ELECSIM 1994
ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE ON CONSTRUCTIVE TRAINING SIMULATION
April 11 - May 27, 1994

Sponsored by The Society for Computer Simulation
Military Applications Section, Operations Research Society of America
The International Journal in Computer Simulation

BIOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORS

DR. MARY C. (CONNIE) FISCHER  became the Project Director for the
Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol (ALSP) project in February
1993.  Prior to this assignment, she held positions in two of the
support directorates of the US Army Simulation, Training and
Instrumentation Command (STRICOM).  Dr. Fischer began her
Government career as an operations research analyst for the
Combined Arms Combat Developments Activity (CACDA now CAC-D) in
1985 where she directed the Combined Arms Command (CAC)
development of the TRADOC Battlefield Development Plan (BDP) and
developed the methodology used to prioritized issues identified in
the Close Combat Capability Analysis (CCCA) and subsequently in
BDP 1989.
  
Prior to joining the government, Dr. Fischer taught mathematics
and statistics at several universities, including full-time
assistant professorships at the University of Southern Colorado
and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.  Dr. Fischer holds
masters degrees in mathematics from the University of Tennessee
and the University of Illinois, and a MBA from Western New
England College.  She was awarded her doctorate from Columbia
Pacific University in 1989.  Dr. Fischer is a graduate of the US
Army Command and General Staff College.
  

ANNETTE L. WILSON  is a Member of the Technical Staff for the MITRE
Corporation.  She received her B.S. in computer science Magna Cum
Laude from Texas A&M in 1986.  She has been involved in the design
and development of the Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol (ALSP)
software and protocol for the last 2 1/2 years.  Ms. Wilson also
participated in a research project to improve the distribution
efficiency of messages between simulations in an ALSP 
confederation.  She is currently leading development efforts for
the 1994 releases of the ALSP software.


DR. DEAN S. HARTLEY III  is a Senior Staff Consultant at the
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other Department of Energy
facilities, specifically Senior Scientist of the Center for
Modeling, Simulation, and Gaming.  These facilities are managed and
operated by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.  Hartley is active
in the Military Applications Section (MAS) of the Operations
Research Society of America (ORSA), currently holding the position
of Chairman of MAS.  He is also active in the College of Simulation
of The Institute of Management Science (TIMS) and the Military
Operations Research Society (MORS), where he has served as the
chairman of the Combat Models, Gaming, & Simulation Working Group. 
Hartley has been involved in the computer field for more than 25
years and in military operations research (off and on) for 20
years.  He received his Ph.D. in mathematics (piecewise linear
topology) from the University of Georgia and served four years
active duty in the Army in the basement of the Pentagon.


HUGH HENRY  is supervisor of the Simulation Software Group at the
California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
The group supports the Army's Corps Battle Simulation,
the Air Force's Advanced Simulation Framework, and several NASA
tasks. He holds a M. S. in Computer Science from Azusa-Pacific
University and a B. S. from Wright-State University. Research
interests include parallel discrete-event simulation and 
large-scale software engineering.


SHERRY MERTENS  is a member of the technical staff at the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.  She received her
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1984) and her M.S. in Engineering
Management Science (1988) from Wichita State University in Wichita,
Kansas.


CURTIS BLAIS is Manager of Wargaming Systems for VisiCom 
Laboratories, Inc., and Software Engineering Manager for the 
MTWS project. He has 20 years experience in analysis and 
simulation of Navy and Marine Corps command and control, 
communications, and combat operations. He specializes in
modeling of ground combat and casualty/damage assessments.
Mr. Blais holds BS and MS degrees in Mathematics from the 
University of Notre Dame.


MAJOR GARY W. ALLEN, PH.D.  Currently serving in the Army 
Acquisition Corps as the Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation
Command Project Director for TACSIM.  During his tenure as an
Military Intelligence officer Major Allen has held a variety of
positions that includes responsibility for intelligence analysis,
production, and training.  His military training includes MI Basic
and Advanced Courses, Defense Intelligence Agency's Post Graduate
Intelligence Program, and the Command and General Staff College. 
Major Allen holds a Ph.D. in Educational Technology from the
University of Kansas, an MS in Telecommunications Management and BA
in Communications from the University of Colorado.  


ROGER D. SMITH  is a Principal Simulation Engineer with Mystech
Associates.  He is responsible for developing simulations and tools
to support the training missions of US and Allied forces.  These
have included air and ground combat models, intelligence collection
and analysis algorithms, after action review systems, and 
simulation management tools.  He has an M.S. in Statistics from
Texas Tech University and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from the
University of Southern Colorado.  He has also completed the
Certified Manager program from the Institute for Certified
Professional Managers.  


CLARK R. KARR  is the Principal Investigator of the
Integrated Eagle/BDS-D Project at the Institute for
Simulation and Training.  Mr. Karr has earned a B.S. in
Biology from the University of Denver and a M.S. in Computer
Science from the University of Central Florida; he is
currently a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at UCF.  His
research interests and publications are in the areas of
artificial intelligence and simulation.


ERIC D. ROOT  is a Software Engineer in the Integrated
Eagle/BDS-D Project at the Institute for Simulation and
Training.  Mr. Root has earned a B.S. in Computer Science
and Mathematics from Missouri Western State College; he is
currently a M.S. student in Computer Science at the
University of Central Florida.  His research interests and
publications are in the area of simulation.


DR. ANDY CERANOWICZ is the manager of the Semi-Automated Forces
group at Loral Advanced Distributed Simulation.  He has been
working on Distributed Interactive Simulation and Semi-Automated
Forces since 1986 when he joined BBN to work on the ARPA Simulation
Networking (SIMNET) Project. Since then he has contributed to the
ARPA ODIN Project for intelligence visualization, battle 
reenactment, and Modular Semi-Automated Forces. Prior to his work
at Loral, Dr. Ceranowicz was a member of the technical staff at
Draper Laboratory working on expert systems and GPS applications.
Dr Ceranowicz earned his PhD in control theory from the Ohio State
University.


ELLEN F. ROLAND  is the co-founder and senior principal engineer
at ROLANDS & ASSOCIATES Corporation (R&A) where she leads the
development team for the Joint Theater Level Simulation.  Holds a
BS (cum laude) in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin
and a MS  in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate
School.  Retired as a Commander from the U.S. Navy after having
served at the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff, Offutt AFB
where she developed interactive real-time models for contingency
planning.  Was technical manager for the Planning Alternatives
for Interdicting National Terrorism (PAINT) model.  Developed a
Fleet Logistics model for evaluation of task force operations and
contingency plan analysis at CINCPACFLT.  Assigned as a faculty
member at the Naval Postgraduate School (Department of Operations
Research), where she focused on combat simulations, network
theory, and voice recognition technology.  At NPS she was a
leader on the initial design team for the Joint Theater Level
Simulation (JTLS) from 1982 to 1985 and engineered its
development and fielding.  She led the software design team for
development of the item-level Combat Analysis and Sustainment
Model (CASMO).  In addition to her current work on JTLS, Mrs
Roland is supporting the development of an open ocean combat
simulation and has been selected to participate in a National
Academy of Science study on Voice Recognition Technology.


EDWARD P. KELLEHER  is a senior principal engineer at ROLANDS &
ASSOCIATES Corporation (R&A) where he oversees development of the
ground and logistics modules of the Joint Theater Level
Simulation.  Holds a BS in Chemistry from Boston College and a MS
in Operations Research (with Distinction) from the Naval
Postgraduate School.  Was an honor graduate of the U.S. Army
Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 
Retired from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel after 22 years
of service with tours in Air Defense, Field Artillery,
Intelligence, and Ballistic Missile Defense.  Following a tour as
Instructor and Assistant Professor at the Naval Postgraduate
School, LTC Kelleher was the first Director of the TRADOC
Research Element, Monterey (now TRAC-Monterey).  He was the
Principal Investigator for the STAR combat model from 1979 to
1993.  He has been a member of the JTLS technical team since
1983, serving as the Technical Manager of the project for the
Rolands & Associates Corporation from 1986 to 1991.


KEVIN L. BRANDT  is a U.S. Army Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel
assigned to the Joint Warfare Center as the Project Manager for
the Joint Theater Level Simulation.  Holds a BA Mathematics from
UCLA and a MS in Industrial Engineering (Operations Research)
from Kansas State University.  Served in command and staff
assignments in infantry and armored cavalry units of the
1st Infantry Division (Mech) and 2d Infantry Division.  Served in
detachment and company commands and as the Group war plans officer
in the 5th Special Forces Group.  Later served as Deputy
Commander, 10th Special Forces Group during Desert Storm and
Operation Provide Comfort.  Operations Research assignments
include duty with U.S. Army Materiel Command (MICOM) in Europe as
a research engineer and at HQDA in the Army Initiatives Group,
ODCSOPS.


PAUL REYNOLDS  is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the
University of Virginia. His 14 year academic career has provided
opportunities to become deeply involved in simulation both through
basic research on topics such as parallel and distributed 
simulation, and through membership on select DoD advisory 
committees. Dr. Reynolds has been the Director of the Institute for
Parallel Computation where he researched parallel discrete event
simulation techniques based on hardware-based frameworks.  He has
served on study and/or oversight committees on simulation for DMSO,
DARPA, and the National Testbed.


JEFF STEINMAN  received B.S. degrees in computer science and in 
mathematical physics from California State University 
Northridge in 1980. He then worked at Hughes Aircraft 
Company in the Radar Systems Group for four years while 
studying physics at UCLA. In 1988, he received his Ph.D. in 
experimental high-energy particle physics from UCLA, where 
he measured the quark content of virtual photons generated at 
the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Since then, he has been 
a member of the technical staff working at the Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory, building simulations for strategic missile and air 
defense. Jeff Steinman is the principal developer of the 
SPEEDES operating system.


FREDERICK WIELAND  received a B.S. degree in astronomy from the 
California Institute of Technology in 1983, and an M.S. degree 
in Computer Information Systems from the Claremont Graduate 
School in 1988.  He worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
from 1983-1992 where his primary research interest was the 
performance of distributed simulations. Subsequently he joined 
the staff at the Naval Research Laboratory, where he is 
studying interactive physics-based distributed simulations.


Mr. George Zener collaborated in research on quantitative 
requirements analysis for distributed simulation networks while he
was a Technical Aide at the MITRE Corporation during the summer of
1993.  Presently, he is a sophomore at Rice University where he is
studying engineeering and applied mathematics.  He is a winner of
the The George Washington University Engineering Medal, a 1992
MITRE Corporation Scholarship, and several other academic honors
and scholarships.  He hopes to return to the MITRE Corporation
again during the summer of 1994.


Dr. James Ellenbogen is Lead Scientist in the MITRE Corporation's
Synthetic Environments Applications Department.  He is a past
winner of the MORS Barchi Prize (1984) and the MORS Honorable
Mention Rist Prize (1985). Dr.Ellenbogen received his Ph.D. in
chemical physics from the University of Georgia in 1977, and he is
the author of a number of technical papers on the modeling,
simulation, and testing of military systems, on the theory of
command and control, and on diverse topics in computer science,
applied mathematics, physics, and chemistry.  He taught at several
universities before joining the MITRE Corporation in 1984.