lines of code to tens of
millions of lines of code. Given these enormous advances, why are we still
in such a primitive state? Real progress is being made in some specialized
applications. I’ll show some results using mobile vehicles that exhibit
interesting levels of intelligence and robust response to real-world
military situations.
Dr. Shumaker is Superintendent of the Information
Technology Division (ITD) at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in
Washington DC. This Division conducts research in artificial intelligence,
human-computer interaction, virtual reality, high assurance computation,
high performance computation and networking, tactical communications,
simulation and decision aid technology. With approximately 300 government
and contract employees NRL ITD conducts one of the most diverse basic and
applied information technology research programs within DoD. Immediately
prior to this assignment Dr. Shumaker was Director of the Navy Center for
Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence. Before coming to NRL Dr.
Shumaker was responsible for the Aircraft Technology S&T Program at
the Naval Air Systems Command, Arlington Va. Dr. Shumaker has a Ph.D. in
computer science from the University of Pennsylvania, and BSEE and MSE
degrees in electrical engineering also from the University of
Pennsylvania.
Dr. Shumaker is a Senior Member of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and a member of the IEEE
Computer Society, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and Sigma
Xi. He is a registered Professional Engineer and holds a Commercial Pilot
license (AMEL/SEL,IA).
Thursday
Sept.20
11:00 a.m.
IST Classrooms B&C
Components of an Effective e-Learning
Process and Architecture
Dr. Terry Clark
Chief Technical Officer of Global e-medicine
US Army Reserve/ADL Co-Lab
Abstract: Discuss and demonstrate the
foundation tools necessary to produce sharable content objects. This will
include a strategy for indexing, retrieval and remote authoring of
didactic and problem based learning presentations.
Dr. Terry Clark is a surgeon and medical
administrator with nearly 20 years of medical practice. He is also a
Lt.Col. in the Army Reserve and is on two weeks of active duty in the
Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Lab. Currently he is Chief Technical
Officer of Global e-medicine and is developing an infrastructure and
taxonomy for using the internet for medical training.
Friday April 20
11:00 AM
IST Classrooms B&C
Refreshments Served at 10:45 a.m.
A Distributed Object-oriented
Architecture for Intelligent Workforce Management
Ken Levine
Sr. Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Masterlink
Abstract: MasterLink has
designed a new class of software for automated
Friday April
6
11:00 a.m.
IST Classrooms B&C
Refreshments Served at 10:45 a.m.
Some Thoughts on the Future of
Human-Machine Symbiosis: Simulation as Foundation, from Affective Avatars
to Effective Extensors
Dr. Dennis K. McBride
Director, Institute for Simulation and Training, UCF
Professor Industrial Engineering and Managagment Systems, UCF, Professor
Pscyhology Department, UCF
Abstract:
Ray
Kurzweil surmises that Moore's Law (that the effect of predictable
hardware shrinkage supports a doubling of computer processing roughly each
18 months) will prevail well into the century, and more specifically, that
one result is that a single machine (a $1,000 purchase) will duplicate the
processing capability of a single human brain in calculations per sec
within 20 years.
A decade thereafter, human
duplication will cost about $1.00 per brain; and not so long hence, a
$1,000 laptop (which might be organic to our garments) will rival the
calculation power of all humanity. Somewhere on this path, there will be
more communication among machines (or digital agents) than among humans.
(Not to beacon paranoia, but what will these machines be saying about us?)
Issue can be taken, of course, with the comparisons, above, but the fact
is that machinery will demonstrate continued increases in capability,
while the otherwise unaltered human brain will not.
I will discuss the fact that the
brain will not be "otherwise unaltered," and provide thoughts on
where augmented cognition, pharmaceutical aids, neural implants, and other
technologies might take us. Might that is--my assumption is that
human-machine symbiosis will be designed professionally. Althought humans
have learned that planning is best done ahead of time, this is not how all
human-system interfaces are built.
I will discuss ways in which the
cognitive revolution and the so-called decade of the brain will be
exploited, and I will suggest that simulation will represent the most
important enabling technology of our future. I conclude that this is not
all good news.
Friday, March 23
11:00 a.m.
IST Classrooms B&C
Refreshments served at 10:45 a.m.
Air Force M&S: Oversight, Programs,
Future Needs
Colonel Rick Ales, Commander, AFAMS
Abstract: The Air Force Agency
for Modeling and Simulation (AFAMS) was established in 1995 in Orlando,
and AFAMS is the Corporate Air Force Center for Modeling and Simulation
(M&S). This talk will discuss Air Force M&S oversight, current Air
Force M&S programs managed by AFAMS, and future Air Force M&S
needs, including science and technology advancements.
Fri.,
March 16
11:00 AM
IST Classrooms B & C
Refreshments will be served at 10:45 a.m
Solitons
Dr. David
Kaup
Professor of Mathematics, Clarkson University
Dr. Kaup is a PREP Appointee to the UCF Mathematics
Department
and Institute for Simulation and Training
Abstract: Solitons are wave forms
having special shapes and properties that give rise to some very
interesting applications and consequences. In use as information bits in
high bit-rate optical fiber communications, here the soliton is an optical
pulse shaped such that it will tend to collect itself together as it
propagates, thus maintaining its integrity over very long distances.
Another area where solitons have occurred is as tsunami (tidal) waves.
These waves can be shown to be solitons that tremendously increase their
amplitudes as they propagate from very deep oceanic depths onto shallower
continental shelves.
Another related area where they have been found, and
have certainly made their effect felt, is as internal ocean waves. These
are gigantic waves, on the order of kilometers, that can occur under the
surface of the ocean and involve a motion between layers of warm and cold
water. They can contain a tremendous amount of energy, can even rotate
ocean tankers around, and undoubtedly are involved in oceanic mixing. This
lecture will be a review of some of the above features of solitons.
Fri.,
March 9
11:00 a.m.
IST Classrooms B & C
Refreshments
will be served at 10:45 a.m.
Modeling
and Simulating Random Vectors with Arbitrary
Marginals and Correlations
Stephen
D. Roberts
Professor
of Industrial Engineering
North
Carolina State University
Abstract:
Although independent random variables are widely used to drive
discrete event simulations, there are many cases including manufacturing,
production, ergonomics, and agricultural economics when the variables are
not independent.
However, multivariate input models are limited, with the
multivariate Normal being the most general.
This presentation will introduce the NORmal-To-Anything (NORTA)
method for constructing a multivariate random vector having a prespecified
marginal distribution (discrete, continuous, or empirical) and
prespecified correlation by an appropriate transformation of the standard
normal vector.
Central to the method is obtaining the normal correlations that are
required to yield the desired correlations between the coordinates of the
transformed random vector.
The relationship is developed by a quadratic fit of a series of
Monte Carlo experiments of the transformed random vector, using antithetic
variates.
When the method is extended to higher dimensional vectors (150
variables or more) in real problems, new issues arise in terms of correct
specification of correlations and the correct structure of the transformed
correlations, which also must be addressed.
Stephen
D. Roberts is Professor of Industrial Engineering at North Carolina
State University.
Previously, he served on the faculty at the University of Florida
and at Purdue University and has served as Department Head at NC State.
He obtained his BSIE, MSIE, and PhD from Purdue University.
He has been very active in the simulation community where his
primary interests have been in simulation modeling and simulation software
engineering.
He has served in many capacities for the Winter Simulation
Conference including Proceedings Editor, Program Chair, and Chair of the
Board of Directors.
He was the INFORMS representative to the Board of Directors and is
the recipient of the 1994 Distinguished Service Award.
Fri, February 23
11:00 a.m., IST Classrooms B&C
Refreshments served at 10:45 a.m.
Cognitive
Issues in the Use of Virtual Reality for Training
Dr. Robert B. Breaux, IPT
Lead for VR, Naval
Air Warfare Center/Training Systems Division
Orlando, Florida
Wed, January 17, 2001
1:00 p.m., IST Classrooms B&C
Digital Delivery of
Motion Picture Theater Presentations
Bruce Clarke, Director of Government
& Military Accounts, QuVIS, Inc.
Abstract: The
QuBit server, developed by QuVIS, Inc., recently enabled the digital premiere of
Miramax Films' "Bounce," the first major motion picture to be
delivered via satellite. This new distribution implementation, combined with
QuVIS' QuBit server, allows motion picture studios to instantaneously transmit
first-run movies to theatres, eliminating the associated costs and time delays
in distributing thousands of film canisters to theatres. When coupled with new
digital server and projection technology in the theatres, the digital delivery
mode allows moviegoers to experience superior-quality, all-digital motion
pictures, without picture or sound degradation inherent in repeated film
presentations. [from QuVIS' Nov. 17 press release]
For detailed information see the full Press Release and
announcement at www.quvis.com.
For more information, contact
Daniel E. Mullally
Institute for Simulation and Training
University of Central Florida
3280 Progress Drive
Orlando, FL 32826
407-882-1351 (Voice)
dmullaly@ist.ucf.edu
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