Many of my current and past graduate and undergraduate students as well as visiting scholars have conducted their research toward the topics listed below. Their contributions have resulted in software used by universities, research centers, industrial strength applications, and educational purposes in the United States and abroad. Some of these projects have been carried out in collaboration with colleagues from other departments at ASU and Intel Corporation in Chandler Arizona. Details of these research projects can be found in papers, masters and dissertation theses, and other publications such as internal documents, technical reports and posters.

Research Topic
Purpose
Area/Tools
Application
Sponsorship
Model Composability
Composition of disparate formalisms with Knowledge Interchange Broker (KIB)
DEVS/LP (Discrete Event System Specification/Linear Programming).
Semiconductor Supply-Chain Manufacturing Systems
NSF, Intel, Lockheed Martin, and ASU*
DEVS/MPC (Model Predictive Control).
Rule-based DEVS with Cellular Automata.
Human/Landscape Processes
DEVS and RAP (Reactive Action Planning).
Intelligent Vehicle Systems
Modeling

Scaleable Entity Structure Modeler
SESM is a unified logical, visual, and persistent modeling environment for system modeling.
General-purpose
NSF, Intel, Northrop Grumman Joint Interoperability Test Command, and Boeing

Co-design modeling for network systems

SESM/DOC introduces software/hardware co-design for modeling computer network systems.
Computer Network Systems
Collaborative component-based system modeling
CoSMo is a prototype environment brings together the SESM and Computer Supported Collaborative Work technology.
General-purpose
Simulation
Simulation of discrete-event, discrete-time, continuous, cellular automata models
DEVSJAVA is a robust parallel discrete-event simulation environment that conforms to the DEVS formalism.
General-purpose
NSF, Intel, and ASU*
Automatic experimentation configuration
Tracking Environment uses DEVSJAVA and provides strong separation among Model, View, and Control. Its distinguishing feature is automated simulation data collection.
General-purpose
Flexible and transparent DEVSJAVA simulation execution
DEVSJAVA Webstart is built based on Java WebStartTM technology to provide seamless use of DEVSJAVA without having IDEs such as Eclipse. It also provides user-defined meta-modeling.
General-purpose
Domain-specific simulation with design-patterns
DEVSJAVA-AO incorporates a select group of astronomical observatory software design solutions into DEVSJAVA.
Astronomical Observatory
Software Engr.
Weather and Traffic Information Assistant
This environment collects real-time weather and traffic data and provides combined information in near real-time.
Transportation
ASU*

* Matching scholarship from the Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative (FURI)