This is an alphabetical listing of all presenters
/ speakers who participated in STC 2004. Brief biographical information
is provided for each.
Abbott, Jeff
Jeff is a Project Manager for AcuSoft, Inc. He has
16 years experience in the development and management of software systems
for government contracts. He is currently working under contract to PM
OneSAF on the Military Scenario Development Environment and AAR components
of the OneSAF Objective System. Jeff holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering
and Communications Systems from the University of Central Florida.
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Ahlberg, Simon
Simon is a Research Scientist with the Swedish Defence
Research Agency (FOI). His areas of interest include automatic environment
modeling, rapid visualization and computer graphics. He is also experienced
in signal and image processing. Simon holds a M.S degree in Computer Science
and Engineering from Linkoping Institute of Technology (Sweden), and is
currently a Ph.D. student at Linkoping University.
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Berner, Paul
Paul is a SEDRIS Core Team member with over 25 years
of experience in systems analysis, operations research, modeling and simulation
ranging from mass action kinetics to undersea warfare. He has worked in
naval acoustic combat system tactics development, test and evaluation,
training systems R&D, and acquisition IV&V, and has developed technology
for acoustic signal synthesis and underwater acoustic combat system trainers.
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Bizub, Warren
Warren is a Senior Technical Advisor at USJFCOM
Joint Warfighting Center, Suffolk, VA. As the Joint National Training Capability
(JNTC) ATT Director, he is responsible for the Research, Development, Test
& Evaluation (RDT&E) of capabilities that integrate Live, Virtual
and Constructive (LVC) elements into a seamless joint training environment
in support of DoD's Training Transformation (T2) initiative. This includes
identification, development, and integration of M&S, C4I systems, OPFOR,
information technology, instrumentation, ranges, collaborative information
environments and system architectures. Warren holds a B.S. in Ocean Engineering
from Florida Institute of Technology, and has continued graduate studies
in engineering and management at Catholic University, Old Dominion University,
and the University of Central Florida.
Campos, Jesse
Jesse is a Software Engineer with Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC) in Orlando, FL. He has been working on
SEDRIS for the past 4 years, concentrating on the SEDRIS Transmittal Format
(STF). Jesse holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University
of Central Florida.
Collins, Joseph
Joseph is a Research Physicist at the Naval Research
Laboratory in Washington, DC. Over the last few years he has led the development
of environmental effects servers for simulated sonar systems. These servers
were demonstrated at Navy Fleet Battle Experiments (FBEs H, J, and K) where
FBE-J was part of Millennium Challenge 2002, and the Global 2001 wargame
at the Naval War College. In particular, the Acoustic Transmission Loss
Server (ATLoS) is capable of operating in a High Level Architecture (HLA)
environment and permits high rates of requests and access by multiple federates.
Joseph is a member of the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization,
and the Military Operations Research Society..
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Cox, Rob
Rob is a member of the Future Combat System (FCS)
Training Systems Integrated Product Team (IPT) at SAIC. He has been the
SEDRIS Principal Investigator (PI) for the SAIC core team and the PI for
two separate Defense Threat Reduction Agency contracts. After a career
in the U.S. Air Force, he has been leading the SAIC SEDRIS efforts for
the past five years, and is the SAIC lead for R&D efforts in the Synthetic
Natural Environments (SNE). While on active duty, Rob was a program manager
and researcher developing many techniques in numerical modeling, and was
involved in leading the initial efforts for the DoD in the Advanced Distance
Learning program. He has published over 30 articles in scientific conferences
and journals. Rob holds a Ph.D. in Meteorology from Texas A&M University.
Dryer, David
David is a Sr. Research Scientist at the Virginia
Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC). He has over 15 years
of combined industry and U.S. Army experience in simulation analysis, combat
modeling, virtual environments, and information visualization design. Recent
projects include task-based multi-resolution terrain analysis and JFCOM
Rapid Distributed Database Development (RD3). David holds a B.S. from the
United States Military Academy, a M.S. in Operations Research from the
Naval Postgraduate School, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the
University of Central Florida.
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Finnern, Michael
Michael is a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He currently
serves as the Director of the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO).
Michael entered the Air Force in 1976. He has served as a Student Squadron
Commander, C-130 Instructor Aircraft Commander, Wing Command Post Emergency
Actions Officer, Supply Branch Chief, Wing Installation Mobility Officer,
Squadron Director of Operations, and Squadron Commander. Michael has also
served on the Joint Staff (J-7), and as Chief for the Modeling and Simulation
(M&S) Policy Division for the Air Force responsible for developing
policy and providing oversight of Air Force M&S programs.
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Foley, Paul
Paul is an Information Systems Engineer with Quantum
Research International, and is currently the DMSO Environmental Representation
Lead. A retired Corps of Engineers Officer, he has over 30 years experience
in Army topographic and digital geospatial system operations. Paul
holds advanced degrees in Photogrammetry from Purdue University, and R&D
Systems Management from the University of Southern California. Paul
is also a graduate of the Army War College. .
Gifford, Tim
Tim is a Senior Analyst with
Armed Forces Training Systems, Inc., and serves as the U.S. Army Research
Development Engineering Command (RDECOM) SEDRIS Project Coordinator and
team lead for the SEDRIS Project Office. As a member of the SEDRIS management
team, he serves as a primary point of contact for the day-to-day activities
of SEDRIS. Tim has spent the past 10 years as a management analyst in support
of STRICOM and RDECOM, and of that, has been supporting the SEDRIS project
for the last 7 years. Previous to this, he worked in the area of training
and education development in both academia and industry. Tim holds a Bachelor's
degree in Music Education from the University of Florida, and a M.S. in
Instructional Systems from Florida State University.
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Gravitz, Peggy
Peggy is a Simulation Engineer with AEgis Technologies
Group, Inc. She has specialized in DoD Modeling and Simulation standards
with a focus in the areas of data and software quality. Peggy has over
20 years of IT experience in systems analysis, systems/database design
and implementation, data/process/enterprise modeling, software development,
software quality assurance, configuration management, systems administration
and project management. She currently serves as an EDCS Instructor as well
as the Steering Group Coordinator for the Navy Modeling and Simulation
Standards Project. Peggy holds a B.A. in Foreign Language, a Secondary
Education Certification, the DoD Programmer Analyst Internship, a M.B.A.,
and a M.S. in Systems Management.
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Hampel,
David
Dave is an Intelligence Operations
Specialist in the Office of Operational Mission Requirements at the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Since December 2001, he has been
engaged with the development of the NGA's Geospatial Intelligence Database
Integration, an effort to establish a data-centric integrated geospatial
feature-level database designed to support DoD and Intelligence Community
requirements for geospatial data, products and analysis. Retiring from
the U.S. Army in January 2000 as a Corps of Engineers Officer, Dave served
two military tours with the former Defense Mapping Agency, where he was
involved with the development of new digital geospatial products and performed
as a customer support representative to the Military Commands and Services
in support their operational and exercise requirements for geospatial data.
Dave holds a B.S. in Geology from East Tennessee State University.
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Hembree, Louis
Louis is a Meteorologist in the Naval Research Laboratory,
Marine Meteorology Division. He supports the Air and Space Executive Agent
for M&S as a subject matter expert in the development of SEDRIS. Louis
is also a task leader for the Master Environmental Library (MEL) project
and is involved with making SEDRIS data sets available via MEL. He has
been participating in the DIS and SISO workshops, and served as Chair of
the Atmospheric Working Group and the Sensor Modeling Forum. Louis has
also been involved with several M&S projects.
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Hoagland, Erik
Biographical information not available.
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Hooper, Janette
Janette is founding partner and Director of Operations
at Object Raku Technology Inc., supporting contingency visualization with
tools for the mission planning and rehearsal for troops on the ground,
particularly in the urban areas. She has been working for 17 years in the
areas of C4ISR and 3D visualization. Janette joined the Canadian Forces
as a Defence Scientist doing Data Fusion and Electronic Warfare (communications
jamming, SIGINT) at the Defence Research Establishment Ottawa. She was
posted to The Hague, Netherlands, SHAPE Technical Center to complete a
prototype NATO intelligence collection system, then went to private industry
with a license to commercialize technology developed in the lab, and established
Object Raku Technology Inc. The original 2D visualization of Mission Plans
(basic GIS) technology lead to development of the 3D visualization system
(GIS in 3D) to satisfy a requirement (army) for Military Operations in
Urban Terrain. Janette holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Manitoba (Canada).
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Howard,
Stephen
Stephen is a Colonel (select)
in the U.S. Air Force. He is in the Operations, Plans and Policy Center
at the U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, FL. He enlisted in
the U.S. Army and served from December 1975 until May 1980. After serving
in the Army, Stephen completed his Bachelor's degree and joined the U.S.
Air Force. He was selected for promotion to Colonel in March 2003. Stephen
holds a B.A. in History from the University of Maryland, a M.S. in International
Relations from Troy State University, and a M.A./M.S. from the United States
Air Force Air University School of Advanced Airpower Studies.
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Hull, Greg
Greg is a Software Engineer with Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC) in Orlando, FL. He has been working on
SEDRIS for the past 4 years, concentrating on modification of the SEDRIS
Transmittal Format (STF). Greg holds a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.S.
in Math from the University of Central Florida.
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Kellough, Cameron
Cameron is a Research Engineer at SRI International.
His background is in the design and application of test equipment for the
validation of Application Specific Integrated Circuits. Cameron is the
principal software developer for the computation engine powering the SEDRIS
Spatial Reference Model. Past engagements include validation of DDR SDRAM
buffer circuits at Philips Semiconductor, validation of control hardware
for automated test equipment at Credence Systems, and porting the MCNP
Nuclear Radiation Transport simulator to Linux for Los Alamos National
Laboratories. Cameron holds a B.S. in General Engineering from Harvey Mudd
College in Claremont, California.
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Kim,
Seong Gon
Kim is the President of CoDiC
Communications, Inc. and serves as the Chief Officer of the SEDRIS Korea
Forum. He has been a Korean member of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24, and has been
working for international and Korean standardization in information technologies
since 1996. The SEDRIS Korea Forum promotes the utilization of SEDRIS technology-related
domestic industries such as 3D online games, GIS, and 3D modeling companies.
It develops Korean Industry Standards of SEDRIS technology supported by
the Ministry of Information and Communication (MOIC). CoDiC is a 3D technology
development company and focuses on 3D contents management systems.
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Konstanzer,
Gerry
Gerry is a Combat Systems
Engineer at the Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL)
in Laurel, MD. Over the past eighteen years his work at JHU/APL focused
on the impact of the environment on naval combat systems, primarily through
modeling and simulation. This work supported capability analyses, shipboard
test and evaluation, and development of tactical capabilities. Areas of
focus included meteorological measurement, refractivity characterization,
propagation assessment, and radar and combat system performance simulation.
Gerry led the development of an environmentally-based, shipboard tactical
decision aid prototype, and supported its at-sea evaluation on two ships
for five years. He is currently assistant supervisor of the Theater Systems
Development group. Gerry holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel
University.
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Leonardo,
Martin
Martin is a Senior Analyst
with Metron, Inc. He has been supporting the JWARS Program Office developing
Maritime and TBM/TBMD simulation modules since 1997. Currently he is enhancing
the JWARS undersea warfare and acoustic sensor representations. Martin
holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Loomis, Jeremy
Jeremy is a Lead Software Engineer for ProLogic,
Inc. He has 8 years of experience in computer graphics and visualization,
with an emphasis on geospatial data and interactive simulation. Jeremy
leads the development of the SAGE product, and works towards expanding
the use of SEDRIS within ProLogic. Jeremy holds a M.S. in Computer Science
from Ohio State University.
Lowe, Steve
Steve is the Principal Investigator for the Environmental
Scenario Generator (ESG) program and continues to support the Master Environmental
Library (MEL) program. Under the ESG program, he is responsible for the
overall design and development of a distributed Java application providing
real-time data mining and just-in-time scenario production capabilities
accessible from a customizable client application. Prior to leading the
ESG development effort, Steve supported the MEL program in the areas of:
development of software for the exchange and visualization of environmental
data; generation of physically consistent, integrated synthetic natural
environment scenario databases for distribution through MEL; and the development
of distributed computing within the MEL architecture. He has also provided
support to the Naval Research Laboratory over the past five years in the
areas of: development of regional environmental analysis and prediction
techniques, assimilation and analysis of remotely sensed data, improved
techniques for assessing the effect of atmospheric conditions on Navy systems,
development of weather data processing and visualization tools, and support
of atmospheric modeling and simulation. Steve holds both a B.S. and a M.S.
in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech.
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Lowman, Ray
Ray has been supporting the U.S. Army Program Executive
Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation's Virtual Targets project
since 1998. He is currently serving as the interim Project Director. Prior
to becoming a Department of Defense acquisition program support contractor,
Ray served with the U.S. Army. He has completed primary, secondary, undergraduate,
and graduate education in a variety of schools, colleges, and universities,
and has completed Army training programs from Basic Combat Training through
the Army War College.
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Macchi, Warren
Warren is the President of Accent Geographic, Inc.
He has been working on computer graphics and simulation research for over
9 years. His experience includes computer vision, 3D rendering, real-time
simulation systems, database modeling, networking, and synthetic environment
manipulation and analysis tools. Warren has been a member of the SEDRIS
team since 1997. He was the lead developer of the Side-by-Side viewer,
the Java Browser, and the lead conversion expert for CCTT databases. Warren
has also worked with the SEDRIS core team in the design and development
of the Reference API Implementation Framework (RAIF), Level 1 API, EDCS
tools, and currently the SEDRIS Inter-Application Interface API. Warren
holds a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida.
Mamaghani, Farid
Farid has worked in the field of interactive networked
simulation since 1984. He is one of the original designers of the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Simulation Networking (SIMNET)
computer image generation system, and has worked as systems engineer and
project manager on a variety of networked simulation projects. Farid is
one of the people primarily responsible for the establishment of the SEDRIS
project. He is currently an independent consultant (with clients in both
the DoD and commercial sectors), serving as the SEDRIS Technical Director
and managing the day-to-day activities of the project.
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McLean, Charles
Charles is a Computer Scientist and Program Manager
of the Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Program at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He also leads the Manufacturing
Simulation and Modeling Group. Charles has managed research programs in
manufacturing simulation, engineering tool integration, product data standards,
and manufacturing automation at NIST since 1982. He has authored more than
50 technical papers on topics in these areas, and has received two Department
of Commerce Bronze Medals for his work. Charles serves on the Executive
Board of the Winter Simulation Conference, the Editorial Board of the International
Journal of Production, Planning, and Control, and is formerly the Vice
Chairman of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP)
Working Group on Production Management Systems (WG 5.7). He holds a B.A.
from Cornell University, and a M.S. in Information Engineering from the
University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Miller,
Earl
Earl is the Geospatial Intelligence
Data Production Manager at the USSOCOM Special Operations Forces Planning,
Rehearsal, Execution, and Preparation (SOFPREP) Facility, Hurlburt Field,
Florida. He is responsible for geospatial intelligence data production,
and coordinates the synthetic environmental database generation at the
three USSOCOM Database Generation Facilities (DBGF's). A retired U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers Officer, he has over 20 years experience in topographic,
digital geospatial information systems and modeling and simulation operations.
Earl holds a B.S. in Technology from the University of Central Texas, and
a M.S. in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas.
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Moore, Stephen
Stephen serves as the Deputy, Joint Force Trainer,
Capabilities and Director, Joint Training, Analysis and Simulation Center
for the Joint Forces Command Joint Warfighting Center in Suffolk, Virginia.
He has been instrumental in establishing the Joint National Training Capability
as a part of DoD's Training Transformation plan. He has been at Joint Forces
Command, Joint Warfighting Center since April, 1997. Prior to joining the
U.S. Joint Forces Command, Stephen worked for the National Imagery and
Mapping Agency, and the former Defense Mapping Agency (DMA). From 1985
to 1991, he served at the Naval Supply Systems Command Headquarters in
Arlington, VA. Stephen started as the Senior Engineer for a major process
improvement project at Naval Supply Facilities, and left as the Head of
Warehousing in the Physical Distribution Directorate where he managed warehousing
functions for eight naval supply centers. Prior to 1985, he worked in private
industry for an aerospace manufacturer in engineering and statistical process
control. During 1983 and 1984 he was an industrial engineer at the Naval
Supply Center in San Diego, California. Stephen holds a B.S. in Industrial
Engineering from Iowa State University, a M.B.A. from George Mason University,
and a M.S. in National Resources Strategy from the National Defense University.
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Moulton, Russ
Russ is the President of JRM Technologies, a firm
specializing in M&S products and services for physics-based sensor
simulation. His expertise includes EO/IR/RF signature and atmospheric phenomenology,
sensor effects modeling, computer graphics, and real-time sensor simulation
systems. Russ is the author of many technical publications on sensor simulation,
and has developed several simulation products, including the NVESD "Paint-the-Night"
real-time IR scene simulator, and JRM's SigSim and SenSim packages. He
is also a Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves. Russ holds a B.S. in Physics
from the U.S. Naval Academy, and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering, specializing
in Digital Signal Processing, from the Moore School of Electrical Engineering
at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Newman,
Fred
Fred is a Physicist and a
member of the Principal Professional Staff at The Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), Laurel, MD. He has done research
in physical oceanography, effects of the ocean environment on acoustic
and non-acoustic submarine detectability, and the modeling of environmental
effects in advanced computer simulations. Fred was Principal Investigator
for the DARPA Advanced Simulation Technology Thrust Multiresolution Interaction
Validity (MIV) Project at JHU/APL, Principal Investigator for application
of MIV to support ASW simulation for the Naval Warfare Development Command
Fleet Battle Experiment "Hotel" and the Navy war game "GLOBAL
2001," and is currently Principal Investigator for the JHU/APL role
supporting the development of the antisubmarine warfare model for the Joint
Warfare System (JWARS). He is co-chair of the Synthetic Natural Environment
Working Group of the Navy M&S Standards Steering Group, a member of
the American Geophysical Union, the Simulation Interoperability Standards
Organization, and the Military Operations Research Society.
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Parsons,
Doug
Doug is the Lead Engineer
of the Intelligent Simulation Systems Team at the U.S. Army Program Executive
Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). His responsibilities
include technical oversight of entity level simulations for the Program
Manager of Constructive Simulations. In this role his primary focus is
toward the successful development of the One Semi-Automated Forces (OneSAF)
Objective System. Doug holds a M.S. in Systems Management (Operations Research)
from Florida Institute of Technology, and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering
(Interactive Simulation and Training) from the University of Central Florida.
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Pigeon,
Luc
Luc is a Defense Scientist
at the Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC) research centre in
Valcartier (Qc, Canada). He is currently the Scientific Authority for R&D
in Urban Operations C4I. Luc is also the Canadian scientific delegate for
NATO studies on Urban Operations. His main research interests are information
fusion and intelligent systems design. Luc holds the B.Sc.A. and the M.Sc.
in Geomatic Engineering from Université Laval (Qc, Canada), and
a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the École Nationale Supérieure
des Télécommunications de Bretagne (France).
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Pivonka,
Jim
Jim is a Software Engineer
with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). He took over
the role of lead implementer for the upgrade of CCTT's database generation
process to use SEDRIS. Since then, Jim has written SEDRIS tools for both
testing and modifying SEDRIS transmittals. In addition to those tasks he
also led the development of a framework for facilitating the development
of parallel and distributed SEDRIS applications.
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Powell,
Ed
Ed is a Senior Scientist and
Program Manager with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).
His interests include large-scale system architectures and designs, and
the integration of simulations with C4I systems and live test and training
facilities. Ed has served as a lead system architect for many simulation
programs including JPSD, STOW and JSIMS, and is now the TENA Architect
and Program Manager for the TENA Middleware Development Team.
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Richbourg, Bob
Bob is a member of the Research Staff, Simulation
Center, Institute for Defense Analyses. He is a retired Army Lieutenant
Colonel who's last assignment was an Academy Professor of Computer Science,
and Director of the Artificial Intelligence Center, USMA, West Point, NY.
Bob holds a B.S. in Mathematics, an M.S. in Computer Science, and a Ph.D.
in Artificial Intelligence
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Robbins, Bruce
Bruce is an Engineer working at the U.S. Army Program
Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI).
His responsibilities include technical oversight of environmental component
of both the Warfighters Simulation (WARSIM) and the One Semi-Automated
Forces (OneSAF) Objective System. Bruce holds a B.S. in Aircraft Engineering
Technology from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
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Robinson, Bill
Charles W. (Bill) is an Operations Research Analyst
in the Simulations and C4 Group of the United States Joint Forces Command,
Joint Warfighting Center, Suffolk, Virginia. He is a Department of Defense
civilian, and recently retired from the United States Army as a LTC with
22 years active federal service. Prior to retiring, Bill served as the
Executive Program Manager for Joint Simulations, JWFC. He has been involved
with Rapid, Distributed Database Development for over three years, and
has presented papers on the subject at conferences such as I/ITSEC. Bill
holds a M.S. in both Management Science and Operational Art.
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Scannell,
Christopher
Christopher is an Electronics
Engineer with the Naval Research Laboratory. He has worked in the Acoustics
Division and the Information Technology Division researching distributed
simulation applications, virtual reality applications, and parallel processing
paradigms. Christopher holds a B.S. in Physics from Georgetown University,
a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Catholic University of America,
and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
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Schaefer,
Jim
Jim is a Senior Scientist
with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and is currently
the PI for SNE Virtual Data Repository (SVDR), which is a U.S. Army RDECOM
R&D project to develop new techniques for gathering and retrieving
both 3-D models and runtime SNE databases. Before joining SAIC in 1998,
He was in the U.S. Air Force where he held various leadership and technical
positions in weather modeling, weather support to future weapons systems,
and development of long-range weather and M&S technology plans. In
1995 he was the officer responsible for the initial establishment, and
was the first boss, of the Air and Space Natural Environment M&S Executive
Agent Office. Jim holds a Ph.D. in Meteorology from Texas A&M University.
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Sciarretta,
Al
Al is President of CNS Technologies,
Inc., a company that consults on research and development, experimentation,
modeling and simulation, management, and assessment of advanced information,
sensor, and test technologies. His primary customers include the Defense
Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO), the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency, the U.S. Army, and the Office of the Director, Operational Test
and Evaluation. In the past, he served as Experiment Director of DMSO's
Smart Sensor Web effort, which focused on the use of commercial networks,
sensors and wireless, wearable computers. Al recently served as Demonstration
Director for DMSO's Joint Operations on Urban Synthetic Terrain (JOUST)
Capstone Demonstration, which highlighted an integrated live-virtual-constructive
training capability from operational through tactical levels. He is a retired
Army officer and has served in program management positions with systems
engineering employers such as the MITRE Corporation. Al holds a B.S. from
the U.S. Military Academy, and dual M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering
and Operations Research from Stanford University.
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Shea,
John
John serves as Project Manager
for the Navy's Tactical Environmental Data Server (TEDS) and Services (TEDServices)
projects, and is the APM for Data Services for PEO C4I & Space, Operational
Effects Programs, PMW150. He has over 30 years of experience in information
management design and implementation and has held executive positions with
SeaSpace Corporation, FYI Systems, Inc., Pennzoil, and DDS, Inc. John holds
a M.B.A. from Pepperdine University.
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Sheehan,
Jack
Jack is currently assigned
to an Interagency Personnel Act (IPA) position in the Office, Director
of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), Strategic and Command,
Control, Communications and Intelligence (C3I) Systems as the Modeling
and Simulation (M&S) liaison. He also serves as the Knowledge Integration
(KI) Program Manager and Technical Advisor to the Director, Defense Modeling
and Simulation Office (DMSO). Assigned as an IPA to DOT&E in September
2001 and to DMSO since January 1996, Jack manages programs requiring both
problem-domain experience and implementation-domain expertise to create
and deploy solutions for the warfighter. He has concentrated the problem
of unambiguously communicating warfighter requirements to systems engineers
methods to include computer-based systems interfaces, executable mission
content, data exchange, interoperability logical information content, formal
program interfaces, and data standards. Jack is affiliated with the Applied
Research Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin (ARL:UT) and was the
Senior Systems Engineer conducting basic research, architecture definition,
engineering design, prototype implementation, and at-sea feasibility demonstration
for U.S. Navy combat systems from August 1985 to January 1996.
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Shiflett,
Jim
Jim is a Corporate Vice President
with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). He serves as
the Director for FCS Training Systems in Orlando, Florida and has over
twenty years experience in the management, research, and development of
DoD software systems. Jim has focused on strategic policy, project advocacy,
marketing, operational requirements, test and evaluation, fiscal management,
and successful program execution. He is currently the Training IPT Lead
for the Future Combat Systems program. While an officer in the U.S. Army,
Jim held many positions critical to the development and execution of simulation
based programs. In addition to his leadership responsibilities within SAIC
in the field of modeling and simulation, Jim also serves on the Executive
Committee of the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO)
and is the leading proponent of the SEDRIS project. He is a recognized
leader and expert in the fields of Modeling and Simulation and Synthetic
Natural Environments (SNE). Jim holds a B.S. in Economics/Statistics from
Auburn University, and a M.S. in Industrial Management (Operations Research/Systems
Analysis) from Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Stone, George
George is a Colonel in the U.S. Army. He currently
serves as the Deputy Director in the Army Model and Simulation Office (AMSO)
at the Pentagon, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations (G-3 staff). George
enlisted in the Army in 1973, and was later nominated and accepted at West
Point. He received his commission as an officer at the U.S. Military Academy
in 1980. George served in numerous Field Artillery cannon assignments.
In 1989, he served as part of the new Department of Systems Engineering
at West Point as an Assistant Professor, and built a combat simulations
lab for SE courses and research. In 1996, George was assigned to the Simulation
Operations career field with assignments as the TRADOC System Manager for
Warfighter's Simulation, and Software development team lead for Joint Simulation
System, Orlando. In 1999, he was re-assigned to the Pentagon where he was
the Director, Warfighting Analysis Integration Center. In 2000, he served
as the Technical Director & Army Representative in the Office of the
Secretary of Defense, Joint Warfare System (JWARS) program. George holds
a M.S. in Industrial Engineering (Operations Research) from Texas A&M
University, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of
Central Florida.
Stone, Tim
Tim is a Research Programmer/Analyst at the Institute
for Defense Analyses (IDA). He is a co-developer of the Synthetic Environment
Evaluation - Inspection Tool (SEE-IT) application, and has been working
in the Simulation Center at IDA for the past 6 years dealing with a wide
variety of topics relating to simulation. Tim's interests include computational
geometry, triangulated irregular networks (TINs), simulation, algorithm
design, and line of sight (LOS). Tim holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer
Science from Lewis & Clark College, and a M.S. in Computer Science
from New Mexico State University.
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Tolk, Andreas
Andreas is Senior Research Scientist at the Virginia
Modeling Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC) of the Old Dominion University
(ODU) in Norfolk, Virginia. He has over 12 years of international experience
in the field of Applied Military Operations Research and Modeling and Simulation
of and for Command and Control Systems. In addition to his research work,
he lectures in the Modeling and Simulation program at ODU. His domain of
expertise is the integration of M&S functionality into related application
domains, such as C4ISR or web-based services, in particular, those based
on open standards.
Toms, Ralph
Ralph has more than thirty years of experience with
real-time embedded systems and high performance simulation development.
He is a Senior Technical Advisor at SRI International. His formal training
is in applied mathematics and numerical analysis. He has leveraged this
experience and training to develop new efficient procedures for SEDRIS
coordinate transformation that retain high accuracy.
Tosh, Andrew
Andrew Tosh is the lead engineer for AcuSoft's SEDRIS
tool, the Side-by-Side viewer. He develops real-time visual systems and
validation tools for AcuSoft. Andrew holds a degree in Computer Science
from the University of Central Florida.
Trott, Kevin
Kevin is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff
of Northrop Grumman Information Technology in Rome, NY. His areas
of expertise include digital topographic data, modeling and simulation,
and object-oriented software engineering. He has led successful software
engineering and technology development projects for the U.S. Army Topographic
Engineering Center, U.S. Army PEO STRI, NGA, and the Air Force Research
Laboratory. Kevin was responsible for developing the mapping from
NGA's Vector Product Format (VPF) to the SEDRIS data representation model,
and for the software that implements that mapping.
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Watkins,
Jon
Jon has been with SAIC Orlando
since 1993. His CGF experience includes virtual and constructive applications,
primarily in the areas of synthetic natural environment and maneuver control.
Jon presently supports a number of SAIC activities, including WARSIM, CCTT,
SEDRIS, and movement control research.
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Wertman, Kevin
Kevin is a Software Engineer with Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC) in Orlando, FL. Since August of 2000,
he has been a member of the SEDRIS Core Team, involved with testing and
general development of the Application Program Interface (API). In March
2001, Kevin became the maintainer and developer of the SEDRIS to Compact
Terrain Data Base (CTDB) converter. Kevin holds a B.S. in Computer Science
from the University of Central Florida.
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Woodard, Pam
Pam is the Head of the Imaging Systems Division
at NAVAIR Orlando. She is responsible for providing visual system engineering
support to simulation acquisition programs for the Navy, and is the Technical
Lead for the JNTC Rapid Distributed Simulation Database Development (RD3).
She has over twenty years experience in visual simulation and synthetic
natural environments. Pam holds a B.S. in Mathematics from George Mason
University, and an M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of
Central Florida.
Worley, Michele
Michele is a Software Engineer at Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC), Orlando. She focuses on maintenance of
the SEDRIS Data Representation Model, the Application Program Interface,
and other SEDRIS core applications. Michele has been supporting the SEDRIS
project since early 1997.