Ernest Henry Page, Jr.

Abstraction and Associates
11505 Purple Beech Drive
Reston, VA 20191
ernie@thesimguy.com


Personal Data:

Born: 7 February 1965; Alexandria, Virginia.

EDUCATION:

Ph.D.
Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994. Dissertation: Simulation Modeling Methodology: Principles and Etiology of Decision Support. Advisor: Richard E. Nance.
M.S.
Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990. Thesis: Model Generators: Prototyping Simulation Model Definition, Specification and Documentation Under the Conical Methodology. Advisor: Richard E. Nance.
B.S.
Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988.

FIELDS OF INTEREST:

Discrete event simulation, parallel and distributed systems.

CLEARANCES:

DISCO and NATO (SECRET)

 


Employment History:

President, Abstraction and Associates, LLC (9/01 - Present)

Member of the Technical Staff, The MITRE Corporation (2/95 - 9/01)

Research Associate, Virginia Tech Systems Research Center (8/93 - 11/94)

Computer Systems Administrator, Virginia Tech Systems Research Center  (9/88 - 8/93)

Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Tech (5/88 - 9/88;  1/90 - 8/90)


Teaching Experience:

Adjunct Faculty, Northern Virginia Community College, 2000.

Instructor, Radford University, 1993.

Instructor/Consultant, Southwest Virginia Governor's School, 1992.

 


Professional Activities:

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Publications:

BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS:

  1. Wendell H. Lunceford and Ernest H. Page, Editors. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Grand Challenges for Modeling and Simulation, 27-31 January 2002, San Antonio, TX, 103 pages.
  2. Agostino G. Bruzzone, Adelinde Uhrmacher and Ernest H. Page, Editors. Proceedings of the 1999 International Conference on Web-Based Modeling and Simulation, SCS Simulation Series 31(3), 17-20 January 1999, San Francisco, CA, 255 pages.


REFEREED JOURNALS:

  1. Ernest H. Page and Marc Abrams. ``Simulation Model Development and Analysis in UNITY,''  Annals of Operations Research, 104, pp.181-21, April 2002.

  2. Ernest H. Page and Jeffrey M. Opper. ``Investigating the Application of Web-Based Simulation Principles within the Architecture for a Next-Generation Computer Generated Forces Model'', Future Generation Computer Systems, 17, pp. 159-169, Elsevier Science Publishing, 2000.

  3. Ernest H. Page, Arnold Buss, Paul A. Fishwick, Kevin J. Healy, Richard E. Nance and Ray J. Paul. ``Web-Based Simulation: Revolution or Evolution?'', ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 10(1), pp. 3-17, January 2000.

  4. Richard E. Nance, C. Michael Overstreet and Ernest H. Page. ``Redundancy in Model Specifications for Discrete Event Simulation,'' ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 9(3), pp. 254-281, July 1999.

  5. Ernest H. Page and Richard E. Nance. ``Incorporating Support for Model Execution within the Condition Specification,'' Transactions of the SCS, 16(2), pp. 47-62, June 1999.

  6. Ernest H. Page, Bradford S. Canova and John A. Tufarolo. ``A Case Study of Verification, Validation and Accreditation for Advanced Distributed Simulation,'' ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 7(3), pp. 393-424. July, 1997.

  7. Ernest H. Page. Book Review, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 4(4), pp. 368-369, October 1994.

  8. Ernest H. Page. ``In Defense of Discrete Event Simulation,'' (Technical Correspondence), ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 3(4), pp. 281-286, October 1993.


REFEREED PROCEEDINGS:

  1. Ernest H. Page and Jeffrey M. Opper. ``Observations on the Complexity of Composable Simulation'', In: Proceedings of the 1999 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 553-560, Phoenix, AZ, 5-8 December 1999.

  2. Richard E. Nance, C. Michael Overstreet and Ernest H. Page. ``Redundancy in Model Representation: A Blessing or a Curse?,'' In: Proceedings of the 1996 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 701-707, Coronado, CA, 8-11 December 1996.

  3. John A. Tufarolo and Ernest H. Page. ``Evolving the VV&A Process for the ALSP Joint Training Confederation,'' In: Proceedings of the 1996 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 952-958, Coronado, CA, 8-11 December 1996.

  4. Richard M. Weatherly, Annette L. Wilson, Bradford S. Canova, Ernest H. Page, Anita A. Zabek and and Mary C. Fischer. ``Advanced Distributed Simulation Simulation through the Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol,'' In: Proceedings of the 29th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Volume 1, pp. 407-415, Wailea, Hawaii, 3-6 January 1996.

  5. C. Michael Overstreet, Ernest H. Page and Richard E. Nance. ``Model Diagnosis Using the Condition Specification: From Conceptualization to Implementation,'' In: Proceedings of the 1994 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 566-573, Orlando, Florida, 12-15 December 1994.

  6. Ernest H. Page and Richard E. Nance. ``Parallel Discrete Event Simulation: A Modeling Methodological Perspective,'' In: Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE/SCS 8th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation, pp. 88-93, Edinburgh, Scotland, 6-8 July 1994.

  7. Marc Abrams, Ernest H. Page and Richard E. Nance. ``Linking Simulation Model Specification and Parallel Execution Through UNITY,'' In: Proceedings of the 1991 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 223-232, Phoenix, Arizona, 8-11 December 1991.

  8. Marc Abrams, Ernest H. Page and Richard E. Nance. ``Simulation Program Development by Stepwise Refinement in UNITY,'' Proceedings of the 1991 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 233-242, Phoenix, Arizona, 8-11 December 1991.

  9. Osman Balci, Richard E. Nance, E. Joseph Derrick, Ernest H. Page and John L. Bishop. ``Model Generation Issues in a Simulation Support Environment,'' Proceedings of the 1990 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 257-263, New Orleans, Louisiana, 9-12 December 1990.


INVITED PAPERS:

  1. Ernest H. Page and Wendell H. Lunceford. ``Architectural Principles for the U.S. Army's Simulation and Modeling for Acquisition, Requirements and Training (SMART) Initiative,'' In: Proceedings of the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 767-770, Washington, DC,  9-12 December 2001.

  2. Ernest H. Page, David M. Nicol, Osman Balci, Richard M. Fujimoto, Paul A. Fishwick, Pierre L'Ecuyer and Roger Smith. ``Strategic Directions in Simulation Research'', In: Proccedings of the 1999 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 1509-1520, Phoenix, AZ, 5-8 December 1999.

  3. Ernest H . Page. ``Beyond Speedup: PADS, the HLA and Web-Based Simulation'' In: Proceedings of the 13th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation, R.M. Fujimoto and S. Turner, Eds., pp. 2-9, Atlanta, GA, 1-4 May, 1999.

  4. Ernest H. Page. ``The Rise of Web-Based Simulation: Implications for the High Level Architecture'', In: Proceedings of the 1998 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 1663-1668, Washington, DC, 13-16 December 1998.

  5. Ernest H. Page and Roger Smith. ``Introduction to Simulation for Training: A Guide for Discrete Event Simulationists'', In: Proceedings of the 1998 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 53-60, Washington, DC, 13-16 December 1998.

  6. Ernest H. Page, Arnold Buss, Paul A. Fishwick, Kevin J. Healy, Richard E. Nance and Ray J. Paul. ``The Modeling Methodological Impacts of Web-Based Simulation,'' In: Proceedings of the 1998 SCS International Conference on Web-Based Modeling and Simulation, pp. 123-128, San Diego, CA, 11-14 January 1998.

  7. Ernest H. Page, Robert L. Moose and Sean P. Griffin. ``Web-Based Simulation in Simjava using Remote Method Invocation,'' In: Proceedings of the 1997 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 468-474, Atlanta, GA, 7-10 December 1997.

  8. Ernest H. Page and William E. Babineau. ``The ALSP Joint Training Confederation: A Case Study of Federation Testing,'' In: Proceedings of the 1997 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop, pp. 377-386, Orlando, FL, 8-12 September 1997.


UNREFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Ernest H. Page. ``On Software and Systems Architecture -- Toward an Architecture for SMART'', Simulation Technology Magazine , 4(2), Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization, Orlando, FL, January 2001.

  2. Ernest H. Page. ``Web-Based Simulation Technology'', Simulation Technology Magazine , 1(1), Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization, Orlando, FL, September 1998.

  3. Ernest H. Page. ``Web-Based Simulation,'' The Edge, The MITRE Advanced Technology Newsletter, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, August 1998.

  4. Ernest H. Page and Richard M. Weatherly. ``Advanced Distributed Simulation: It's About Time, and State,'' The Technology Track, Division W150 Newsletter, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, April 1998.

  5. Ernest H. Page, Sean P. Griffin and S. Lynn Rother. ``Providing Conceptual Framework Support for Distributed Web-Based Simulation within the High Level Architecture,'' In: Proceedings of SPIE: Enabling Technologies for Simulation Science II, pp. 287-292, Orlando, FL, 13-17 April 1998.

  6. David Prochnow, Ernest H. Page and Bryan Youmans. ``Development of a Federation Management Tool: Implications for HLA,'' In: Proceedings of the 1998 Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop, pp. 589-597, Orlando, FL, 9-13 March 1998.

  7. Ernest H. Page. ``Zero Lookahead in a Distributed Time-Stepped Simulation,'' Simulation Digest, 26(2), pp. 4-13, September 1997.

  8. Sean P. Griffin, Ernest H. Page, C. Zachary Furness, and Mary C. Fischer. ``Providing Uninterrupted Training to the Joint Training Confederation (JTC) Audience During Transition to the High Level Architecture (HLA),'' In: Proceedings of the 1997 Simulation Technology and Training Conference, pp. 197-201, Canberra, Australia, 17-20 March 1997. Reprinted in: Proceedings of the 1997 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop, pp. 887-893, Orlando, FL, 8-12 September 1997.

  9. David Prochnow, Ernest H. Page and Mary C. Fischer. ``Management of the Joint Training Confederation Family of Specifications,'' Proceedings of the 1997 Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop, Orlando, Florida, 3-6 March 1997.

  10. Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO). Department of Defense Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) Recommended Practices Guide, (Osman Balci, Priscilla Glasow, Paul Muessig, Ernest H. Page, Jim Sikora, Susan Solick and Simone Youngblood, Eds.) Alexandria, VA, November 1996.

  11. Ernest H. Page. ``The Condition Specification: Revisiting its Role Within a Hierarchy of Simulation Model Specifications,'' Simulation Digest, SIGSIM 22(3) (TCSIM 35), pp. 11-33, Spring 1993.

  12. Ernest H. Page and Richard E. Nance. ``Model Generators: An Example of Evolutionary Prototyping,'' In: Proceedings of the 19th Annual Virginia Computer Users Conference, pp. 19-28, Blacksburg, Virginia, 8-10 September 1989.


TECHNICAL REPORTS AND WORKING PAPERS:

  1. Ernest H. Page. ``Thoughts on Science and Military Simulation,'' SimScience Workshop, National Defense University, Washington, DC, 4-6 June 2002.
  2. Ernest H. Page and Jeffrey M. Opper. ``Theory and Practice in User-Composable Simulation Systems: Final Report'', MITRE Informal Report, October 1999.

  3. William E. Babineau and Ernest H. Page. ``ALSP Confederation Test Report,'' MITRE Technical Report 970000040, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, May 1997.

  4. Charles V. Duncan, Laura E. Feinerman, C. Zachary Furness, Sean P. Griffin, Annette M. Janeway, Ernest H. Page, David Prochnow and Steven S. Specht. ``ALSP Joint Training Confederation Annual Report,'' MITRE Technical Report 97W0000015, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, February 1997.

  5. John A. Tufarolo and Ernest H. Page. ``ALSP Confederation Test Report,'' MITRE Informal Report, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, July 1996.

  6. Ernest H. Page. ``Commentary and Response to the SMART Analysis of ALSP VV&A Methodology and Practice,'' MITRE Informal Report, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, November 1995.

  7. John A. Tufarolo and Ernest H. Page. ``ALSP Joint Training Confederation Accreditation Report,'' MITRE Informal Report, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, May 1995.

  8. Richard E. Nance and Ernest H. Page. ``Evaluation and Assessment of the Technologies Required for a Multiwarfare Assessment and Research System'' Technical Report SRC-94-011, Systems Research Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, December 1994.

  9. Richard E. Nance and Ernest H. Page. ``Objectives/Principles/Attributes Assessment of MARS,'' Status Report, Systems Research Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, October 1994.

  10. Richard E. Nance and Ernest H. Page. ``Defining and Evaluating the Expectations and Objectives for MARS,'' Technical Report SRC-94-007, Systems Research Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May 1994.

  11. Ernest H. Page and Richard E. Nance. ``Simulation Model Specification: On the Role of Model Representation in the Model-Centered Sciences,'' Technical Report SRC-94-002 (TR-94-04), Systems Research Center and Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, January 1994.

  12. Marc Abrams and Ernest H. Page. ``Formally Reasoning About and Automatically Generating Sequential and Parallel Simulations,'' Technical Report TR-92-55, Virginia Tech, Department of Computer Science, Blacksburg, VA, March 1992.


Ernest Page
September
2002