Michael D. Myjak Objective To Create High Technology that is Indistinguishable From Magic. Education Master of Science, University of North Texas, December 1988 Major: Computer Science -- Systems; Minors: Artificial Intelligence and Computer Graphics. Two Bachelor of Science Degrees, Clemson University, December 1982 Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Minor: Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering Technology, Minor: Electronics Additional Graduate Studies, University of Central Florida, 1995-1996 Experience The Virtual Workshop, Titusville, Florida Vice President, and CTO, Distributed Simulation Laboratory, November 1994 to Present Program Manager, Principal Investigator and Chief Research Scientist. Responsibilities include project acquisition, program management, and corporate vision. Mr. Myjak is the chief architect behind the Java Virtual Environment Layered Infrastructure (JAVELIN) project. He has also contributed to the research and design of the Virtual Reality Transfer Protocol and the Java Real-Time RTI. Mr. Myjak was recently elected to a second term of office as Vice Chair of Simulation Interoperability Standards Organizationís (SISO) Standards Activity Committee (SAC). Mr. Myjak Chairs the Internet Engineering Task Forceís (IETF) Large Scale Multicast Application (LSMA) working group, and is active in the Web 3D consortium (formally known as the VRML consortium) and the Internet Research Task Force Reliable Multicast Research Group. At the Virtual Workshop, he is also responsible for Unix and WinNT-v4 system administration, network planning and design, maintenance and security. Mr. Myjak has authored numerous papers on the High Level Architecture and the design of ownership management services in time managed distributed application environments. Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Senior Research Scientist, Distributed Interactive Simulation Laboratory, June 1994 to June 1998 Principal Investigator with the Integrated Eagle BDS/D Software Analysis and Redesign program and Co-PI on the Distributed Interactive Simulations Standards contracts. Designed and managed the production of the Common Lisp Object System Knowledge Base for use in the Eagle-II constructive simulation. Responsible for program management, budget, personnel, and acquiring follow-on contract awards. Additional work includes the Testbed Research in DIS program and the design of the distributed interactive simulation testbed network at IST jak was also the Principal Investigator and chief network architect for the Platform Proto Federation Performance Analysis Project. Established the wide area network for the PPF using the segments of the Defense Simulation Internet and the Research Park Network. He was also responsible for program management and analysis, budget, and personnel. Mr. Myjak actively supported the development and standardization of the Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) protocols and has served in this capacity as Secretary of the Communication Architecture Working Group. Du this period, Mr. Myjak Chaired the Run-Time Infrastructure and Communications Forum in the Simulation Interoperability Workshops and was active with the Internet Engineering Task Force, Chairing the Large Scale Multicast Application working group. He is also a member of the Internet Research Task Force and participates in the Reliable Multicast Research Group. At the request of the Clinton Administration, he was invited to attend the Next Generation Internet workshops. Published papers and current research include the standardization of reliable multicast transports and differential services; simulation entity group allocation, aggregation and time management paradigms; reserved bandwidth and aggregated data flows. Substitute teaching, student mentoring, and program management of the IST Toy Scouts. McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, Kennedy Space Center, Florida Principal Design Engineer, Network Planning and Design -- INS, July 1992 to November 1993 Network Management Specialist with NASA Payloads Operation Network. Provided technical direction for multiple large projects (Shuttle Payloads) utilizing the network infrastructure at NASA, Kennedy Space Center. Provided technical input to Program Manager, and Director, User Services. Managed, researched, designed, planned and implemented heterogeneous network segments at KSC. Assumed responsibility for the migration of a single bridged network into a fully routed, homogeneous Intranet. Internet Engineering Task Force Member. Developed network management plans, policies, procedures, and trend analysis metrics for contract awards. Additional support work included UNIX and Macintosh System and Network Administration. Design of the Space Station Processing Facility premise wiring. Defined network Customer Service Request and Trouble Ticket processes. Designed CASE-Based Expert Help Desk facility. Provided in-house training and development of Microsoft Office products Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Senior Technical Specialist-Network Engineering -- Payloads July 1991 to July 1992. Project management (contract award) for the developed large custom applications programs, which included porting of Smart Network Analysis Program (SNAP) and Smart Processing of Real-Time Telemetry (SPORT) systems for NASA KSC Cargo Management division. Development included the passive, automatic capture of network telemetry datagrams. Scripted network interface operations to automatically determine telemetry network health, autotopology, and status. Enhanced object-oriented graphics & window design with audio and speech capabilities. Senior Technical Specialist - Systems Analyst, Advanced Automation July 1989 to July 1991. Lead Specialist for Knowledge-based Autonomous Test Engineer (KATE) Ada program translation. Developed software runtime analysis and bench marking software for Symbolics-based KATE system; Ported Symbolics LISP based KATE system to Verdix Ada, SPS's Classic ADA and UNIX on Compaq System Pro 386-PC. Attended courses in ADA, C, C++, X-Window Intrinsics and Motif. Consultant on KATE Ada to C program translation. Lead Specialist for development of Space Station-based, robotic plant harvester prototype. Built personnel team. Coordinated design and development of robotic control routines and communication software. Designed vision recognition algorithms in C and C++ utilizing specialized hardware and software to identify and locate in 3-Space only ripe wheat heads. Wrote management control routines to direct robot and manipulate end effector simulating harvest of individual wheat heads. Texas Instruments, Corporate Research, Development, & Engineering, Dallas, Texas. Member of Technical Staff, Computer Science Laboratory, January 1984 to June 1989. Developed Polyline Algorithm, foundation for all Common LISP X (CLX) window system graphics routines. Produced the documentation for CLX. Participated in X-Window Development Consortium. Created graphical object-oriented Presentation Editor for generating presentation materials using object-oriented windowing system of Explorer LISP Machine. Designed and developed programs for demonstration at AAAI, IJCAI, and IAAI conferences. Designed, developed and implemented microcode development tool kit for Explorer II LISP Machine. Tool kit consisted of Explorer microcode assembler, LISP Machine emulator, and symbolic debug and trace facility integrated into common object oriented interface package. Performed systems analysis on internal firmware and low-level routines for improved operations and performance. Used hardware and custom built software monitors to develop benchmarks for selecting and timing critical functions for future performance enhancements. Generated object-oriented Schematic Editor, SED. SED became the principal learning environment for MIT and Stanford University Co-Op students, and eventually became the foundation for a very large internal project: the Silicon Compiler. Developed methods for predetermining charge-sharing and charge coupling characteristics of Silicon and GAS diodes and transistors at half micro scales, 3D auto-topology, and mask generation. Member Explorer Lisp Machine development team. Developed and supported microcode for the Explorer Window system graphics base, array processing, IEEE floating point co-processor, mouse and audio interface. Assisted in the development of the array and stack processors, multi-plane video monitor interface, menu-boot loader, and two-page Virtual Memory Cache hardware subsystems. Software Systems Programmer, Equipment Group, January 1983 to January 1984. Designed and implemented parallel processing operating system for TI's first automated Radar test equipment. Implemented in Pascal, C and assembly language a "master and slave" Operating System running on dual MC68000 processors. This OS supported hard real-time (173 µsec) operational constraints, parallel IEEE-488 and serial RS-232 bus interfaces. Developed touch-panel display routines for interface and control. Milertronics, Greenville, South Carolina. Senior Systems Analyst, July 1982 to December 1982 Developed network software for Perkin-Elmer 7/32 and 8/32 super minicomputers supporting inter-computer communications. Designed custom software and hardware applications. Performed hardware maintenance. Built hardware supporting current-loop modem-based technology for interfacing monitors in high electromagnetic interference installations. Developed methods for phase-locking and tracing synchronous QAM modem signals. Interfaced with customers and assisted in solving customer problems. Professional Interests Standardized reliable multicast transports, aggregated differential services and distributed applications (e.g., interest management, synthetic environments, telepresence, and teleinstrumentation) and middleware design. Performance management and allocation of synthetic and/or intelligent distributed agents, aggregation and disaggregation and time management paradigms, and artificial intelligence. Activities Fine woodworking, construction and architecture, antique car restoration, classic toy trains, swimming, weightlifting and scuba diving; Member of the Train Collectorís Association (TCA). Professional Associations The Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization, Simulation Interoperability Workshops, Vice Chair of the Standards Activity Committee, and Chair of the Run Time Infrastructure Interoperability Study group. Former Chair of the Run Time infrastructure and Communications Forum, and for Interim Standards Activity Committee member. Distributed Interactive Simulation Workshops , Secretary, Communications Architecture and Security Working Group; Internet Engineering Task Force, Chair, Large Application Multicast Application working group. Member of the IEEE, and the IEEE Standards Association. Member of the ACM, and ACMís SIGGRAPH, and the VRML consortium. Professional Listings Strathmoreís Whoís Who -- 1998. The Wilsonís Guide to Internet Professionals, the H. C. Wilson Co., -- 1998, 1999. References Available upon request. Professional Associations The Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization, Simulation Interoperability Workshops, Vice Chair of the Standards Activity Committee, and Chair of the Run Time Infrastructure Interoperability Study group. Former Chair of the Run Time infrastructure and Communications Forum, and for Interim Standards Activity Committee member. Distributed Interactive Simulation Workshops , Secretary, Communications Architecture and Security Working Group; Internet Engineering Task Force, Chair, Large Application Multicast Application working group. Member of the IEEE, and the IEEE Standards Association. Member of the ACM, and ACMís SIGGRAPH, and the VRML consortium. Professional Listings Strathmoreís Whoís Who -- 1998. < The Wilsonís Guide to Internet Professionals, the H. C. Wilson Co., -- 1998, 1999. References Available upon request. Recent Publications Myjak, Michael D., with Tom Lake, Dave Roberts and Ben Worthington, ìTiming: Mechanisms for Ownership Transfer,î Submitted to 7th Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Simulation Interoperability Workshop, 00s-SIW-140, Orlando Florida, March 2000 Myjak, Michael D., with Tom Lake and Duncan Clark, ìRTI Interoperability Study Group Final Report,î Proceedings of the 6th Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Simulation Interoperability Workshop, 99f-SIW-001, Orlando Florida, September, 1999 Myjak, Michael D., with Sean Sharp, ìImplementations of Hierarchical Federations,î Proceedings of the 6th Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Simulation Interoperability Workshop, 99f-SIW-155, Orlando Florida, September, 1999 Myjak, Michael D., Sharp, Sean T., with Tom Lake and Keith Briggs, ìObject Transfer in HLA,î Proceedings of the 5th Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Simulation Interoperability Workshop, 99s-SIW-140, Orlando Florida, March, 1999 Myjak, Michael D., and Sean Sharp, with Keith Briggs, ìEmbedded Javelin,î Proceedings of the 5th Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Simulation Interoperability Workshop, 99s-SIW-155, Orlando Florida, March, 1999 Myjak, Michael D., Sharp, Sean T., Shu, Wei Wennie, with Jeremy Riehl, Demarron Berkley, Phuoc Nguyen, Sean Camplin, and Mike Roche, ìImplementing Object Transfer In the HLA,î Proceedings of the 5th Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Simulation Interoperability Workshop, 99s-SIW-157, Orlando Florida, March, 1999 Myjak, Michael D., and Sean Sharp, with Keith Briggs, ìJavelin,î Proceedings of the 5th Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Simulation Interoperability Workshop, 99s-SIW-158, Orlando Florida, March, 1999 Pullen, J. Mark and Myjak, Michael, and Christina Bowens, ëLimitations of Internet Protocol Suite for Distributed Simulation,î Internet Engineering Task Force, Request for Comments RFC-2502 status, March. 1999. Myjak, Michael, and Russell L. Carter, Doug Wood, and Mikel Petty, ìA Taxonomy of Multiple Federation Interoperation for use in Automated Exercise Management,î to be published in the 20th I/ITSEC conference proceedings, paper #29, December, 1998, Orlando FL. Myjak, Michael, and Sean Sharp, ìThe Java Real-Time RTI,î proceedings from the 4th Simulation Interoperability Workshop, #98F-SIW-244, September 1998, Orlando FL. Myjak, Michael, and Eric White, ìA Conceptual Model for Simulation Load Balancing,î proceedings from the 3rd Simulation Interoperability Workshop, #98S-SIW-010, March. 1998, Orlando FL. Myjak, Michael, and J. Mark Pullen and Christina Bowens, ìLimitations of Internet Protocol Suite for Distributed Simulation in the Large Multicast Environment,î proceedings from the 1st Simulation Interoperability Workshop, #97S-SIW-136, March. 1997, Orlando FL. Myjak, Michael, with Sean Sharp and Ray Giroux, ìDIS to HLA Integration: A Comparative Analysis,î proceedings from the 1st Simulation Interoperability Workshop, #97S-SIW-131, March. 1997, Orlando FL. Myjak, Michael, and Sean Sharp, ìHLA RTI: An Application Layer Protocol,î proceedings from the 1st Simulation Interoperability Workshop, #97S-SIW-112, March. 1997, Orlando FL. Myjak, Michael, and Tom Clarke, ìLimitations of DIS,î proceedings from the 18th I/ITSEC conference, December, 1996, Orlando FL. Myjak, Michael, ìDIS to HLA Integration: A Comparative Analysis,î proceedings from the 15th Workshop on Standards for the Interoperability of Distributed Simulations, #96-15-073, Sept. 1996, Orlando FL. Myjak, Michael, ìAn Implementation Strategy for Standardization within the New Modeling and Simulation Community,î proceedings from the 15th Workshop on Standards for the Interoperability of Distributed Simulations, #96-15-112, Sept. 1996, Orlando FL. Myjak, Michael, ìTime in DIS,î proceedings from the Southeast Simulation Conference, Oct.. 1996, Orlando FL. Myjak, Michael, ìDIS Time,î proceedings from the 14th Workshop on Standards for the Interoperability of Distributed Simulations, #96-14-175, March. 1996, Orlando FL. Myjak, Michael, and S. Sureshchandran, et.al., ìUse of Object request Broker for Dynamic Environments in Distributed Interactive Simulation,î proceedings from the 13th Workshop on Standards for the Interoperability of Distributed Simulations, #95-13-008, Sept. 1995, Orlando FL. Myjak, Michael, et.al., Ed.,ìDistributed Interactive Simulation Communications Architecture Requirementsî Standard, IEEE-1278.2-1995. Conference White Papers	\
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