2000 Western MultiConference

January 23-27, 2000

M O N D A Y January 24

SESSION 1: 10:30am--12:00pm
Websim 2000 Keynote Address
Live Real­Time Models on the Web: The DPAT Story
Fredrick Wieland, The MITRE Corporation, USA

Frederick Wieland has authored approximately 40 papers, mostly in the area of parallel processing applied to computer simulation, and has also contributed to the
fields of astronomy, biology, and geophysics. Fred has been a simulation and modeling engineer at MITRE's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development
since 1993. Fred's research interests include parallel simulation, Web­based simulation, and distributed access to centralized services. He has been elected to the Steering Committee of the annual Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Society for Computer Simulation Association for Computing Machinery Parallel and Distributed Simulation conference. Fred holds two patents involving proximity detection applied to parallel simulation and is completing a doctoral degree in applied probability theory.

SESSION 2: 1:30pm--3:00pm
Modeling Case Studies

A Continuous and Combined Simulation Platform in Java and Its Application in Building Paper Mill Training Simulators
Herbert Praehofer, Alice Schoeppl, Kepler University, Austria

SINDBAD: Simulation Modeling Methodology Integrating Distributed Simulation Objects on the Web
Young Hae Lee, Wonbo Shim, Sook Han Kim, Hanyang University, Korea

MASTER Web: A Petroleum Reservoir Simulation Tool
Guadalupe Janoski, Andrew H. Sung, Shih­Hsien Chang, Reid B. Grigg, New Mexico Tech, USA

Multi Player, Internet and Java­Based Simulation Games:
Learning and Research in Implementing a Computerized Version of the ``Beer­Distribution Supply''
Gilad Ravid, Sheizaf Rafaeli, Israel

SESSION 3: 3:30pm--5:00pm
Distributed Environments

Distributed Intelligent Agents for a Collaborative Web­Based Simulation
Robert Signorile, Anthony Segrich, Boston College, USA

A Cooperative Simulation Modeling Environment Based on the WWW
Celso M. Hirata, Edgar T. Yano, CTA­ITA, Brazil

Distributed Design Tools: Mapping Targeted Design Tools Onto a Web­Based Distributed Architecture for High­Performance Computing
Victor P. Holmes, John M. Linebarger, David J. Miller, Clark A. Poore, Ruthe L. Vandewart, Sandia National Laboratories, USA

WESE: A Web­Based Environment for Systems Engineering
Dhananjai Rao, V. Chernyakhovsky, Philip A. Wilsey, University of Cincinnati, USA

T U E S D A Y January 25

SESSION 4: 8:30am--10:00am
WEBSIM 2000 Keynote Speaker
3D Behavioral Modeling
Paul A. Fishwick, University of Florida, USA

Paul A. Fishwick is Professor of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. He received the BS in Mathematics from the Pennsylvania State University, MS in Applied Science from the College of William and Mary, and Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986. He also has six years of industrial/government production and research experience working at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (doing CAD/CAM parts definition research) and at NASA Langley Research Center (studying engineering data base models for structural engineering). His research interests are in computer simulation modeling and analysis methods for complex systems. He is a Fellow of the Society for Computer Simulation (SCS), and a Senior Member of the IEEE. He is also a member of the IEEE Society for Systems, Man and Cybernetics, ACM and AAAI.

SESSION 5: 10:30am--12:00pm
Component-based Design and Reuse

Building Reusable Simulation Components
Herbert Praehofer, Kepler University, Austria

Issues in the Certification of Reusable Object-Oriented Model Components: The Coordination Perspective
Levent Yilmaz, Trident Systems Inc., USA

Component Based Framework for Developing Process Simulation Web User Interfaces
Tommi Karhela, Antti Mettala, Matti Paljakka, VTT Automation, Finland

SESSION 6: 1:30pm--3:00pm
Panel Session
Research and Commercial Opportunities in Web­Based Simulation
Moderator: John A. Miller, University of Georgia, USA
Panalists: Paul A. Fishwick, University of Florida, USA
               Boleslaw Szymanski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
               Perakath Benjamin, KBSI, Inc., USA
               Simon J.E. Taylor, Brunel University, UK

SESSION 7: 3:30pm--5:00pm
Applications

Using Web­Based Facilities in Remote Simulation Behavior Prototyping and Analysis
Andre Campos, Bruno Corbara, David Hill, Blaise Pascal University, France

VRML in Scientific Visualization: Porous Media Flows in Oil Reservoirs
Carlos dos Santos, Luis Mello, Gerson Gomes Cunha, Luiz Landau, Brazil

Advanced Modeling Simulation & Electronic Commerce for Retail
Agostino G. Bruzzone, Roberto Mosca, University of Genoa, Italy

Distance Learning Models and Web Simulation
Antonella Cavallone, Matteo Gaeta, Marco Marsella, Univ of Salerno, Italy

Low­Cost Training Over the Internet
Deborah Fullford, Warren Katz, MAK Technologies, USA

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