2015 Fall Simulation
Interoperability Workshop
(SIW)
Event supported by
August 31 - September 4, 2015, Florida Hotel & Conference Center at the Florida Mall, Orlando, FL
The Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) serves the global community of modeling and
simulation (M&S) professionals, providing an open forum for the collegial exchange of ideas, the examination and
advancement of M&S-related practices and technologies, and the development and management of standards and
other products that enable greater M&S capability, interoperability, credibility, reuse, and cost-effectiveness. As a
recognized International Standards Development Organization, SISO, through its members, transforms ideas, proven
practices, and innovative technologies into products that can be used and reused by M&S professionals.
SISO provides standards, guidance, and reference products on its website for downloading at no charge. Please visit
http://www.sisostds.org/ for more information.
The National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA) is America's premier organization representing the interests
of the modeling and simulation community worldwide. As such, it serves as a constant point of contact for government,
academia, industry, research organizations and the military to exchange information, share knowledge, align business
interests and in general stimulate growth and overall advancement of the industry. NTSA pursues these goals through
a series of conference, meetings and exhibitions throughout the year. NTSA produces The Interservice/Industry
Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), which is the world’s largest conference and exhibition
dedicated to modeling and simulation. While NTSA primarily serves the North American community of practice, many
of its members and participants are non-US. NTSA is a key member of the International Training and Simulation
Alliance (ITSA), a worldwide group of simulation associations who promotes knowledge and information about training
and simulation worldwide.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome Letters ........................................................................................................... 4
General Information ...................................................................................................... 8
Speakers Biographies ................................................................................................. 10
SIWzie Awards ........................................................................................................... 14
2015-2016 Leadership ................................................................................................ 15
SISO Sponsors ............................................................................................................ 39
General Sessions ........................................................................................................ 43
Agenda ........................................................................................................................ 44
Abstracts .................................................................................................................... 71
Agenda Highlights
MONDAY - 8-31
WEDNESDAY - 9-2
Morning Tutorials
Paper Presentations by Track
Plenary Session
Morning Working Sessions
Paper Presentations by Track
General Session
SISO Social
Paper Presentations by Track
Evening Tutorials
Evening Working Sessions
TUESDAY - 9-1
THURSDAY - 9-3
Newcomers’ Orientation Breakfast
Morning Working Sessions
SIWzie Paper Forum
General Session
General Session
Evening Working Sessions
Paper Presentations by Track
Evening Working Sessions
FRIDAY - 9-4
Working Session
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Welcome Letters
SISO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE - Mr. Paul Gustavson
Welcome to Orlando and this year’s Simulation Interoperability Workshop (SIW). On behalf of the Simulation
Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Conference Committee, I want to thank you for taking the initiative
to join us and being a part of what I believe will be a great week!
Henry Ford once said that. “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is
success.”
Think about that for a moment. Success is “working together”, and I can’t think of a better place to make that happen than at an SIW.
It’s not just an event on the calendar; it’s a place where like-minded individuals and organizations come together and roll up their sleeves
to make an impact.
Our Theme this year is “On-Demand M&S - The Next Wave of Interoperability.” Throughout the week, you are going to hear from
some of the best minds and innovative leaders in our business. We also believe that you are one of those innovative leaders. Your ideas
and contributions can make a significant difference in the advancement of M&S.
This week, I want to challenge you with a few questions:
• What impact do you want to make? Specifically, with your help what can we do to take M&S forward into the future to meet
the challenges ahead?
• What is your vision of that future? What does it look like? As you imagine it, how might the standards, the tools, the processes
and the collaboration of people who are part of this community support the next wave of M&S interoperability as you envision it?
As you contemplate these questions, I encourage you to recognize the opportunity that exists in working together towards that impact
and that vision. And, if there’s anything I can do or any member of the Conference Committee can do to make this the most productive
and impacting week possible, please let us know.
Thanks and have a great workshop.
Yours in Success,
Paul Gustavson
SISO Conference Committee Chair
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Welcome Letters
SISO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - Mr. Michael J. O’Connor
I would like to wish all of our attendees a very warm welcome to the 2015 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop.
Orlando is well known for its vast selection of dining and entertainment options and the Florida Hotel is within a
short driving distance from the area’s leading attractions. While we have a packed agenda for the week, I hope you
will be able to find some time to enjoy Orlando while you are in town.
We are continuing to evolve the format for the SIW this fall. The Conference Committee has worked hard to recruit
interesting and relevant speakers. We have changed the way the paper tracks are managed as well. We are looking
for feedback on how these changes are working. Please let me know any thoughts you have on how we have changed the format. Our
goal is to keep SISO and the SIW relevant for our members and supporters.
The Standards Activity Committee has a very big job in managing all of the standards development efforts. There are a number of groups
meeting this week and SISO could not develop standards without the support of our members. We often hear that it takes too long
to develop standards. This is often because a small group is doing most of the work. Please get involved with these groups to add your
knowledge and help improve the process.
While the last several years have been difficult for many of our members, it appears things are improving. I still believe one of the
biggest long-term challenges for SISO to go get younger people involved in the organization. We still have the opportunity to pass our
community knowledge to the next generation of M&S practitioners. To do this we need our organizations’ help in identifying good
volunteers and supporting their participation in SISO.
SISO is a volunteer organization and nothing gets done without the help and support of members. I want to thank all of the volunteers
that make SISO the organization it is. I am looking forward to seeing all of y’all in Orlando for another SIW.
Michael O’Connor
SISO Executive Committee Chair
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Welcome Letters
STANDARDS ACTIVITY COMMITTEE - Mr. Jeff Abbott
On behalf of the SISO Standards Activity Committee (SAC), I would like to welcome you to the 2015 Fall
Simulation Interoperability Workshop (SIW) in Orlando, Florida.
SISO is the international standards development organization that is focused on developing Standards for
Modeling and Simulation. SISO Standards are adopted for use by governments and corporations worldwide.
All SIW participants, and especially newcomers to SISO, are invited to participate in the Standards 101 tutorial
on Monday morning from 8-10:00 am. The Standards 101 tutorial describes how SISO Standards are developed, introduces you to how
SISO operates, and discusses how you can participate in SISO. I hope you will take the opportunity to participate in the Standards 101
tutorial and encourage you to take an active role in the many and varied standards activities offered by SISO.
Over the past year, SAC has been busy reviewing reports, starting new groups, and launching new standardization efforts. Currently, there
are Products being balloted as well as nominations for new Products to be developed. If you are interested in learning more about these
efforts, just drop into any group meeting this week.
SAC extends its appreciation to all SISO members who contribute to this professional community through their involvement in standards
development, as well as to their sponsoring industry, government, and academic organizations.
For anyone who is new to SISO and for those who have been around for a while, this is our opportunity to get involved. Our participation
in development activities helps SISO to create better Products. Participating in SISO benefits not only our own organizations, but also
our customers who are exposed to new approaches, capabilities, and technologies; receive insights into and understanding of Standards
available for use. SISO members are recognized as leaders in the Modeling and Simulation industry.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact any SAC member to find out how to become involved. Have
a great week in Orlando. We are looking forward to meeting all of you and hope to see you in one of the many group meetings this week!
Jeff Abbott
SISO Standards Activity Committee Chair
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Welcome Letters
CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES - Mr. Mark McCall
As always, this Workshop represents the efforts of dozens of people. Some of them wear badges with colored
ribbons, showing the committees on which they serve. Others, including our support staff, work behind the
scenes, producing our published documents, supporting our volunteer committees, maintaining our web site,
and keeping dozens of email reflectors up to date. We ask you to talk to us, providing positive reinforcement in
areas where you think things are going well, and providing suggestions for improvements in areas where we can do
better. If you would like to become active on a SISO committee, Study Group, or Product Development/Support
Group, introduce yourself to someone already involved in a related activity. Ask them how to get more involved.
Over the history of SISO, no individual with an idea, a willingness to work, and a reasonable level of initiative has ever failed to find a
spot within our flexible structure to try to turn their idea into reality!
Finally, don’t forget to have some fun this week as you meet colleagues you see only once or twice a year, make new friends, and discover
other people who share your enthusiasm for a particular aspect of modeling and simulation.
Mark McCall
Executive Director
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General Information
SISO WEBSITE
REGISTRATION
http://www.sisostds.org
REGISTRATION HOURS
For information about SISO
Workshops, Elections, how to
subscribe/unsubscribe to the reflector
and much more, visit our website at:
SISO COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2015, SISO, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted to quote
any of the material herein, or to make
copies thereof, for non-commercial
purposes, as long as proper attribution
is made and this copyright notice is
included. All other uses are prohibited
without written permission from SISO,
Inc.
CONTACT INFORMATION
SISO MEMBERS, Please keep your
contact information current!
Please verify/update your SISO
Membership contact information
at the below URL: http://www.
sisostds.org/ and click on the SISO
Membership globe in the top right
hand side bar and select: “Log into
the SISO Member Database”. Don’t
forget to select “SUBMIT” to save
any changes that you make to your
information!
If you have any questions, please
email Erica Weiss at eweiss@ist.ucf.
edu.
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The Registration Desk is located in the Mezzanine Area on the 2nd floor. All
registrants need to check in at the registration desk to receive an identification badge
and reference materials. Name badges must be worn at all Workshop functions.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
30 August 2015
31 August 2015
01 September 2015
02 September 2015
03 September 2015
1500-1700
0700-1700
0700-1700
0700-1700
0700-1200
EXHIBITS
Be sure to make it a part of your conference plans to visit the SISO exhibit area
located in the Salon 1 on the 2nd floor. There will be several companies on-hand to
show you their new and evolving technologies. The hours the exhibits are open are
listed below:
EXHIBIT HOURS
MONDAY
31 August 2015
1430-1530
1700-1900
TUESDAY
01 September 2015
0800-1015
1200-1700
02 September 2015
0800-1015
WEDNESDAY
BREAKS
BREAKS are scheduled from 1000-1030 and 1500-1530 on Monday and
0945-1015 and 1500-1530 on Tuesday -Thursday.
Below is the location of the BREAK area for each day:
Morning Break
Afternoon Break
MONDAY
31 August 2015
Registration
Area (2nd floor)
Salon 1 (2nd floor)
TUESDAY
01 September 2015
Salon 1 (2nd floor)
Salon 1 (2nd floor)
WEDNESDAY
02 September 2015
Salon 1 (2nd floor)
Salon 1 (2nd floor)
THURSDAY
03 September 2015
Salon 1 (2nd floor)
Salon 1 (2nd floor)
General Information
MESSAGE CENTER
A Message Board will be located at the registration area Monday-Thursday. All
incoming phone messages/faxes will be posted to this message board.
Telephone messages:
(407) 859-1500
FAX messages:
(407) 855-1585
Request to speak
with the Simulation
Interoperability Workshop (SIW)
registration area.
Please be sure to specify
the “SIW Workshop” on
the cover sheet. If you
would like to send a fax,
there is one available
at the hotel Business
Center (across from hotel
registration desk).
PAPER PESENTATIONS
To view a paper presentation that was uploaded to our site before the conference:
See: http://www.sisostds.org/Workshops/UpcomingWorkshops/2015fallSIW.aspx.
HOTEL RESTAURANTS
Marcelo’s Bistro Breakfast Buffet Lunch Dinner 0700-1100
1130-1400
1700-2200
Cricket’s Lounge Monday-Friday Weekends 1400-2400
1200-2400
SISO MEMBERSHIPS
You are automatically enrolled as a
SISO Member by being a registered and
paid attendee of this workshop.
All new SISO members will receive a
SISO membership number via email
approximately two weeks following this
workshop. Your membership number
will allow you to download papers and
documents from the SISO website,
participate in SISO Elections, and
participate in the development of SISO
Products.
To find information on the many
benefits of being a SISO Member,
please visit our membership page on the
SISO website:
http://www.sisostds.org/membership.htm
If you should have any questions
concerning your membership ID
number, please contact Erica Weiss at
407-882-1378 or email eweiss@ist.ucf.
edu.
Starbucks0600-2100
HOTEL BUSINESS CENTER/INTERNET ACCESS
Complimentary wireless internet is now available in the hotel lobby and all the
meeting rooms.
The Business Center is located in the lobby on the first floor and is available and
open on a 24 hour basis. You will need your room key to access the business center.
Photocopies
Black and White
Complimentary (limited)
Fax Machines
Domestic Fax
International Fax Complimentary
$5.00 per page
Boarding pass printing is complimentary
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SPONSOR SPEAKER
MR. JESSE CITIZEN
DIRECTOR
DEFENSE MODELING AND SIMULATION COORDINATION OFFICE
In August 2007, Mr. Jesse Citizen became the Director of the Modeling and Simulation
Coordination Office (M&SCO), where he leverages his broad understanding of DoD missions,
professional military operations, and modeling and simulation (M&S). Prior to assuming his role
as the M&SCO Director, Mr. Citizen was an Air Force officer completing over 33 years of service.
His last military position was Chief, Modeling and Simulation Policy Division, in the U.S. Air
Force Headquarters, Washington DC, where he was responsible for developing all modeling and
simulation policy for the Air Force and providing oversight for all Air Force centrally-managed
M&S programs.
Originally from Beaumont, Texas, Mr. Citizen enlisted in the US Air Force in 1973, and commissioned as a Second
Lieutenant in the Air Force in 1979 after graduating from Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas. He has an
extensive civilian and professional military education, and an operational and technical background. He completed three
Masters Degrees, the Marine Command and Staff College, Air Command and Staff College, attendance at the prestigious
Air War College, and recently completed course work toward a doctoral of business administration. Mr. Citizen has held a
wide variety of operational positions including Air Battle Manager within the North American Air Defense system Tactical
Air Control System and over 1700 hours onboard the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS).
His international experience includes Chief of the Air Command and Control Interoperability Section at the Supreme
Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), now Allied Command Operations, where he oversaw the development
of political-military policy and operational requirements for NATO Air Command and Control System. In addition,
Mr. Citizen served as the military assistant to the Air Force Chief Information Officer, readiness evaluator and military
assistant to the DOD Inspector General, and Chief, Tactical Control Systems Integrations, Plans and Programs Directorate,
Headquarters Air Force.
Mr. Citizen works closely with the Department’s coalition partners in the areas of existing and emerging M&S science and
technology. Mr. Citizen, among the past chairpersons of the NATO Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG), continues
to support the NMSG. The NMSG mission is to promote cooperation among Alliance bodies, NATO Member Nations
and PfP Nations to maximize the effective utilization of M&S. Since, 2009, he also serves as Chair, Technical Panel 2, The
Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP).
This background in Defense, combined with Mr. Citizen’s role as a consultant supporting M&S activities in Department’s
military training program, provides him a deep appreciation for the direct benefits of M&S toward achieving the
Department’s missions, operations, and supporting Warfighters to our global partners.
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PLENARY SPEAKER
DR. RICHARD FUJIMOTO
CHAIR, SCHOOL OF COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (CSE)
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Dr. Richard Fujimoto is a Regents’ Professor in the School of Computational Science and
Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from
the University of California at Berkeley in 1980 and 1983 in Computer Science and Electrical
Engineering. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
where he received B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering in 1977 and
1978, respectively. He was the founding chair of the School of Computational Science and
Engineering (CSE) at Georgia Tech from 2005 to 2014 and led in the creation of M.S. and Ph.D.
degree programs in CSE as well as two undergraduate minor programs. He has been an active researcher in the parallel and
distributed simulation field since 1985 and has published over 200 papers in this area and is author or co-author of three
books. He has received several best paper awards for his research as well as the ACM SIGSIM Distinguished Contributions in
Simulation Award. He led the definition of the time management services for the High Level Architecture (IEEE Standard
1516). Fujimoto has served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and
Simulation International and was a founding area editor for the ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation
journal. He has also served on the organizing committees for several leading conferences in the parallel and distributed
simulation field. Fujimoto currently serves as the chairman of the Policy Committee for the National Modeling and
Simulation Coalition (NMSC).
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
MR. PETE MORRISON
CEO
BOHEMIA INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS, INC.
Mr. Pete Morrison is Co-Chief Executive Officer, Bohemia Interactive Simulations Group. Pete
began working for BISim in 2005 and became CEO in 2007. As Co-CEO, Pete focuses on the
long-term road map of BISim’s product suite, keeping BISim’s organizational focus on end users
first at all times. Pete is an evangelist for the use of game technologies and other COTS-type
products and software in the simulation & training industry and believes that VBS and our other
products are at the forefront of this movement.
Before BISim, he studied Computer Science and Management at the Australian Defence Force Academy and graduated
with first class honors in 2001. Pete had previously graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, into the Royal
Australian Signals Corp. Pete served as a Signals Corp Officer for several years, specializing in military simulation, and his
final posting was to the Australian Defence Simulation Office (ADSO) as a Project Officer. Pete transferred to the Army
Reserves in 2005 and joined Bohemia Interactive Australia as the Lead Developer of Virtual Battlespace 2, a position he held
until he became CEO in 2007.
MR. WIM HUISKAMP
CHIEF SCIENTIST MODELLING, SIMULATION AND GAMING
TNO DEFENCE
Mr. Wim Huiskamp is Chief Scientist Modelling, Simulation and Gaming in the M&S
department at TNO Defence, Security and Safety in the Netherlands. His research areas include
system architecture, distributed real-time simulation and C2-Simulation interoperability problems.
Wim acted as project lead for several national and international simulation (interoperability)
projects and he leads the national simulation research program carried out on behalf of the Dutch
MoD. Wim is the current chairman of the NATO Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG)
and former chairman of the NMSG M&S Standards Subgroup (MS3). He has been member and
chairman in several NMSG Technical Working groups. Wim is the liaison of the NMSG to the Simulation Interoperability
Standards Organization SISO. Wim is director of international contacts on the board of the European Training and
Simulation Association ETSA and he served on the Conference Committees of ITEC2011 - ITEC15 as theme lead for
M&S Architectures and Technologies.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
MR. JOHN MOORE
DIRECTOR
U.S. NAVY MODELING AND SIMULATION OFFICE
Mr. John S. Moore is currently the Director of the Navy Modeling and Simulation Office (NMSO) in the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (DASN(RDT&E)) organization. A veteran of the
submarine service, Mr. Moore retired from the Unites States Navy after 22 years of active duty service. In 2004, after seven
years as contractor support for NMSO on the Chief of Naval Operations staff (OPNAV N6), Mr. Moore became the
senior Navy civilian in NMSO and has been with NMSO ever since. NMSO is chartered to make the use of M&S more
efficient and effective by improving the discovery and reuse of M&S resources; providing information on policy, data,
and services; and serving as the action arm of the Navy Modeling and Simulation Governance Board. NMSO provides
support for the Naval M&S Communities, users, and developers; provides core services and products to improve M&S
within, between, and across organizations; and provides assistance to promote and implement cross-cutting M&S projects
that improve Naval M&S capabilities. Mr. Moore is the Navy point of contact for M&S Standards and serves as the Navy
member of two Department of Defense (DoD) M&S Standards-related groups: the DoD M&S Standardization Activities
Advisory Group and the Joint Enterprise Standards Committee’s M&S Technical Working Group. Mr. Moore is also a US
representative to the NATO Modelling & Simulation Group’s Modelling & Simulation Standards Subgroup (MS3).
Mr. Moore is a 1976 graduate of the Unites States Naval Academy and a 1984 graduate of the Unites States Naval
Postgraduate School, earning degrees in Operations Analysis and Operations Research. Mr. Moore’s 30+ years of experience
in the M&S world provide a unique perspective to support future International, DoD and Naval M&S initiatives.
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2015 SIWzie AWARDED PAPERS
In preparation for each workshop or conference, the Conference Committee or Program Committee identifies the papers
considered to be “the most important to be read by the people who were not able to attend the Workshop or Conference.” These
papers will be presented during the Best Paper Forum, Tuesday, 0800-0945, in Salon 2.
Below is the list of those papers that have been nominated to receive a 2015 Fall “SIWzie” Award. To view the
individual papers, go to website: http://www.sisostds.org/SIW.htm
15F-SIW-015
Cyber Operations Battlefield Web Services (COBWebS); Concept for a Tactical Cyber Warfare Effect Training Prototype
Henry Marshall, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Jeff Truong, Effective Applications, Inc.
CPT Mike Hooper, U.S. Army
Robert Wells, Dynamic Animation Systems, Inc.
MAJ Jerry Mize, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
15F-SIW-019
Simulation Environment Architecture Development Using the DoDAF
T. W. van Den Berg, TNO – Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research
Robert Lutz, Johns Hopkins University Applied Research Laboratory
15F-SIW-022
A Framework for Large-Scale Mixed-Reality Simulation for USAF Battlefield Airmen Involved in Personnel Recovery
Phillip Curtiss, Ph.D., Wye Oak Holdings, Inc
Raymond Rogers, National Center for Health Care Informatics
Sharon Conwell, Ed.D., U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SISO INC. – BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) - 2015
The Board of Directors (BOD) is responsible for financial oversight of SISO and for SISO’s contractual relationships with
other organizations.
Lutz, Robert
Swenson, Steve
Graham, David
O’Connor, Michael
Coolahan, James McCall, Mark
Chairman
robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
Presidentsswenson@aegistg.com
Vice President
david.graham@cae.com
Secretary
moconnor@trideum.com
Treasurerjim.coolahan@comcast.net
Assistant Treasurer
markmccall@sisostds.org
SISO Executive Director
McCall, Mark
PO Box 781238
Orlando, FL 32878-1238
markmccall@sisostds.org
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2015-2016 LEADERSHIP
SISO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EXCOM) MEMBERS - 2015
The Executive Committee (EXCOM) is the policy body that provides overall governance and strategic planning to SISO.
O’Connor, Michael (2016+) Chair
moconnor@trideum.com
Coolahan, James (2015+)
Vice Chairjim.coolahan@comcast.net
Bachman, Jane (2015)
Secretary
jane.bachman@navy.mil
Daly, John (2017)
daly_john@bah.com
Diem, John (2017+)
john.w.diem.civ@mail.mil
Graham, David (2016+)
david.graham@cae.com
Ocasio, Shel (2017+)
shelocasio@gmail.com
Scrudder, Roy (2016+)
scrudder@arlut.utexas.edu
Siegfried, Robert (A)
robert.siegfried@aditerna.de
Whittington, Eric (2015+)
eric.whittington@jhuapl.edu
Abbott, Jeff (X)
Gustavson, Paul (X)
SAC Chair
CC Chair
jefferybabbott@hotmail.com
pgustavson@simventions.com
NEWLY ELECTED - SISO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EXCOM) MEMBERS - 2016
TBD TBD
TBD
Chair
Vice Chair
Secretary
Daly, John (2017)
Diem, John (2017+)
Graham, David (2016+)
Lutz, Robert (2018+)
Ocasio, Shel (2017+)
O’Connor, Michael (2016+) Siegfried, Robert (2018+)
Scrudder, Roy (2016+)
Whittington, Eric (2018)
daly_john@bah.com
john.w.diem.civ@mail.mil
david.graham@cae.com
robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
shelocasio@gmail.com
moconnor@trideum.com
robert.siegfried@aditerna.de
scrudder@arlut.utexas.edu
eric.whittington@jhuapl.edu
Abbott, Jeff (X)
TBD (X)
SAC Chair
CC Chair
jefferybabbott@hotmail.com
Liaisons:
Haussmann, Stephen
Heaphy, Michael
Huiskamp, Wim
DoD M&SCOstephen.j.haussmann.ctr@mail.mil
DoD M&SCO
Michael.A.Heaphy.ctr@mail.mil
NATO MSGwim.huiskamp@tno.nl
(A) = Appointed Committee member (term expires each fall)
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(X) = Ex-officio member of committee (term expires each fall)
(+) = Not limited to this term
2015-2016 LEADERSHIP
SISO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE (CC) MEMBERS - 2015
The Conference Committee (CC) organizes the Simulation Interoperability Workshops and oversees several Conference
Forums in which information and new ideas are exchanged within and across various components of the M&S Community.
Gustavson, Paul (2016+)Chair
Vice Chair
Blount, Elaine (2016)
Secretary
Allen, Gary (2017)
Khimeche, Lionel (2017+)
Romanov, Victor (2016)
Sandberg, Stefan (2016)
Stoudenmire, Eugene (2017)
Vacancy (2016)
Vacancy (2017)
Vacancy (2017)
Stutzman, Marcy (X)
pgustavson@simventions.com
elaine.blount@gdit.com
gallen6@outlook.com
lionel.khimeche@dga.defense.gouv.fr
victorromanov1@gmail.com
stefan.sandberg@pitch.se
astoudenmire@earthlink.net
SAC Vice Chairmarcy.stutzman@ngc.com
NEWLY ELECTED - SISO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE (CC) MEMBERS - 2016
Gustavson, Paul (2016+)Chair
Vice Chair
Blount, Elaine (2016)
Secretary
Allen, Gary (2017)
Blount, Elaine (2016)
Gustavson, Paul (2016+) Hambleton, Orris (2017+)
Khimeche, Lionel (2016)
Sandberg, Stefan (2016)
Stoudenmire, Eugene (2017)
Vacancy (2016)
Vacancy (2017)
Vacancy (2017)
(X)
pgustavson@simventions.com
elaine.blount@gdit.com
gallen6@outlook.com
elaine.blount@gdit.com
pgustavson@simventions.com
profh@comcast.net
lionel.khimeche@dga.defense.gouv.fr
stefan.sandberg@pitch.se
astoudenmire@earthlink.net
SAC Vice Chair
(A) = Appointed Committee member (term expires each fall)
(X) = Ex-officio member of committee (term expires each fall)
(+) = Not limited to this term
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2015-2016 LEADERSHIP
SISO STANDARDS ACTIVITY COMMITTEE (SAC) MEMBERS - 2015
The Standards Activity Committee (SAC) provides oversight for all standards activities, including the Balloted Products
Development and Support Process, and oversees the groups that are studying, developing, and supporting SISO products.
SAC is also a Sponsor Committee of the IEEE Computer Society Standards Activities Board and is responsible for the IEEE
Standards developed by SISO groups and for ensuring compliance with IEEE processes.
Abbott, Jeff (2016)
Chairjefferybabbott@hotmail.com
Stutzman, Marcy (2015) Vice Chair/Secretary
marcy.stutzman@ngc.com
Bailey, Grant (A)
destech-egdtec-ta@mod.uk
Blais, Curt (2015)
clblais@nps.edu
Gravitz, Peggy (A)
pgravitz@gmail.com
Gupton, Kevin (2015)
kgupton@arlut.utexas.edu
Igarza, Jean-Louis (2016+)
igarzaj@voila.fr
Marrou, Lance (A)
lance.r.marrou@leidos.com
McGlynn, Lana (A)
lana.mcglynn@gmail.com
Mclean, Thom (Angus) (2016+)
thom@gatech.edu
Oates, William (2015+)
william.oates@afams.af.mil
Youngblood, Simone (2015+)
simone.youngblood@jhuapl.edu
Vacancy (2016)
Vacancy (2016)
Lutz, Robert (X)
CC Vice Chair
robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
Liaisons:
Bailey, Grant
NATO MSGdestech-egdtec-ta@mod.uk
NEWLY ELECTED SISO STANDARDS ACTIVITY COMMITTEE (SAC) MEMBERS - 2016
Abbott, Jeff (2016)
Chairjefferybabbott@hotmail.com
TBD
Vice Chair
TBDSecretary
Igarza, Jean-Louis (2016+)
igarzaj@voila.fr
Marrou, Lance (2017+)
lance.r.marrou@leidos.com
McLean, Thom (Angus) (2016+)
almclean@rockwellcollins.com
Stevens, John (2017+)
john.stevens@coleengineering.com
Youngblood, Simone (2017)
simone.youngblood@jhuapl.edu
Vacancy (2016)
Vacancy (2016)
Vacancy (2017)
Vacancy (2017)
(X)
CC Vice Chair
Liaisons:
Bailey, Grant
NATO MSGdestech-egdtec-ta@mod.uk
(A) = Appointed Committee member (term expires each fall)
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SIW TRACKS
The workshop structure for 2015 has been re-organized into three tracks. SIW tracks provide an opportunity for members
of the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) community who share common interests and/or are involved in similar activities or
are members of similar organizations to network, exchange ideas and information, introduce new M&S technologies, share
lessons learned, and to identify where standardization will improve simulation interoperability and the efficient and effective
use of M&S resources and tools.
At the 2015 Fall SIW, the SIW tracks comprise the following:
ACQUISITION LIFECYCLE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRACK
The Acquisition Lifecycle and Technology Transfer (ACQ) Track focuses on the promotion and use of M&S standards and
practices that support the acquisition lifecycle. We solicit papers that address the identification, application, and valueadded benefits of M&S for analysis, research and development, test and evaluation, training, asset management, and system
lifecycle strategies. Papers that demonstrate specific applications to specific systems and the benefits of M&S to those
systems are preferred. 2015- ACQ Planning & Review Panel
These Planning Review Panel (PRP) members reviewed abstracts/papers designated for the ACQ track.
John Fay
Thomas Halinski
Orris Hambleton
Carl Hein
Tim Jahren
Scott Johnston
Crash Konwin
Jacobs TEAS Team
CAE, USA Inc.
Retired
X-SIM LLC
D&T Consulting
Booz Allen Hamilton Booz Allen Hamilton
john.fay.3.ctr@us.af.mil
thomas.halinski@caemilusa.com
profh@comcast.net
chein@csim.com
jahren@earthlink.net
johnston_scott@bah.com
konwin_kenneth@bah.com
Newly Elected 2016 - ACQ Planning & Review Panel Members
The following are newly elected members of the ACQ PRP.
John Fay
Thomas Halinski
Orris Hambleton
Scott Johnston
Crash Konwin William Oates
Vacancy
Jacobs TEAS Team
CAE, USA Inc.
Retired
Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton
AFAMS
john.fay.3.ctr@us.af.mil
thomas.halinski@caemilusa.com
profh@comcast.net
Johnston_scott@bah.com
konwin_kenneth@bah.com
william.oates@afams.af.mil
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SERVICES, PROCESSES, TOOLS AND DATA TRACK
The Services, Processes, Tools, and Data (SVCS) track encompasses technologies, frameworks, and methodologies that
provide services or support for models, simulations, and associated data. Areas of interest include distributed simulation
process and tools; verification, validation, and accreditation processes and implementation; communications frameworks and
infrastructure; and simulation and environment reuse.
2015- SVCS Planning & Review Panel
These Planning Review Panel (PRP) members reviewed abstracts/papers designated for the SVCS track.
Jake Borah
Jean-Louis Igarza
Robert Lutz
Katherine L. Morse
Randy Saunders
Robert Siegfried
Simone Youngblood
Independent Consultant
Antycip Simulation
JHU/APL
JHU/APL
JHU/APL
aditerna GmbH
JHU/APL
jborah@sprynet.com
igarzaj@voila.fr
robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
katherine.morse@jhuapl.edu
r.saunders@ieee.org
robert.siegfried@aditerna.de
simone.youngblood@jhuapl.edu
Newly Elected 2016 - SVCS TRACK Planning & Review Panel Members
The following are newly elected members of the SVCS PRP.
John Fay
Jean-Louis Igarza
Katherine L. Morse
Randy Saunders
Robert Siegfried
Simone Youngblood
Vacancy
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Antycip Simulation
JHU/APL
JHU/APL
aditerna GmbH
JHU/APL
john.fay.3.ctr@us.af.mil
igarzaj@voila.fr
katherine.morse@jhuapl.edu
r.saunders@ieee.org
robert.siegfried@aditerna.de
simone.youngblood@jhuapl.edu
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MODELING & SIMULATION SPECIALTY TOPICS TRACK
The M&S Specialty Topics (SPEC) track includes simulation technologies for a specific purpose such as system/vehicle
or weapon product development, space, human behavior, or command and control systems. Thrust areas center on the
application of M&S for Cyber Warfare, Space, and Future Training.
2015- SPEC Planning & Review Panel These Planning Review Panel (PRP) members reviewed abstracts/papers designated for the SPEC track.
John Fay
Alfredo Garro Carl Hein
Tim Jahren
Sara Meyer
Gary Waag
Jacobs TEAS Team UNICAL X-SIM LLC D&T Consulting
453 EWS/EWO Engility Corp.
john.fay.3.ctr@us.af.mil
garro@deis.unical.it
chein@csim.com
jahren@earthlink.net
sara.meyer.1@us.af.mil
gary.waag@EngilityCorp.com
Newly Elected 2016 - SPECS TRACK Planning & Review Panel Members
The following are newly elected members of the SPEC PRP.
John Fay
Sara Meyer
5 Vacancies
Jacobs TEAS Team 453 EWS/EWO john.fay.3.ctr@us.af.mil
sara.meyer.1@us.af.mil
STANDARDS ORGANIZATION LIAISONS Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Marcy Stutzman (SAC) - marcy.stutzman@ngc.com
1. Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS)
2. High Level Architecture (HLA)
3. Distributed Simulation Engineering & Execution Process (DSEEP)
International Organization for Standardization
Jeff Abbott (SAC) – jefferybabbott@hotmail.com
1. Spatial Reference Model (SRM)
2. Environmental Data Coding Specification (EDCS)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Wim Huiskamp (EXCOM) - wim.huiskamp@tno.nl
Grant Bailey (SAC) - destech-egdtec-ta@mod.uk
On 24 July 2007, NATO and the SISO signed a formal Technical Cooperation Agreement for coordination and cooperation in
the development of M&S standards. The agreement, signed at the Collaboration Support Office of the Science & Technology
Organization of NATO just outside Paris, officially recognized SISO as an accredited Standards Development Organization
for NATO.
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STUDY GROUPS
LAYERED SIMULATION ARCHITECTURE (LSA) - The LSA Study Group will provide a forum to explore and develop a consensus
view of the applicability of modern principles of network centric interoperability and open systems architecture. In particular
the definition of different layers to enable looser coupling among simulation applications will be addressed. The participation
of people involved in the Live-Virtual-Constructive Architecture Roadmap Implementation (LVCAR-I) project, is encouraged
due to the potential to produce a cost effective solution to many of the issues identified and not yet resolved. The architecture
resulting from this study may better define a modular, loosely coupled structure that enables more flexibility and performance
than current approaches.
LSA SG - Officers
Study Group Lead: Kate Gregory
Vice Lead: Jose Ramon Martinez
Secretary: TBD
TAD: Kevin Gupton
Thales
NADS
kate.gregory@thalesgroup.com
jrmartinez@nads.es
ARL Univ. of Texas
kgupton@arlut.utexas.edu
HUMAN PERFORMANCE MARKUP LANGUAGE (HPML) SG - The Human Performance Markup Language (HPML) Study
Group (SG) is evaluating the maturity and support for developing a SISO product. HPML is an XML-Schema-based
language intended to cover all meaningful aspects of human performance measurement in various training and operational
environments. The HPML hierarchy enables the representation of both generic concepts (e.g., measurements and assessments)
and mission specific concepts (e.g., instances of measurements and instances of assessments) necessary for capturing the
experiences associated with human performance and human behavior. By making these distinctions, HPML is able both to
describe available resources and to express the tailoring of those resources for both training and operational contexts. More
specifically, HPML is an XML-based language designed to express performance measurement concepts in a format that is both
machine and human readable. It enables the explicit combination and transformation of performance data into performance
measurements and assessments. This allows measures to be constructed independent of any specific training or operational
system.
The HPML SG study objectives are to:
• Objective #1. Verify the need for this standard to represent human performance and behavior within training and operational simulations
• Objective #2. Review the current version of HPML to determine if it meets the existing needs for the representation of human performance and behavior within training and operational simulations
• Objective #3. Provide comments, updates, revisions, and/or recommended additions to the current version of HPML to align it with identified needs
• Objective #4. Gain a broad base of support for the standard within the simulation community for the standardization of HPML
• Objective #5. Determine whether the revised HPML, resulting from this group, should be nominated to become a Product
The SG’s schedule is very aggressive and proactive:
Sep 2014
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Mar 2015
2015 Spring Technical Interchange Meeting
Jun 2015
Finalize Final Report and submit to Standards Activity Committee Submit draft Product Nomination (if recommended) to Standards Activity Committee
Sep 2015
Kick-off Product Development Group (if recommended and approved)
To find out more be sure to drop into the HMPL SG meeting at 2015 Fall SIW, subscribe to the discussion forum, and join
the conversation.
Study Group Lead: Courtney Dean
HPML SG - Officers
Aptima, Inc.
cdean@aptima.com
PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED MODELING AND SIMULATION (PDMS) SSG - Single-processor chip architectures have hit the
performance wall. Multiple processors, or cores, are now being provided on a single chip. Chip manufacturers and operating
system vendors acknowledge parallel processing to be the way forward. Experts predict that the number-of-cores per chip
will double every eighteen to twenty-four months. Because chips can be layered, there is no foreseeable limit to how many
processors can reside on a single chip. This means that within a few years, desktop computers with thirty-two cores will be
commonplace. By 2021, affordable desktop computers may offer more than a thousand processors. Chip manufacturers are
considering lowering clock speeds to more efficiently accommodate large numbers of processing cores. This means that software
applications that run serially today may actually run slower on future computers unless they are modified or redesigned to take
advantage of multicore architectures.
Thus, the multicore computing revolution is underway, and will forever change the world of software. The new multicore-computing
paradigm warrants serious attention by the M&S community.
Producing scalable and robust software systems that are capable of utilizing large numbers of processors in a cost-effective
manner is highly challenging. The parallel processing community universally acknowledges the need for new software
development tools, compilers, memory management schemes, faster high-speed communications packages, debugging tools,
and execution frameworks. Developing parallel applications with low-level control and communication mechanisms is simply
too difficult for large software teams. Modifying existing sequential software to take advantage of parallel processing is typically
not feasible, requiring significant design and implementation changes. Yet, experts predict dire consequences if current software
is not brought up to speed soon. Embracing multicore computing not only affects the commercial market, but it also affects
the defense community. The United States, and its allies, would be at a tremendous disadvantage if its adversaries were able to
process information in a more scalable and faster manner.
The modeling and simulation standards community has traditionally focused on enterprise-level, or federated,
distributed computing approaches such as (a) web services, and (b) Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) interoperability
standards. Examples include XML/SOAP/WSDL, HLA, DIS, and TENA. On the other end of the spectrum is massively
parallel supercomputing, where many processors are provided within a single machine. Using these systems to support parallel
and distributed modeling and simulation applications, offers further challenges because of simulated time coordination.
The Parallel and Distributed Modeling and Simulation Standing Study Group (PDMS-SSG) focuses on the maturation and
potential advancement of a standards-based technical framework that is capable of supporting both parallel and distributed
modeling and simulation. The advancement of such a standards-based framework will allow next-generation software
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systems take advantage of future multicore computing architectures. The PDMS-SSG will investigate parallel and distributed
simulation technologies, frameworks, and architectures, with a special emphasis on open source non-proprietary solutions.
Participants in the study group will develop a comprehensive report on the subject of parallel simulation. It is anticipated that
this study group will generate potential standards.
PDMS SSG - Officers
Chair: Jeffrey S. Steinman
Vice Chair: Chris Gaughan
Secretary: John Wrigley
TAD: Curtis Blais
WarpIV Technologies, Inc.
RDECOM
Alion Science and Technology
NPS MOVES Institute
steinman@warpiv.com
chris.gaughan@us.army.mil
jwrigley@alionscience.com
clblais@nps.edu
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & SUPPORT GROUP COMBINED
COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS - SIMULATION SYSTEMS INTEROPERATION (C2SIM) PDG/PSG - The Command and
Control Systems - Simulation Systems Interoperation (C2SIM) Product Development Group (PDG) and Product Support
Group (PSG) kicked off at the 2014 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop.
The C2SIM PDG / PSG replaces two PDGs and one PSG:
• Military Scenario Definition Language PDG
• Coalition Battle Management Language PDG
• Military Scenario Definition Language PSG
The C2SIM PSG is assuming support of:
• SISO-STD-007-2008, Standard for Military Scenario Definition Language; and
• SISO-STD-011-2014, Standard for Coalition Battle Management Language Phase 1
Together the PDG and PSG, form one lifecycle product group empowered over the product lifecycle to develop and support
products. The functions of the PDG and PSG are distinct, but memberships are common, and administrative reporting will
be as one group to consolidate administrative overhead.
The PDG envisions a family of products that will include both SISO Standards and SISO Guidance Products including:
C2SIM-LDM will provide, at a logical level (i.e., independent of how the data will be communicated), a core set of data
elements common to most C2 and Simulation systems, combined with a standard way of adding to that core a collection of
additional elements specific to a particular domain and/or context.
C2SIM-Initialize will supersede the MSDL v1 standard and is an XML message format developed with the purpose of
initializing the operational environment (OE) in a wide variety of simulations and connected systems in the US-DoD and
NATO-nation agencies. Applications of the initialization messages include description of partial or complete start conditions
for simulation execution (e.g., events and exercises) and contextual information defining the truth or belief conditions of
actors in simulations. Other applications include defining simulation checkpoint (snapshots of past simulation condition for
reset or rollback operation), describing multiple courses of action, or contexts in the past, present or future (e.g., planned,
preset, anticipated, objective states).
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C2SIM-TaskingReporting will supersede the C-BML v1 standard is an XML message format developed with the purpose
of describing task and report assertions in operational or simulation environments. The new product expands the range of
tasking and situational awareness information relative to the C-BML v2 standard. Task and report messages may be utilized
during execution of simulations as runtime messages between real or simulated entities and as a common format for conveying
information to and from tactical message formats based on the C2SIM LDM.
The primary rationale for initiating a common C2SIM family of products is to integrate the C2SIM-Initialize and C2SIMTaskingReporting message representations so that task and report message structures may be utilize in initialization messages.
The “Guideline for C2SIM-Initialize Implementation” will assist user organizations to understand effective ways to apply
the C2SIM-Initalize standard.
The “Guideline for C2SIM-TaskingReporting Implementation” will assist user organizations to understand effective ways
to apply the C2SIM-TaskingReporting standard.
To find out more be sure to drop into the C2SIM PDG/PSG meeting at 2015 Fall SIW, visit the PDG/PSG webpage, fill out
an affiliation form, subscribe to the discussion forum, and join the conversation.
C2SIM PDG/PSG - Officers
Chair: Mark Pullen
Co-Chair: Kevin Galvin
George Mason University C4I Ctr.mpullen@c4i.gmu.edu
Thales-UK
kevin.galvin@uk.thalesgroup.com
Vice Chair Logical Data Modeling
Vice Chair Tasking/Reporting
Saikou Diallo
Vice Chair Initialization
Robert Wittman
PSG Co-Chair
PSG Co-Chair
TAD: Jeff Abbott
Stanley Levine
Robert Wittman
Independent Consultant
Kevin Gupton kgupton@arlut.utexas.edu
saikoud@gmail.com
rwittman@mitre.org
stanlevine13@gmail.com
rwittman@mitre.org
jeffreybabbott@hotmail.com
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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUPS
M&S IN SUPPORT OF ACQUISITION ACTIVITIES (ACQMS) PDG - The primary purpose of the products being proposed is to
provide guidance on the selection and use of M&S standards and recommended practices to support the Acquisition Lifecycle.
The family of SISO products to be developed based on the product nomination is titled “A Standards Profile for the Use of
Modeling and Simulation in Support of Acquisition Activities”.
The proposed SISO products will be developed, published, and maintained as two volumes. The first volume, a balloted
SISO Guidance Product, will identify a set of modeling and simulation standards and recommended practices as key tools for
guiding the international acquisition community in the use of modeling and simulation in activities that take place across the
typical acquisition lifecycle. The second volume, a SISO Reference Product, will provide the descriptions and metadata for
each modeling and simulation standard and recommended practice identified in the SISO Guidance Product.
ACQMS PDG - Officers
Acting Chair: Paul Gustavson
Vice Chair: Paul Gustavson
Secretary: Peggy Gravitz
TAD: William Oates
Simventions
Simventions
Independent Consultant
AFAMS
pgustavson@simventions.com
pgustavson@simventions.com
pgravitz@gmail.com
william.oates@afams.af.mil
DISTRIBUTED DEBRIEF CONTROL ARCHITECTURE (DDCA) PDG - The DDCA PDG is building on the Distributed Debrief
Control Protocol Study Group that evaluated the potential for a standard product addressing interoperability between
distributed debrief (AAR) systems from multiple sources.
Event replay is a common element of debriefing systems. Many tool vendors implement debrief event replay using a variety
of techniques and possess unique capabilities meeting the specific needs of the program. When these systems need to be
integrated into a larger distributed debrief spanning multiple sites, problems arise due to a lack of an interoperable standard.
The distributed debrief in this case will often not leverage the rich capabilities each site has to offer, and only provide the bare
minimum capability. Existing debriefing capabilities can be maintained and enhanced while reducing integration and operating
costs through the development of an interoperable protocol for distributed debrief. Boeing as well as other organizations have
developed distributed debrief protocols of varying capabilities. These same organizations have also indicated interest in a
standards organization developing a distributed debrief protocol.
The primary requirement for a distributed debrief control architecture is an object model which can be described for consistent
representation in different environments (e.g. DIS, HLA, TENA, etc.). The product shall be a SISO standard to define the
methods to conduct a distributed debrief over a simulation network framework. The DDCA shall consist of an object model
that defines messages, states, and behaviors. Interoperability between different implementations shall be enabled through
consistent use of these messages, states, and behaviors. DDCA PDG - Officers
Chair: Michael France
Vice Chair: Randy Pitz
Secretary: John Jinkerson
TAD: Jeff Abbott
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The Boeing Company
CAE
Independent Consultant
michael.france.ctr@wpafb.af.mil
randy.pitz@boeing.com
jinkerson@caemilusa.com
jefferybabbott@hotmail.com
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DISTRIBUTED INTERACTIVE SIMULATION (DIS) PDG - In 2012, the DIS PDG published IEEE Std 1278.1™-2012, IEEE
Standard for Distributed Interactive Simulation - Application Protocols (a revision of IEEE Std 1278.1™-1995 and IEEE Std
1278.1a™-1998).
The IEEE-Standards Association Standards Board approved the establishment of a Working Group to revise IEEE Std
1278.2™-1995. Work began in earnest in 2012 and continues. After three rounds of review and commenting, the PDG
voted in August 2014 to approve Draft 4 and to request approval by the SAC to proceed to the IEEE Ballot Process. This
standard has completed IEEE balloting and is expected to be approved by the IEEE-Standards Association Standards Board
in September 2015.
DIS users are invited to participate in the DIS PDG Discussion Forum, on DIS PDG and Tiger Team telecons, and in person
at SIWs.
Note: You will not see the DIS PDG Discussion Forum or the DIS PDG private library unless you register to become a
member of the DIS PDG. You must be a SISO member to register. Just complete and submit the Affiliation Data Form on
the PDG’s webpage here:
(http://www.sisostds.org/StandardsActivities/DevelopmentGroups/DISPDGDistributedInteractiveSimulationExten.aspx).
Upon completion and submittal of the form, the system will send an email message to the DIS PDG Chair (Mark McCall at
markmccall@sisostds.org) and he will authorize your subscription to the PDG Discussion Forum and your access to the DIS
PDG private library. DIS PDG members are expected to participate actively in updating the IEEE 1278 series of standards.
Chair: Mark McCall
Vice Chair: Bob Murray
Secretary: Craig Marsden
TAD: Marcy Stutzman
DIS PDG - Officers Sawdey Solution Services, Inc.
The Boeing Company
Northrup Grumman Northrop Grumman
markmccall@sisostds.org
bob.murray@boeing.com
craig.marsden@ngc.com
marcy.stutzman@ngc.com
ENHANCED POSITION LOCATION REPORTING SYSTEM INCLUDING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DATA LINK SIMULATION
STANDARD EPLRS/SADL PDG - This product shall be a SISO standard to define the methods to simulate an EPLRS/SADL
Network within a Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) or High Level Architecture (HLA) framework.
This standard shall have two parts, one that will describe extensions to the DIS standard, and the second will describe a
Base Object Model (BOM) to extend Federate Object Models (FOM) operating in the HLA framework. The standard shall
describe detailed implementations and usage methodologies in DIS and HLA as well as defining the data structures. This
standard shall not contradict any part of the IEEE 1278.1 or IEEE 1516 standard. This standard shall contain no classified
information and shall be suitable for unlimited distribution.
EPLRS/SADL PDG - Officers
Chair: Joe Sorroche
Vice Chair: John Saicawalo
Secretary: TBD
TAD: Angus (Thom) McLean
Sandia National Laboratories
LMC
jjsorro@sandia.gov
john.saicawalo@kirtland.af.mil
Rockwell Collins
almclean@rockwellcollins.com
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GATEWAY DESCRIPTION AND CONFIGURATION LANGUAGES (GDACL) PDG - The intention is to form a single Product
Development Group (PDG) for all three language specifications, but have a different Drafting Group (DG) Editor for each
of the three specifications. The three gateway languages have reached a reasonable degree of maturity already through the
work of the LVCAR Study Team (on which both Proponents are members). It is felt that standardization within SISO will
open the languages up to broader scrutiny across the LVC community and not only lead to more complete and robust set of
language specifications, but to a better and broader range of supporting tools that users can choose from as well.
The three SISO Standards Products to be produced comprise a family of three specifications, one each for three different
eXtensible Markup Language (XML)-based formal languages, used by both developers and users of Live, Virtual, and
Constructive (LVC) environments during gateway selection and configuration. Each specification reflects a different aspect
of the overarching process of gateway selection and configuration. The description of these languages is as follows:
• Gateway Description Language (GDL) - A common human-readable and machine-readable format/syntax for
describing both user gateway requirements and the capabilities that individual gateways can offer to users. GDL also
includes gateway performance information.
• Simulation Data Exchange Model (SDEM) Mapping Language (SML) - A non-gateway specific human-readable
and machine-readable format/syntax for describing architecture/SDEM element mappings and any necessary
transforms (e.g., units, coordinate systems).
• Gateway Filtering Language (GFL) - A common human-readable and machine-readable format/syntax for
capturing the traffic filtering details of a gateway.
GDACL PDG - Officers
Chair: Robert Lutz
Vice Chair: Dannie Cutts
Vice Chair: Kurt Lessmann
Vice Chair: Vacant
Secretary: Vacant
TAD: Simone Youngblood
JHU/APL
AEgis, Inc.
Trideum
robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
dcutts@aegistg.com
klessmann@trideum.net
JHU/APL
simone.youngblood@jhuapl.edu
GUIDELINE ON SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT (GSD)PDG - This product will be a SISO Guidance Product, “Guideline on
Scenario Development for (Distributed) Simulation Environments.”
Scenarios play an important role in planning, engineering, and executing a – possibly distributed – simulation environment.
Current simulation engineering processes (e.g., IEEE Std 1730-2010, IEEE Recommended Practice for Distributed
Simulation Engineering and Execution Process (DSEEP)), require the (military) user and the sponsor of a distributed
simulation environment to develop appropriate scenarios.
To improve simulation interoperability in context of DSEEP, the NATO Modeling and Simulation Group (MSG) Technical
Activity 086, Simulation Interoperability, developed a “Guideline on Scenario Development for (Distributed) Simulation
Environments”. This guideline augments the DSEEP with regards to scenario development and proposes content and
structure of an information product for scenario specification. The product to be developed by the PDG builds upon the
work done by MSG-086.
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GSD PDG - Officers
Chair: Stefan Vrieler
Vice Chair: Scott Roach
Vice Chair: Lionel Khimeche
Secretary: TBD
TAD: Jean-Louis Igarza
German MOD
stefanvrieler@bundeswehr.org
Canadian Forces Warfare Ctr. scott.roach1@forces.gc.ca
DGA/CATOD
lionel.khimeche@intradef.gouv.fr
Antycip Simulation
igarzaj@voila.fr
LINK 11 A/B SIMULATION STANDARD NETWORK (LINK 11 A/B) PDG - This product will be a SISO Standard to define the
methods to simulate a Link-11 A/B Network within a Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) or High Level Architecture
(HLA) framework.
This standard will have two parts, one that will describe extensions to the DIS and the second will detail a Base Object
Model (BOM) to extend Federate Object Models (FOM) operating in the HLA framework. The standard shall detail
implementation and usage methodologies in DIS and HLA as well as defining the data structures. This standard shall not
contradict any part of the IEEE 1278.1 or IEEE 1516 standard. This standard shall contain no classified information and
shall be suitable for unlimited distribution.
LINK 11 A/B PDG - Officers
Chair: Joe Sorroche
Vice Chair: John Saicawalo
Secretary: TBD
TAD: Angus (Thom) McLean
Sandia National Laboratories jjsorro@sandia.gov
LMC
john.saicawalo@kirtland.af.mil
Rockwell Collins
almclean@rockwellcollins.com
REAL-TIME PLATFORM REFERENCE FOM (RPR FOM) 2 - RPR FOM is the most widely used Federation Object Model
(FOM) for platform-based defense simulations. Version 1.0 of this Reference FOM was the first SISO Standard, capturing
the functionality of the Distributed Interactive Simulation protocol (IEEE 1278.1 TM -1995). RPR FOM 2, currently in
the ballot process, will add the functionality of IEEE 1278.1a TM -1998.
Draft prototype versions of RPR FOM 2 have proven highly useful in many federations. Several projects in NATO and in
the US see the RPR FOM as a base for further development of joint and combined training and analysis capabilities. Several
SISO sponsor companies and organizations provide products that depend on the RPR FOM to provide interoperability.
This raised the need to complete the RPR FOM 2 and to open up a forum for discussions about future versions of the RPR
FOM.
RPR-FOM 2 PDG - Officers
Chair: Björn Möller
Vice Chair: Paul E. Murtha
Secretary: Michael Heffernan
TAD: Marcy Stutzman
Pitch
Alion
DSTL
Northrup-Grumman
bjorn.moller@pitch.se
pmurtha@alionscience.com
mheffernan@dstl.gov.uk
marcy.stutzman@ngc.com
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THE RIEDP PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUP (RIEDP) PDG – As described in the Product Nomination, and consistent with the
RIEDP SG Final Report, the PDG will develop the following SISO Products:
• The Environmental Data Model Foundations Product will be composed of two (tightly coupled) parts, the Reference
Process Model (RPM) and the Reference Abstract Data Model (RADM). These form the foundations for existing
and/or emerging database generation projects to compare, contrast, and map their data generation process and data
model capabilities to these models. In this regard, use of the Environmental Data Model Foundations will serve as a
guide in establishing database generation process models and their corresponding data models within the community.
In addition, the Environmental Data Model Foundations may aid in the development of the Environmental Detailed
Features Description product.
• The Environmental Detailed Features Description Product will provide the required information for identifying
instances and/or classes of environmental features and objects that, along with their specific attributes, value ranges, and
metadata, will be utilized in environmental data products. The use of the Environmental Detailed Features Description
as a standard product will ensure data interoperability through the identification of features, their definitions (through
the use of standardized dictionaries), their corresponding attributes, and any associated metadata.
RIEDP PDG - Officers Chair: Jean-Louis Gougeat
Vice Chair: Simon Skinner
Secretary: TBD
TAD: Peggy Gravitz
SOGITEC Industries
XPI Simulation
jlgougeat@sogitec.fr
simon.skinner@xpisimulation.com
Independent Consultant
pgravitz@gmail.com
SIMULATION CONCEPTUAL MODELING (SCM) PDG - The SCM PDG will produce a stand-alone guidance document that will
clarify “conceptual model” concepts, discuss conceptual modeling terminology, and enable different stakeholders to improve
the formalization of conceptual models. There is no current SISO or IEEE standard or guidance product explicitly dedicated
to conceptual modeling. The SCM PDG document will also ensure that IEEE 1516.4 TM -2007 and SISO-003.1-2006
requirements for conceptual models are addressed. The SCM PDG will reach out to and engage other communities that have
developed conceptual models in support of specific projects or performed research on the topic of conceptual modeling to
ensure that the Simulation Conceptual Modeling document provides detailed guidance for constructing useful conceptual
models. Already close ties have been established between the SCM SSG and NATO Modeling and Simulation Group 058
which was established to research Conceptual Modeling for Modeling and Simulation. The SISO PDG will leverage the work
done by these groups into the new SISO standard.
SCM PDG - Officers Chair: Hart Rutherford
Vice Chair: Robert Lutz
Secretary: TBD
TAD: Kevin Gupton
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JHU/APL
robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
Univ. of Texas/Austin
kgupton@arlut.utexas.edu
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SIMULATION REFERENCE MARKUP LANGUAGE (SRML) PDG – This Product Development Group (PDG) is working
on standardization of a simulation markup language and corresponding simulation engine specification based on the Simulation
Reference Markup Language (SRML). The SRML language specification will include both a concept of operations (including
engine description) and an XML tag set with descriptive text. The engine specification will include an engine object model
and an Application Program Interface (API) reference. An SRML User Guide will also be developed during this project.
SRML promotes web-based simulation and facilitates delivery of models via the Web, and is thus positioned to support
existing and future advancements in grid computing. Interested parties are welcome to attend. The PDG meeting will include a
tutorial on SRML goals and underlying principles, and will also include open discussions on near-term SRML PDG activities.
Chair: Robert Lutz
Vice Chair: Jane Bachman
Secretary: Curtis Blais
TAD: Curtis Blais
SRML PDG - Officers Johns Hopkins Univ/APL
NSWCDD
NPS MOVES Institute
NPS MOVES Institute
robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
jane.bachman@navy.mil
clblais@nps.edu
clblais@nps.edu
SPACE REFERENCE FEDERATION OBJECT MODEL (SRFOM) PDG – The Space Reference Federation Object Model (SRFOM)
Product Development Group (PDG) will create (1) a natural language, human readable overview, description and specification
of the Space Reference FOM Federation Agreement; and (2) a set of computer-interpretable HLA 2010 FOM modules (xml)
intended for consumption by HLA runtime infrastructure and other software tools.
To read more about the products under development, download SISO-PN-014-2015, Product Nomination for Space
Reference Federation Object Model, Version 1.0.
This PDG will be kicking off at the 2015 Fall SIW.
Chair: TBD
Vice Chair: TBD
Secretary: TBD
TAD: Peggy Gravitz
SRFOM PDG - Officers Consultant
pgravitz@gmail.com
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INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN WEB-BASED FEDERATES AND LVC FEDERATIONS (WEBLVC) SG - In recent years, several new
technologies and standards have been developed in the broad Web community that enable highly interactive, low-latency,
real-time web-based applications written in JavaScript. These technologies include WebGL, WebSockets, HTML5, and a
variety of JavaScript games engines, scene graphs, etc. Based on these technologies, it is now possible to develop web-based
M&S applications like Plan View Displays, Stealth Viewers, and even web-based flight simulators and first-person gaming
applications. But what is missing is a standard interoperability protocol for linking these new web-applications with each
other, and with traditional M&S federations in a way that is:
• High-performance enough for the needs of these applications
• Natural to use in a JavaScript environment.
• Flexible enough to support interoperability regardless of the protocol being used in the target federation (e.g. DIS, HLA 1.3,
HLA 1516, HLA Evolved, TENA, etc.)
A protocol called WebLVC has been proposed to fill this gap. The WebLVC protocol defines a standard way of passing
simulation data between a web-based client application and a WebLVC server, which can participate in a federation on behalf
of one or more web-based federates. WebLVC messages are encoded as JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) objects, passed via
WebSockets. WebLVC is flexible enough to support representation of arbitrary types of objects and interactions (i.e., arbitrary
Object Models). However, WebLVC does include a “Standard Object Model” definition based on the semantics of the DIS
protocol, HLA’s RPR FOM, and SISO Enumerations.
The goals of the WebLVC Study Group are to:
• Develop a common understanding of the problem of interoperability between web applications and traditional LVC federations
• Evaluate the proposed WebLVC concept and specifics, to determine whether it looks like a reasonable starting point for a SISO
standards development effort, or whether an alternative solution should be pursued
• Help refine and develop the WebLVC idea (if there is consensus that it is the right starting point), with the goal of building its
maturity
• Establish recommendations for next steps for the topic within SISO, e.g., a recommendation to the SAC to establish a WebLVC
PDG
WebLVC PDG - Officers Chair: Len Granowetter
Vice Chair: TBD
Secretary: TBD
TAD: Kevin Gupton
VT MAK
lengrano@mak.com
ARL Univ. of Texas
kgupton@arlut.utexas.edu
URBAN COMBAT ADVANCED TRAINING TECHNOLOGIES (UCATT) PDG - The large demand for joint military operations world
wide drives the military training requirements for combined training. There are no official standards regulating interoperability
of live simulation instrumentation systems. Several national and/or proprietary solutions are currently in use world wide but
there is no interoperability between the different solutions. The current situation precludes combined simulation training
using the original country’s simulation equipment. This demand presently cannot be met by the existing training technology
due to the lack of common standards. Joint live training using mixed equipment is de facto impossible.
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The UCATT group has been studying and analyzing live training standardization since its formation in 2003 and is now ready
to initiate and manage the development of a SISO approved family of standards.
UCATT PDG - Officers Chair: Sander Cruiming
Vice Chair: Staffan Martinsen
Secretary: Joachim Eisenhauer
TAD: Grant Bailey
NLD MOD
SWE FMV
Rheinmetall Defence GmbH
UK MOD
ba.cruiming@mindef.nl
staffan.martinsen@fmv.se
joachim.eisenhauer@rheinmetall.com
destech-egdtec-ta@mod.uk
PRODUCT SUPPORT GROUP
BASE OBJECT MODEL (BOM) PSG - The BOM PSG supports the approved SISO-STD-003-2006 BOM Template Specification
standard and the SISO-STD-003.1-2006 Guide for BOM Use and Implementation. The BOM PSG will serve as a central
point for interpretations of product language, providing help desk support to the SISO community, and accepting, developing,
and maintaining problem/change reports to support future product revisions.
The BOM PSG TOR was approved by the EXCOM on 13 Sep 06. The PSG supersedes the BOM PDG and will transition
that group’s discussion board and document library. The support for the approved BOM standards (SISO-STD-003-2006 and
SISO-STD-003.1-2006) includes:
1. Establish and maintain a process to respond to questions (requests for interpretation) concerning the language used
in the standard, the intention or result meant by a particular action, or an explanation of the reasons behind what
the standard states.
2. Establish and maintain a Help Desk function using the SISO provided discussion board to answer questions and
provide support to the community.
3. Establish and maintain a Problem/Change Request process to collect problems and change requests from the
community. Conduct analysis and refinement of submitted problems and change requests.
4. When the PSG is operating in parallel with a PDG developing a revision to a product, forward refined Problem/
Change Reports (PCRs) to the PDG for use in revision development.
5. Coordinate with related Conference Forums, related PDGs, related PSGs, and related SGs.
6. Identify and create Product Nominations for additional parts or supplements.
7. Conduct periodic review and evaluation of the supported products. Prepare recommendations for reaffirmation,
revision, or withdrawal.
BOM PSG - Officers Chair: Paul Gustavson
Vice Chair: Robert Lutz
Secretary: Jane Bachman
TAD: William Oates
SimVentions
JHU/APL
NSWCDD
AFAMS
pgustavson@simventions.com
robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
jane.bachman@navy.mil
william.oates@us.af.mil
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COMMON IMAGE GENERATOR INTERFACE (CIGI) PSG – The purpose of CIGI is to provide interoperability across real-time
Image Generator (IG) and Host computational system providers by using a common method of communications. The product
will provide a common communications protocol that will enable each disparate visualization tool to quickly interface with
other subsystems by providing a set of commonly used subsystem-to-subsystem interactions. The product will also provide for
vendor specific communications when there is no commonly available communication mechanism. The product can be used
for any visual situational awareness activity be it a real-time Out-The-Window or sensor simulation, a briefing or debriefing
station, an instructor operator station, a Scenario planning tool, etc. The CIGI Product Support Group (PSG) was set up in September 2014. Its purpose is to provide support for users of CIGI,
including a discussion board and help for any issues using the standard, along with a means by which CIGI vendors can obtain
unique vendor identity references for extension packets.
The CIGI PSG is also the place to submit problem and change requests (PCRs) which is the approved method of getting
changes or new additions into the future standard.
The CIGI PSG aims to gather all requests and ideas together with a view to forming a Product Development Group for CIGI
4.1 in the fall of 2015.
CIGI PSG - Officers
Chair: Simon Skinner
Vice Chair: Willard B. Phelps
Secretary: Mark R. Peterson
TAD: Grant Bailey
XPI Simulation
The Boeing Company
Kratos Defense
UK Ministry of Defence
simon.skinner@xpisimulation.com
willard.b.phelps@boeing.com
mark.peterson2@kratosdefense.com
destech-egdtec-ta@mod.uk
CORE MANUFACTURING SIMULATION DATA (CMSD) PSG - The Product Support Group supports the Core Manufacturing
Simulation Data (CMSD) information model which provides neutral structures for the efficient exchange of manufacturing
data in a simulation environment. The neutral structures can be used to support the integration of simulation software with
other manufacturing applications. CMSD information model is presented using two different methods: (1) the information
model defined using the Unified Modeling Language (UML); and (2) the information model defined using a schema language
for XML representation. The information model defined using UML is published as SISO-STD-008-2010. The information
model defined using XML is published as SISO-STD-008-01-2012. SISO-STD-008-2010 and SISO-STD-008-01-2012 are
intended to be used together. CMSD PSG - Officers
Chair: Tina Lee
Vice Chair: Young-Jun Son
Secretary: Young-Jun Son
TAD: Jean-Louis Igarza
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NIST
The Univ. of Arizona
The Univ. of Arizona
Antycip Simulation
leet@nist.gov
son@sie.arizona.edu
son@sie.arizona.edu
igarzaj@voila.fr
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COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF SIMULATION PACKAGE INTEROPERABILITY (CSPI) PSG - The Commercial Off-the-Shelf
Simulation Package Interoperability (CSPI) PSG supports SISO-STD-006-2010, Standard for Commercial-off-the-shelf
Simulation Package Interoperability Reference Models, published in 2010. This standard introduces a set of templates or
patterns intended to classify specific interoperability problems encountered in the development of distributed simulations
consisting of commercial-off-the-shelf Simulation Packages and their models. To join (1) go to the CSPI PSG website and fill
out the affiliation forum; and (2) go to the SAC-PSG-CSPI discussion forum and subscribe.
CSPI PSG - Officers
Chair: Vacant
Vice Chair: Vacant
Secretary: Navonil Mustafee
TAD: Jean-Louis Igarza
Univ. of Exeter
Antycip Simulation
navonil.mustafee@gmail.com
igarzaj@voila.fr
DISTRIBUTED INTERACTIVE SIMULATION (DIS) PSG - The DIS PSG is a permanent support group chartered by the SISO SAC
to support DIS products such as the IEEE 1278 series of standards. It exists to provide support even when no DIS PDG is
currently active and working on a new version of a DIS standard.
The DIS PSG supports the distributed simulation community by acting as a forum and library for DIS-related information;
providing technical support to users and developers by answering questions; providing contact information for experts in
different areas; and maintaining a library of distributed simulation documentation. The DIS PSG is also the place where
Problem/Change Requests (PCRs) can be initially submitted or commented on for changing the 1278 series of IEEE DIS
Standards and where the individual PCRs and PCR Status Reports are maintained for download.
The DIS PSG publishes, maintains, and updates a series of reference documents related to DIS that are helpful to users and
developers. These documents consist of the following:
•
•
•
SISO-REF-010: Enumerations for Simulation Interoperability
SISO-REF-020: DIS Plain and Simple Guide
SISO-REF-030: DIS Extension (in work)
The DIS PSG closely coordinates with the DIS PDG (when the DIS PDG is active and producing a new version of a 1278
series standard), the DIS Enumeration discussions, and others to ensure that the entire distributed simulation community is
kept appraised of DIS developments. Not all DIS users are members of all three groups (DIS PDG, DIS ENUM and the DIS
PSG) so cross-coordination is essential.
Chair: Mark McCall
Vice Chair: Bob Murray
Secretary: Patrick Merlet
TAD: Marcy Stutzman
DIS PSG - Officers
Sawdey Solution Services, Inc.markmccall@sisostds.org
The Boeing Company
bob.murray@boeing.com
Parsons Corporation
patrick.merlet@parsons.com
Northrup Grumman
marcy.stutzman@ngc.com
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DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION ENGINEERING AND EXECUTION PROCESS/MULTI-ARCHITECTURE OVERLAY (DSEEP/DMAO) PSG
- The DSEEP is a generalized systems engineering process for building and executing distributed simulation applications. It
incorporates fundamental concepts from existing process models within the HLA, DIS, and TENA communities, and reflects
a broad consensus as to the key activities and tasks needed to build distributed simulation environments. The DSEEP is
designed as a high-level process framework into which the lower- level systems engineering practices native to any distributed
simulation user can be easily integrated. The DSEEP was approved as an IEEE Recommended Practice (IEEE 1730) in
January 2011.
This PSG was established to maintain the DSEEP standard. This includes providing a forum for users to share their practical
experiences with the DSEEP on their programs, and to provide feedback on the correctness and consistency of the process
description. This forum also provides a forum for users to identify potential changes to the DSEEP, which will be maintained
for consideration at future DSEEP revision cycles.
DSEEP PSG - Officers
Chair: Robert Lutz
Vice Chair: Katherine L. Morse
Secretary: TBD
TAD: Simone Youngblood
JHU/APL
JHU/APL
robert.lutz@jhuapl.edu
katherine.morse@jhuapl.edu
JHU/APL
simone.youngblood@jhuapl.edu
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA REPRESENTATION STANDARDS (EDRS) PSG - The EDRS PSG participates in activities that support the
development, extension, refinement, and maintenance of the standards for the environmental data community. This includes
the support for the ISO/IEC SEDRIS family of standards, including the Environmental Data Coding Specification (EDCS),
Data Representation Model (DRM), Spatial Reference Model (SRM), and the SEDRIS Transmittal Format (STF). Activities
of the EDRS PSG include maintaining liaison with the ISO/IEC SC24 organization, the SEDRIS Organization, and the
broader environmental data representation community; providing SISO post-standardization support and maintenance for
SISO environmental data products; providing support for the development and implementation of tools to support the use
of all SISO environmental representation products; and providing a forum for community education on the application and
use of standards for environmental data.
EDRS PSG - Officers
Chair: Paul Foley
Vice Chair: Dr. Louis Hembree
Secretary: Michele Worley
TAD: Peggy Gravitz
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Leidos
Independent Consultant
pjfoley2@verizon.net
hembree@razzolink.com
michele_l_worley@yahoo.com
pgravitz@gmail.com
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FEDERATION ENGINEERING AGREEMENTS TEMPLATE (FEAT) PSG - The Federation Engineering Agreements Template (FEAT)
benefits all developers, managers, and users of distributed simulations by providing an unambiguous format for recording
agreements about the design and use of the distributed simulation. The template also benefits this community by enabling the
development of federation engineering tools that can read the schema and perform federation engineering tasks automatically.
Although the DSEEP explicitly calls for federation agreements and gives some guidance about the contents of such agreements,
it provides no guidance on the format or structure of these agreements. Currently federation agreements are recorded in
multiple formats with ad hoc structures and content. As a result, federation agreements are often incomplete and ill-structured,
leading to errors and rework resulting from misunderstanding of the agreements. FEAT provides the community a detailed,
unambiguous template for recording federation agreements. Because it’s an XML schema, it can be used readily by automated
federation engineering tools as well as read by federation participants.
JHU/APL has also developed a FEAT Editor, a Java-based tool to simplify development of federation agreements
conformant with the XML schema.
http://sourceforge.net/p/feateditor/wiki/FEAT%20Editor%20Home/
Chair: Katherine L. Morse
JHU APL
Katherine.morse@jhuapl.edu
Vice Chair: David DrakeJHU APLdavid.drake@jhuapl.edu
Secretary: David DrakeJHU APLdavid.drake@jhuapl.edu
TAD: William OatesAFAMSwilliam.oates@us.af.mil
HIGH LEVEL ARCHITECTURE (HLA) - EVOLVED PSG - The IEEE 1516 series of HLA specifications was originally approved by
the IEEE Standards Activity (SA) Board in Fall 2000. Since that time, a DoD Interpretations Document for IEEE 1516 and
a Dynamic Link Compatible HLA API for IEEE 1516.1 have been in active development. In addition, many new potential
HLA requirements have been identified based on feedback from the various domains and application areas that comprise
the HLA user community. This PSG seeks to address these requirements via a formal open review of the IEEE 1516 series of
specifications. As part of this process, the PSG will incorporate those aspects of the Interpretations Document and Dynamic
Link Compatible HLA API that need to become part of the core standard.
HLA EVOLVED PSG - Officers
Chair (US): Randy Saunders
JHU/APL
Vice Chair: Björn MöllerPitch
Secretary: Katherine L. Morse
JHU/APL
TAD: Simone Youngblood
JHU/APL
R.Saunders@ieee.org
bjorn.moller@pitch.se
katherine.morse@jhuapl.edu
simone.youngblood@jhuapl.edu
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TACTICAL DIGITAL INFORMATION LINK–TECHNICAL ADVICE AND LEXICON FOR ENABLING SIMULATION (TADIL TALES) PSG
- The TADIL TALES PSG has been approved by the SISO Standards Activity Committee (SAC) and Executive Committee
(EXCOM). This group supersedes the Link 16 Product Development Group and will transition that group’s discussion board
and document library.
The TADIL TALES PSG will support the approved SISO-STD-002 Link 16 standard for IEEE 1278.1a (DIS) and IEEE 1516
(HLA) by providing a central point for interpretations of SISO-STD-002 product language, providing help desk support to the
SISO community, and accepting, developing, and maintaining problem/change reports to support future product revisions.
This PSG will also support other developing tactical data link standards using DIS and HLA, specifically Link 11/11B, SADL,
IBS-I and IBS-S, Link 22, and VMF, and any future SISO standards developed and approved for tactical data link simulation.
TADIL TALES PSG - Officers
Chair: Joe Sorroche
Vice Chair: John Saicawalo
Secretary: TBD
TAD: Angus (Thom) McLean
Sandia National Laboratories
LMC
jjsorro@sandia.gov
john.saicawalo@kirtland.af.mil
Rockwell Collins
almclean@rockwellcollins.com
VERIFICATION, VALIDATION & ACCREDITATION/ACCEPTANCE PRODUCTS (VV&A PRODUCTS) PSG - The Terms of Reference
(SISO-TOR-016-2014) for the Verification, Validation and Accreditation/Acceptance (VV&A) Products Product Support
Group (PSG) was approved on 8 December 2014. The PSG operates as a focused task-organized group concentrating on the
support of all approved VV&A products and potential future products. Existing approved products include:
• IEEE Std 1516.4TM-2007 IEEE Recommended Practice for Verification, Validation, and Accreditation of a
Federation - an Overlay to the High Level Architecture Federation Development and Execution Process
• SISO-GUIDE-001.1-2012: Guide for Generic Methodology for Verification and Validation (GM-VV) to Support
Acceptance of Models, Simulations, and Data, GM-VV Volume 1: Introduction and Overview
• SISO-GUIDE-001.2-2013: Guide for Generic Methodology for Verification and Validation (GM-VV) to Support
Acceptance of Models, Simulations, and Data, GM-VV Volume 2: Implementation Guide • SISO-REF-2013: Reference for Generic Methodology for Verification and Validation (GM-VV) to Support
Acceptance of Models, Simulations, and Data, GM-VV Vol. 3: Reference Manual
VV&A Products PSG - Officers
Co-Chair: Axel Lehmann
Co-Chair: Simone Youngblood
Vice Chair: Scott Roach
Secretary: Jean-Louis Igarza
TAD: Lana McGlynn
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Univ. of Bundeswehr
JHUAPL
Canadian Forces Warfare Ctr.
Antycip Simulation
McGlynn Consulting Group
axel.lehmann@unibw.de
simone.youngblood@jhuapl.edu
scott.roach1@forces.gc.ca
igarzaj@voila.fr
lana.mcglynn@gmail.com
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The Department of Defense (DoD) Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office
(M&SCO) is the focal point for coordinating all matters regarding modeling and simulation
across the DoD for the Undersecretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)
(USD(AT&L)). Modeling and simulation (M&S) is an enabler of warfighting capabilities. It
helps to save lives, to save taxpayer dollars, and to improve operational readiness. M&SCO
assists the DoD to use M&S in a cost-effective manner through tools, policies, standards, guidance, and collaborative forums.
The use of simulations and simulators to provide training procedures improves individual and collective capabilities. Military forces
train with a wide range of simulated weapons, ships, aircraft, and other vehicles in conjunction with live training on actual equipment.
Within the military--and in other professions--, M&S helps provide a safer and lower resource-intensive rehearsal capability for a wide
variety of training.
Training is one of the most employed of the M&S applications, but there are many other ways that M&S enables Department’s
functions. In particular, M&S is used to analyze and inform the Department decisions in acquiring new capabilities, adopting new
tactics, processing intelligence, and testing systems before they are put into the hands of our fighting forces.
Established in 2006, with a heritage back to 1991, M&SCO fosters M&S interoperability and reuse to improve value and mission
effectiveness for the Department’s M&S Enterprise. The Department’s M&S Enterprise consists of the military services (the Army,
Marines, Navy, and Air Force); the Joint Staff; and seven communities (Acquisition, Analysis, Intelligence, Experimentation, Planning,
Test/Evaluation, and Training). All parts of the whole help ensure DoD’s readiness to provide for national security. The M&S Enterprise
also includes other US Government agencies and international military partners. As a pivotal organization, M&SCO recommends
policies, plans, and programs to the USD(AT&L) that supports the M&S Strategic Vision and DoD priorities. M&SCO can be viewed
as having three distinct arenas: Operations, Governance and Technology.
Operations: M&SCO manages the sustainment and operation of enterprise level M&S capabilities - tools, data, and services - in
support of USD(AT&L). M&SCO also serves as the Department’s lead for M&S standards and is the point of contact for International
M&S activities.
Governance: M&SCO develops strategic policy, guidance, standards, and practices, with the advice and assistance of the M&S Steering
Committee (M&S SC). M&SCO also provides the Secretariat (administrative) functions for the M&S SC. As a result, the policies and
standards help educate the Department’s workforce, promote interoperability and reuse, and enable the DoD M&S Enterprise.
Technology: M&SCO provides technical expertise to the USD(AT&L) and provides technical coordination to M&S Enterprise and
the M&S SC on DoD M&S architectures, software, computing, data, and other related enabling technologies.
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a research and development organization dedicated to solving critical problems of national security. APL’s 4,500+ employees work on over 400 programs serving the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S.
Army, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
and numerous other government agencies. As a University Affiliated Research Center, APL often
serves as a liaison between government and industry. Key areas of research for scientists and engineers
at APL include sensors, information processing, command and control systems, navigation, guidance, propulsion, aerodynamics,
oceanography, space physics, sonar, software development, signal processing, materials, biomedicine, and modeling and simulation
(M&S). In M&S, APL is a leader in simulation interoperability standards and techniques, and in verification, validation, and
accreditation (VV&A). For more information on APL, see the APL web site at http://www.jhuapl.edu.
Aptima’s mission is to engineer tools and systems that increase human capabilities. Our scientists
study how humans think and learn in today’s technology-rich networked environments, and we use
that knowledge to solve problems and provide solutions in defense, homeland security, healthcare,
aviation and cyber security. Aptima’s solutions span the human continuum from the micro to the
macro – from the neural and individual level, to teams and large groups, and even to complete
societies. To learn more, visit http://www.aptima.com.
Supporting Organizational Member
CAE is a global leader in the provision of simulation and control technologies and training solutions
for aerospace, defense and marine markets. CAE employs more than 6,000 people around the world
and generates revenues in excess of C$1 billion. CAE offers HLA compliant simulation development,
control, and visualization tools under the STRIVE(tm) product line; a simulation-based eLearning/
ADL (seLearning) development and deployment environment under the Simfinity(tm) product line;
plus modeling & simulation training, support and professional services. Visit their web site at
http://www.cae.com.
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A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!
NATO Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG) is part of the NATO Science and Technology
Organization (STO). The mission of the NMSG is to promote co-operation among Alliance bodies,
NATO member nations and partner nations to maximise the effective utilisation of M&S.
The NMSG has been designated by the North Atlantic Council (NAC) to supervise the
implementation of the NATO Modelling and Simulation Master Plan (NMSMP) and also
to propose regular updates to the NMSMP. The NMSG is the delegated tasking authority on
M&S interoperability standards within NATO. The NMSG M&S Standards Subgroup (MS3),
consisting of NATO and national M&S experts, created and maintains the M&S Standards Profile
document (published under the NATO reference AMSP-01). The second release, AMSP-01(B),
was promulgated in Jan 2012 and includes more than 40 M&S related standards. The identified standards/products were included
in AMSP-01 following a formal selection and classification process by the MS3 experts and is therefore considered as relevant for
the NATO M&S domain. The standards and products included in AMSP-01 are formally mandated by NATO when supported
by a specific STANAG. The NMSG and SISO have signed a formal technical cooperation agreement in 2007 which underpins the
importance of M&S standards to the NMSG. For more information visit us at www.sto.nato.int
Pitch Technologies is a leading provider of innovative state-of-the-art interoperability products, services and
solutions for development of distributed systems. Our products and solutions are being used by some of the
largest and most complex simulation programs in government and industry around the world.
Our experts provide the management, guidance and technical support you need to successfully integrate distributed simulation systems
into an interoperable solution that meets your needs and reduces cost, risk and time-to-market.
Pitch Technologies expanding product family consists of infrastructure products, development tools and runtime tools allowing the
design, integration and execution of the most complex LVC environments and supports the latest IEEE 1516 HLA Evolved standard.
Pitch products have been designed to meet our customer’s highest demands in terms of performance, robustness and ease-of-use.
Pitch Technologies also offers a complete range of HLA training courses targeted at general management, technical executives, project
managers, developers and system integrators.
Visit www.pitch.se for more information.
Supporting Organizational Member
Presagis is a global leader providing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) modeling, simulation and
embedded graphics solutions to the aerospace and defense markets and is the only developer to
deliver a unified COTS software portfolio based on open-standards. Presagis combines cutting-edge
technology with innovative services to help customers streamline workflow, reduce project risks,
create
detailed models and complex simulations, in addition to developing DO-178B certifiable applications. The company services more
than 1,000 active customers worldwide, including many of the world’s most
respected organizations such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, BAE Systems and CAE. For more information, visit www.presagis.
com.
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A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!
Supporting Organizational Member
SimPhonics is a leader in high fidelity simulation audio and networked radio systems. Well ahead of
it’s time, V+, a fifth generation visual programming system, forms the heart of SimPhonics software
products providing extensible standards based solutions. From FAA Level D audio simulation to
realistic radio modeling for DIS/HLA, SimPhonics is committed to evolving technology in order to
bring unmatched quality to our customers around the world. For nearly two decades, SimPhonics has fielded thousands of systems and
has made significant contributions to establishing standards to improve interoperability. Visit http://www.simphonics.com for COTS
pricing and technical data.
SimVentions is a privately held business, incorporated in the state of Virginia in 2000. Our corporate
headquarters is located in Fredericksburg, Virginia with an additional office in Orlando, Florida.
At SimVentions, expressing what we do is quite simple: We Create Component Solutions. This is
true whether it be for modeling and simulations, software engineering, or systems engineering. A
few of our key solutions include Base Object Models (BOMs) within the modeling and simulation (M&S) arena, tactical software
components consistent with the DoD Open Architecture Computing Environment (OACE) efforts, object-oriented components
for software applications, interactive courseware modules for training, and program management and process tools in support of
the rapid insertion of technology and components to warfighters. Specific to M&S, SimVentions’ expertise lies in the development
and use of DIS, HLA and other distributed technologies such as web services, service oriented architectures (SOA), and, within
the tactical community, Object Management Group’s (OMG) Data Distribution Service (DDS). SimVentions has been an integral
part in the research, standardization and development of various processes and concepts including Base Object Models (BOMs),
Simulation Reference Markup Language (SRML), HLA Evolved, Federation Development and Execution Process (FEDEP),Coalition
Battle Management Language (C-BML), Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL), use and application of Metadata within
the M&S community, and all with an eye for supporting composability and reuse within the greater SISO and M&S community.
Additional experience includes the development of a suite of tools to facilitate the development of HLA federations and analysis of
DIS simulations. SimVentions also has significant experience and background supporting various DoD related activities including the
surface Navy in Dahlgren, VA and Washington D.C., and the u.s. Marine Corps in Quantico, Va.
Supporting Organizational Member
Thales is a global technology leader for the Defence & Security and the Aerospace & Transport
markets. In 2010, the company generated revenues of €13.1 billion with 68,000 employees in 50
countries. With its 22,500 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design, develop and deploy equipment, systems
and services that meet the most complex security requirements. Thales has an exceptional international footprint, with operations
around the world working with customers as local partners.
Thales recognises the importance of modelling and simulation in support of the systems engineering lifecycle, from concept
development and experimentation through to testing and evaluation. Thales is also a world-leader in providing simulation-based
training systems. SISO is considered an important forum within which to share advanced methods and technologies and to draw upon
complementary capabilities to meet the specific requirements of our customers.
MÄK Technologies develops software to link, simulate and visualize the virtual world. We create tools
and toolkits for distributed simulations, develop PC-based military tactical trainers, craft custom
solutions, and research and develop the latest simulation technologies. We build commercial off the
shelf simulation tools that are flexible, portable and supported. Whether you choose our best-selling
networking toolkit VR-Link or the high performance MÄK RTI, you have purchased a product backed by the industry’s leading
distributed simulation experts. Please visit http://www.mak.com for more information.
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GENERAL SESSIONS (ALL IN SALON 2)
MONDAY
PLENARY SESSION
1330-1500
Call to Order
Paul Gustavson, SISO Conference Committee Chair
State of SISO
Michael O’Connor, SISO Executive Committee Chair
Sponsor Speaker
Mr. Jesse Citizen, Director, Defense Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office (DM&SCO)
Featured Speaker
Dr. Richard Fujimoto, Chair, School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), Georgia Institute of Technology
Mr. Mark McCall, SISO Executive Director
Admin Announcements
TUESDAY
INDUSTRY VIEW – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE
1015-1200
Call to Order
Paul Gustavson, SISO Conference Committee Chair
Introduction
Award Presentations
Mr. Mark McCall, SISO Executive Director
Keynote Speaker
Mr. Pete Morrison, CEO, Bohemia Interactive Simulations, Inc
Visionary Panel Industry, academia and government experts will discuss the future world
of Modeling and Simulation. Discussions will focus on the significance of emerging technologies and trends including next generation on demand simulation, possible impacts, and opportunities for enabling, supporting and leading the future.
WEDNESDAY
INTERNATIONAL VIEW – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE
1015-1200
Call to Order
Paul Gustavson, SISO Conference Committee Chair
Special Presentation
NASA SEE Sneak Peek
Featured Speaker
Mr. Wim Huiskamp, Chief Scientist, Modelling, Simulation and Gaming TNO Defence, Security, and Safety
M&S Catalog
Special Presentation:
THURSDAY
COMMUNITY VIEW – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE
1015-1200
Call to Order Keynote Speaker
Paul Gustavson, SISO Conference Committee Chair
Community and Services Panel
John Moore, Director, U.S. Navy Modeling and Simulation Office
A dialog with community and service representatives focused on the ongoing and strategic needs of each of the communities and services involved with SISO. Discussion will focus on DoD, government, industry and academia needs as they relate to M&S.
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MONDAY MORNING TUTORIALS
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SISO STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (SISO STANDARDS 101)
Note: The is no fee for this tutorial session
FORUM WEST 1
TIME: 0800-1000
INSTRUCTOR: Jeff Abbott
PREREQUISITE: Interest in learning more about SISO and how to become involved in SISO activities.
This tutorial session is hosted by leaders of the SISO Standards Activity Committee who explain how to become involved in the
SISO standards development and support process.
DISTRIBUTED INTERACTIVE SIMULATION (DIS 101)
Note: A one-time fee of $75.00 allows you to attend any/all tutorials that are offered at this Workshop.
FORUM WEST 2
TIME: 0800-1000
INSTRUCTOR: Mark McCall
PREREQUISITE: A general understanding of modeling and simulation. Minimum technical background needed. Familiarity with
distributed real-time simulation of vehicles and weapon system platforms is helpful.
This tutorial provides an overview of:
• IEEE Std 1278.1 TM - 2012, IEEE Standard for Distributed Interactive Simulation - Application Protocols.
The tutorial includes introductory background material describing what Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) is; explains why DIS
is a viable standard for distributed simulation; and provides information for joining an active developers group. New features added in
the 2012 version, including Directed Energy Weapons, Information Operations, and the general extensibility of Protocol Data Units
(PDUs) will be discussed.
INTRODUCTION TO HIGH LEVEL ARCHITECTURE (HLA 101)
Note: A one-time fee of $75.00 allows you to attend any/all tutorials that are offered at this Workshop.
FORUM WEST 3
TIME: 0800-1000
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Katherine L. Morse
PREREQUISITE: A general understanding of modeling and simulation.
The High-Level Architecture (HLA) is an international standard for simulation interoperability. It originated in the defense
community, but is increasingly used in other domains. This tutorial provides an introduction to HLA and these IEEE Standards that
specify HLA:
• IEEE Std 1516TM - 2010, IEEE Standard for Modeling and Simulation (M&S) High Level Architecture (HLA) – Framework
and Rules
• IEEE Std 1516.1TM - 2010, IEEE Standard for Modeling and Simulation (M&S) High Level Architecture (HLA) – Federate
Interface Specification
• IEEE Std 1516.3TM - 2010, IEEE Standard for Modeling and Simulation (M&S) High Level Architecture (HLA) –Object
Model Template (OMT) Specification
This tutorial describes the requirements for interoperability, flexibility, composability and reuse, and how HLA meets those
requirements. The principles and terminology of an HLA federation is given including some real world examples.
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MONDAY MORNING TUTORIALS
The tutorial will cover:
• The HLA Rules that federates and federations follow.
• The HLA Interface Specification that describes the services a simulation can use for data exchange, synchronization, and
overall management.
• The HLA Object Model Template that is used for describing the data exchange between simulations.
Some practical information is given about current implementations, including commercial-off-the-shelf, government-off-the-shelf, and
open source implementations. The continuous development of performance, robustness of the implementations as well as available
tools is also described. Finally, some advice is given on how to get started with HLA, including the use of the related process
standard:
• IEEE Std 1730TM - 2010, IEEE Recommended Practice for Distributed Simulation Engineering and Execution Process
(DSEEP)
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION ENGINEERING AND EXECUTION PROCESS (DSEEP 101)
Note: A one-time fee of $75.00 allows you to attend any/all tutorials that are offered at this Workshop.
FORUM WEST 1
TIME: 1030-1200
INSTRUCTOR(S): Dr. Katherine L. Morse, Robert Lutz
PREREQUISITE: A general understanding of modeling and simulation.
This tutorial provides an overview of:
• IEEE Std 1730TM - 2010, IEEE Recommended Practice for Distributed Simulation Engineering and Execution Process
(DSEEP)
DSEEP defines the processes and procedures that should be followed by users of distributed simulations to develop and execute their
simulations.
The DSEEP generalizes the Federation Development and Execution Process (FEDEP, IEEE 1516.3) to all distributed simulation
environments and architectures, no longer focusing solely on the High Level Architecture (HLA).
This tutorial provides the top level steps and supporting activities for the entire process. It also introduces and illustrates the inputs,
recommended tasks, and outcomes of the activities.
There will be a brief overview of the architecture-specific annexes for HLA, Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS), and the Test and
Training Enabling Architecture (TENA).
Attendees also will be introduced to:
• IEEE Std 1730.1TM - 2013, IEEE Recommended Practice for Distributed Simulation Engineering and Execution Process
Multi-Architecture Overlay (DMAO)
• SISO-STD-012-2013, Standard for Federation Engineering Agreements Template
DMAO is the IEEE standard that extends the DSEEP to multi-architecture environments.
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MONDAY MORNING TUTORIALS
ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS FOR M&S ASSET DISCOVERY AND REUSE
Note: A one-time fee of $75.00 allows you to attend any/all tutorials that are offered at this Workshop.
FORUM WEST 2
TIME: 1030-1200
INSTRUCTORS: Roy Scrudder, Frank Mullen
PREREQUISITE: A general understanding of modeling and simulation.
Reuse of M&S assets including models, simulations, data, architectures, designs, and requirements (collectively referred to as M&S
assets hereafter) is critical to providing cost-effective M&S solutions to meet our mission needs. The first step in reuse is gain visibility
into what assets exist, and then to have mechanisms to access them. However, most M&S practitioners and managers are largely
unaware of the wealth of M&S assets that exist, and they don’t know where to go to find them.
Significant advances have been made recently to more effectively support discovery and reuse of assets across the M&S enterprise.
This includes both the US DoD and our international partners. Following sound industry practices and DoD guidance, we have
migrated to a set of federated discovery and access mechanisms. Those attending this tutorial will learn what types of M&S assets can
be discovered, how and where to search for them, and how to obtain access to what they find. Attendees will also learn how they can
make their own assets available to others for reuse. The tutorial will begin with the motivation and business case for M&S asset reuse,
and then through descriptions and demonstrations, show how M&S assets can be discovered and accessed.
HIGH LEVEL ARCHITECTURE EVOLVED FOM MODULES (HLA 202)
FORUM WEST 3
Note: A one-time payment fee of $75.00 allows you to attend any/all tutorials that are offered at this Workshop.
TIME: 1030-1200
INSTRUCTOR: Björn Möller
PREREQUISITES: General knowledge about the purpose and principles of HLA corresponding to HLA 101. Some experience with
HLA object model development is useful, but not required.
The High Level Architecture (HLA) is specified in these IEEE Standards:
• IEEE Std 1516TM - 2010, IEEE Standard for Modeling and Simulation (M&S) High Level Architecture (HLA) – Framework
and Rules
• IEEE Std 1516.1TM - 2010, IEEE Standard for Modeling and Simulation (M&S) High Level Architecture (HLA) – Federate
Interface Specification
• IEEE Std 1516.3TM - 2010, IEEE Standard for Modeling and Simulation (M&S) High Level Architecture (HLA) –Object
Model Template (OMT) Specification
Also referred to as “HLA Evolved” by developers and users of HLA, the 2010 version introduces a new features that has attracted a lot
of interest — Federation Object Model (FOM) modules. FOM modules facilitate modular specification and reuse of particular aspects
of an HLA federation. One example is to put vehicles, weather, sensor, and federation management aspects in different modules.
FOM modules can then be maintained and reused independently within and between federations and organizations.
This tutorial first provides a recap of FOMs and some best practices. It then describes the principles of FOM modules, how they
are used in a federation, and how they are combined. Best practices of designing FOM modules are given. Special attention is given
to the modular version of Real-time Platform Reference Federation Object Model (RPR FOM) 2.0, which is currently in the SISO
ballot process. Other FOMs covered are the NATO Education and Training Network FOM and the Space FOM modules used in
the Simulation Exploration Experience (previously known as SISO Smackdown). Finally, some practical advice on developing FOM
modules is given and some tools are described and demonstrated.
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MONDAY PLENARY SESSION SALON 2
1330-1500
Call to Order
Mr. Paul Gustavson, SISO Conference Committee Chair
State of SISO
Mr. Michael O’Connor, SISO Executive Committee Chair
Sponsor Speaker
Mr. Jesse Citizen, Director, Defense Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office (DM&SCO)
Featured Speaker
Dr. Richard Fujimoto, Chair, School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), Georgia Institute of Technology
Admin Announcements Mr. Mark McCall, SISO Executive Director
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MONDAY PAPER PRESENTATIONS
JOINT SESSION
SALON 2
In cooperation with the Simulation Australasia organization, SISO is pleased to present the 2014 Body
Of Knowledge Award paper from SimTecT 2014.
1530-1600
Digital Literacy In The Australian And New Zealand Defence Forces: Current Levels And Implications
Susannah Whitney, Ph.D.
ACQUISITION LIFECYCLE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (ACQ) TRACK
SALON 2
The Acquisition Lifecycle and Technology Transfer (ACQ) Track focuses on the promotion and use of M&S standards and
practices that support the acquisition lifecycle. We solicit papers that address the identification, application, and valueadded benefits of M&S for analysis, research and development, test and evaluation, training, asset management, and system
lifecycle strategies. Papers that demonstrate specific applications to specific systems and the benefits of M&S to those
systems are preferred. 1600-1630
15F-SIW-006 - Human Entities’ Effect on Server Performance in
Distributed Virtual World Training
Jonathan Stevens
1630-1700
Joint Session with SVCS Track in Salon 2
15F-SIW-010 - Simulations of the Web -- not on the Web
Robert Chadwick
1700
Wrap-up & Adjourn
Scott Johnston
M&S SPECIALTY TOPICS (SPEC) TRACK
NORTH 1
The M&S Specialty Topics Track is concerned with using simulation technologies for a specific purpose such as: system,
vehicle, or weapon product development; space travel; understanding and prediction of human behavior; and design of
interoperable command and control systems. Present thrust areas center on the application of M&S for Cyber Warfare,
Space, and Future Training, but the forum is not limited to these topics. We solicit papers that address the use of Modeling
and Simulation to these or other specific applications. 1600-1630
15F-SIW-047 - Insights from Exploration into Cloud-based
Simulation
Charles Sanders, Ph.D.
1630-1700
15F-SIW-024 - Innovation and Rapid Evolutionary Design by
Virtual Doing: Understanding Early Synthetic Prototyping
Todd Richmond, Ph.D.
1700
Wrap-up & Adjourn
Gary Waag
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MONDAY PAPER PRESENTATIONS
SERVICES, PROCESSES, TOOLS AND DATA (SVCS) TRACK
SALON 3
The Services, Processes, Tools, and Data (SVCS) Track encompasses technologies, frameworks, and methodologies to
provide services that support models, simulations, and associated data. The track is interested in both processes and their
implementations/tools in areas of: distributed simulation process; verification, validation, and accreditation; communication
infrastructure; and simulation and environment reuse. The SVCS track focuses on evolving a systems engineering solution to
simulation problems across the spectrum from design, through implementation and deployment, to validation, use, and reuse. 1600-1630
15F-SIW-041 - Agile and M&S - Maximizing the Efficiency of
Your M&S Projects
Paul Gustavson
1630-1700
Joint Session with SVCS Track in Salon 2
15F-SIW-010 - Simulations of the Web -- not on the Web
Robert Chadwick
1700
Wrap-up & Adjourn
Randy Saunders
SISO SOCIAL MONDAY EVENING
1700-1900
Salon 1
Please join us for this informal gathering! Food and drink will be available. Renew acquaintances, plan your week, and meet
members of the Executive Committee, Standards Activity Committee, Conference Committee, and Planning & Review Panels along
with our authors/presenters at the conference. Also, take a look around at the products and technology on display in the exhibitor
booths.
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MONDAY EVENING TUTORIAL
NEW EXTENSIBILITY AND DEAD RECKONING FEATURES IN DIS VERSION 7 (DIS 201)
Note: A one-time fee of $75.00 allows you to attend any/all tutorials that are offered at this Workshop.
FORUM WEST 2
TIME: 1900-2100
INSTRUCTOR: Bob Murray
PREREQUISITE: Familiarity with basic DIS PDU usage. Knowledge of dead reckoning is helpful, but the tutorial will include
an introduction to the concepts.
This tutorial provides an in-depth review of two Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) features:
• Protocol Data Unit (PDU) extensibility; and
• Dead reckoning
As Specified In:
• IEEE Std 1278.1TM - 2012, IEEE Standard for Distributed Interactive Simulation - Application Protocols
Otherwise known as “DIS Version 7” by developers and users, IEEE Std 1278.1-TM-2012 contains many new features and
improvements over the 1995 and 1998 versions.
PDU extensibility expands the ability of DIS users to add custom data to PDUs. Some PDUs allow user-defined records to be directly
added. Other PDUs can be extended using the new Attribute PDU. Both methods retain compatibility with older versions of DIS.
This allows customized PDUs to be added in new or upgraded simulations while maintaining interoperability to older simulations that
cannot be modified.
Dead reckoning was enhanced in DIS Version 7 mainly in the extrapolation of entity orientation. A new geometric method of
determining the orientation threshold is described using either quaternions or rotation matrices. This method avoids the problems of
Euler angle singularities than can cause excessively high PDU transmit rates. Other new features speed up dead reckoning calculations
in receiving simulations by adding extra information in the Entity State PDU. These new features maintain full backward and forward
compatibility with DIS Versions 5 and 6.
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MONDAY EVENING WORKING SESSION
DISTRIBUTED DEBRIEF CONTROL ARCHITECTURE (DDCA) PDG
BOARDROOM 4
1900-2100
Mike France
Distributed Debrief Control Architecture (DDCA) PDG - The DDCA PDG is building on the Distributed Debrief Control
Protocol Study Group that evaluated the potential for a standard product addressing interoperability between distributed debrief (AAR)
systems from multiple sources.
The draft standard is approved to go to ballot. The Ballot Group is being formed. The PDG will plan for Comment Resolution.
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TUESDAY
NEWCOMERS’ ORIENTATION BREAKFAST
FORUM EAST 4
0715-0800
The Newcomers’ Orientation is designed for those who have not previously participated in a Simulation Interoperability Workshop
(SIW). The session’s goal is to help new participants gain maximum benefit from SIW and from their participation in the Simulation
Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO). In this session, we describe the structure of the workshop, the overall organization of
SISO, how SISO works, and how to participate in SISO.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
SIWzie PAPER FORUM 0800-0830
SALON 2
15F-SIW-022 - A Framework for Large-Scale Mixed-Reality Simulation for USAF Battlefield Airmen
Involved in Personnel Recovery
Phillip Curtiss, Ph.D., Wye Oak Holdings, Inc
Raymond Rogers, National Center for Health Care Informatics
Sharon Conwell, Ed.D., U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
0830-0900
15F-SIW-015 - Cyber Operations Battlefield Web Services (COBWebS); Concept for a Tactical Cyber Warfare Effect Training Prototype
Henry Marshall, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Jeff Truong, Effective Applications, Inc.
CPT Mike Hooper, U.S. Army
Robert Wells, Dynamic Animation Systems, Inc.
MAJ Jerry Mize, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
0930-1000
15F-SIW-019 - Simulation Environment Architecture Development Using the DoDAF
T. W. van Den Berg, TNO – Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research
Robert Lutz, Johns Hopkins University Applied Research Laboratory
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TUESDAY PAPER PRESENTATIONS
ACQUISITION LIFECYCLE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (ACQ) TRACK
SALON 2
The Acquisition Lifecycle and Technology Transfer (ACQ) Track focuses on the promotion and use of M&S standards and
practices that support the acquisition lifecycle. We solicit papers that address the identification, application, and value-added
benefits of M&S for analysis, research and development, test and evaluation, training, asset management, and system lifecycle
strategies. Papers that demonstrate specific applications to specific systems and the benefits of M&S to those systems are
preferred. 1330-1400
15F-SIW-008 - The Selection of a Common Scenario Generation
Language for UK Royal Navy Combat Systems Integration
Assurance
Chris Brown
1400-1430
15F-SIW-014 - Practical Use of BML and MSDL Standards for
Supporting French German Training
Rachid El Abdouni Khayari, Ph.D.
1430-1500
Joint Session in Salon 2
Invited Presentation – Modeling and Simulation as a Service
(MSaaS)
Robert Siegfried, Ph.D.
1500-1530
Break
1530-1600
15F-SIW-031 - Using a Human Performance Markup Language
for Simulator-Based Training
Michael Tolland
1600-1630
15F-SIW-045 - A Review of the Potential Return on Investment
Benefits of a Human Performance Measurement Standard: Lessons
Learned in the Navy Aviation Community
Beth Wheeler Atkinson
1630-1700
15F-SIW-005 - Simulation Technologies for a Globally Accessible
Personalized Training Meta-Academy
Dan Davis
1700
Wrap-up & Adjourn
Scott Johnston
M&S SPECIALTY TOPICS (SPEC) TRACK
NORTH 1
The M&S Specialty Topics Track is concerned with using simulation technologies for a specific purpose such as: system, vehicle,
or weapon product development; space travel; understanding and prediction of human behavior; and design of interoperable
command and control systems. Present thrust areas center on the application of M&S for Cyber Warfare, Space, and Future
Training, but the forum is not limited to these topics. We solicit papers that address the use of Modeling and Simulation to these
or other specific applications. 1330-1400
Joint Session with SVCS Track in North 1
Steffen Strassburger, Ph.D.
15F-SIW-003 - On the Use of the Core Manufacturing Simulation
Data (CMSD) Standard: Experiences and Recommendations
1400-1430
Joint Session with SVCS Track in North 1
15F-SIW-001 - BML for Communicating with Multi-Robot
Systems
Thomas Remmersmann
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TUESDAY PAPER PRESENTATIONS
1430-1500
Joint Session in Salon 2
Invited Presentation – Modeling and Simulation as a Service
(MSaaS)
Robert Siegfried, Ph.D.
1500-1530
Break
1530-1600
15F-SIW-014 - Practical Use of BML and MSDL Standards for
Supporting French German Training
Rachid El Abdouni
Khayari, Ph.D.
1600-1630
15F-SIW-013 - Distributed Server Systems for C2-Simulation
Interoperation
J. Mark Pullen, Ph.D.
1630-1700
15F-SIW-021 - Framework for Simulation and Multi-Genre
Network Experimentation
William Dron
1700
Wrap-up & Adjourn
Gary Waag
SERVICES, PROCESSES, TOOLS AND DATA (SVCS) TRACK
SALON 3
The Services, Processes, Tools, and Data (SVCS) Track encompasses technologies, frameworks, and methodologies to
provide services that support models, simulations, and associated data. The track is interested in both processes and their
implementations/tools in areas of: distributed simulation process; verification, validation, and accreditation; communication
infrastructure; and simulation and environment reuse. The SVCS track focuses on evolving a systems engineering solution to
simulation problems across the spectrum from design, through implementation and deployment, to validation, use, and reuse. 1330-1400
Joint Session with SPEC Track in North 1
Steffen Strassburger, Ph.D.
15F-SIW-003 - On the Use of the Core Manufacturing Simulation
Data (CMSD) Standard: Experiences and Recommendations
1400-1430
Joint Session with SPEC Track in North 1
15F-SIW-001 - BML for Communicating with Multi-Robot
Systems
Thomas Remmersmann
1430-1500
Joint Session in Salon 2
Invited Presentation – Modeling and Simulation as a Service
(MSaaS)
Robert Siegfried, Ph.D.
1500-1530
Break
1530-1600
15F-SIW-039 - Towards RPR FOM 3: Revisiting the Data Types
Björn Möller
1600-1630
15F-SIW-002 - Optimistic Synchronization in the HLA 1516.12010: Interoperability Challenged
Steffen Strassburger, Ph.D.
1630-1700
15F-SIW-032 - A TLA+ Specification of the HLA Time
Management Algorithm
Anthony Cramp, Ph.D.
1700
Wrap-up & Adjourn
Randy Saunders
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HIGH LEVEL ARCHITECTURE EVOLVED (HLA-EVOLVED) PSG FORUM WEST 1
1900-2100 Chair – Randy Saunders
The IEEE 1516 series of HLA specifications was originally approved by the IEEE Standards Activity (SA) Board in Fall 2000. Since
that time, a DoD Interpretations Document for IEEE 1516 and a Dynamic Link Compatible HLA API for IEEE 1516.1 have been
in active development. In addition, many new potential HLA requirements have been identified based on feedback from the various
domains and application areas that comprise the HLA user community. This PSG seeks to address these requirements via a formal open
review of the IEEE 1516 series of specifications. As part of this process, the PSG will incorporate those aspects of the Interpretations
Document and Dynamic Link Compatible HLA API that need to become part of the core standard.
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Intro & Administration
o Approval of minutes of last meeting
o Review of action items from previous meeting
Outstanding comments
o COM_23 [Möller] - Simplified Switches o COM_24 [Möller] - Remove Services Usage table from OMT Pending actions
o Annual report
Schedule for next revision
New business?
Adjourn
PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION (PDMS) SSG
BOARDROOM 4
1900-2100 Chair – Jeffery Steinman
The PDMS-SSG will conduct a continuous long-term study of vital and high-impact issues relating to parallel and distributed
modeling and simulation. A draft PDMS report will be co-developed and regularly updated by participants of the PDMS-SSG. It is
anticipated that this report will impact M&S acquisition decision makers for future development.
The Tuesday meeting is our traditional “tutorial” night, where we focus on demonstrating and discussing key parallel and distributed
computing technologies related to the Open Unified Technical Framework (OpenUTF). This SIW plans to highlight and demonstrate
recent developments of: (1) the High Performance Computing Run Time Infrastructure (HPC-RTI), (2) Model composability tools
and methodologies for execution in cloud environments, and (3) the new scalable Course Of Action (COA) planning framework. These
topics will be discussed at a level of detail that will be appropriate for all SIW participants.
ENUMERATIONS WORKING GROUP
FORUM WEST 2
1900-2100 Chair – Lance Marrou
The Enumerations Working Group (EWG) publishes, maintains, and updates
SISO-REF-010: Enumerations for Simulation Interoperability. SISO-REF-010 is an important resource for the entire simulation
community, and we welcome all SISO members interested in enumerations usage for any standard or guidance products. • Introduction – drinks and snacks!
• Action items
• Special Topics
o Discussion of group status
o Datum IDs
o Non-human lifeforms
• V22 status and issues
• V23 change block
• CR review
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ACQUISITION LIFECYCLE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (ACQ) TRACK
SALON 2
The Acquisition Lifecycle and Technology Transfer (ACQ) Track focuses on the promotion and use of M&S standards and practices
that support the acquisition lifecycle. We solicit papers that address the identification, application, and value-added benefits of M&S
for analysis, research and development, test and evaluation, training, asset management, and system lifecycle strategies. Papers that
demonstrate specific applications to specific systems and the benefits of M&S to those systems are preferred. 0800-0830
Joint Session with SVCS Track in Salon 2
15F-SIW-035 - A Soldier System Engineering Architecture (SSEA)
Modeling and Simulation Application
Scott Gallant
0830-0900
Joint Session with SVCS Track in Salon 2
15F-SIW-038 - Using HLA Object Models for the Analysis of
Cross Domain Security Policies
Björn Möller
0900-0930
Joint Session with SPEC Track in Salon 2
15F-SIW-036 – Cyber Modeling & Simulation for Cyber-Range
Events
Suresh K. Damodaran, Ph.D.
0945-1015
Break
M&S SPECIALTY TOPICS (SPEC) TRACK
NORTH 1
The M&S Specialty Topics Track is concerned with using simulation technologies for a specific purpose such as: system, vehicle, or
weapon product development; space travel; understanding and prediction of human behavior; and design of interoperable command
and control systems. Present thrust areas center on the application of M&S for Cyber Warfare, Space, and Future Training, but the
forum is not limited to these topics. We solicit papers that address the use of Modeling and Simulation to these or other specific
applications. 0800-0830
15F-SIW-018 - Using Cyber Warfare Simulation To Prepare For
Cyber Space Control
Martin R. Stytz, Ph.D.
0830-0900
15F-SIW-007 - Simulating The Invisible Threat
Stella Croom-Johnson
0900-0930
Joint Session with ACQ Track in Salon 2
15F-SIW-036 – Cyber Modeling & Simulation for Cyber-Range Events
Suresh K. Damodaran, Ph.D.
0945-1015
Break
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SERVICES, PROCESSES, TOOLS AND DATA (SVCS) TRACK
SALON 3
The Services, Processes, Tools, and Data (SVCS) Track encompasses technologies, frameworks, and methodologies to provide services
that support models, simulations, and associated data. The track is interested in both processes and their implementations/tools in
areas of: distributed simulation process; verification, validation, and accreditation; communication infrastructure; and simulation and
environment reuse. The SVCS track focuses on evolving a systems engineering solution to simulation problems across the spectrum
from design, through implementation and deployment, to validation, use, and reuse. 0800-0830
Joint Session with ACQ Track in Salon 2
15F-SIW-035 - A Soldier System Engineering Architecture (SSEA)
Modeling and Simulation Application
Scott Gallant
0830-0900
Joint Session with ACQ Track in Salon 2
15F-SIW-038 - Using HLA Object Models for the Analysis of
Cross Domain Security Policies
Björn Möller
0900-0930
No Paper Scheduled
0945-1015
Break
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REAL-TIME PLATFORM REFERENCE FOM 2 (RPR FOM) PDG
0800-0945
Björn Möller
Discussion
FORUM WEST 1
Real-Time Platform Reference FOM (RPR FOM) 2 - RPR FOM is the most widely used Federation Object Model (FOM) for platformbased defense simulations. Version 1.0 of this Reference FOM was the first SISO Standard, capturing the functionality of the Distributed
Interactive Simulation protocol (IEEE 1278.1TM-1995). RPR FOM 2, currently in the ballot process, will add the functionality of IEEE
Std 1278.1a TM -1998.
Draft prototype versions of RPR FOM 2 have proven highly useful in many federations. Several projects in NATO and in the US see the
RPR FOM as a base for further development of joint and combined training and analysis capabilities. Several SISO sponsor companies
and organizations provide products that depend on the RPR FOM to provide interoperability. This raised the need to complete the RPR
FOM 2 and to open up a forum for discussions about future versions of the RPR FOM.
RPR FOM 2 has completed balloting and has been approved by the EXCOM. The sessions at this SIW will focus on future planning.
Anyone interested in staying up to date with the RPR FOM is welcome to attend.
REUSE AND INTEROPERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DATA AND PROCESSES PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT GROUP (RIEDP) PDG
FORUM EAST 4
0800-0945
Discussion
Jean-Louis Gougeat
As described in the Product Nomination, and consistently with the RIEDP SG Final Report, the PDG will develop the following SISO
Products:
• The Environmental Data Model Foundations Product will be composed of two (tightly coupled) parts, the Reference Process
Model (RPM) and the Reference Abstract Data Model (RADM). These form the foundations for existing and/or emerging
database generation projects to compare, contrast, and map their data generation process and data model capabilities to these
models.
• The Environmental Detailed Features Description Product will provide the required information for identifying instances and/or
classes of environmental features and objects that, along with their specific attributes, value ranges, and metadata, will be utilized
in environmental data products.
HUMAN PERFORMANCE MARKUP LANGUAGE (HPML) SG
0800-0945
FORUM WEST 3
Courtney Dean
The Human Performance Markup Language (HPML) Study Group (SG) will be completing their activities at the Fall Simulation
Interoperability Workshop. HPML is an XML-Schema-based language intended to cover all meaningful aspects of human performance
measurement in various training and operational environments. The HPML hierarchy enables the representation of both generic concepts
(e.g., measurements and assessments) and mission specific concepts (e.g., instances of measurements and instances of assessments)
necessary for capturing the experiences associated with human performance and human behavior. By making these distinctions, HPML
is able both to describe available resources and to express the tailoring of those resources for both training and operational contexts. More
specifically, HPML is an XML-based language designed to express performance measurement concepts in a format that is both machine
and human readable. It enables the explicit combination and transformation of performance data into performance measurements and
assessments. This allows measures to be constructed independent of any specific training or operational system.
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The HPML SG study objectives were to:
• Verify the need for this standard to represent human performance and behavior within training and operational simulations
• Review the current version of HPML to determine if it meets the existing needs for the representation of human performance
and behavior within training and operational simulations
• Provide comments, updates, revisions, and/or recommended additions to the current version of HPML to align it with
identified needs
• Gain a broad base of support for the standard within the simulation community for the standardization of HPML
• Determine whether the revised HPML, resulting from this group, should be nominated to become a Product
GATEWAY DESCRIPTION AND CONFIGURATION LANGUAGES (GDACL) PDG
0800-0945
Discussion
FORUM WEST 2
Robert Lutz
Gateway Description and Configuration Languages (GDACL) PDG - The intention is to form a single Product Development
Group (PDG) for all three language specifications, but have a different Drafting Group (DG) Editor for each of the three specifications.
The three gateway languages have reached a reasonable degree of maturity already through the work of the LVCAR Study Team (on
which both Proponents are members). It is felt that standardization within SISO will open the languages up to broader scrutiny across
the LVC community and not only lead to more complete and robust set of language specifications, but to a better and broader range of
supporting tools that users can choose from as well.
The three SISO Standards Products to be produced comprise a family of three specifications, one each for three different eXtensible Markup
Language (XML)-based formal languages, used by both developers and users of Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) environments
during gateway selection and configuration. Each specification reflects a different aspect of the overarching process of gateway selection
and configuration. The description of these languages is as follows:
• Gateway Description Language (GDL) - A common human-readable and machine-readable format/syntax for describing both
user gateway requirements and the capabilities that individual gateways can offer to users. GDL also includes gateway performance
information.
• Simulation Data Exchange Model (SDEM) Mapping Language (SML) - A non-gateway specific human-readable and machinereadable format/syntax for describing architecture/SDEM element mappings and any necessary transforms (e.g., units, coordinate
systems).
• Gateway Filtering Language (GFL) - A common human-readable and machine-readable format/syntax for capturing the traffic
filtering details of a gateway.
Balloting on two of the standards has been completed and the focus of this meeting will be on comment resolution.
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ACQUISITION LIFECYCLE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (ACQ) TRACK
SALON 2
The Acquisition Lifecycle and Technology Transfer (ACQ) Track focuses on the promotion and use of M&S standards and practices
that support the acquisition lifecycle. We solicit papers that address the identification, application, and value-added benefits of M&S
for analysis, research and development, test and evaluation, training, asset management, and system lifecycle strategies. Papers that
demonstrate specific applications to specific systems and the benefits of M&S to those systems are preferred. 1330-1400
1400-1430
15F-SIW-043 - Igniting Innovation in the Creation of
Crash Konwin
Future Technical Capabilities– A Standards Profile for Use of
Modeling & Simulation Across the Acquisition Life Cycle
15F-SIW-034 - MCSC SIAT Transitioning from Document- Jane Bachman
centric to Model-centric Case Study
1430-1500
15F-SIW-020 - Measures, Metrics, and Systems-of-Systems: O. Thomas Holland, Ph.D.
Bridging a Gap between Academic and DoD Systems
Engineering Terminology
1500
Wrap Up
1500-1530
Break
Scott Johnston
M&S SPECIALTY TOPICS (SPEC) TRACK
NORTH 1
The M&S Specialty Topics Track is concerned with using simulation technologies for a specific purpose such as: system, vehicle, or
weapon product development; space travel; understanding and prediction of human behavior; and design of interoperable command
and control systems. Present thrust areas center on the application of M&S for Cyber Warfare, Space, and Future Training, but the
forum is not limited to these topics. We solicit papers that address the use of Modeling and Simulation to these or other specific
applications. 1330-1400
15F-SIW-029 - Ontology Matching of C2SIM Ontologies Samuel Suhas Singapogu
Using XML Schema
1400-1430
15F-SIW-016 - Integrating Virtual Agents to Allow Safe, Complex Testing of Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles
Brendan John
1430-1500
15F-SIW-040 - The Internet of Things and the Future of M&S –Where are we going and What are the opportunities?
Paul Gustavson
1500
Wrap-up & Adjourn
Gary Waag
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SERVICES, PROCESSES, TOOLS & DATA (SVCS) TRACK
SALON 3
The Services, Processes, Tools, and Data (SVCS) Track encompasses technologies, frameworks, and methodologies to provide services
that support models, simulations, and associated data. The track is interested in both processes and their implementations/tools in
areas of: distributed simulation process; verification, validation, and accreditation; communication infrastructure; and simulation and
environment reuse. The SVCS track focuses on evolving a systems engineering solution to simulation problems across the spectrum from
design, through implementation and deployment, to validation, use, and reuse. 1330-1400
1400-1430
1430
15F-SIW-044 - The Generic Methodology For Verification
And Validation Applied To Medium Range Anti-Tank
Simulation Training Devices
15F-SIW-013 - Distributed Server Systems for C2Simulation Interoperation
Wrap-up & Adjourn
Manfred Roza, Ph.D.
J. Mark Pullen, Ph.D.
Randy Saunders
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Link 11 A/B Simulation Standard Network (Link 11 A/B) PDG
1530-1615
FORUM WEST 1
Joe Sorroche
This product will be a SISO standard to define the methods to simulate a Link-11 A/B Network within a Distributed Interactive
Simulation (DIS) or High Level Architecture (HLA) framework.
This standard will have two parts, one that will describe extensions to the DIS standard and the second will detail a Base Object Model
(BOM) to extend Federate Object Models (FOM) operating in the HLA framework. The standard shall detail implementation and
usage methodologies in DIS and HLA as well as defining the data structures. This standard shall not contradict any part of IEEE Std
1278.1 or IEEE Std 1516. This standard shall contain no classified information and shall be suitable for unlimited distribution.
ENHANCED POSITION LOCATION REPORTING SYSTEM INCLUDING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
DATA LINK SIMULATION STANDARD (EPLRS/SADL) PDG
1615-1700
FORUM WEST 1
Joe Sorroche
The EPLRS/SADL PDG is continuing its work on developing a SISO Standard to define the methods to simulate an EPLRS/SADL
Network within a Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) or High Level Architecture (HLA) framework.
This standard shall have two parts, one that will describe extensions to the DIS standard, and the second will describe a Base Object Model
(BOM) to extend Federate Object Models (FOM) operating in the HLA framework. The standard shall describe detailed implementations
and usage methodologies in DIS and HLA as well as defining the data structures. This standard shall not contradict any part of the IEEE
1278.1 or IEEE 1516 standard. This standard shall contain no classified information and shall be suitable for unlimited distribution.
LINK- TECHNICAL ADVICE AND LEXICON FOR ENABLING SIMULATION (TADIL TALES) PSG
1900-2100
FORUM WEST 1
Joe Sorroche
The TADIL TALES PSG supports and maintains:
•
SISO-STD-002-2006, Standard for Link 16 Simulations
SISO-STD-002-2006 provides protocol for simulating Link 16 in Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) and High Level Architecture
(HLA).
The PSG provides a central point for interpretations of SISO-STD-002 product language, help desk support to the SISO community,
and processes problem/change reports to support future product revisions.
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INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN WEB-BASED FEDERATES AND LVC FEDERATIONS (WEB LVC) SG
1530-1800
Salon 3
Len Granowetter
In recent years, several new technologies and standards that enable highly interactive, low-latency, real-time web-based applications
written in JavaScript have been developed in the broad Web community. These technologies include WebGL, WebSockets, HTML5,
and a variety of JavaScript games engines, scene graphs,
etc. Based on these technologies, it is now possible to develop web-based M&S applications like Plan View Displays, Stealth Viewers,
and even web-based flight simulators and first-person gaming applications. But what is missing is a standard interoperability protocol
for linking these new web-applications with each other, and with traditional M&S federations in a way that is:
• High-performance enough for the needs of these applications
• Natural to use in a JavaScript environment.
• Flexible enough to support interoperability regardless of the protocol being used in the target federation (e.g., DIS, HLA 1.3, HLA
1516, HLA Evolved, TENA, etc.)
A protocol called WebLVC has been proposed to fill this gap. The WebLVC protocol defines a standard way of passing simulation data
between a web-based client application and a WebLVC server, which can participate in a federation on behalf of one or more web-based
federates. WebLVC messages are encoded as JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) objects, passed via WebSockets. WebLVC is flexible
enough to support representation of arbitrary types of objects and interactions (i.e. arbitrary Object Models). However, WebLVC does
include a “Standard Object Model” definition based on the semantics of the DIS protocol, HLA’s RPR FOM, and SISO Enumerations.
The goals of the WebLVC Study Group are to:
• Develop a common understanding of the problem of interoperability between web applications and traditional LVC
federations
• Evaluate the proposed WebLVC concept and specifics, to determine whether it looks like a reasonable starting point for a SISO
standards development effort, or whether an alternative solution should be pursued
• Help refine and develop the WebLVC idea (if there is consensus that it is the right starting point), with the goal of building its
maturity
Establish recommendations for next steps for the topic within SISO, e.g. a recommendation to the SAC for whether to establish a
WebLVC PDG.
SPACE REFERENCE FEDERATION OBJECT MODEL (SRFOM) PDG
1530-1700
1900-2100
NORTH 1
Peggy Gravitz
Chair TBD
Space Reference Federation Object Model (SRFOM) PDG – The Space Reference Federation Object Model (SRFOM) Product
Development Group (PDG) will create (1) a natural language, human readable overview, description and specification of the Space
Reference FOM Federation Agreement; and (2) a set of computer-interpretable HLA 2010 FOM modules (xml) intended for
consumption by HLA runtime infrastructure and other software tools.
To read more about the products under development, download SISO-PN-014-2015, Product Nomination for Space Reference
Federation Object Model, Version 1.0.
This PDG will be kicking off at the 2015 Fall SIW.
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GUIDELINE ON SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT (GSD) PDG
1530-1700 1900-2100
FORUM WEST 2
Stefan Vrieler
Stefan Vrieler
Guideline on Scenario Development (GSD)PDG - This product will be a SISO Guidance Product, “Guideline on Scenario
Development for (Distributed) Simulation Environments.”
Scenarios play an important role in planning, engineering, and executing a – possibly distributed – simulation environment. Current
simulation engineering processes (e.g., IEEE Std 1730-2010, IEEE Recommended Practice for Distributed Simulation Engineering
and Execution Process (DSEEP)), require the (military) user and the sponsor of a distributed simulation environment to develop
appropriate scenarios.
To improve simulation interoperability in context of DSEEP, the NATO Modeling and Simulation Group (MSG) Technical Activity
086, Simulation Interoperability, developed a “Guideline on Scenario Development for (Distributed) Simulation Environments”. This
guideline augments the DSEEP with regards to scenario development and proposes content and structure of an information product
for scenario specification. The product to be developed by the PDG builds upon the work done by MSG-086
DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION ENGINEERING AND EXECUTION PROCESS/MULTI-ARCHITECTURE
OVERLAY (DSEEP/DMAO) PSG
1530-1700
FORUM WEST 3
Robert Lutz
The DSEEP/DMAO PSG operates as a focused task-organized group concentrating on the support of these and other related products
that require long-term support:
• IEEE Std 1730™-2010, IEEE Recommended Practice for Distributed Simulation Engineering and Execution Process (DSEEP)
• IEEE Std 1730.1™-2013, IEEE Recommended Practice for Distributed Simulation Engineering and Execution Process MultiArchitecture Overlay (DMAO)
The PSG provides a discussion forum (SAC-PSG-DSEEP) for users to share their practical experiences with the DSEEP on their
programs, and to provide feedback on the correctness and consistency of the process description. This forum also provides a forum for
users to identify potential changes to the products, which will be maintained for consideration at future revision cycles.
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA REPRESENTATION STANDARDS (EDRS) PSG
1530-1700
FORUM EAST 4
Paul Foley
Environmental Data Representation Standards (EDRS) PSG - The EDRS PSG participates in activities that support the development,
extension, refinement, and maintenance of the standards for the environmental data community. This includes the support for the
ISO/IEC SEDRIS family of standards, including the Environmental Data Coding Specification (EDCS), Data Representation Model
(DRM), Spatial Reference Model (SRM), and the SEDRIS Transmittal Format (STF). Activities of the EDRS PSG include maintaining
liaison with the ISO/IEC SC24 organization, the SEDRIS Organization, and the broader environmental data representation community;
providing SISO post-standardization support and maintenance for SISO environmental data products; providing support for the
development and implementation of tools to support the use of all SISO environmental representation products; and providing a forum
for community education on the application and use of standards for environmental data.
This meeting will review the recent ISO/IEC SC24 meeting activities including SEDRIS standards status, user and the SISO activities
report as well as discuss M&S community activities in all environmental representation (ER) areas. The possibility of hosting a special
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PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED MODELING AND SIMULATION (PDMS) SSG
1900-2100
BOARDROOM 4
Jeffrey S. Steinman
The Parallel and Distributed Modeling and Simulation Standing Study Group (PDMS-SSG) focuses on the maturation and potential
advancement of a standards-based technical framework that is capable of supporting both parallel and distributed modeling and
simulation. The advancement of such a standards-based framework will allow next-generation software systems take advantage of
future multicore computing architectures. The PDMS-SSG will investigate parallel and distributed simulation technologies, frameworks,
and architectures, with a special emphasis on open source non-proprietary solutions. Participants in the study group will develop a
comprehensive report on the subject of parallel simulation. It is anticipated that this study group will generate potential standards.
The Wednesday meeting is our traditional “business” meeting. The four primary topics that will be discussed during this meeting are: (1)
status of forming the OpenUTF High Speed Communications (OpenUTF-HSC) Product Development Group, (2) informally changing
the name of PDMS-SSG to OpenUTF-SSG, (3) making use of the SISO reflectors to facilitate more frequent discussions by participants
in between SIWs, and (4) upcoming plans, roles, and better organization of the SSG. All of these topics ought to generate significant
discussion as future plans are made for the SSG.
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REAL-TIME PLATFORM REFERENCE FOM 2 (RPR FOM) PDG
0800-0945
Discussion
FORUM WEST 1
Björn Möller
Real-Time Platform Reference FOM (RPR FOM) 2 - RPR FOM is the most widely used Federation Object Model (FOM) for
platform-based defense simulations. Version 1.0 of this Reference FOM was the first SISO Standard, capturing the functionality of
the Distributed Interactive Simulation protocol (IEEE 1278.1TM-1995). RPR FOM 2, has completed the ballot process and has been
approved by the EXCOM. It adds the functionality of IEEE Std 1278.1a TM -1998.
Draft prototype versions of RPR FOM 2 have proven highly useful in many federations. Several projects in NATO and in the US
see the RPR FOM as a base for further development of joint and combined training and analysis capabilities. Several SISO sponsor
companies and organizations provide products that depend on the RPR FOM to provide interoperability. This raised the need to
complete the RPR FOM 2 and to open up a forum for discussions about future versions of the RPR FOM.
RPR FOM 2 has completed balloting and has been approved by the EXCOM. The sessions at this SIW will focus on future planning.
Anyone interested in staying up to date with the RPR FOM is welcome to attend.
GATEWAY DESCRIPTION AND CONFIGURATION LANGUAGES (GDACL) PDG
0800-0945
Discussion
FORUM WEST 2
Robert Lutz
Gateway Description and Configuration Languages (GDACL) PDG - The intention is to form a single Product Development
Group (PDG) for all three language specifications, but have a different Drafting Group (DG) Editor for each of the three specifications.
The three gateway languages have reached a reasonable degree of maturity already through the work of the LVCAR Study Team (on
which both Proponents are members). It is felt that standardization within SISO will open the languages up to broader scrutiny across
the LVC community and not only lead to more complete and robust set of language specifications, but to a better and broader range of
supporting tools that users can choose from as well.
The three SISO Standards Products to be produced comprise a family of three specifications, one each for three different eXtensible Markup
Language (XML)-based formal languages, used by both developers and users of Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) environments
during gateway selection and configuration. Each specification reflects a different aspect of the overarching process of gateway selection
and configuration. The description of these languages is as follows:
• Gateway Description Language (GDL) - A common human-readable and machine-readable format/syntax for describing both
user gateway requirements and the capabilities that individual gateways can offer to users. GDL also includes gateway performance
information.
• Simulation Data Exchange Model (SDEM) Mapping Language (SML) - A non-gateway specific human-readable and machinereadable format/syntax for describing architecture/SDEM element mappings and any necessary transforms (e.g., units, coordinate
systems).
• Gateway Filtering Language (GFL) - A common human-readable and machine-readable format/syntax for capturing the traffic
filtering details of a gateway.
Balloting on two of the standards has been completed and the focus of this meeting will be on comment resolution.
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COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS - SIMULATION SYSTEMS INTEROPERATION (C2SIM) PDG/PSG
0800-0945
1330-1700
FORUM WEST 3
J. Mark Pullen
Command and Control Systems - Simulation Systems Interoperation (C2SIM) PDG/PSG - The Command and Control Systems Simulation Systems Interoperation (C2SIM) Product Development Group (PDG) and Product Support Group (PSG) kicked off at the
2014 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop.
The C2SIM PDG / PSG replaces two PDGs and one PSG:
- Military Scenario Definition Language PDG
- Coalition Battle Management Language PDG
- Military Scenario Definition Language PSG
The C2SIM PSG is assuming support of:
- SISO-STD-007-2008, Standard for Military Scenario Definition Language; and
- SISO-STD-011-2014, Standard for Coalition Battle Management Language Phase 1
Together the PDG and PSG, form one lifecycle product group empowered over the product lifecycle to develop and support products.
The functions of the PDG and PSG are distinct, but memberships are common, and administrative reporting will be as one group to
consolidate administrative overhead.
SIMULATION CONCEPT MODELING (SCM) PDG
0830-0945
BOARDROOM 3
Hart Rutherford
Simulation Conceptual Modeling (SCM) PDG - The SCM PDG will produce a stand-alone guidance document that will clarify “conceptual model” concepts, discuss conceptual modeling terminology, and enable different stakeholders to improve the formalization of
conceptual models. There is no current SISO or IEEE standard or guidance product explicitly dedicated to conceptual modeling. The
SCM PDG document will also ensure that IEEE 1516.4 TM -2007 and SISO-003.1-2006 requirements for conceptual models are addressed. The SCM PDG will reach out to and engage other communities that have developed conceptual models in support of specific
projects or performed research on the topic of conceptual modeling to ensure that the Simulation Conceptual Modeling document
provides detailed guidance for constructing useful conceptual models. Already close ties have been established between the SCM SSG
and NATO Modeling and Simulation Group 058 which was established to research Conceptual Modeling for Modeling and Simulation. The SISO PDG will leverage the work done by these groups into the new SISO standard.
COMMON IMAGE GENERATOR INTERFACE (CIGI) PSG
0800-0945
BOARDROOM 4
Simon Skinner
Common Image Generator Interface (CIGI) PSG – The Common Image Generator Interface is a standardized means of
communicating data between a host computer and image generator. The CIGI Product Support Group (PSG) is responsible for:
• SISO-STD-013-2014, Standard for Common Image Generator Interface (CIGI), Version 4.0
The CIGI PSG will focus on the future of the CIGI standard.
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VERIFICATION, VALIDATION & ACCREDITION/ACCEPTANCE PRODUCTS (VV&A PRODUCTS) PSG
0800-0945
1330-1700
Friday – 0800-1200
FORUM EAST 4
Axel Lehmann
Verification, Validation & Accreditation/Acceptance Products (VV&A Products) PSG - The Terms of Reference (SISOTOR-016-2014) for the Verification, Validation and Accreditation/Acceptance (VV&A) Products Product Support Group (PSG) was
approved on 8 December 2014. The PSG operates as a focused task-organized group concentrating on the support of all approved
VV&A products and potential future products. Existing approved products include:
• IEEE Std 1516.4TM-2007 IEEE Recommended Practice for Verification, Validation, and Accreditation of a Federation - an
Overlay to the High Level Architecture Federation Development and Execution Process
• SISO-GUIDE-001.1-2012: Guide for Generic Methodology for Verification and Validation (GM-VV) to Support Acceptance
of Models, Simulations, and Data, GM-VV Volume 1: Introduction and Overview
• SISO-GUIDE-001.2-2013: Guide for Generic Methodology for Verification and Validation (GM-VV) to Support Acceptance
of Models, Simulations, and Data, GM-VV Volume 2: Implementation Guide • SISO-REF-2013: Reference for Generic Methodology for Verification and Validation (GM-VV) to Support Acceptance of
Models, Simulations, and Data, GM-VV Vol. 3: Reference Manual
The first session on Thursday morning will be devoted to VV&A Products PSG business and the other sessions on Thursday and Friday
will be focused on the business of NATO MSG 139.
DISTRIBUTED INTERACTIVE SIMULATION (DIS) PDG/PSG
1330-1400
DIS PDG Status
1400-1430
DIS PSG Status
1430-1500
Operation Blended Warrior
1500-1530Break
1530-1700
Future DIS Concepts Mark McCall
Mark McCall
Angus McLean
FORUM WEST 1
To Be Announced
Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) PDG - In 2012, the DIS PDG published:
• IEEE Std 1278.1™-2012, IEEE Standard for Distributed Interactive Simulation - Application Protocols (a revision of IEEE Std
1278.1™-1995 and IEEE Std 1278.1a™-1998)
The IEEE-Standards Association Standards Board approved the establishment of a working group to revise IEEE Std 1278.2™-1995.
Work began in earnest in 2012 and continues. The draft standard has been balloted by the IEEE and a recirculation ballot has been
completed with approval of the standard expected in September 2015 and publishing in December 2015.
Note: You will not see the DIS PDG Discussion Forum or the DIS PDG private library unless you register to become a member of the
DIS PDG. You must be a SISO member to register. Just complete and submit the Affiliation Data Form on the PDG’s webpage here:
https://www.sisostds.org/Standards-Activities/Development-Groups/DIS-PDG-Distributed-Interactive-Simulation-Exten
Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) PSG – Over the last year, the DIS PSG has conducted a detailed review of all PCRs
remaining after completion of DIS Version 7. Additional PCRs have been submitted and Tiger Teams have been formed to continue
the analysis of the PCRs with a goal toward completing analysis and approving all PCRs within 18 months. The PSG is planning to
submit a Product Nomination and Project Approval Request for the next revision of IEEE Std 1278.1TM in early 2017.
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M&S in Support of Acquisition Activities (ACQMS) PDG
FORUM WEST 2
1330-1500
Paul Gustavson
The primary purpose of the products being proposed is to provide guidance on the selection and use of M&S standards and
recommended practices to support the Acquisition Lifecycle. The family of SISO products to be developed based on the product
nomination is titled “A Standards Profile for the Use of Modeling and Simulation in Support of Acquisition Activities”.
The proposed SISO products will be developed, published, and maintained as two volumes. The first volume, a balloted SISO
Guidance Product, will identify a set of modeling and simulation standards and recommended practices as key tools for guiding the
international acquisition community in the use of modeling and simulation in activities that take place across the typical acquisition
lifecycle. The second volume, a SISO Reference Product, will provide the descriptions and metadata for each modeling and simulation
standard and recommended practice identified in the SISO Guidance Product.
FEDERATION ENGINEERING AGREEMENTS TEMPLATE (FEAT) PSG
1330-1700
BOARDROOM 4
Katherine L. Morse
The Federation Engineering Agreements Template (FEAT) benefits all developers, managers, and users of distributed simulations by
providing an unambiguous format for recording agreements about the design and use of the distributed simulation. The FEAT also
benefits this community by enabling the development of federation engineering tools that can read the XML schema and perform
federation engineering tasks automatically.
The FEAT Product Support Group (PSG) supports the FEAT schema and associated reference products such as examples of application
of the schema. The FEAT PSG supports the distributed simulation community by acting as a forum and library for FEAT-related
information; providing technical support to users and developers by answering questions; and providing contact information for experts
in different areas. The FEAT PSG will be reviewing the status of an exemplar under development based on the Pitch HLA Tutorial and discussing
comments submitted against the first version of the standard.
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VERIFICATION, VALIDATION & ACCREDITION/ACCEPTANCE PRODUCTS (VV&A PRODUCTS) PSG
FORUM EAST 4
0800-1200 Axel Lehmann
Verification, Validation & Accreditation/Acceptance Products (VV&A Products) PSG - The Terms of Reference (SISOTOR-016-2014) for the Verification, Validation and Accreditation/Acceptance (VV&A) Products Product Support Group (PSG) was
approved on 8 December 2014. The PSG operates as a focused task-organized group concentrating on the support of all approved
VV&A products and potential future products. Existing approved products include:
• IEEE Std 1516.4TM-2007 IEEE Recommended Practice for Verification, Validation, and Accreditation of a Federation - an
Overlay to the High Level Architecture Federation Development and Execution Process
• SISO-GUIDE-001.1-2012: Guide for Generic Methodology for Verification and Validation (GM-VV) to Support Acceptance of
Models, Simulations, and Data, GM-VV Volume 1: Introduction and Overview
• SISO-GUIDE-001.2-2013: Guide for Generic Methodology for Verification and Validation (GM-VV) to Support Acceptance of
Models, Simulations, and Data, GM-VV Volume 2: Implementation Guide • SISO-REF-2013: Reference for Generic Methodology for Verification and Validation (GM-VV) to Support Acceptance of Models,
Simulations, and Data, GM-VV Vol. 3: Reference Manual
This session is primarily focused on the business of NATO MSG 139.
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15F-SIW-001
BML FOR COMMUNICATING WITH MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, North 1, 1400-1430, SPEC &
SVCS Tracks
Primary Author: Thomas Remmersmann
Email: thomas.remmersmann@fkie.fraunhofer.de
Abstract: When BML was conceived for C2 to simulation
interoperation, back in 2000, the idea to control robotic autonomous
forces by BML had already been considered. Over the past few years,
starting in 2010, we have at last implemented this idea and we are
running several projects focusing on multi-robot systems controlled
using BML.
In this paper, we present the concepts of how to implement command
of multi-robot systems using BML. In addition, we discuss how a BML
variant which has been developed for C2-to-simulation interoperation
needed to be adjusted to fit the requirements for commanding multirobot systems. In order to command multi-robot systems we created
a control/planning node that receives high-level tasks in BML and
disaggregates it into simple BML tasks such to move or to take a picture
of an object being observed (image intelligence gathering). This node
also takes care of the reporting. For example, it may receive task status
reports for several ongoing basic tasks and from this it can calculate
the aggregated task status report for the corresponding high-level task.
Along with task status reports, general status reports and position
reports have been dealt with. However, there are still many more aspects
robots can report on that might be relevant for users. Since we are
using reconfigurable robots, the user may need to know the current
configuration of each robot which thus is to be conveyed by a report. For
these kinds of reports we use the so-called WhoHolding reports from
the BML Phase 1 Full Schema. Of course, the robots also have to report
sensor data collected. Therefore, we have developed reports for pictures
taken, videos recorded, and sensor measurements such as temperature,
gas concentrations etc. For all these kinds of information we have
extended the BML schemata taking the general BML “look and feel”
into account.
15F-SIW-002
OPTIMISTIC SYNCHRONIZATION IN THE HLA 1516.1-2010: INTEROPERABLY
CHALLENGED
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, Salon 3, 1600-1630, SVCS Track
Primary Author: Steffen Strassburger, Ph.D.
Email: steffen.strassburger@tu-ilmenau.de
Abstract: Time Management can be considered as one of the key
achievements of the High Level Architecture for Modeling and
Simulation (HLA). While HLA’s time management is supposed
to offer a unique support for heterogeneous time advancement
schemes, its practical use is often limited to conservative time
advancement (e.g. using services such as nextMessageRequest/
nextMessageRequestAvailable) or time stepped time
advancement (e.g. using services such as timeAdvanceRequest/
timeAdvanceRequestAvailable). In this paper, we investigate HLA’s
capabilities for supporting optimistic time advancement and the
interoperability between optimistic and conservative federates. The
results are strikingly disappointing. While HLA had initially taken
off with the noble vision of federations including both optimistic
and conservative federates within a single execution, the current
implementations of two leading RTI vendors fall short of achieving this
objective. Neither do they enable the efficient execution of federations
consisting of purely optimistically synchronized federates nor do they
facilitate interoperability between optimistic and conservative federates.
This paper documents the observed problems and discusses potential
limitations in the IEEE HLA 1516.1-2010 specification and its
interpretation by RTI vendors.
15F-SIW-003
ON THE USE OF THE CORE MANUFACTURING SIMULATION DATA (CMSD)
STANDARD: EXPERIENCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, North 1, 1330-1400, SPEC &
SVCS Tracks
Primary Author: Steffen Strassburger, Ph.D.
Email: steffen.strassburger@tu-ilmenau.de
Abstract: The Core Manufacturing Simulation Data (CMSD)
information model is defined by SISO standards SISOSTD-008-01-2012 and SISO-STD-008-2010. The main objective
of CMSD is to facilitate interoperability between simulation systems
and other information systems in the manufacturing domain. While
CMSD is mainly intended as standardized data exchange format, its
capabilities go beyond simple data exchange. Frequently CMSD based
system descriptions are used for purposes of automatic simulation model
generation. In this paper, we report on practical experiences using the
CMSD standard for such purposes as well as for purposes of simulation
model initialization and simulation output data collection. Based on our
experiences we suggest potential enhancements for a future revision of
the standard
15F-SIW-005
SIMULATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR A GLOBALLY ACCESSIBLE
PERSONALIZED TRAINING META-ACADEMY
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, Salon 2, 1630-1700, ACQ Track
Primary Author: Dan Davis
Email: dmdavis@acm.org
Abstract: This paper advances the need and capability of more fully
using simulation technologies to improve training. The authors report
on and base their assertions on their experience with continentally
dispersed simulation and information systems for the DoD. The
pressing exigencies of the early twenty-first century mandate a new,
more targeted, and individualized practicable approach to training for
today’s warfighters, at both the individual and the unit levels. There is
an immediate need for a system that would understand the individual
Soldier’s or unit’s situation, capabilities, skills, and training needs. It
must provide complete and effective preparation for the Soldier’s current
and next duty stations, including a wide range of skills and knowledge,
doing all of that on a real-time basis. This paper examines the goals,
challenges, available technologies, and over-all approach to responding
to this mandate. While the goals may be virtually unbounded and
the situations may be dizzyingly dynamic, the focus will be on how
a system could track and monitor the Soldier’s personal profile, duty
environments, and military objectives. Then it will describe how the
system could prioritize needs, evaluate training assets, schedule training,
collect or create curricula, execute training, report progress, monitor
changing requirements, and evaluate efficacy. The paper will conclude
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with an analysis of the feasibility and requirements of such a program.
The concept’s ultimate goals are geo-political awareness, individualized
training, global accessibility, mission-oriented curricula, self-paced
learning, and engaging interactivity.
contribute to the integration of cyber with Modelling and Simulation,
but whilst there was already a cyber representation capability within
the model the integration question posed significant technical and
Information Assurance challenges.
15F-SIW-006
HUMAN ENTITIES’ EFFECT ON SERVER PERFORMANCE IN DISTRIBUTED
VIRTUAL WORLD TRAINING
This paper is being presented: Monday, Salon 2, 1600-1630, ACQ Track
In order to achieve interoperability between cyber ranges and simulation
systems it will be necessary to produce a closed-loop integration between
the two, with each responding to the actions of the other; this could
be achieved using a service-based architecture. This might lead to the
identification of new interoperability requirements, since cyber ranges
have not been built with the intent of sharing information with other,
dissimilar, simulations. Whilst standards exist for interoperability
between Live, Virtual & Constructive simulation systems, equivalents
for cyber ranges do not yet exist, nor are the requirements for such
interoperability standards well understood. Matters are further
complicated by the speed at which cyber threats evolve, meaning that
modelling of cyber issues is typically reactive, and hence lags behind
emergent threats.
Primary Author: Jonathan Stevens
Email: jonathan.stevens@knights.ucf.edu
Abstract: The use of virtual worlds for training continues to expand
in the military as advancements in simulation technology have enabled
more efficient and effective simulation-based training. One of the
potential major advantages of virtual world training is the ability to
support collective training without the need for individuals to be
physically co-located with each other. In order for distributed military
collective training to become a reality however, the virtual world
simulation architecture must be able to support distributed, synchronous
and non-deterministic training. This paper is a continuation of our
research in which we attempt to optimize the Military OpenSimulator
Enterprise Strategy (MOSES) server architecture in order to support
collective, distributed training. In this paper, we examine the effect that
the number of human users have on the server’s processing memory so as
to support our development of a predictive model that determines how
many resources are required to support a target number of concurrent
users in the virtual world. We discovered a statistically significant
difference in the amount of processing memory utilized based upon
server hardware configuration. Furthermore, we found a positive, linear
association between the number of human avatars in the virtual world
and the amount of processing memory required by the server. These
observations allow virtual world designers and administrators to know
the resource demands associated with each human-user. The results
of this paper confirm our hypotheses and provide further insight into
optimizing the server architecture to support virtual world training.
15F-SIW-007
SIMULATING THE INVISIBLE THREAT
This paper is being presented: Wednesday, North 1, 0830-0900, SPEC
Track
Primary Author: Stella Croom-Johnson
Email: stella@seajays.demon.co.uk
Abstract: In recent years the emerging cyber threat has increased
the need for simulations for training & experimentation to be able
to represent the impact of a cyber attack in order to provide realistic
training for military personnel. At the engineering level, cyber ranges
provide a good understanding of how to detect and deal with a cyber
attack and illustrate how an attack might propagate. Until now there
has been no requirement for mission rehearsal and training simulations
to be able to leverage this information in order to represent the impact
of cyber on a scenario; representation of cyber issues in such systems
have often been confined to representation of gross-level impacts, such
as switching off the C2 data links for part of an exercise. However, such
“quick fixes” cannot give a realistic representation of the impact of all
types of cyber attack (e.g. interception, spoofing). A paper in a previous
SISO workshop (14F-SIW-016) showed how the use of DSEEP can
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This paper draws on the work of NATO MSG-117 (who have been
assessing which areas of Modelling and Simulation could contribute to
cyber defence) and will consider whether SISO standards might provide
benefit in some areas. This paper summarises the current position,
outlines some of the benefits and drawbacks and considers some of the
challenges.
15F-SIW-008
THE SELECTION OF A COMMON SCENARIO GENERATION LANGUAGE FOR
UK ROYAL NAVY COMBAT SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ASSURANCE
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, Salon 2, 1330-1400, ACQ Track
Primary Author: Chris Brown
Email: cbrown4@qinetiq.com
Abstract: The UK Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) ensures
that Royal Navy Combat Systems are comprehensively tested at a Shore
Integration Facility prior to ship installation and operational testing.
The testing employs a diverse set of equipment simulators and associated
scenario scripts. Bespoke formal languages have been developed, over
the last 25 years, which define the scenarios for each class of platform
making scenario re-use between those classes challenging. This paper
evaluates the current set of languages within the context of the evolving
MSDL, CBML and C2SIM standards, the scripting requirement
and aspiration to enable scenario re-use across the Defence Lines of
Development.
15F-SIW-009
ONESAF AND 3D GAMING ENGINES INTEGRATION
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, Salon 2, 1430-1500, ACQ &
SPEC Tracks
Primary Author: Scott Royball
Email: scott.roybal@cgifederal.com
Abstract: The integration of OneSAF with 3D gaming engines is a
new technological advancement with the military by improving training
operations and creating a more realistic operational environment.
This new integration capability adds flexibility to the delivery of the
operational environment with different training configurations and
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operations and provides easier integration for other C4I systems for
scalability. This presentation will describe the connectivity and setup
between OneSAF and 3D gaming engines, current operations and uses,
and future concepts being developed.
15F-SIW-010
SIMULATIONS OF THE WEB -- NOT ON THE WEB
This paper is being presented: Monday, Salon 2, 1630-1700, ACQ &
SVCS Tracks
Primary Author: Robert Chadwick
Email: robert.chadwick.ctr@adlnet.gov
Abstract: The military requires the capability for realistic training based
on live, virtual, and constructive simulations accessible to individuals
any time and at any place. There are numerous barriers to creating
and deploying 3D simulations on-demand for education and training,
including network restrictions, software distribution and installation
policies, licensing fees, and vendor lock-in. Additionally authoring tools
are often limited to standalone use and can be even less accessible than
the exercises themselves. While several environments exist which can
display a simulation on a webpage, few of these systems are actually
Web-based. Instead, they dress an immersive experience with a Web
front-end, while using traditional architectures under-the-hood. The
Virtual World Framework (VWF) sponsored by the Office of the
Secretary of Defense (OSD) provides a way forward by supporting
collaborative simulations based only on Web standards. The VWF
makes it possible to share a collaborative simulation between web users,
but stops short of the full suite of services necessary for a cloud-based
immersive experience. The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL)
Initiative has created open source software and services in attempt
to clarify this vision. The Virtual World (VW) Sandbox provides
collaborative authoring tools that depend on Web services such as
the ADL 3D Repository through its Web Application Programming
Interface (API). This API allows simulations like the Sandbox to ingest
3D asset data across the internet. The Sandbox also integrates the
Experience API in order to demonstrate how simulations can report
learning progress in a standardized way. These services, as well as services
for managing users, uploading and downloading content, storing
and retrieving exercises, and voice and video communication, will be
described. We envision disaggregating the monolithic simulation engine
into a set of standardized services which leverage the proven scalability
of the Web. Key to this vision are Smart Objects that would exist as
reusable bundles of assets and behaviors accessible via URLs, rather
than coded directly into the engine. Simulations could pull these Smart
Objects together to realize frictionless authoring and delivery of reusable
content. We will also explain the vision for how future services might
integrate with such a platform to deliver the open (as well as closed)
capabilities the military requires.
15F-SIW-013
DISTRIBUTED SERVER SYSTEMS FOR C2-SIMULATION INTEROPERATION
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, North 1, 1600-1630, SPEC
Track, Wednesday, Salon 3, 1400-1430, SVCS Track
Primary Author: J. Mark Pullen, Ph.D.
Email: mpullen@c4i.gmu.edu
Abstract: C2SIM coalitions assemble complex systems of systems that
can be seen as a strong basis for future agile C2 solutions to coalition
interoperability. Such systems generally include a server that stores
XML documents representing Orders and Reports to be exchanged and
distributes them among the interoperating systems. Recent advances
in C2SIM system architecture involve distributed server systems that
can provide for higher aggregated rates of message delivery and more
efficient use of network capacity. This paper reports on the authors’
work to combine multiple, heterogeneous C2SIM servers in flexible
configurations of distributed server systems. The paper provides a
summary of current BML server technology, focusing on why and how
servers can be linked and the technical issues involved. Descriptions are
provided for three different servers that operated as a distributed server
system in 2014. The servers are compared and contrasted, including
a description of the approach used to link them and technical issues
encountered in the process. The paper concludes with a projection of
the future of distributed server systems for C2SIM. This paper is derived
from a paper by the same authors published by the ICCRTS-2015.
15F-SIW-014
PRACTICAL USE OF BML AND MSDL STANDARDS FOR SUPPORTING
FRENCH GERMAN TRAINING
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, Salon 2, 1400-1430, ACQ Track,
Wednesday, North 1, 1530-1600, SPEC Track
Primary Author: Rachid El Abdouni Khayari, Ph.D.
Email: khayari@iabg.de
Abstract: Force readiness, support to operations and capabilities
development heavily lean on C2 and Simulation. Developing common
interfaces for the exchange of military information among C2 and
simulation systems can lead to significant cost-reduction and greatly
facilitates systems’ integration. The Military Scenario Definition
Language (MSDL) and the coalition Battle Management Language
(C-BML) standards to support scenario initialization and scenario
execution address C2SIM interoperability issues and offer a solution to
bridge the gap between the two conceptually different systems.
The C2SIM proof of feasibility and concept has been demonstrated
within NATO Groups activities such as MSG-048 and MSG-085.
Thanks largely to significant involvement from the operational
community, a clearer scope and refined set of operational and technical
requirements for C2SIM interoperability has been established.
This was done via a series of experiments highlighting the C2SIM
benefits for several military uses-cases like training and collaborative
distributed planning. The findings and lessons learned, rich in content
from experimental work, provided a set of operational and technical
requirements for C2SIM interoperation. Those have proven to be useful
for the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO)
C-BML and MSDL standardization activities.
In addition, bi-national projects like the French-German COMELEC
co-operation umbrella also performed experimentations to assess the
applicability of C-BML and MSDL standards. This was done with the
objectives to ease the settings and to improve training exercises execution
of the French-German Brigade as well as its subordinate units. Hence,
the French and German legacy C2 systems (FIS-H, SICF, SIR) and
training simulations (KORA, SWORD) were enriched with MSDL and
C-BML interfaces.
Two experimentation events took place both in France and in Germany
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with the deep involvement of end-users and with a large military
audience from National Command Post (CP) training center. The
capabilities that were demonstrated have opened the way for being
deployed soon mainly to address national CP training requirements.
This paper intends to share the experience and the lessons learned
collected during the two demonstration events. It highlights the
military goals, the operational organizations, the scenario, the technical
architectures and the remaining works that are needed for military
acceptance. It concludes with proposals regarding the convergence of
MSDL and C-BML standards.
2015 Fall ‘SIWzie’ Awarded paper.
15F-SIW-015 CYBER OPERATIONS BATTLEFIELD WEB SERVICES (COBWEBS); CONCEPT
FOR A TACTICAL CYBER WARFARE EFFECT TRAINING PROTOTYPE
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, Salon 2, 0830-0900, SIWzie
Paper Forum
Primary Author: Henry Marshall
Email: Henry.A.Marshall.civ@mail.mil
Abstract: As the Army continually develops a force capable
of meeting of the challenges of 2025 and beyond, the domain of
Cyberspace is exponentially important. The U.S. Army Operating
Concept states that “Enemies and adversaries collaborate as contests
in space and cyberspace extend to and affect tactical operations”. The
realization that Cyberspace is a warfighting domain has simulation and
training program managers struggling to identify the best solution to
implementing cyber warfare effects into the training domain. Current
simulations among the Live, Virtual, Constructive, and Gaming
(LVC&G) domains lack a cyber implementation with the exception of a
low fidelity cyber warfare effects simulation in the One Semi-Automated
Forces (OneSAF) program.
While the Test community progressed, the Training community lacked
clear implementation progression. The cyber domain transverses all other
warfighting domains, and impacts the conduct of all other warfighting
functions, thereby forcing us to determine the best focus to meet an
Army use case in a towards a multi-domain cyber training solution via
gap analysis. Amongst stakeholders, a clear missing capability emerged:
A cyber warfare mission command service that would work in a
LVC&G training environment. Resultant is a developed implementation
architecture initial prototype using defined user requirements with an
ability to scale across training simulation domains.
The Combat Training Centers (CTC) leverage Army Cyber expertise
to execute cyber training pilots that integrate cyber effects into
the operational environment, largely for and/or against Brigade
Combat Teams (BCTs). From an OPFOR perspective these exercises
demonstrate, through actual effects, potential adversary mission
command systems compromise, while other emerging efforts provide
BLUFOR with cyber capabilities. These scenarios are groundbreaking,
and force trainees to recognize system compromise while simultaneously
planning offensive operations of their own, however a simulated training
environment is currently lacking at all echelons.
Adding cyber effects to the simulated training environment is a first step
towards allowing Soldiers and Battle Staffs the ability to develop battle
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drills against cyber-attacks in a LVC&G construct. To address these
issues we are developing a loosely coupled software service, called Cyber
Operations Battlefield Web Services (COBWebS) that provides the
capability to simulate the effects of various cyber-attacks on command
and control communication between the synthetic entities and the
Blue mission command systems. Our prototype leverages the OneSAF
Mission Command Adapter Web Service and adds cyber warfare effects
modeling.
Incorporating COBWebS in a LVC&G training event allows the trainee
to recognize and make decisions that will minimize attack effects on
overall mission command. Over the past year our team made significant
additional domain contacts and progressions in the design. This
paper provides an overview of our front end requirements including
interactions with the cyber training community, training system
architecture analysis, example CobWEBS scenarios cyber attack event
flows based on our design progress and interactions with users, and our
conceptual prototype design. Our goal is to solicit feedback from the
SIW community and seek developmental collaboration.
15F-SIW-016
INTEGRATING VIRTUAL AGENTS TO ALLOW SAFE, COMPLEX TESTING OF
AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED VEHICLES
This paper is being presented: Wednesday, North 1, 1400-1430, SPEC
Track
Primary Author: Brendan John
Email: brendan.john@jhuapl.edu
Abstract: A gap currently exists in the industry’s ability to carry
out safe, rigorous testing of autonomous unmanned vehicles (AUVs).
In 2013, the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) funded the
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL) to
design an infrastructure to carry out complex and safe tests of AUVs
under the Testing of Autonomy in Complex Environments (TACE)
program. The TACE infrastructure watches over the system under test’s
(SUT) autonomous decisions to assure that the SUT does not violate
safety constraints during a test. TACE also provides complex, interactive,
stimulation to the SUT autonomy necessary to assess SUT performance.
To reduce cost and help increase safety during a test, the stimulation of
the autonomy must often be synthetic, such as simulating other vehicles
in the same test as the SUT. Additionally, a vendor may wish to test
physical autonomous systems interacting with simulated cooperative
systems, allowing autonomous cooperative behavior to be tested without
the risk and expense of having a larger number of SUTs. This paper will
detail the software written to simulate autonomous agents, including
communications between live and virtual autonomous agents. TRMC’s
Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) was used to handle the
networking layer, while the Naval Air Systems Command’s (NAVAIR)
Joint Integrated Mission Model (JIMM) was used to simulate the
battlespace environment and maintain ground truth. The JHUAPLdeveloped Autonomy Tool Kit (ATK) was used as the autonomy engine
driving both the physical SUT and the virtual cooperative agents.
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15F-SIW-018
USING CYBER WARFARE SIMULATION TO PREPARE FOR CYBER SPACE
CONTROL
This paper is being presented: Wednesday, North 1, 0800-0830, SPEC
Track
Primary Author: Martin R. Stytz, Ph.D.
Email: mstytz@gmail.com
Abstract: Accurate simulation of cyber warfare can prepare decisionmakers for its challenges. With cyber warfare, it is possible to control
an adversaries’ information, target the portions of cyber space used
for situational awareness and decision-making, lead the adversary to
make desired decisions, and strike directly at the opposition’s mind.
A cyber attack diminishes individual and group situational awareness
and command and control by undermining one or more elements of
cyberspace. The cyber space threat is magnified by the technologies
of the network centric warfare (NCW) paradigm. The vulnerabilities
exploited by cyber warfare are inherent to NCW technologies. Due to
the importance of cyber space to success in warfare, proper assessment
of real-world and cyber circumstances must be trained via exposure to
simulated cyber attacks.
To simulate a cyber attack, we need only alter the information
presented to the decision-makers. Appropriately configured simulation
environments can be used to develop expertise in dealing with cyber
warfare and provide an environment for the development of cyber
warfare strategies and tactics. In the paper, we discuss the effects of cyber
attacks upon individual and group situational awareness and an approach
to cyber warfare simulation.
2015 Fall ‘SIWzie’ Awarded paper.
15F-SIW-019
SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT USING THE
DODAF
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, Salon 2, 0930-1000, SIWzie
Paper Forum
Primary Author: T. W. van Den Berg
Email: tom.vandenberg@tno.nl
Abstract: The US Department of Defense (DoD) Architecture
Framework (DoDAF) provides a common approach for architecture
description development. The primary use of DoDAF is capability
development and system acquisition in the military domain. Although
DoDAF was not designed to support the development of simulation
environments, many of the artifacts necessary to produce and document
such simulation environments can be described by the architecture
models in this framework.
This paper examines the application of the DoDAF and the related
systems engineering concepts within IEEE 1730-2010 Distributed
Simulation Engineering and Execution Process (DSEEP), a
recommended practice for the engineering and execution of a distributed
simulation environment. This paper uses the Unified Profile for DoDAF
and MODAF (UPDM) for the construction of architecture models.
UPDM is a UML profile of the Object Management Group (OMG)
that provides a modeling standard for both DoDAF and MODAF.
This paper builds on an earlier SISO paper on architecture description
development (04F-SIW-015: The Application of the DoDAF within the
HLA Federation Development Process), which was based on DoDAF
1.5. This paper adds amongst others new DoDAF 2.0 viewpoints,
provides additional examples of models, uses UPDM for model
construction, and references the DSEEP as engineering process.
15F-SIW-020
MEASURES, METRICS, AND SYSTEMS-OF-SYSTEMS: BRIDGING A GAP
BETWEEN ACADEMIC AND DOD SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TERMINOLOGY
This paper is being presented: Wednesday, Salon 2, 1430-1500, ACQ
Track
Primary Author: O. Thomas Holland, Ph.D.
Email: orgal.holland@navy.mil
Abstract: There can often be a great deal of confusion when first
encountering the terminology associated with systems engineering,
operations research, software engineering, or simulation modeling.
This confusion is especially vexing when these domains converge in
model-based systems engineering supporting the development, analysis,
and acquisition of military systems. This paper attempts to clarify
the definitions and usage of a few commonly encountered terms,
emphasizing the distinction of these terms especially within the context
of the military domain. We examine the general use of these terms
along with their corresponding academic or professional community
language and attempt to synergize them with their Department of
Defense usage. In many cases we see that there is not as much difference
as we might have at first thought. References are used throughout,
although the exact statement of a definition will usually not be a direct
quote if a combination of sources produces a synthesis that is more
understandable. The guidance presented here is intended for those
who find themselves working in the model-based systems engineering
domain, especially in a Department of Defense acquisition related
context. It is hoped that this information will be useful to those who
want to better understand certain fundamental terms or are struggling
to ascertain what terms apply to their needs and when a new term might
be needed. The references cited provide many additional details for the
reader who desires more information..
15F-SIW-021
FRAMEWORK FOR SIMULATION AND MULTI-GENRE NETWORK
EXPERIMENTATION
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, North 1, 1630-1700, SPEC
Track
Primary Author: William Dron
Email: wdron@bbn.com
Abstract: Because military forces operate in a connected
environment of different types of social, information, and
communication networks, we need an infrastructure for real-time
modeling of mobile network systems that providing a controlled,
repeatable emulation and simulation environment for network science
research and development. Traditionally, experimentation has focused
on one network genre at a time; for example, command and control
experiments might examine patterns of information flow between people
while hardware networking experiments might compare alternative
routing algorithms. Yet, in a military environment, human networks and
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hardware networks interact dynamically, with cross-network cascades
or compensation impacting overall mission performance. Thus, there
is a need for basic and applied experimental study of these multi-genre
network phenomena, and of any universal invariants and common
characteristics across all types of networks.
The challenges for such multi-genre network experimentation
include different levels of representation and model fidelity, as well as
mismatched time scales for network interactions and evolution. To
address these challenges and support multi-genre network Experiments,
we have created a multi-genre network experiment framework for
integration and interoperability of components to simulate and emulate
various aspects within a tactical level information gathering and mission
execution scenario. To demonstrate the utility of this framework, we
have used it to link two agent-based organizational behavior simulations
to a communications network emulator. In our baseline experiments, we
use these integrated network models to study the impact of imperfect
communications networks on mission performance, and the impact of
goal-driven, reactive group behaviors on tactical network performance.
Our initial scenarios and components support the manipulation of
network parameters such as network bandwidth, information noise,
team hierarchy, information sharing policies, and individual cognitive/
behavioral tendencies. The framework will also support future work
with adaptive networks, using automated Quality of Information (QoI)
transformations on data, information-aware network components, and
network-aware algorithms.
This paper presents the background and motivation for multi-genre
experimentation and functionalities. It describes the interface and
framework which enables multi-genre network experimentation with
social/cognitive, information and communication layers. Specifically,
we detail how the framework allows interoperability of network genre
specific tools using an Extendable Mobile Ad-hoc Network Emulator
(EMANE) module called a “shim”. Finally, we describe the design and
results of baseline experiments on interactions between social/cognitive
and communications networks using this framework.
2015 Fall ‘SIWzie’ Awarded paper.
15F-SIW-022
A FRAMEWORK FOR LARGE-SCALE MIXED-REALITY SIMULATION FOR
USAF BATTLEFIELD AIRMEN INVOLVED IN PERSONNEL RECOVERY
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, Salon 2, 0800-0830, SIWzie
Paper Forum
Primary Author: Phillip Curtiss, Ph.D.
Email: curtiss@wyeoakholdings.com
Abstract: Opportunities to collaborate between two (2)
complimentary simulation-based projects are explored with the goal
of developing a large-scale mixed-reality simulation capability that
incorporates the reuse of existing simulation environments, allows for
field-based training, and develops an existing simulation framework into
a modelling and simulation platform as a service. Both of these projects
focus on developing meaningful simulation-based training for USAF
battlefield airmen involved in personnel recovery (Guardian Angels or
GAs) which is challenging due to the technical, tactical, and medical
skill sets employed and their large mission portfolio. The GAs desire
an environment that allows them to move freely, engage with synthetic
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elements of the virtual space, and conduct training exercises across their
entire mission profile.
For the last four (4) years, the National Center for Health Care
Informatics (NCHCI) has been researching and developing a scalable
and extensible simulation framework that integrates disparate simulation
environments and systems into a cohesive modelling and simulation
platform as a service. This service-oriented platform orchestrates the
overall training exercise by exerting command and control over the
integrated simulation environments and systems, and processing events
from these environments in a responsive manner. This framework has
allowed for the reuse of simulation environments built for Joint Tactical
Air Controllers (JTAC) and human patient simulators built for medical
field training, and adapted their use to be relevant for GA full-mission
profile training. The NCHCI framework has been demonstrated to
provide meaningful full-mission profile training for GAs in a series of
simulation exercises performed in 2013, and is now being integrated
with the JTAC dome environment and the Advanced Joint Terminal
Attack Controller Training System at Hurlburt Field, FL.
Similarly, the research and development efforts at AFRL have been
focusing on integrating disparate simulation technologies to effect
dismounted, field-based training of the GAs in a live, virtual, and
constructive environment known as the Deployable Electronic
Communications & Observation Network for Operations & Training or
DECON-OT. Leveraging a central command model, where constructive
players may participate in training exercises and virtual battlefield
elements can be constructed to provide real-time situational awareness of
all participants, and demonstrate the ability to provide large-scale fieldbased training that is meaningful, full-mission profile training for GAs.
The innovative use of field-deployable networking technologies, motion
tracking technologies, and novel uses of wearable computing allow
the GAs to be linked in real-time to the central command and control
facility, and be provided synthetic information as to the injuries and
vital signs of the casualties they encounter and must treat in the field.
Like the NCHCI effort, DECON-OT utilizes interoperability standards
in a service-oriented architecture with the following layers: human
interfaces and displays, application, services, component, legacy system
platforms, sensors, models and tools. This paper explores how these two
training environments can share data and be brought together to create a
distributed training capability.
15F-SIW-024
INNOVATION AND RAPID EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN BY VIRTUAL DOING:
UNDERSTANDING EARLY SYNTHETIC PROTOTYPING
This paper is being presented: Monday, North 1, 1630-1700, SPEC
Track
Primary Author: Todd Richmond, Ph.D.
Email: trichmond@ict.usc.edu
Abstract: The proliferation and maturation of tools supporting
virtual environments combined with emerging immersive capabilities
(e.g. Oculus Rift and other head mounted displays) point towards the
ability to take nascent ideas and realize them in engaging ways through
an Early Synthetic Prototyping (ESP) system. In effect, “bend electrons
before bending metal,” enabling Soldier (end-user) feedback early in
the design process, while fostering an atmosphere of collaboration and
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innovation. Simulation has been used in a variety of ways for concept,
design, and testing, but current methods do not put the user into
the system in ways that provide deep feedback and enable a dialogue
between Warfighter and Engineer (as well as other stakeholders) that can
inform design. This paper will discuss how the process of ESP is teased
out by using iterative rapid virtual prototyping based on an initial ESP
schema, resulting in a rather organic design process - Innovation and
Rapid Evolutionary Design by Virtual Doing. By employing canonical
use cases, working through the draft schema allows the system to
help design itself and inform the process evolution. This type of selfreferential meta-design becomes increasingly powerful and relevant
given the ability to rapidly create assets, capabilities and environments
that immerse developers, stakeholders, and end users early and often
in the process. Specific examples of using rapid virtual prototyping
for teasing out the design and implications/applications of ESP will
be presented, walking through the evolution of both schema and
prototypes with specific use cases. In addition, this paper will cover more
generalized concepts, approaches, analytics, and lessons-learned as well
as implications for innovation throughout research, development, and
industry.
15F-SIW-029
ONTOLOGY MATCHING OF C2SIM ONTOLOGIES USING XML SCHEMA
This paper is being presented: Wednesday, North 1, 1330-1400, SPEC
Track
Primary Author: Samuel Suhas Singapogu
Email: ssingapo@gmu.edu
Abstract: The next generation of command and control to
simulation interoperability (C2SIM) technology will use ontologies
to capture semantic data in the form of concepts, relationships and
axioms. A well-defined and well-populated ontology captures semantic
information to model existing knowledge and infer new knowledge
effectively. Interoperable systems in the future will be expected to have
their own input specification and knowledge representation (ontology).
In order to provide interoperability on the semantic level, there is a
need to identify how ontologies of different systems compare to each
other. Ontology matching is the process of finding concepts that have
similar, dissimilar and inheritance relationships between concepts of
two ontologies. The output of the matching process is an ontological
alignment that can serve as a mapping between the two ontologies/
systems.
Existing ontology matching methods largely depend on the edit-distance
method of comparing string similarity between concept names in order
to compute semantic similarity. XML schemas, often used to model
syntax of a system, contain data useful to semantics. The structure and
annotations within XML schemas can be used to compute semantic
similarity. This paper extends ontology matching using edit-distance
similarity measure by identifying and incorporating measures drawn
from XML schema structure and annotations. The newly developed
semantic similarity measure is applied to comparing a C2SIM ontology
to a similar sample ontology. This paper is an updated version of a paper
titled “Ontology Matching Using Structure and Annotations in XML
Schema” that was presented at the 20th ICCRTS conference.
15F-SIW-031
USING A HUMAN PERFORMANCE MARKUP LANGUAGE FOR SIMULATORBASED TRAINING
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, Salon 2, 1530-1600, ACQ Track
Primary Author: Michael Tolland
Email: mtolland@aptima.com
Abstract: Simulation-based training is a driving force behind much
of the individual and team based training within the Department of
Defense. With the ubiquity of simulation based training comes a need
for a simple and reusable way to represent the performance of the
individuals and teams in those systems. Human Performance Markup
Language (HPML) is an XML Schema based language designed to
express and capture key aspects of human performance in simulators,
most notably the measurement and assessment in training and other
personnel-related contexts. HPML takes raw data as input and specifies
the computations required to turn those data into measurements and
assessments. It is flexible with regard to the kinds of raw data that can be
specified, including simulator-based and simulator-network-based data,
physiological sensors, or observer-based data. Expressing measures and
assessments in HPML externalizes the computations, so there is no need
to modify the simulators, physiological sensor systems, or observer-based
capture systems.
For example, suppose a simulator provides the deviation-from-ideal
of a trainee’s flight path in feet. A measure that is more robust to the
trainee’s distance from the target would be the deviation in degrees; given
additional data about the basic geometry of the situation, HPML can
express the computations required to get degree-based measure. Further,
to express the quality of the trainee’s performance, an assessment can be
provided for the measure. For example, a deviation of less than 1 degree
might be classified as expert performance, while a deviation of more than
5 degrees might be classified as novice performance.
HPML can also be used to express the results of such measures and
assessments. In fact, we envision that HPML will enable a performance
measurement ecosystem for simulators, with tools ranging from visual
measure creators to real-time performance monitors to sophisticated
performance storage systems to informative during- and after-action
review systems. The growth of such an ecosystem could also enable an
open-source market for human performance and assessment measures.
Due to the reusable nature of HPML, it is foreseeable that a performance
measure built for one domain (Air Force aviation), could be re-purposed
with minimal modification, for use in a different domain (Navy
Aviation), regardless of the type or manufacturer of the simulation
system.
To encourage the development of such an ecosystem, HPML is currently
the subject of a SISO Study Group, with the plan to move towards
SISO standardization. We believe that widespread use of HPML by
government and industry will ultimately lead to more effective, efficient
simulator-based training, and, ultimately, to better-prepared students..
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15F-SIW-032
A TLA+ SPECIFICATION OF THE HLA TIME MANAGEMENT ALGORITHM
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, Salon 3, 1630-1700, SVCS Track
Primary Author: Anthony Cramp, Ph.D.
Email: anthony.cramp@gmail.com
Abstract: The High Level Architecture (HLA) Interface
Specification visually (using Statecharts) and textually (with structured
English prose and embedded mathematics) defines a model of a
simulation middleware. While such a specification is enough for a
software engineer to construct a conforming Runtime Infrastructure
(RTI) or to build a federate against the defined Application
Programming Interface (API), the specification is not formal enough to
allow a computer to automatically verify that the specification enforces
invariants of the simulation middleware. Formal methods, such as the
Temporal Logic of Actions (TLA+), exist to capture specifications of
models of systems in such a way that such verification can be performed.
This paper presents a TLA+ specification of the Time Management
algorithm described in the HLA Interface Specification. The TLC
Model Checker (part of the TLA+ Toolbox) is used to show that the
specification does enforce desired invariants of the Time Management
algorithm. The TLC Model Checker is also used to play with the
specification and invariants to illustrate how livelock can arise in the
case of zero lookahead. Finally, it is shown how the Time Management
specification (and, by implication, a complete formal specification of
the HLA Interface Specification) can be used as a module to be reused
when creating a specification for an end user simulation. By capturing
the HLA specification as a module, it can potentially be replaced by a
module capturing the specification of a different simulation middleware
to verify that the end user simulation is still correct in the face of such a
change.
15F-SIW-034
MCSC SIAT TRANSITIONING FROM DOCUMENT-CENTRIC TO MODELCENTRIC CASE STUDY
This paper is being presented: Wednesday, Salon 2, 1400-1430, ACQ
Track
Primary Author: Jane Bachman
Email: jane.bachman@navy.mil
Abstract: This case study explores and examines the use of applying
Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to a selected element of the
Integrated Defense Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (IDAT&L)
Life Cycle Management System (LCMS) Process Model, using SysML
as the selected case study common formal machine readable language.
The case study end result being an automatically generated section of
the Modeling and Simulation Support Plan (MSSP) template outline.
This paper discusses the results from conducting the proof-of-concept in
support of MCSC SIAT transition to a model-based system approach.
15F-SIW-035
A SOLDIER SYSTEM ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE (SSEA) MODELING AND
SIMULATION APPLICATION
This paper is being presented: Wednesday, Salon 2, 0800-0830, ACQ &
SVCS Tracks
Primary Author: Scott Gallant
Email: scott@effectiveapplications.com
Abstract: The purpose of the Soldier System Engineering
Architecture (SSEA) Science & Technology Objective (STO) is to create
a principle-based soldier architecture and framework to enable systemlevel tradeoff analysis and create the foundation for design parameters
for next generation soldier system and subsystems based on human
performance capabilities, the full complement of equipment, and
mission tasks. Modeling and Simulation (M&S) is a critical component
of the SSEA strategy. SSEA will develop the soldier decomposition
(SSEA Work Breakdown Structure) and the SSEA Soldier-EquipmentTask (SET) framework. SSEA will thereby serve as a test bed for
concept exploration and requirements definition, and provide a space
to investigate R&D investment decisions. The M&S component will
include on-demand Combat Simulation as a Service (CSaaS) to enable
interdisciplinary cross-community/domain analytical environment(s) to
address SSEA user and enterprise needs. This paper will discuss the goals
of the SSEA STO, our initial M&S implementation plans, the challenges
associated with providing a seamless decomposition of the Soldier, and
SSEA’s relationship to current soldier modeling programs such as the
Distributed Soldier Representation (DSR), Executable Architecture
Systems Engineering (EASE) Distributed Modeling Framework,
Improved Performance Research Integration Tool (IMPRINT), and
Infantry Warrior Simulation (IWARS).
15F-SIW-036
CYBER MODELING & SIMULATION FOR CYBER-RANGE EVENTS
This paper is being presented: Wednesday, Salon 2, 0900-0930, ACQ &
SPEC Tracks
Primary Author: Suresh K. Damodaran, Ph.D.
Email: Suresh.Damodaran@ll.mit.edu
Abstract: Cyber ranges, regularly used for a wide variety of testing
and training events, currently require a large amount of human labor
in assembling workable models and systems. This paper develops the
logical range into a modular and hierarchical construct that leverages
proven system engineering concepts to provide a scalable range construct
operable over a wide range of cyber threat scenarios.
15F-SIW-038
USING HLA OBJECT MODELS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CROSS DOMAIN
SECURITY POLICIES
This paper is being presented: Wednesday, Salon 2, 0830-0900, ACQ &
SVCS Tracks
Primary Author: Björn Möller
Email: bjorn.moller@pitch.se
Abstract: Across defense, training equipment, data and scenarios are
likely to have different classification levels. Thus it is sometimes necessary
for training to be carried out using a federation of participating systems
running at different classification levels, but without compromising
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security rules.This is usually done using guards and filters to limit the
data that may be released from the higher security domain to the lower
security domain. In some cases, limiting the data may negatively impact
the training and make it impossible to meet all the training goals. When
following the process from design to security accreditation it is crucial to
understand how to meet security requirements while also understanding
the impact this will have on the training.
This paper suggests an approach based on a description of the data
exchange using the object models of the High Level Architecture. One
type of object model is the Federation Object Model (FOM). It specifies
the type and format of any data exchanged in the federation. This
includes descriptions of objects (such as aircraft, soldiers and weapons)
and interactions (such as orders, fire and detonation). Another type of
object model is the Simulation Object Model (SOM). This is used to
describe which objects and interactions are published (produced) and
subscribed (consumed) by any one simulation system.
The proposed method uses the SOMs to analyze the data flow within
and between the different security domains. It allows the user to suggest
different security policies. It then provides an automatic analysis that
can be used to analyze the effect from both a training and a security
perspective. This analysis can be performed for standard FOMs, like
RPR FOM and NATO NETN FOM as well as extensions of these and
project specific FOMs,
The proposed method can be used as a basis for a dialog between
accreditors and developers of training federations. This can help to avoid
security issues, to understand the impact of training goals and also to
detect any technical issues that may be introduced by the presence of a
guard.
15F-SIW-039
TOWARDS RPR FOM 3: REVISITING THE DATA TYPES
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, Salon 3, 1530-1600, SVCS Track
Primary Author: Björn Möller
Email: bjorn.moller@pitch.se
Abstract: Version 2 of the Real-time Platform Reference FOM
(RPR FOM) has recently been finalized. It is the most widely used
FOM for defense simulations. The original purpose of the RPR FOM
was to facilitate interoperability between the DIS protocol and HLA
federations. Today it is often also used as a common basis for further
adaptation and extensions in US and NATO federations.
One of the main goals of the final phase of the RPR FOM 2
development was to maintain buffer compatibility with the widely
used draft 17 of the RPR FOM 2. This in turn carries a lot of heritage
from both the DIS protocol and the HLA version 1.3, including many
convoluted data buffer layouts. Today these may not be seen as striking
the best balance between low bandwidth utilization, simple encoding
and decoding, flexibility and extensibility.
Now the time may have come to revisit the RPR FOM data
representations for RPR FOM version 3. In addition to the reviewing
the record data structures, a goal could be to remove the RPR FOM
specific datatype encodings such as the lengthless array representations.
Furthermore, an attempt to generate the Enumerations module from the
SISO-REF-010 XML source showed that some enumerations may need
to be reconsidered or moved to other modules.
The RPR FOM 2 work has also revealed that some new data types
may need to be added to the HLA standard, in particular to represent
unsigned integers that are used in DIS.
This paper provides an analysis and recommendation for the RPR FOM
3 development and to some extent for the next version of HLA.
15F-SIW-040
THE INTERNET OF THINGS AND THE FUTURE OF M&S –WHERE ARE WE
GOING AND WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES?
This paper is being presented: Wednesday, North 1, 1430-1500, SPEC
Track
Primary Author: Paul Gustavson
Email: pgustavson@simventions.com
Abstract: Perhaps you have heard the phrase “The Internet of
Things”, and you’ve wondered, “What exactly is that?” If you guessed
that it’s something to do with devices like smart phones, smart TVs,
watches, and other devices that connect to the Cloud, then you are on
the right track. Just glance around and you’ll see these devices almost
everywhere carried by almost everyone. But what you are seeing is only
the first wave of what’s coming. Over the next few years you’ll likely see
even more devices and resources that somehow connect to the Cloud.
They will be in the form of wrist watchbands, sunglasses, key chains,
automobiles, sensors and more.
The question though is, “Where is this all going?” and “What is
the Value?”. The Internet of Things (IoT) can only be a disruptive
innovation if there’s a craving that it fulfills and one or more new habits
that emerge. According to Charles Duhigg, author of “The Power of
Habit”, habits are formed when there is a cue, a resulting routine,
followed by a satisfying reward. Great products and technology are
only great if they are habit forming. And those who create new habits
harnessed via technology, become those that are marked as pioneers and
innovators.
Consider the advent of the iPhone in 2008, it certainly wasn’t the first
smartphone, but it became a memorable mark in the advancement of
technology because it provided a new platform to access information and
manage the most important resource of all – life! The cue for this device
was the App Store, which offered habit craving apps like Instagram,
Facebook, YouTube, SoundCloud, Google Maps, Skype and more. Apps
like this have changed our behavior. We download them, use them and,
for things like Instagram and Facebook, fed them our data.
Steve Jobs and his team got it right. The magic wasn’t in the device
itself; it was in the access of content that the device could offer – namely
greater interoperability. It’s estimated that there will be 50 billion devices
connected to the Internet by the year 2020. That’s just five years from
now. The apps that we’ve grown fond of for the iPhone, Android and the
Windows phone will become secondary to the interoperability afforded
by the devices that are now emerging.
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We will explore just how the IoT is fast becoming an instrument for
interoperability to gather and distribute new content. Converse to the
App Store where data is pulled down to the consumer. IoT will allow
persons, machines and other operational resources to serve and provide
the content pushed up and delivered to other “federates”. We will also
explore specifically how modeling and simulation might play a key
role in the “Interoperability of Things” and what new habits might
emerge. We will examine what standards exist are needed for a myriad
of “resources” that represent live, virtual or constructive “federates”,
whether they execute in a laptop or they are reflected in an autonomous
or living resource like you or me.
15F-SIW-041
AGILE AND M&S - MAXIMIZING THE EFFICIENCY OF YOUR M&S PROJECTS
This paper is being presented: Monday, Salon 3, 1600-1630, SVCS Track
Primary Author: Paul Gustavson
Email: pgustavson@simventions.com
Abstract: In this paper we will explore how Agile (specifically Agile
Scrum) can be leveraged and used to support M&S activities.
Our discussion begins with an overview of the Agile Scrum Methodology
and practical ways to apply the methodology to support the activities
associated to the DSEEP process.
We will also evaluate a “starting” product backlog based on the DSEEP
standard that can be used for most M&S project efforts.
Additionally we will highlight how Agile might also be used to support
standards development efforts including SISO PDG activities, and your
projects with your organization.
15F-SIW-043
IGNITING INNOVATION IN THE CREATION OF FUTURE TECHNICAL
CAPABILITIES– A STANDARDS PROFILE FOR USE OF MODELING &
SIMULATION ACROSS THE ACQUISITION LIFE CYCLE
This paper is being presented: Wednesday, Salon 2, 1330-1400, ACQ
Track
Primary Author: Crash Konwin
Email: konwin_kenneth@bah.com
Abstract: Building blocks for modeling and simulation
interoperability, reusability and increased capability include government,
industry, and international standards developed by communities of
practice. However, standards are only valuable when discovered, deemed
applicable and used. Understanding all the key areas where standards
apply is often difficult. This paper will provide insights into the technical
approach taken and the current status of an active product development
group (pdg) within the simulation interoperability and standards
organization (siso). By employing a handful of application vignettes
and leveraging the expertise of a small core of seasoned veterans (whose
experience spans both the modeling & simulation and acquisition
communities), this challenge was constrained and evolved through the
efforts of the pdg. Current plans call for seeking greater practitioner
feedback by employing a “trial use” approach. A contemporary example
from the commercial payments industry will be shared as an analogy
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which illustrates both the opportunities and challenges that must
be understood and respected when seeking to deliver revolutionary
capabilities involving component parts that improve in evolutionary
manner. How and when to get involved in the maturation of this
important standards product will gladly be shared.
15F-SIW-044
THE GENERIC METHODOLOGY FOR VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION
APPLIED TO MEDIUM RANGE ANTI-TANK SIMULATION TRAINING DEVICES
This paper is being presented: Wednesday, Salon 3, 13301400, SVCS Track
Primary Author: Manfred Roza, Ph.D.
Email: manfred.roza@nlr.nl
Abstract: The NL MoD has recently acquired an update of its medium
range anti tank (MRAT) missile system, called the GILL. The update to
the SPIKE Long Range (LR) weapon system is accompanied with the
acquisition of new simulation training devices (STDs). These devices are
bought Commercial Of The Shelf (COTS). The question arises whether
all NLtraining goals are covered by the STDs.
In this paper we present the application of the Generic Methodology for
Verification and Validation (GM-VV) to the question above. First the
intended purpose of the STD’s is determined by executing a training
needs analysis, then the V&V areas of interest are selected based on how
the training curriculum depends on the usage a STD and the uncertainty
about its quality. During the V&V study it was found that specific tests
would only be possible at a later time, e.g. due to unavailable reference
data, outside of the time frame of the V&V study, and feasible substitute
tests had to be defined. Many findings from the V&V tests indicate the
usefulness of the STDs, while others indicate that changes are required,
either to the training curriculum or to the STDs.
The GM-VV allows for adapting to the scope as well as the graceful
degradation of the V&V tests. The NL MoD can build upon the current
findings at a later time, e.g. by adding reference data, to further decrease
uncertainty, and thus reducing the M&S use risk.
15F-SIW-045 A REVIEW OF THE POTENTIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT BENEFITS OF A
HUMAN PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT STANDARD: LESSONS LEARNED
IN THE NAVY AVIATION COMMUNITY
This paper is being presented: Tuesday, Salon 2, 1600-1630,
ACQ Track
Primary Author: Beth Wheeler Atkinson
Email: beth.atkinson@navy.mil
Abstract: As the U.S. Navy focuses on proficiency optimization (e.g.,
Buss, 2014), integrating technology solutions that support automated
capture and analysis of human performance will become critical for
understanding objective proficiency levels. Implementation of human
performance measurement and assessment technologies within both
operational and training environments will require a coordinated effort
to ensure interoperability and standardization across platforms to achieve
a true understanding of force proficiency. The Human Performance
Markup Language (HPML) – currently under consideration by a
Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) study group
Abstracts
– is a critical step toward providing a standard that, while beneficial for
this initiative within the Navy, has broader applicability.
The adoption of a human performance measurement product by SISO
could support standardization in technology implementation within a
range of technologies within the U.S. Navy, Department of Defense,
and industry. The Return on Investment (ROI) of such a standard could
be realized through increased visibility and definition of requirements,
as well as measurement and product reuse. Both of these benefits have
potential to reduce acquisition lifecycle costs in the long term. Further,
the increased technical quality of human performance assessment could
identify training efficiencies by providing targeted remediation and
proficiency training based on objective measurement.
The introduction of HPML as a standard would provide an XML-based
language scheme designed to express performance measurement concepts
that are modular in nature. This critical design characteristic allows
human performance representation to be generalizable, interoperable,
and transparent. Modularity facilitates the reuse of measures and
assessments, and contributes to the creation of an open and easily
referenced HPML ecosystem library that spans various platforms and
domains. Furthermore, the modular nature of the design provides
flexibility to meet variable or shifting requirements.
Currently, as no such standard has been adopted, training engineers,
developers, and associated professionals are required to develop
customized human performance measures for each effort. The
development of these measures and assessments are costly in terms time
and resources, and are rarely developed early enough in the lifecycle to
reduce downstream technical, budgetary, and scheduling risk. As a result,
practitioners are faced with the late-cycle task of trying to pull human
performance data from a training system that was not designed with that
output in mind. Utilizing standards, such as HPML, and early test and
evaluation procedures is necessary to prevent “late-cycle churn”, which
is the undesirable scramble to fix significant problems discovered late in
development (GAO, 2005).
This paper proposes to outline the challenges that currently exist for
defining and implementing performance measurement and assessment
technologies for operational and training systems, focusing on lessons
learned during the implementation of automated performance
measurement technologies within a U.S. Navy aviation platform.
2014 Body Of Knowledge Award paper from SimTecT 2014.
15F-SIW-046 DIGITAL LITERACY IN THE AUSTRALIAN AND
NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCES: CURRENT
LEVELS AND IMPLICATIONSIS
This paper is being presented: Monday, Salon
2, 1530-1600, Joint Session
training more engaging and effective than other forms of training. While
evidence from civilian studies suggests that digital literacy levels vary
considerably, there is limited data from military populations. Data on
digital literacy is important for obtaining insights into trainee levels of
readiness for, and engagement, with technology-based training, and
informing training design. Without such data, decisions about the use of
technology-based training may be misinformed and lead to suboptimal
training outcomes. This paper presents data on digital literacy levels
from two studies of junior ranked (Private or equivalent) personnel in
the Australian Army (N = 98) and the New Zealand Defence Force (N
= 213). Participants completed surveys measuring ownership of digital
devices, social and occupational use of digital devices, and attitudes
towards the use of digital technology in training. Key findings were 1)
some digital devices (smart phones, computers) were owned by almost
100% of participants, while others were owned by as few as 10%
(e-book reader); 2) despite high rates of ownership of smart phones
and computers, respondents used them to conduct a small number of
functions (podcasts, viewing streaming media); 3) there was limited
support for the use of technology in support of training, and 4) digital
literacy among older personnel was diverse, which challenges popular
stereotypes. The results are consistent with findings from studies of
digital literacy with civilian populations, and highlight the need for
stakeholders (e.g., researchers, trainers, designers) to recognize the
diversity of digital literacy in the military. Suggestions for future research
on digital literacy in military personnel are provided.
15F-SIW-047
INSIGHTS FROM EXPLORATION INTO CLOUD-BASED SIMULATION
This paper is being presented: Monday, North 1, 1600-1630, SPEC
Track
Primary Author: Charles Sanders, Ph.D.
Email: csanders@alionscience.com
Abstract: A group of M&S technical experts from across the
Department of Defense community met for several technical exchange
meetings (TEMs) to discuss challenges, expected benefits, and
approaches for running simulation from and/or through the cloud.
Insights were shared and collected, but some questions still need to be
answered. This paper reviews recent efforts to explore to what degree
the M&S community is ready to run simulation in or through the
cloud, and if the cloud service providers are ready to support the M&S
community. Various aspects of distributed simulation are explored, such
as virtualization, federations, modeling frameworks, data management,
and standards. Unanswered research questions are discussed and steps to
address them are proposed.
Primary Author: Susannah Whitney, Ph.D.
Email: susannah.whitney@gmail.com
Abstract: It is popularly believed that all junior-ranked military
personnel are young people accustomed to using digital devices for
training and entertainment, thereby giving them a high level of ‘digital
literacy’. Furthermore, it is assumed this group finds technology-based
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