OC-MISS/SCS

Ottawa Original Report Release

Ottawa Center of the McLeod Institute of Simulation Sciences of

The Society for Modeling and Simulation

http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~oren/SCS_OC-MISS/index.htm

 

 

2004 July

Annual Report: 2003 July – 2004 July

 

 

 

Executive:

 

 

 

Director

Dr. T.I. Ören

http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~oren/

oren@site.uottawa.ca

voice: +1 (613) 271-1214

Co-Associate Director

Dr. G. Wainer

http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/wainer.html

 

Co-Associate Director

Dr. A. Boukerche

http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~boukerch/

 

Past Director

Dr. L.G. Birta

http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~lbirta

 

 

 

List of members http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~oren/SCS_OC-MISS/PeoplePower.htm

 

 

Contact:

Dr. Tuncer Ören
School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE)
Faculty of Engineering
University of Ottawa
800 King Edward, Room 4068
P.O. Box 450, Stn A
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6N5

 

 

 

Contents:

 

Research Activities & Projects

Education

Student Supervision

International Co-operations & Exchanges

Scientific Activities and Conferences

Center Publications

Center Simulation tools HW & SW

Others (Contributions to SCS)

 


Research activities & Projects:

 

Subject

Type

Description

Reference

Year

 

 

 

 

 

Artificial Intelligence

Topic

Simulation of human behavior  (T.I. Ören)

Ottawa Center

2003-04

Distributed Simulation

Topic

Interoperability and HLA (A. Boukerche, T. Pearce)

Ottawa Center

2003-04        

Distributed Simulation

Topic

Parallel/distributed/Web-based simulation  (A. Boukerche, G. Wainer)

Ottawa Center

2003-04        

Ecosystems

 

Forest ecology and forest ecosystem modeling

Ottawa Center

2004        

Education, Training & Support

Topic

M&S BoK (L.G. Birta, T.I. Ören)

Ottawa Center

2003-04         

Methodologies & Techniques

Project

A methodology for developing Real-Time controllers IRIS PRECARN, Canada (G. Wainer)

Ottawa Center

2003-04        

Methodologies & Techniques

Project

Advanced Laboratory for Real-Time Simulation from Canadian Foundation for Innovation and Ontario Innovation (G. Wainer)

Ottawa Center

2003-04        

Methodologies & Techniques

Topic

Agent-directed simulation (T.I. Ören)

Ottawa Center

2003-04        

Methodologies & Techniques

Topic

Cellular models (G. Wainer)

Ottawa Center

2003-04        

Methodologies & Techniques

Topic

DEVS formalism (G. Wainer)

Ottawa Center

2003-04        

Methodologies & Techniques

Topic

Intelligent agents (T.I. Ören)

Ottawa Center

2003-04        

Methodologies & Techniques

Topic

Modelling and simulation methodologies and tools (T.I. Ören)

Ottawa Center

2003-04        

Methodologies & Techniques

Topic

Real-Time modeling  (G. Wainer)

Ottawa Center

2003-04        

Methodologies & Techniques

Project

Development of model-based real-time software on the IXA platform. Intel Corp. (G. Wainer)

http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/wainer/

Ottawa Center

2004-2005

Methodologies & Techniques

Project

CD++ Builder: an Eclipse-based platform to develop Real-Time applications. Eclipse Innovation Grant. IBM. (G. Wainer)

Ottawa Center

2004-2005

Methodologies & Techniques

Project

Advanced Laboratory for real-time Modeling and Simulation. Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Canada. New Opportunities Grant. (with Ontario Innovation Fund, Hewlett-Packard and Carleton University). (G. Wainer)

Ottawa Center

2004-2005

Social applications

Topic

Simulation for conflict management and peace studies (T.I. Ören)

Ottawa Center

2003-04        

Service of the Society

Topic

Ethics in M&S (T.I. Ören, L.G. Birta)

Ottawa Center

2003-04        

Social applications

Topic

Social applications

Ottawa Center

2003-04        

 

 

Education:

 

Carleton University, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering:

 

University of Ottawa:

·         CSI4124/SYS5110 Foundations of Modelling and Simulation (Gilbert Arbez)

-    Development of a comprehensive set of notes on M&S for use at the

senior undergraduate/introductory graduate levels

(Gilbert Arbez jointly with OC-MISS colleague, L.G. Birta)

-    Development of a framework for conceptual model formulation for Discrete Event Systems (Gilbert Arbez jointly with OC-MISS colleague, L.G. Birta)

 

In the calendars of the University of Ottawa(UO) and Carleton University (CU), there are:

     14  Modelling and simulation courses

            http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~oren/SCS_OC-MISS/SimEd-Ottawa-P1.htm  and

54  Courses with Modelling and Simulation Content or Relevance

      http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~oren/SCS_OC-MISS/SimEd-Ottawa-P2.htm

 

The titles of the Modelling and simulation courses are:

 

Undergraduate courses (UO)

ADM3305  Business Simulation

CSI4124  Foundations of Modelling and Simulation

 

Undergraduate courses (CU)

BUSI 3308  (formerly 42.338*) Simulation Methods in Business

NET 4001 NETWORK Simulation

SYSC 3600  (formerly 94.360*) Systems and Simulation

SYSC 4005 (formerly 94.405*) Discrete Simulation / Modeling

 

Graduate courses (UO)

CSI 5125 (COMP 5107) SIMULATION

CSI 5133 (COMP 5608) SIMULATION AND TESTING OF LOGIC CIRCUITS

SYSC 5001 (ELG 6101) SIMULATION AND MODELLING

CSI 5161 (COMP 5606) TOPICS IN SYSTEM SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION

SYSC 5001 (ELG 6101) SIMULATION AND MODELLING

 

Graduate courses (CU)

ELEC 5506 (ELG6356) Simulation and Optimization of Electronic Circuits 

ELEC5704 (ELG6374) Advanced Topics in CAD: Simulation of Optical Fibre

SYSC 5001 Simulation and Modeling  

SYSC5104 (ELG6114) Methodologies for Discrete-Event Modelling and Simulation

 

International Co-operations & Exchanges:

 

Dr. Tuncer Ören

• Co-operation with Dr. Levent Yilmaz of AMSL (The Auburn Modeling and Simulation Laboratory) member organization of M&SNet M&SNet

Several publications

A Special Issue of SCS Transactions on ADS (Agent-directed simulation)

Organization of a track of sessions on “Agent-directed simulation” at the SCSC 2004

Organization of ADS Symposium “Agent-directed simulation” at the ASTC 2005

Preparation of several research proposals

• Co-operation with MISS: LSIS Center: Visiting researcher (September 2004)

Presentations:
- A generalized view of discontinuity as a basis for advanced modeling and simulation methodologies
- An integrative view of simulation and its synergies with other relevant fields of knowledge

 

Dr. Jean-Michel Thizy

·       Adjunct Professor, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France, 2003.

 

Dr. Gabriel Wainer

·       Summer 2004: 5 Visiting Research Scholars from Marseille MISS Center (LSIS)

·       G. Wainer: Visiting Scholar at Marseille MISS center  LSIS, CNRS Laboratory. Marseille, France (June 2003).

           

Scientific Activities and Conferences:

 

 

Contribution in Conferences of Dr. Azzedine Boukerche:

 

He serves as General Chair for the First IEEE Int'l Conf on Quality of Services for Wired

/Wireless Heterogenous Networks (QShine 2004) to be held in October 2004 in Dallas, Texas

 

38th Annual Simulation Symposium (ANSS38) San Diego, April 2-8, 2005

http://agent.csd.auth.gr/~karatza/ANSS38.

 

He serves as a Steering Committee Chair for the IEEE Int'l Sympoisum on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications, and the IEEE/ACM Int'l Symposium on Modeling Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems.

 

He serves as Program Chair for the 10th IEEE/ACM Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS 2002).

 

Conferences of General Interests in Modeling, Simulation and Performance I am involved in:

 

1st Int'l Conf. on Quality of Services for Wired/Wireless Heterogeneous Networks, Dallas, Texas, October 18-20, 2004 http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~oren/SCS_OC-MISS/reports-annual-2004/www.qshine.org http://www.qshine.org>

 

7th ACM/IEEE MSWiM 2004. The Seventh ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. October 4-6, 2004. Venice, Italy

http://www.cs.unibo.it/mswim2004/

 

The 8-th IEEE Int'l Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications

October 21-23, 2004, Budapest, Hungary http://www.cs.unibo.it/DS-RT2004/

 

4th Int'l IEEE Workshop on Wireless Local Networks, Tampa, Florida

To be held in conjunction with The 29th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2004), November 16-18, 2004 http://wln2004.cs.bonn.edu/

 

ACM Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks (PE-WASUN. 2004) http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/pe-wasun04.html October 7th, 2004, Venice, Italy.

 

Contribution in Conferences of Dr. Tuncer Ören

 

2003 October 3-4, Chicago, Illinois
Agent 2003
- The Agent 2003 Conference on Challenges in Social Simulation.

Paper (with Dr. Levent Yilmaz): -Towards Simulation-Based Problem Solving Environments for Conflict Management in Computational Social Science

 

2003 October 7-27, Istanbul, Turkey
TBV BBO-2
- 2nd Media Informatics School of the Turkish Informatics Foundation

Two Invited Lectures

 

2003 October 13-17, Halifax, Canada
IAT 2003
- The 2003 IEEE/WIC International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology

Member the Program Committee

 

2003 October 23-25, Delft, The Netherlands
DS-RT 2003
- The 7th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. In Conjunction with The 15th European Simulation Symposium ESS 2003

Member of the Advisory Board Committee

 

2004 May 3-5, Lisboa, Portugal
ABS2004
- the 5th International Workshop on Agent-Based Simulation.

Member of the Program Committee

 

2004 June 16-17, Ottawa, ON, Canada
JSMARTS Vision Workshop, Director Material Acquisition and Support Program, Canadian DND

Presentation: M&SNet, OC-MISS, and International Synergistic Opportunities

 

2004 July 16-19, Avila, Spain
e-Society 2004
- Conference of the IADIS
(International Association for the Development of Information Society).

Member of the Scientific Committee

 

2004 July 25, San Jose, California
M&SNet Workshop
- Power of Synergy (Participation by invitation only)

Organizer (with Dr. B.P. Zeigler and Dr. A. Bruzzone)

 

2004 July 25-29, San Jose, California
SCSC'04
- Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2004

Organizer (with Dr. Levent Yilmaz) of the Track of Sessions on: " Agent-directed Simulation"
Chair of the Session: Agent-Directed Simulation 1
Papers: - N. Ghasem-Aghaee and T.I. Ören: Effects of Cognitive Complexity in Agent Simulation: Basics
- L. Yilmaz and T.I. Ören: Dynamic Model Updating in Simulation with Multimodels: A Taxonomy and a Generic Agent-Based Architecture
Member of the Educational Panel

 

2004 September 20-24, Beijing, China
IAT-2004 2004 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology
Member of the Program Committee

 

2004 October 4-6, Jeju Island, Korea
AIS'2004:
AI, Simulation and Planning in High Autonomy Systems

Member of International Program Committee

 

2004 October 13, Arizona, USA
Foundations'04:
V&V Workshop

Member of the Program Committee

 

2004 October 21-23, Chicago, Illinois
Agent 2004:
Conference on Social Dynamics: Interaction, Reflexivity and Emergence.

Article: (with Dr. Levent Yilmaz)

 

2004 October 21-23, Budapest, Hungary
DS-RT 2004:
Eighth IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. In conjunction with ESS 2004 - 16th European Simulation Symposium, October 17-20, 2004, Budapest, Hungary.

Member of the Advisory Board

 

2004 October 28-31, Genoa, Italy
CMS 2004
- Conference on Conceptual Modeling and Simulation
Part of the I3M - International Mediterranean Modeling Multiconference

Member of the Program Committee
Paper (with Dr. Levent Yilmaz): A Conceptual Model for Reusable Simulations within a Model-Simulator-Context Framework

 

2004 December 5-8, Washington, D.C.
WSC 2004
- Winter Simulation Conference

Papers: - T.I. Ören and L. Yilmaz: Behavioral Anticipation in Agent Simulation
- L. Yilmaz and T.I. Ören: Agent-supported Federated Simulation on the Semantic Web: Foundations of a Model Composability Approach

 

2005 April 2-8, San Diego, CA
ADS'05
- Agent-Directed Simulation
(Part of the 2005 Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference (ASTC'05)) 

Member of the IPC

 

And Reviewer for the following conferences (Dr. Tuncer Ören):

 

2003 July 31 - August 2, Orlando, FL
CCCT-2003
- International Conference on Computer, Communication and Control Technologies and ISAS'03 - The 9th International Conference on Information Systems, Analysis and Synthesis.

 

2003 July 27-30, Orlando, FL
SCI 2003
- The 7th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics

2003 December 7-10, New Orleans, Louisiana
WSC 2003
- Winter Simulation Conference

 

2004 July 18-21, Orlando, FL
SCI 2004
- The 8th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics

 

2004 July 28-30, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Informatics 2004
- International Conference on Informatics 2004

 

2004 August 14-17, Austin, Texas
CCCT'04 International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies.

 

2004 September 6-10, Paris, France
EuroSim'04 - 5th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation

 

Presentations by Dr. Jean-Michel Thizy

 

‘The Semantic Web and Web Services,’ Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France, Feb 6, 2004.

 

‘Location models in Logistic Optimization,’ Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France, April 16, 2003.

 

‘Methods of Optimization in Logistic Management,’ PRISMa (Productique et Informatique des Systčmes Manufacturiers) meeting at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France, March 11, 2003.

 

Contribution in Conferences of Dr. Gabriel Wainer

 

2005       Member of the IPC of the 38th IEEE/SCS Annual Simulation Symposium. San Diego, CA. U.S.A.

              Member of the IPC of the Agent-Directed Simulation 2005. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.

2004       Member of the IPC of the 37th IEEE/SCS Annual Simulation Symposium. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.

              Member of the IPC of the SCS 1st Mediterranean Multiconference on Modeling and Simulation.

              Member of the IPC of the IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS 2004). Marina del Rey, CA. U.S.A.

              Member of the IPC of the 38th SCS Summer Computer Simulation Conference. San José, CA. U.S.A.

              Reviewer for High Performance Computing Symposium and Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.

              Organization of a session on DEVS standardization in the 2004 SISO Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.

              Member of the IPC in the 12th AIS'2002 Artificial Intelligence, Simulation and Planning. Jeju, Korea.

              Session chair in MGA, Advanced Simulation Technology Conference. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.

              Session chair in High  Performance Computing & Simulation (HPC&S) Conference; 18th European Simulation Multiconference, Magdeburg, Germany.

2003       Member of the IPC of the SISO European Simulation Interoperability Workshop 2003. Stockholm, Sweden.

              Member of the Organizing Committee for the NSF Workshop on Modeling and Simulation for Design of Large Software-Intensive Systems (DLS03). Tucson, AZ.

              Member of the IPC and session chair in the 36th IEEE/SCS Annual Simulation Symposium. Orlando, FL. U.S.A.

              Member of the IPC of the IASTED Conference on Modeling, identification and control 2003. Innsbruck, Austria.

              Member of the IPC and session chair in the 37th SCS Summer Computer Simulation Conference. Montréal, QC. Canada.

              Member of the IPC of the IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS 2003). Palm Springs, FL. U.S.A.

              Member of the IPC of AST Symposium; 32nd Argentine Conference on Informatics and Operations Research. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 

Center Publications:

 

Publications of Dr. Tuncer Ören :

 

Ghasem-Aghaee, N. and Ören, T.I. (2003).  Towards Fuzzy Agents with Dynamic Personality for Human Behavior Simulation, Proceedings of the 2003 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Montreal, PQ, Canada, July 20-24, 2003, 3-10. (presentation)

 

Ghasem-Aghaee, N. and Ören, T.I. (2004 - In Press).  Effects of Cognitive Complexity in Agent Simulation: Basics, Proceedings of SCSC 2004 - Summer Computer Simulation Conference, July 25-29, 2004, San Jose, CA.

 

Ören, T.I. (2003). Review of the article: "Automatic Simulation Model Generation for Simulation-based, Real-time Shop Floor Control" by Young Jun Son and Richard A. Wysk, Computers in Industry 45 (3): 291-308, Jan 2001. ACM Computing Reviews, January 2003 issue.

 

Ören, T.I. (2003). Review of the article: "Incremental Requirement Specification for Evolving Systems" by Jonsson B., Margaria T., Naeser G., Nyström J., Steffen B., Nordic Journal of Computing 8(1): 65-87, March 2001. ACM Computing Reviews, August 2003 issue.

 

Ören, T.I. (2003). Review of the article: "Model-Based Diagnosis or Reasoning from First Principles" by Peischl, B. and Wotawa, F., IEEE Intelligent Systems 18(3): 32-37, May-June 2003. ACM Computing Reviews, November 2003.

 

Ören, T.I. (2003). Review of the article: "The Möbius State-level Abstract Functional Interface" by Derisavi, S., Kemper, P., Sanders W., and Courtney, T., Performance Evaluation 54(2): 105-128, 2003. ACM Computing Reviews, December 2003 issue.

 

Ören, T.I. (2004). Review of the article: "A conceptual model completely independent of the implementation paradigm" by Dieste O., Genero M., Juristo N., Maté J., Moreno A., Journal of Systems and Software 68(3): 183-198, 2003. ACM Computing Reviews, February 2004 issue.

 

Ören, T.I. (2004). Review of the article: "Further towards a taxonomy of agent-based simulation models in environmental management" by Hare M. and Deadman P. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 64(1): 25-40, 2004. ACM Computing Reviews, May 2004 issue.

 

Ören, T.I.  (2004 – In Press).  Simulation: Fundamental Concepts and Advancements. (In Turkish) In: Informatics Encyclopaedia of Turkey, T. Oren, R. Colkesen, T. Uney (eds.)Istanbul, Turkey.

 

Ören, T.I. and Ghasem-Aghaee, N. (2003).  Personality Representation Processable in Fuzzy Logic for Human Behavior Simulation, Proceedings of the 2003 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Montreal, PQ, Canada, July 20-24, 2003, pp. 11-18. (presentation)

 

Yilmaz, L. and Ören, T.I. (2004 - In Press).  Towards Simulation-Based Problem Solving Environments for Conflict Management in Computational Social Science, Proceedings of Agent 2003 - The Agent 2003 Conference on Challenges in Social Simulation, Chicago, Illinois, October, 3-4, 2003.

 

Yilmaz, L. and Ören, T.I. (2004 - In Press).  Dynamic Model Updating in Simulation with Multimodels: A Taxonomy and a Generic Agent-Based Architecture, Proceedings of SCSC 2004 - Summer Computer Simulation Conference, July 25-29, 2004, San Jose, CA.

 

Yilmaz, L. and Ören, T.I. (2004 - In Press).  A Conceptual Model for Reusable Simulations within a Model-Simulator-Context Framework, CMS 2004 - Conference on Conceptual Modeling and Simulation, Part of the I3M - International Mediterranean Modeling Multiconference October 28-31, 2004, Genoa, Italy.

 

Yilmaz, L. and Ören, T.I. (2004 - In Press).  Exploring Agent-Supported Simulation Brokering On the Semantic Web: Foundations for a Dynamic Composability Approach, WSC 2004 - Winter Simulation Conference, Washington, D.C., December 5-8, 2004.

 

Publications of Dr. Irwin Pressman:

 

Yuheng Cao, Aaron Nsakanda, Irwin Pressman, “A Simulation Study of the Passenger Check-in System at the Ottawa International Airport” Proc. SCSC2003, Summer Simulation Multiconference, July 20, 2003, Montreal, PQ, Canada.

 

The replica location problem and Chebyshev Polynomials of the Second Kind. Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication and Computing Springer-Verlag Heidelberg Issue: Volume 13, Number 6, April 2003 pp. 427 - 436

 

Statistical Analysis of Barefoot Impressions. J. Forensic Sciences 0301 Vol: 48 Issue: 1,Year: 2003,   pp. 55-63 with R.B. Kennedy, S. Chen, P. Peterson, A. E. Pressman. 

 

A Probabilistic Method for Detecting Multivariate Extreme Outliers, S. Jibrin ,I. S. Pressman ,M. Salibian-Barrera, Vol. 5, 2004  International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical

Simulation, pp  157-170

 

Publications of Dr. Jean-Michel Thizy:

 

`Un systčme interactif d'aide ŕ l'affectation de responsabilités dans une unité de services,’ Francoro IV, Fribourg, Switzerland, 18-21 Aug 2004.

 

`Garantie a posteriori de l'heuristique gloutonne appliquée ŕ la localisation de sites sans capacité et au problčme de recouvrement,’  Francoro IV, Fribourg, Switzerland, 18-21 Aug 2004.

 

`Analyse post-optimale d’un problčme de contrôle continu : gestion de stock (Q,r),’ Francoro IV, Fribourg, Switzerland, 18-21 Aug 2004.

 

‘Analyse d'une limite a posteriori pour l'heuristique gloutonne appliquée ŕ la localisation de sites sans capacité,’  ROADEF 2003, Avignon, France, 27 February, November 15, 2003.

 

‘Analyse post-optimale de contrôle continu de stock (Q,r),’  ROADEF 2003, Avignon, France, 27 February, November 15,  2003.

 

Publications of Dr. Gabriel Wainer:

Journals

[1]    "Using G-DEVS and Cell-DEVS to model complex continuous systems". N. Giambiasi, G. Wainer. Accepted for publication in Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International. (Accepted: December 2003).

[2]    "Cellular Discrete-event modeling and simulation of fire spreading across a fuel bed". A. Muzy, E. Innocenti, G. Wainer, A. Aiello, J-F. Santucci, T. Marcelli and P. Santoni. Accepted for publication in Simulation: Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International. (Accepted: September 2003).

[3]    "A distributed framework for simulation and visualization of Cell-DEVS models". G. Wainer, W. Chen. In Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International. November 2003. pp. 626-647.

[4]    "CD++: a toolkit to define discrete-event models". G. Wainer. In Software, Practice and Experience. Wiley. Vol. 32, No.3. November 2002. pp. 1261-1306

 

 

[1]    “Applying Cell-DEVS in 3D Free-Form Shape Modeling”. P. Wu, X. Wu, G. Wainer. Accepted for publication in Proceedings of ACRI 2004. Netherlands. 2004.

[2]    “Improved Cell-DEVS model definition in CD++”. A. López, G. Wainer. Accepted for publication in Proceedings of ACRI 2004. Netherlands. 2004.

[3]    "Modeling and simulation of systems with hardware-in-the-loop". E. Glinsky, G. Wainer. Accepted for publication in Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference. Washington, DC. 2004.

[4]    “Modeling and simulation of complex systems with Cell-DEVS”. Accepted for publication in Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference. Washington, DC. 2004.

[5]    "Modeling ad-hoc networks using Cell-DEVS models". B. Balya, U. Farooq, G. Wainer. 2004 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS'04). San Jose, CA. 2004.

[6]    Modeling Computer Hardware Platforms using DEVS and HLA simulation”. A. Saghir, T. Pearce, G. Wainer. Accepted for publication in Proceedings of the 2004 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC'04). San Jose, CA. 2004.

[7]    "Model-Based Development of Embedded Systems with RT-CD++". G. Wainer, E. Glinsky. Proceedings of the WIP session, IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium. Toronto, ON. Canada. 2004.

[8]    “Performance Analysis of Continuous Cell-DEVS Models”. G. Wainer. In Proceedings of High  Performance Computing & Simulation (HPC&S) Conference; 18th European Simulation Multiconference. Magdeburg, Germany. 2004.

[9]    "Modeling Complex Physical Systems Using 2D Finite Elemental Cell-DEVS". H. Saadawi, G. Wainer. In Proceedings of MGA, Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference 2004 (ASTC'04). Arlington, VA. U.S.A. 2004.

[10]"Modeling State-Based DEVS Models in CD++". G. Christen, A. Dobniewski, G. Wainer. In Proceedings of MGA, Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference 2004 (ASTC'04). Arlington, VA. U.S.A. 2004.

[11]"Defining hybrid system models using DEVS quantization techniques". M. D'Abreu, G. Wainer. In Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference. New Orleans, LA. U.S.A. 2003.

[12]"Improving Finite Element Method models using Cell-DEVS". H. Saadawi, G. Wainer. In Proceedings of the 2003 SCS Summer Computer Simulation Conference. Montreal, QC. Canada. 2003.

[13]"Remote execution and 3D visualization of Cell-DEVS model". G. Wainer, W. Chen. In Proceedings of the 2003 SCS Summer Computer Simulation Conference. Montreal, QC. Canada. 2003.

 

[1]    HLA to simulate computer systems at the hardware platform level”. T. Pearce, A. Saghir, G. Wainer. Accepted for publication in Proceedings of SISO Fall Interoperability Workshop. Orlando, FL. U.S.A. 2004.

[2]    "Defining and visualizing models of urban traffic". G. Wainer, S. Borho, J. Pittner. Accepted for publication in Proceedings of the SCS 1st Mediterranean Multiconference on Modeling and Simulation. Genoa, Italy. 2004.

[3]    "A library of Layered Queuing Networks using the DEVS formalism". D. Petriu, G. Wainer. Accepted for publication in Proceedings of the SCS 1st Mediterranean Multiconference on Modeling and Simulation. Genoa, Italy. 2004.

[4]    "Accurate Modeling and Simulation of Heart TissueUsing GDEVS/CELL-DEVS". G. Wainer, N. Giambiasi. In Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'04). Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. 2004.

[5]    "On the Construction of Complex Models Using Reusable Components". P. MacSween, G. Wainer. In Proceedings of SISO Spring Interoperability Workshop. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. 2004.

[6]    "Implementing finite state machines using the CD++ toolkit". T. Zheng, G. Wainer. In Proceedings of the 2003 SCS Summer Computer Simulation Conference. Montreal, QC. Canada. 2003.

[7]    "Applying Cell-DEVS in models of complex systems". J. Ameghino, E. Glinsky, G. Wainer. In Proceedings of the 2003 SCS Summer Computer Simulation Conference. Montreal, QC. Canada. 2003.

[8]    "Modeling of maze-solving problems using Cell-DEVS". K. Lam, G. Wainer. In Proceedings of the 2003 SCS Summer Computer Simulation Conference. Montreal, QC. Canada. 2003.

 

Center Simulation tools HW & SW:

 

·         CD++: an environment for DEVS and Cell-DEVS Modeling and simulation (with A. Barylko, J. Beyoglonián, and D. Rodríguez). Licensed to 80 Universities and individual users worldwide.

·         CD++ Modeler, a graphical user interface for the CD++ tool, including graphical model definition, output visualization and web-based simulation (with J. Woo, Y. Wang, J. Cidre, G. Christen, A. Dobniewski and W. Chen).

·         Real-Time CD++, extension of the CD++ executing in real-time (with E. Glinsky).

·         Parallel CD++, extension of the CD++ executing in parallel environments (with A. Troccoli).

·         CD++ Builder: an Integrated Development Environment with extensions for interoperation based on the Eclipse platform (with T. Pearce, S. Sim and X. Zhao).

 

Others: Contributions to SCS (during 2003-04):

 

Dr. L.G. Birta:

 

Dr. Tuncer Ören served as:

·         Member of the Board of Directors

·         Associate Vice President for Ethics

·         Founding Director, McLeod Modeling and Simulation Network ( M&SNet)

·         Director, Ottawa Center of MISS/SCS

·         Member of the Editorial Board, JDMS - Journal for Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology

·         Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Simulation - Transactions of the SCS

·         Member of the Editorial Board of the Book Series: Frontiers in Simulation (SCS-European Simulation Council - Ghent, Belgium)

Dr.Emil M. Petriu’s contributions to the field have been recognized by:

·        IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award (2003), for the paper "Fault Tolerance in Systems Design in VLSI Using Data Compression Under Constraints of Failure Probabilities," by S.R. Das, C.V. Ramamoorthy, M.H. Assaf, E.M. Petriu, and Wen-Ben Jone, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol.50, No. 6, Dec. 2001, pp.1725-1747.

 

·        IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Award (2003), with the following citation: "For outstanding contributions to the theory and practice of robot sensing and perception."