From news@cis.ufl.edu Fri Oct 7 14:36:17 1994 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.4/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA21401; Fri, 7 Oct 94 14:36:17 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.9/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA12809; Fri, 7 Oct 94 14:35:45 -0700 Received: by hitl.hitl.washington.edu; id AA21737; Fri, 7 Oct 1994 14:33:24 -0700 Received: from sand.cis.ufl.edu by no-names.nerdc.ufl.edu (4.1/4.08) id AA10653; Fri, 7 Oct 94 17:35:37 EDT Received: by sand.cis.ufl.edu (8.6.7/8.6.7-cis.ufl.edu) id RAA25637; Fri, 7 Oct 1994 17:35:35 -0400 To: sci-virtual-worlds@no-names.nerdc.ufl.edu Path: fishwick From: fishwick@cis.ufl.edu (Paul Fishwick) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: PROG: Distributed Interactive Simulation Environments Date: 7 Oct 1994 21:35:35 GMT Organization: Univ. of Florida CIS Dept. Lines: 407 Distribution: world Message-Id: <374ev7$p10@sand.cis.ufl.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: fish.cis.ufl.edu Status: OR AIS 94 Conference DISTRIBUTED INTERACTIVE SIMULATION ENVIRONMENTS Co-Sponsored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Army Research Office +----------------------+ |CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION| +----------------------+ This represents the Fifth AI, Simulation and Planning Conference for high autonomy systems. High autonomy systems are large scale dynamic systems involving many interacting intelligent or controlled entities. Past conferences have been held in Tucson (Arizona), Cocoa Beach (Florida) and Perth, Australia. Large scale simulation models are increasingly executed within parallel and distributed computing environments. Distributed interactive simulation (DIS) directly involves the human in the simulation loop, and contains the real-time communication of heterogeneous simulators spread throughout wide geographical areas. Research in distributed simulation has taken place across many fronts: (1) Military DIS IEEE standard and workshops; (2) Continuous model parallelization; and (3) Discrete model (PDES) parallelization. The purpose of this conference is to focus on basic research problems in the overall area of distributed simulation with an emphasis on problems occurring in interactive environments. +-------------------+ |CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN| +-------------------+ Paul A. Fishwick University of Florida Dept. of CIS Bldg. CSE, Room 301 Gainesville, FL 32611 Phone and FAX: (904) 392-1414 E-Mail: fishwick@cis.ufl.edu +--------------------+ |ORGANIZING COMMITTEE| +--------------------+ Jerzy W. Rozenblit University of Arizona Bernard P. Zeigler University of Arizona +-----------------+ |PROGRAM COMMITTEE| +-----------------+ Francois E. Cellier, University of Arizona Sandra Cheung, Institute for Simulation and Training Paul Davis, Rand Corporation Tom DeFanti, University of Illinois at Chicago Stephen Downes-Martin, David Sarnoff Research Center Adel Elmaghraby, University of Louisville Richard Fujimoto, Georgia Institute of Technology Dorota Kieronska, Curtin University of Technology, Australia Tag Gon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Jason Lin, Bellcore Sven Erik Mattsson, University of Lund, Sweden Duncan Miller, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Moshell, University of Central Florida David Nicol, College of William and Mary Tuncer Oren, University of Ottawa, Canada Mikel Petty, Institute for Simulation and Training Herbert Praehofer, University of Linz, Austria Ashvin Radiya, University of Wichita Roger Smith, Mystech Associates, Inc. Scott Smith, Institute for Simulation and Training Svetha Venkatesh, Curtin University of Technology, Australia Ben Wise, SAIC Corporation David Wood, MITRE Corporation David Zeltzer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Zyda, Naval Postgraduate School +----------------------------+ |TECHNICAL PROGRAM (Dec. 7-9)| +----------------------------| (note: there are two parallel tracks (numbered 1,2). Each session is identified with an abbreviation. All abbreviations are expanded in the "PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED" section below) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 7:30 - 8:30 Registration 8:00 - 8:15: Opening Remarks (Chairman) 8:15 - 8:30: Welcome (Dr. Winfred Phillips, Dean of Engineering) 8:30 - 9:30: Keynote Address (Col. James Shiflett, Simulation Training and Instrumentation Command, U.S. Army) "DIS Concepts and a Potential Role for Academia" 9:30 -11:30: 1: H, 2: D1 11:30 - 1:00: Lunch 1:00 - 3:00: 1: M, 2: D2 3:00 - 3:30: Break 3:30 - 5:00: 1: T, 2: D3 7:00 - 9:00 Reception at the Top THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8 9:00 -10:00 1: NA, 2: D4 10:00 -10:30 Break 10:30 -11:30 1: IA, 2: DEVS Workshop Working Session 11:30 - 1:00 Lunch 1:00 - 2:30 1: P1, 2: A1 2:30 - 3:00 Break 3:00 - 4:30 Panel Session: Research Problems and Opportunities in DIS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 9:00 -11:00 1: P2, 2: A2,TE 11:00 - WrapUp (feedback, next year's conference) +--------------------------------+ |PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED (BY AREA)| +--------------------------------+ HYBRID SYSTEMS (H) * Hybrid Systems and Distributed Interactive Simulation - John James, Wolf Kohn, Anil Nerode, Jagdish Chandra * Hybrid Systems: Models, Simulation and Testing - Norman Coleman, Steve Banks, Wolf Kohn, John James * Distributed Intelligent Control Theory of Hybrid Systems - Xiaolin Ge, Anil Nerode, Wolfe Kohn, John James, Norman Coleman * Simulation as a Tool for Hybrid Control - John Lygeros, Datta Godbole, Shankar Sastry MODELING AND DYNAMICS (M) * Expressing Intra-Task Parallelism in Simulation Models - Ashvin Radiya * Design of an Efficient Frame-Based Modeling and Simulation Tool - Lien-Pharn Chien and Ray Yueh-Min Huang * Hierarchical, Concurrent State Machines for Behavior Modeling and Scenario Control - James Cremer, Stuart Hansen, Joseph Kearney * Fluids in a Distributed Interactive Simulation - Chen Jinxiong and Michelle Sartor TERRAIN MODELING & REASONING (T) * Terrain Modeling Issues for High Fidelity Ground Vehicle Simulators in a DIS Environment - Yiannis E. Papelis * Challenges in Implementing Dynamic Terrain for Terrain Reasoning in CCTT SAF - Charles E. Campbell and Gene McCulley * Design of Terrain Reasoning Database for CCTT - Jon Watkins and Micheline Provost NETWORK ANALYSIS (NA) * Traffic Characterization of Manned-Simulators and Computer Generated Forces in DIS Exercises - Sandra E. Cheung * Real Time Data Analysis for the Joint Theater Missile Defense Simulation Network (JTMDSN) - Michael D. Gray and Craig K. Jones INTELLIGENT AGENTS (IA) * Insertion of an Articulated Human into a Networked Virtual Environment - David R. Pratt, Paul T. Barham, John Locke, Ming C. Lin, Michael J. Zyda * Extending DIS for Individual Combatants - Douglas A. Reece PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING (P1) * Automated Battlefield Simulation Command and Control in a DIS Environment using Artificial Neural Networks - Sheila L. Jaszlics, Ivan J. Jaszlics, Stewart H. Jones * "Game Commander": Applying an Architecture of Game Theory and Tree Lookahead to the Command and Control Process - Amnon Katz, Brett Butler * Incorporating Simulation-Based Models into Planning Systems - Jin Joo Lee and Paul A. Fishwick PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING (P2) * Automated Path Planning for Simulation - Jed Marti and Christophe Bunn * A Distributed Simulation System for Team Decision Making - Alan A. Song, David L. Kleinman * The Fire Support Automated Test System (FSATS): An Approach to Distributed Command and Control Simulation - Martin D. Howard * Distributed Interactive Simulation for Intelligence Data Dissemination - Frank D. Magee DEVS FORMALISM: Simulation Engines & Performance Modeling (D1) * Distributed Simulation of DEVS-Based Multiformalism Models - Herbert Praehofer, Gernot Reisinger * Abstract Simulator and Co-ordinator of Parallel DEVS - Alex C. Chow and Bernard P. Zeigler * An Approach to Systematic Modeling and Performance Measure - Jerzy W. Rozenblit and Lien-Pharn Chien * A Unified Framework for Logical Analysis and Performance Evaluation of Discrete Event Systems - Gyung P. Hong and Tag G. Kim DEVS FORMALISM: Modelling Methodology (D2) * Distributing and Maintaining Knowledge: Agents in Variable Structure Environments - Adelinde. M. Uhrmacher * Variable DEVS - Variable Structure Modeling Formalism: An Adaptive Computer Architecture Application - Fernando J. Barros, Maria T. Mendes, Bernard P. Zeigler * A DEVS Modeling Methodology for a Common Model Server Concept - Richard J. Simard, Bernard P. Zeigler, Jerry M. Couretas * A Framework for Hybrid Modeling/Simulation of Discrete Event Systems - Myung S. Ahn and Tag G. Kim DEVS FORMALISM: Manufacturing Applications (D3) * Interface Oriented Classification of DEVS Models - Carsten Thomas * Generation and Control of Task Level Actions in Discrete Event System Models - Jerzy W. Rozenblit and Jerry Couretas * Supervising Manufacturing System Operation by DEVS-based Intelligent Control - H. Praehofer, G. Jahn, W. Jacak, G. Haider DEVS FORMALISM: Discrete Event Systems (D4) * The DEVS Framework for Discrete Event Systems Control - Hae S. Song and Tag G. Kim * Performance Modeling and Analysis of DANS Using DEVSim++ - Kyou Ho Lee and Tag Gon Kim TEST AND EVALUATION (TE) * Automatic Performance Monitoring and Evaluation - Peter Drewes, Avelino Gonzalez * FSATS: An Object-Based Approach to Distributed Interactive Simulation for Test and Training - Eric Evans APPLICATIONS (A1) * SmartDb: An Object-Oriented Simulation Framework for Automated Vehicles and Highway Systems - Aleks Gollu, Akash Deshpande, Pravin Hingorani, Pravin Varaiya * SmartPath: An Automated Highway System Simulator - Farokh Eskafi, Delnaz Khorramabadi, Pravin Varaiya * Systems Engineering and Integration Using Advance Distributed Simulation - Kevin Roney * Computing RF Propagation for Use in Simulation, Modeling and Analysis - E. Scott Fehr, David A. McClung APPLICATIONS (A2) * Using Distributed Interactive Simulation for Remote Cockpit Simulation in a Dissimilar Fidelity Simulation Environment - Christina L. Bouwens, Samuel Knight * Integration of CGF with Fielded Equipment using DIS - Phil Landweer * Fuzzy Finite Automata and their Application to Speech Recognition - T. Van Le +--------------------+ |HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS| +--------------------+ The conference site is the University Centre Hotel. A block of rooms has been arranged for conference attendees at a special rate of $63 single, $66 double, plus tax. The room rate includes a continental breakfast each day. To make reservations please call the following numbers: From Florida - 1-800-251-4069 From the U.S. - 1-800-824-5637 From outside the U.S. - (904) 371-3333 Please make reservations early. Reservation deadline is November 15, 1994. Reservations received after this date will be provided on a space and rate available basis. +------+ |TRAVEL| +------+ The area is served by the Gainesville Regional Airport. Special discounted airfares based on round-trip fares within the U.S., Canada, San Juan, Bermuda, St. Thomas, & St. Croix are available from Delta Airlines. Call 1-800-241-6760 and refer to Reference File No. XG0322. +------------------------+ |REGISTRATION INFORMATION| +------------------------+ Pre-registration should be submitted as soon as possible. A conference schedule and other local information will be sent as confirmation of registration. Full refunds are granted up to one month prior to the conference. Thereafter refunds are prorated less a $25 administrative fee. For further information on conference content contact: Paul A. Fishwick University of Florida CIS Dept. Bldg. 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