LTRG
Research Group
Learning Transformation Research Group
The Learning Transformation Research Group (LTRG) at Virginia Tech aims to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in K-12 curricula.
ACM
SIGSIM
ACM Special Interest Group (SIG) on SImulation and Modeling (SIM)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGSIM aims to promote and disseminate the advancement of high quality state-of-the-art in Modeling and Simulation (M&S) across a broad range of interests and disciplines.
CS @ VT
Computer Science
Virginia Tech
The Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech consists of more than 80 faculty members and offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.
Elected Positions
| 07/2008 — 06/2010 | Elected Chair of ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling (SIGSIM) |
| 07/2002 — 07/2006 | A Director at Large for the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) Board of Directors (Elected by the SCS membership for two terms) |
| 05/1993 — 04/1994 | Elected Chairman of ORSA CSTS (Operations Research Society of America Computer Science Technical Section) |
| 05/1992 — 05/1993 | Elected Vice Chairman of ORSA CSTS (Operations Research Society of America Computer Science Technical Section) |
| 07/1985 — 06/1987 | Elected Vice-Chairman of ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation (SIGSIM) which had over 2,000 members |
Conferences
| 10/2012 — 06/2021 | Member of the Steering Committee of the ACM SIGSIM Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation (SIGSIM PADS). |
| 11/2014 — 12/2015 | Gaming and Simulation Track Coordinator for the 2015 Winter Simulation Conference, Huntington Beach, CA, Dec. 6-9, 2015. |
| 06/2014 — 06/2015 | Member of the International Program Committee of the 2015 ACM SIGSIM Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation (SIGSIM PADS 2015), June 10-12, 2015, London, UK. |
| 06/2013 – 05/2014 | Member of the International Program Committee of the 2014 ACM SIGSIM Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation (SIGSIM PADS 2014), May 18-21, 2014, Denver, Colorado. |
| 10/2012 — 05/2013 | Member of the International Program Committee of the 2013 ACM SIGSIM Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation (SIGSIM PADS 2013), May 19-22, 2013, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. |
| 01/2011 — 09/2011 | Program Co-Chair of the 23rd European Modeling and Simulation Symposium (EMSS 2011), Sept. 28-30, 2011, Rome, Italy |
| 11/2010 — 07/2011 | Member of the Program Committee of the First International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications (SIMULTECH 2011), July 29-31, 2011, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands |
| 01/2010 — 12/2010 | Modeling Methodology Track Coordinator for the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference, Baltimore, MD, Dec. 5-8, 2010 |
| 09/2009 — 04/2010 | Member of the Program Committee of the 2010 Annual Simulation Symposium, April 11-15, 2010, Orlando, FL |
| 12/2009 — 03/2010 | Member of the Program Committee, Working Group Chair, and Session Chair for the Workshop on Grand Challenges in Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis for Homeland Security (Organized by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security), Arlington, VA, March 17-18, 2010 |
| 01/2010 — 06/2010 | Member of the Scientific Committee of the First International Symposium on Computing in Science and Engineering (ISCSE 2010), Kusadasi, Türkiye, June 3-5 |
| 01/2009 — 10/2009 | Member of the International Program Committee of the International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Identification (MSI 2009), October 12-14, 2009, Beijing, China |
| 01/2009 — 09/2009 | Program Co-Chair of the International Workshop on Modeling and Applied Simulation (MAS 2009), Sept. 23-25, 2009, Canary Islands, Spain |
| 05/2008 — 07/2009 | Program Co-Chair of the 2009 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, July 13-16, 2009, Istanbul, Türkiye |
| 09/2008 — 03/2009 | Member of the Program Committee of the 2009 Annual Simulation Symposium, March 22-27, 2009, San Diego, CA |
| 11/2006 — 08/2007 | Member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, August 2007, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India |
| 10/2006 — 10/2007 | Member of the International Program Committee of the IASTED Conference on Modeling and Simulation (AsiaMS 2007), Oct. 8-10, 2007, Beijing, China |
| 10/2006 — 07/2007 | Member of the Program Committee of the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services (ICPS’07), July 15-20, 2007, Istanbul, Türkiye |
| 09/2005 — 07/2006 | Member of the International Program Committee of the IASTED International Conference on Web Technologies, Applications and Services (WTAS 2006), July 17 19, 2006, Calgary, Canada |
| 08/2004 — 05/2005 | Member of the Program Committee of the Third International Workshop on Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems, May 24, 2005, Miami |
| 02/2004 — 01/2005 | Member of the Program Committee of SIMCHI 2005: Human-Computer Interface Advances for Modeling and Simulation (Part of the 2005 Western Simulation Multiconference), January 20-23, 2005, New Orleans, LA |
| 01/2002 — 12/2002 | Member of the Program Committee of the Fourth International Symposium on Multimedia Software Engineering (MSE2002), Newport Beach, CA, Dec. 11-13, 2002 |
| 04/2002 — 10/2002 | Member of the Program Committee of the Third Conference on Simulation Methods and Applications (CSMA 2002), Orlando, FL, Oct. 28-29, 2002 |
| 01/2002 — 10/2002 | Member of the Program Committee of the Seventeenth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS XVII), Orlando, FL, Oct. 28-30, 2002 |
| 01/2001 — 01/2002 | Member of the International Program Committee of the First International Conference on Grand Challenges for Modeling and Simulation. Part of the 2002 SCS Western Simulation Multiconference, San Antonio, TX, Jan. 27-31, 2002 |
| 09/2000 — 06/2001 | Verification, Validation, and Accreditation Track Chair, European Simulation Multiconference (ESM 2001), Prague, Czech Republic, June 6-9, 2001 |
| 05/2000 — 10/2000 | Member of the Program Committee, Second Conference on Simulation Methods and Applications (CSMA 2000), Orlando, FL, Oct. 29-31, 2000 |
| 06/1999 — 01/2000 | Member of the Program Committee, Communication Networks and Distributed Systems Modeling and Simulation Conference, San Diego, CA, Jan. 23-27, 2000. (Part of the 2000 SCS Western Multiconference on Computer Simulation) |
| 05/1999 — 05/2000 | Member of the International Program Committee of the 3rd International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS'2000), Sakarya, Türkiye, May 25-26, 2000 |
| 05/1999 — 12/2000 | Verification, Validation, and Accreditation Track Coordinator, 2000 Winter Simulation Conference, Orlando, FL, Dec. 2000 |
| 02/1999 — 09/1999 | General Chair, 1999 Virginia Internet Technology Week (VIT99), Blacksburg, VA, September 13-17, 1999 |
| 08/1998 — 01/1999 | Verification Technology Working Group Co-Chair, Simulation Validation Workshop '99. Co-sponsored by the Military Operations Research Society (MORS) and the Society for Computer Simulation International (SCS), JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, Jan. 26-28, 1999 |
| 08/1998 — 07/1999 | Verification, Validation, and Accreditation Track Coordinator, 1999 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Chicago, IL, July 11-15 |
| 03/1998 — 01/1999 | Member of the Program Committee, Communication Networks and Distributed Systems Modeling and Simulation Conference, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 17-20, 1999. (Part of the 1999 SCS Western Multiconference on Computer Simulation) |
| 03/1998 — 07/1998 | Verification, Validation, and Accreditation Track Coordinator, 1998 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Reno, NV, July 19-22, 1998 |
| 11/1997 — 08/1998 | 11/1997 – 08/1998 Member of the International Program Committee of the 2nd International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS'98), Sakarya, Türkiye, Aug. 6-7, 1998 |
| 04/1997 — 01/1998 | Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the 1998 International Conference on Web-based Modeling and Simulation, San Diego, CA, Jan. 11- 14, 1998 |
| 01/1997 — 07/1997 | Verification, Validation, and Accreditation Track Coordinator, 1997 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Arlington, VA, July 13-17 |
| 10/1996 — 09/1997 | Member of the International Program Committee of the Validation and Verification Conference of the First World Congress on Systems Simulation, Singapore, Sept. 1-4, 1997 |
| 01/1996 — 06/1997 | Member of the International Program Committee of the 11th European Simulation Multiconference, Istanbul, Türkiye, June 1-4, 1997 |
| 11/1994 — 01/1996 | Member of the advisory committee of the Fifth INFORMS Computer Science Technical Section Conference on Computer Science and Operations Research: Recent Advances in the Interface, Dallas, TX, Jan. 8-10, 1996 |
| 08/1994 — 01/1995 | Member of the International Program Committee of the IFORS conference “Digital Technologies / Multimedia: OR/MS in Strategy, Operations and Decision Support,” Santa Monica, CA, Jan. 15-18, 1995 |
| 01/1994 | Organized and chaired a session on Simulation and Modeling at the ORSA CSTS Conference “Computer Science and Operations Research: The Impact of Emerging Technology,” Williamsburg, VA, Jan. 5-7, 1994 |
| 11/1993 — 10/1994 | Member of the International Program Committee of the 1994 European Simulation Symposium, Istanbul, Türkiye, Oct. 9-12, 1994 |
| 11/1993 | Organized and chaired a session on Visualization in Mathematical and Simulation Model Development at the ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 1-3, 1993 |
| 11/1992 — 10/1993 | Cluster Chair for ORSA Computer Science Technical Section at the ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting (Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 31 – Nov. 3, 1993) |
| 11/1992 — 01/1994 | Member of the advisory committee of the ORSA CSTS Conference “Computer Science and Operations Research: The Impact of Emerging Technology,” Williamsburg, VA, Jan. 5-7, 1994 |
| 11/1992 | Organized and chaired a session on Visualization in Mathematical and Simulation Modeling at the ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 1-4, 1992 |
| 05/1992 — 05/1993 | Cluster Chair for ORSA Computer Science Technical Section at the TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting (Chicago, IL, May 16-19, 1993) |
| 01/1992 | Chaired a session on Decision Support Systems at the ORSA CSTS Conference “Computer Science and Operations Research: New Developments in Their Interfaces,” Williamsburg, VA, Jan. 8-10, 1992 |
| 12/1991 | Chaired a session on Random Number Generation at the 1991 Winter Simulation Conference, Phoenix, AZ, Dec. 8-11, 1991 |
| 10/1991 — 12/1992 | Modeling Methodology Track Coordinator of the 1992 Winter Simulation Conference, Arlington, VA, Dec. 13-16, 1992 |
| 06/1991 — 01/1992 | Member of the program committee of the 1992 International Conference on Simulation in Engineering Education, Newport Beach, CA, Jan. 20-22 |
| 12/1990 | Proceedings Editor of the 1990 Winter Simulation Conference, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 9-12, 1990 |
| 05/1990 | Chaired a session on Simulation Systems and Applications at the TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, May 7-9, 1990 |
| 12/1989 | Organized and chaired a session on Validation and Verification at the 1989 Winter Simulation Conference, Washington, DC, Dec. 4-6, 1989 |
| 05/1989 — 01/1992 | General Chairman of the ORSA Computer Science Technical Section Conference “Computer Science and Operations Research: New Developments in Their Interfaces,” Williamsburg, VA, Jan. 8-10, 1992 |
| 12/1988 | Organized and chaired a session on Conceptual Frameworks in Simulation Modeling at the 1988 Winter Simulation Conference, San Diego, CA, Dec. 12-14, 1988 |
| 04/1988 | Chaired a session on Simulation Methodology at the TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting, Washington, DC, Apr. 25-27, 1988 |
| 12/1987 | Organized and chaired a session on Simulation Support Systems at the 1987 Winter Simulation Conference, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 14-16, 1987 |
| 01/1987 — 01/1989 | Member of the organizing committee of the ORSA CSTS conference on Impacts of Recent Computer Advances on Operations Research, Williamsburg, VA, Jan. 4-6, 1989 |
| 04/1986 — 01/1987 | Member of the advisory committee of the 4th International Symposium on Modeling and Simulation Methodology, Tucson, AZ, Jan. 21-23, 1987 |
| 01/1986 — 04/1987 | Program Chairman and Proceedings Editor of the SCS conference on Methodology and Validation held as part of the 1987 Eastern Simulation Conferences, Orlando, FL, Apr. 6-9, 1987. |
NSF Review Panels
- Served on a NSF Review Panel, Arlington, VA, May 1-2, 2014
- Served on a NSF Review Panel, Arlington, VA, February 11-12, 2014
- Served on a NSF Review Panel, Arlington, VA, February 19-20, 2013
- Served on a NSF Review Panel, Arlington, VA, May 18-19, 2011
- Served on a NSF Review Panel, Arlington, VA, May 27-28, 2004
Webmaster
Webmaster for the following websites:
| 08/2011 — present | Learning Transformation Research Group (LTRG) at Virginia Tech |
| 12/2011 — present | Personal Professional Website, https://manta.cs.vt.edu/balci/ |
| 01/2009 — 06/2021 | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group (SIG) on Simulation and Modeling (SIM) |
| 10/2012 — 06/2021 | ACM SIGSIM Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation (ACM SIGSIM PADS) |
Organizations
| 07/2010 — 06/2021 | Member of the Advisory Board of ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling (SIGSIM) |
| 08/2004 — 12/2004 | Member of the Simulation Editorial Board Review Panel, the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) |
| 01/1999 — 12/2004 | Member of the Winter Simulation Conference Board of Directors representing the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) |
| 07/1998 — 07/2000 | A Director at Large for the Society for Computer Simulation International (SCS) Board of Directors (Elected by the SCS membership) |
| 01/1996 — 09/1996 | Member of the Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) Technical Support Team of the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO) |
| 11/1995 — 09/2006 | Member of the Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) Technical Working Group of the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO) |
| 07/1994 — 05/1995 | Review Committee Member for the Operations Research journal published by the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) |
| 09/1992 — 05/1993 | Member of the ORSA Computer Science Technical Section Prize Committee |
Virginia Tech
| 09/2010 — present | Director of Mobile/Cloud Software Engineering Lab |
| 08/2016 — 05/2019 | Senator, Member of the Virginia Tech Faculty Senate representing Computer Science |
| 06/2016 | Appointed as “Professor of Health Sciences”, Virginia Tech Faculty of Health Sciences |
| 05/2015 — 05/2017 | Member of the Virginia Tech Enterprise Mobile Strategy Steering Committee |
| 12/2001 — 05/2015 | Chair of the Software Engineering Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee, Department of Computer Science |
| 08/1995 — 05/2015 | Faculty Advisor to Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the Honor Society in the Computing Sciences, Virginia Tech Student Chapter |
| 08/2010 — 05/2013 | Senator, Member of the Virginia Tech Faculty Senate representing Computer Science |
| 08/2003 — 07/2010 | Member of the Honorifics Committee, College of Engineering |
| 08/1999 — 07/2010 | Chair of the Honorifics Committee, Department of Computer Science |
| 08/2006 — 05/2007 | Member of the Virginia Tech Commission on Faculty Affairs (CFA) |
| 03/2006 — 05/2007 | Chair of the Virginia Tech Faculty Senate Subcommittee on Student Evaluation of Teaching |
| 08/2004 — 05/2007 | Senator, Member of the Virginia Tech Faculty Senate representing Computer Science |
| 01/2006 — 05/2006 | Member of the Engineering Faculty Organization (EFO) Faculty Teaching and Assessment Task Force, College of Engineering |
| 08/0203 — 05/2005 | Member of the Personnel Committee, Department of Computer Science |
| 03/2004 — 05/2004 | Computer Science Representative and Head Marshal, Commencement Committee, College of Engineering |
| 09/2003 — 08/2004 | Chair and Computer Science Representative, The Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (CEUT) Computer Science Faculty Study Group |
| 01/2002 — 05/2003 | Member of the Outstanding Graduate Student Award Selection Committee, College of Arts and Sciences |
| 08/1999 — 09/2000 | Member of the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Committee, Department of Computer Science |
| 04/1999 — 05/1999 | Member of the Committee for Master of Science Degree Oral Examinations, Department of Computer Science |
| 08/1998 — 07/1999 | Member of the Recognition and Awards Committee, Department of Computer Science |
| 11/1998 — 05/1999 | Member of the Virginia Tech Computer Requirement Committee, Specifications Subcommittee |
| 11/1997 — 05/1998 | Member of the Virginia Tech Computer Requirement Support Task Force Academic Advisory Committee, Baseline Configurations of Hardware and Software Subcommittee |
| 09/1997 — 05/1998 | Member of the Systems Research Center Review Committee |
| 09/1997 — 08/1998 | Chairman of the Computing Resources Committee, Department of Computer Science |
| 11/1996 — 08/1997 | Chairman of the Committee for Master of Science Degree Oral Examinations, Department of Computer Science |
| 09/1996 — 09/2000 | Member of the Honorifics Committee, College of Arts and Sciences |
| 01/1996 — 05/1997 | Chairman of the Committee on Excellence in Teaching, College of Arts and Sciences |
| 05/1994 — 05/1996 | Member of the Committee on Excellence in Teaching, College of Arts and Sciences |
| 09/1993 — 05/1996 | Member of the Computing Resources Committee, Department of Computer Science |
| 08/1992 — 07/1996 | Director of Computing Facilities for the Systems Research Center |
| 08/1992 — 05/1993 | Member of the Personnel Committee, Department of Computer Science |
| 02/1992 — 05/1992 | Academic Panel Member for the DoE Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Configuration Study. (An eight-member panel formed by the Environmental Systems Laboratory campuswide.) |
| 01/1992 — 01/1995 | Faculty Advisor to the Computer Science students organizing the Virginia Computer Users Conference (VCUC) |
| 11/1991 — 08/1995 | Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Department of Computer Science Representative |
| 08/1991 — 05/1992 | Chairman of the Personnel Committee, Department of Computer Science |
| 08/1990 — 05/1991 | Member of the Personnel Committee, Department of Computer Science |
| 09/1988 — 03/1989 | Founding Editor of the Computer Science Undergraduate Student Newspaper, CS Bits & Bytes |
| 01/1988 — 03/1989 | Director of the Personal Computer Program in the Computer Science Department |
| 11/1987 — 05/1989 | Supporting faculty member of the Center for Quantitative Studies in Natural Resources |
| 10/1987 — 12/1987 | Chairman of the Committee for the Selection of a Personal Computer to be Required for Computer Science Students |
| 09/1985 — 08/1992 | System Administrator for the Sun 3/160C computer workstation |
| 09/1985 — 05/1988 | Member of the Executive Committee, Department of Computer Science |
| 12/1984 — 02/1985 | Member of the Committee for the Selection of a Personal Computer to be Required for Computer Science Students |
| 09/1983 — 06/1985 | Member of the Undergraduate Program Committee, Department of Computer Science |
| 09/8193 — 06/1984 | Member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the IBM Project for the Enhancement of Graduate Manufacturing Systems Engineering Education |
| 09/1981 — 06/1983 | Member of the Student Affairs Committee, Department of Computer Science |
