Personal Data

• Born on September 6, 1952 in Istanbul, Turkey
• Married; 3 children
• United States Citizen since 1988

Education

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Syracuse, New York, USA

• Ph.D. (Jan. 1979 — Aug. 1981)
• Major: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Specialization: Modeling and Simulation

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Syracuse, New York, USA

• M.S. (Sept. 1977 — Dec. 1978)
• Major: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Turkey

• M.S. (Sept. 1975 — July 1977)
• Major: Industrial Engineering

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Turkey

• B.S. (Sept. 1971 — June 1975)
• Major: Mechanical Engineering
• Minors: Industrial Engineering, Modern Control Engineering

ROBERT COLLEGE, Istanbul, Turkey

• Major: English (Sept. 1970 — June 1971)

PERTEVNIYAL HIGH SCHOOL, Istanbul, Turkey

• Sept. 1967 — June 1970

Areas of Expertise

• Software Engineering
  • iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) Software Engineering
  • Network-Centric Software Engineering
  • Architecting Network-Centric Software-based System of Systems
  • Software/System Independent Verification and Validation
• Modeling and Simulation
  • Methodology
  • Verification, Validation, and Certification

Employment

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
09/2010 — present	Director of Mobile Software Engineering Lab (MSEL)
05/1999 — present	Professor (with tenure) Department of Computer Science
05/1988 — 04/1999	Associate Professor (with tenure) Department of Computer Science
09/1981 — 04/1988	Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science

Honors and Awards

Oct. 2001	The Society for Modeling and Simulation International Certificate of Senior Membership
Mar. 1993	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University College of Arts and Sciences Certificate of Teaching Excellence
May 1992	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of Computer Science Teaching Excellence Award
1992 — present	Member, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Computer Science Honor Society
May 1991	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of Computer Science Teaching Excellence Award
Dec. 1990	Plaque for Distinguished Service as Proceedings Editor of the 1990 Winter Simulation Conference
Apr. 1989	Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
May 1988	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of Computer Science Teaching Excellence Award
Aug. 1987	Received a Reviewer Excellence mug and a letter of appreciation from ACM for his professional services as a reviewer and a Category Editor of ACM Computing Reviews.
June 1985	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of Computer Science Outstanding Teacher Award
1983	Nominated by the College of Engineering of Syracuse University for the Graduate School Prize for the Outstanding Syracuse University Graduate
1978 — present	Member, Alpha Pi Mu, Industrial Engineering Honor Society
1977	Scholarship for Ph.D. Education in U.S.A. Turkish Ministry of Education, Ankara, Turkey
1971 — 1975	Fellowship, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

Membership

10/1978 — present	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
01/1984 — present	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society
11/1977 — 12/2003	Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
01/1999 — 02/2002	Military Operations Research Society (MORS)
01/1997 — present 01/1990 — 03/1993 09/1979 — 08/1988	Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) (formerly Society for Computer Simulation)

Student Research Direction

1. Amine Chigani (2011), “A Campus Situational Awareness and Emergency Response Management System Architecture,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May.
2. Dzmitry Churbanau (2010), “Visual Simulation-based Automated Architecture Specification,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May.
3. Firat Alpergin (2007), “A Network-Centric System Architecture for Online Learning Environments,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May.
4. Likhita Krishnamurthy (2006), “Comparative Assessment of Network-Centric Software Architectures,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May.
5. Jerome Holman (2005), “A Pen-based Interactive Animation Environment for Effective Communication Using a Tablet PC,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May.
6. Thomas W. Schneider (2005), “A Voice-based Multimodal User Interface for VTQuest,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May.
7. David S. Myers (2004), “An Extensible Component-Based Architecture for Web-Based Simulation Using Standards-Based Web Browsers,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, June.
8. Mohammad Sabah (2003), “Random Variate Generation Web Service,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Aug.
9. William S. Gilley (2001), “Animations and Interactive Material for Improving the Effectiveness of Learning the Fundamentals of Computer Science,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May.
10. I. Utku Moral (1997), “Publication of Bibliographies on the World Wide Web,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Jan.
11. Michael L. Talbert (1995), “A Methodology for the Measurement and Evaluation of Complex System Designs” Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Dec., 324 pp.
12. P. Anders I. Bertelrud (1995), “An Object-Oriented Simulator for the Visual Simulation Environment,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Sept., 159 pp.
13. Ali Tuğlu (1995), “A Data Analysis Software Tool for the Visual Simulation Environment,” M.S. Project Report, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, June, 58 pp.
14. Rajendra Harrichunder (1994), “A Learning Support System for the Visual Simulation Environment,” M.S. Project Report, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Sept., 67 pp.
15. Sandeep R. Somaiya (1993), “SENATE: A Software System for Evaluation of Simulation Results,” M.S. Project Report, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Apr., 109 pp.
16. E. Joseph Derrick (1992), “A Visual Simulation Support Environment Based on a Multifaceted Conceptual Framework,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Apr., 320 pp.
17. Jay D. Beams (1991), “A Premodels Manager for the Simulation Model Development Environment,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Sept., 214 pp.
18. Kevin E. Martin (1989), “Artificial Neural Network Development: A Life Cycle and Requirements Specification for an Automated Support Environment,” Honors Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Oct., 100 pp.
19. John L. Bishop (1989), “General Purpose Visual Simulation System,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, June, 192 pp.
20. Richard B. Whitner (1988), “A Taxonomical Review of Software Verification Techniques: An Illustration in Discrete-Event Simulation,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Oct., 187 pp.
21. Robert A. White (1988), “TRAVIS: A General Purpose Traffic Intersection Visual Interactive Simulator,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Sept.
22. E. Joseph Derrick (1988), “Conceptual Frameworks for Discrete-Event Simulation Modeling,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Aug., 286 pp.
23. Muriel Kranowski (1988), “CADCAS: A Tool for Computer-Aided Documentation and Credibility Assessment of a Simulation Study,” M.I.S. Project Report, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, July, 277 pp.
24. Jack C. Davis (1988), “A Simulated Learning Environment for the VAX/VMS Operating System,” M.S. Project Report, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May, 175 pp.
25. Valerie L. Frankel (1987), “A Prototype Assistance Manager for the Simulation Model Development Environment,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, July, 84 pp.
26. Anthony W. Crunk (1985), “A Portable C Random Number Generator,” M.S. Project Report, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May, 136 pp.
27. Benjamin C. Robinson (1983), “A Self-Paced COBOL Tutorial,” M.S. Project Report, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, July, 301 pp.

Invited Talks

1. Invited Keynote Speech: “A Life Cycle for Modeling and Simulation,” 5th International Workshop on Enterprise & Organizational Modeling and Simulation (EOMAS 2009), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 8-9, 2009.
2. Invited Talk: “Scenario Simulation for Network-Centric Technology Assessment,” Symposium on Recent Advances for Modeling and Simulation Tools for Communications Networks and Services, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom, March 28-29, 2007.
3. Invited Talk: “Quality Assessment of Modeling and Simulation of Network-Centric Military Systems,” Symposium on Modeling and Simulation Tools for Emerging Telecommunication Networks: Needs, Trends, Challenges, Solutions, Munich, Germany, September 8-9, 2005.
4. Invited Panel Speaker: “Challenges in Credibility Assessment of System Dynamics Models for National Security,” Workshop on Systems Dynamics Modeling of Physical and Social Systems for National Security, Chantilly, VA, April 21-22, 2005.
5. Invited Plenary Speech: “Meeting the Challenges of Verification, Validation, and Certification of Complex Models and Simulations,” 15th European Simulation Symposium and Exhibition, Delft, The Netherlands, Oct. 26-29, 2003.
6. Invited Talk: “Certification of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Applications for Risk Mitigation in M&S-Based Department of Defense Acquisitions,” 2000 International Software Assurance and Certification Conference (ISACC), Reston, VA, Sept. 25-26, 2000.
7. Invited Three-Day Colloquium: “Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A) of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Applications” at the University of German Armed Forces (GAF), Munich, Germany, March 8-10, 1999. The colloquium was attended by more than 60 people from the university, German Federal Armed Forces, and industry.
8. Invited Keynote Speech: “The Future, Role, and Importance of Simulation in Defense Applications,” Simulation Symposium organized by the Turkish Ministry of Defense, Ankara, Turkey, April 1-3, 1998.