Jonathan Sprinkle, Ph.D. - Department of Electrical an Computer ...

Jonathan Sprinkle, Ph.D. 

Ph.D. 2003 

Assistant Professor 

Electrical and Computer Engineering 

University of Arizona 

ECE 456N 

PO Box 210104 

Tucson, AZ 85721-0104 

tel: +1 520 626 0737 

mob: +1 510 914 1460 

sprinkle@ECE.Arizona.Edu 

http://www.ece.arizona.edu/~sprinkle 

Education 

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering 

Vanderbilt University 

· Dissertation: Metamodel Driven Model Migration 

· Committee: 

– Gábor Karsai (Chair) 

– Ákos Lédeczi 

– Greg Nordstrom 

– Doug Schmidt 

– Janos Sztipanovits 

M.Sc. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering 

2000 Vanderbilt University 

B.S. 1999 

· Thesis: Model-Integrated Program Synthesis of Agent Negotiation Protocols 

· Readers: 

– Gábor Karsai 

– Ted Bapty 

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering 

Tennessee Technological University 

cum laude, in cursu honorum 

Majors: Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering 

Minor: Mathematics

8/2007— 

Assitant Professor 

Employment History 

University of Arizona (http://www.arizona.edu/) 

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (http://www.ece.arizona.edu/) 

IN PRESS 

9/2005— Executive Director 

6/2007 Center for Hybrid and Embedded Software Systems—Chess (http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/) 

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/) 

University of California, Berkeley (http://www.berkeley.edu/) 

9/2003— Visiting Postdoc 

8/2007 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/) 

University of California, Berkeley (http://www.berkeley.edu/) 

7/1999– Research Assistant 

8/2003 Institute for Software Integrated Systems (http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/) 

Vanderbilt University (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/) 

Selected Publications 

For a full listing of papers, please visit my website. 

In Press 

[1] J. Ding, J. Sprinkle, C. Tomlin, S. S. Sastry, and J. L. Paunicka, “Reachability calculations 

for vehicle safety during manned/unmanned vehicle interaction,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, 

Control, and Dynamics, vol. tbd, no. tbd, p. (in press), 2011. [Online]. Available: 

http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.53706 

[2] J. Sprinkle and B. Eames, “On the mitigation of multicore-induced behavioral deviations of an 

autonomous ground vehicle,” in Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference and 

Workshops on Engineering of Computer-Based Systems. IEEE, 2011, pp. 159–168. [Online]. 

Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECBS.2011.29 

[3] J. M. Eklund, J. Sprinkle, and S. S. Sastry, “Switched and Symmetric Pursuit/Evasion 

Games With Online Model Predictive Control,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems 

Technology, vol. (tbd), p. (in press), 2011, [Available online]. [Online]. Available: 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCST.2011.2136435 

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JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES 

[4] S. Mahadevan, V. Gopinath, R. Lysecky, J. Sprinkle, J. Rozenblit, and M. Marcellin, 

“Hardware/software communication middleware for data adaptable embedded systems,” in 

Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference and Workshops on Engineering of 

Computer-Based Systems. IEEE Computer Society Press, 2011, pp. 34–43. [Online]. Available: 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECBS.2011.12 

[5] A. Milakovich, V. S. Gopinath, R. Lysecky, and J. Sprinkle, “Automated software generation and 

hardware coprocessor synthesis for data- adaptable reconfigurable systems,” in 3rd Workshop on 

Adaptive and Reconfigurable Embedded Systems (APRES 2011), April 2011, p. (accepted). 

[6] B. Meyers, M. Wimmer, A. Cicchetti, and J. Sprinkle, “A generic in-place transformationbased 

approach to structured model co-evolution,” Electronic Communications of the European 

Association of Software Science and Technology (EASST), p. (in press), TBD 2011. 

Journals and Magazines 

[7] J. Sprinkle and B. Eames, “Time-triggered buffers for event-based middleware systems,” 

Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 9–22, 2011. [Online]. 

Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11334-010-0139-7 

[8] D. Chu, J. Sprinkle, R. Randall, and S. Shkarayev, “Simulations and flight experiments 

of transition maneuvers of a VTOL micro air vehicle,” International Journal of Micro 

Air Vehicles, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 69–89, June 2010, ISSN 1756-8293. [Online]. Available: 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/1756-8293.2.2.69 

[9] J. Sprinkle, J. M. Eklund, H. Gonzalez, E. I. Grøtli, B. Upcroft, A. Makarenko, W. Uther, 

M. Moser, R. Fitch, H. Durrant-Whyte, and S. S. Sastry, “Model-based design: a report from 

the trenches of the DARPA urban challenge,” Software and Systems Modeling, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 

551–566, September 2009. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10270-009-0116-5 

[10] J. Sprinkle, M. Mernik, J.-P. Tolvanen, and D. Spinellis, “Guest editors’ introduction: What 

kinds of nails need a domain-specific hammer?” IEEE Software, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 15–18, 

2009. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MS.2009.92 

[11] A. Schuster and J. Sprinkle, “Synthesizing executable simulations from structural models 

of component-based systems,” Electronic Communications of the European Association of 

Software Science and Technology (EASST), vol. 21, p. 10 pages, 2009, ISSN 1863-2122. 

[Online]. Available: http://eceasst.cs.tu-berlin.de/index.php/eceasst/article/view/289/280 

[12] J. Sprinkle, “Generative components for hybrid systems tools,” Journal of Object Technology, 

vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 35–40, April 2005, Special Issue from GPCE Young Researchers Workshop. 

[Online]. Available: http://www.jot.fm/issues/issue 2005 04/article5 

[13] J. Sprinkle, A. D. Ames, J. M. Eklund, I. Mitchell, and S. S. Sastry, “Online safety calculations 

for glideslope recapture,” Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 

157–175, September 2005. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11334-005-0017-x 

[14] J. Sprinkle, “Model-integrated computing,” IEEE Potentials, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 28–30, 

February 2004. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MP.2004.1266937 

[15] J. Sprinkle and G. Karsai, “A domain-specific visual language for domain model evolution,” 

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, vol. 15, no. 3-4, pp. 291–307, June 

2004, special Issue: Domain-Specific Modeling with Visual Languages. [Online]. Available: 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvlc.2004.01.006 

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PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PAPERS 

[16] S. Nordstrom, S. Shetty, K. G. Chhokra, J. Sprinkle, B. Eames, and Ákos Lédeczi, “Anemic: 

Automatic interface enabler for model integrated computing,” Lecture Notes in Computer 

Science, vol. 2830, pp. 138–150, November 2003, iSBN: 3-540-20102-5. [Online]. Available: 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39815-8 9 

[17] G. Karsai, A. Agrawal, F. Shi, and J. Sprinkle, “On the use of graph transformation 

in the formal specification of model interpreters,” Journal of Universal Computer 

Science, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 1296–1321, November 2003. [Online]. Available: http: 

//www.jucs.org/jucs 9 11/on the use of/Karsai G.pdf 

[18] 

Ákos Lédeczi, Árpad Bakay, M. Maroti, P. Volgyesi, G. Nordstrom, J. Sprinkle, and G. Karsai, 

“Composing domain-specific design environments,” IEEE Computer, vol. 34, no. 11, pp. 44–51, 

November 2001. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/2.963443 

Proceedings 

[19] M. Rossi, J.-P. Tolvanen, J. Sprinkle, and S. Kelly, Eds., 10th Workshop on Domain-Specific 

Modeling (DSM’10), OOPSLA/SPLASH. Aalto University School of Economics, B-120, Aalto- 

Print, October 2010, ISBN: 978-952-60-1043-4. 

[20] M. Rossi, J. Sprinkle, J. Gray, and J.-P. Tolvanen, Eds., 9th OOPSLA Workshop on 

Domain-Specific Modeling (DSM’09), OOPSLA. Helsinki School of Economics, October 2009, 

iSBN: 978-952-488-371-9. [Online]. Available: http://hsepubl.lib.hse.fi/FI/publ/hse/b108 

[21] J. Gray, J. Sprinkle, M. Rossi, and J.-P. Tolvanen, Eds., 8th OOPSLA Workshop on 

Domain-Specific Modeling (DSM’08), OOPSLA. University of Alabama at Birmingham, 

October 2008, ISBN: 978-0-61523-024-5. [Online]. Available: http://www.dsmforum.org/ 

events/DSM08/Papers/DSM08-proceedings.pdf 

[22] J. Sprinkle, J. Gray, M. Rossi, and J.-P. Tolvanen, Eds., 7th OOPSLA Workshop on 

Domain-Specific Modeling (DSM’07), OOPSLA. Jyväskylä, Finland: University of Jyväskylä, 

October 2007, iSBN: 978-951-39-2915-2. [Online]. Available: http://www.dsmforum.org/ 

events/DSM07/Papers.html 

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers 

[23] J. Sprinkle and D. Chu, “Modeling languages applied to decision controllers for embedded 

human systems,” in Seventh IEEE International Conference and Workshops on Engineering 

of Autonomic and Autonomous Systems (EAsE 2010). IEEE, March 2010, pp. 129–136. 

[Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EASe.2010.24 

[24] H. Al-Helal and J. Sprinkle, “UAV search : Maximizing target acquisition,” in 17th IEEE 

Conference on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems. IEEE, March 2010, pp. 9–19. 

[Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECBS.2010.9 

[25] D. Chu, J. Sprinkle, R. Randall, and S. Shkarayev, “Automatic control of VTOL micro 

air vehicle during transition maneuver,” in AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control 

Conference. AIAA, August 2009, p. 16 pages, AIAA-2009-5875. [Online]. Available: 

http://pdf.aiaa.org/preview/CDReadyMGNC09 1998/PV2009 5875.pdf 

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PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PAPERS PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PAPERS 

[26] J. Gulotta, D. Chu, X. Yu, H. Al-Helal, T. Patki, J. Hansen, M. Hudson, and 

J. Sprinkle, “Using integrative models in an advanced heterogeneous system simulation,” 

in IEEE International Conference on the Engineering of Computer-Based Systems. Los 

Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE Computer Society, 2009, pp. 3–10. [Online]. Available: 

http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ECBS.2009.42 

[27] J. Ding, J. Sprinkle, S. S. Sastry, and C. J. Tomlin, “Reachability calculations for automated 

aerial refueling,” in 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 2008, pp. 

3706–3712. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CDC.2008.4738998 

[28] H. Gonzalez, E. I. Grøtli, T. R. Templeton, J. O. Biermeyer, J. Sprinkle, and S. S. Sastry, 

“Transitioning control and sensing technologies from fully-autonomous driving to driver assistance 

systems,” in AAET: Automation, Assistance, and Embedded Systems for Transportation. 

Technical University, Braunschweig, February 13–14 2008. 

[29] T. Hansen, J. Eklund, J. Sprinkle, R. Bajcsy, and S. Sastry, “Using smart sensors and a camera 

phone to detect and verify the fall of elderly persons,” in 3rd European Medicine, Biology and 

Engineering Conference, 2005. 

[30] J. M. Eklund, T. R. Hansen, J. Sprinkle, and S. S. Sastry, “Information technology for 

assisted living at home: Building a wireless infrastructure for assisted living,” in 27th Annual 

International Conference of the IEEE Engineering In Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), 

ser. Innovation from Biomolecules to Biosystems, September 2005, pp. 3931–3934. [Online]. 

Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1615321 

[31] J. Sprinkle, A. D. Ames, A. Pinto, H. Zheng, and S. S. Sastry, “On the partitioning of syntax 

and semantics for hybrid systems tools,” in 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 

and European Control Conference ECC 2005 (CDC-ECC’05), December 2005, pp. 4694–4699. 

[Online]. Available: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs all.jsp?arnumber=1582903 

[32] J. Mark L. McKelvin, J. Sprinkle, C. Pinello, and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, “Fault 

tolerant data flow modeling using the generic modeling environment,” in 12th Annual IEEE 

International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems, April 

2005, pp. 229–235. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECBS.2005.38 

[33] J. M. Eklund, J. Sprinkle, and S. S. Sastry, “Implementing and testing a nonlinear model 

predictive tracking controller for aerial pursuit evasion games on a fixed wing aircraft,” in 

Proceedings of American Control Conference (ACC) 2005, June 2005, pp. 1509–1514. [Online]. 

Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2005.1470179 

[34] J. Sprinkle, J. M. Eklund, and S. S. Sastry, “Deciding to land a UAV safely in real time,” in 

Proceedings of American Control Conference (ACC) 2005, June 2005, pp. 3506–3511. [Online]. 

Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2005.1470516 

[35] ——, “Toward design parameterization support for model predictive control,” in 

IEEE 4th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Application, 

IEEE. IEEE Press, August 2004, iSBN: 963-7154-30-2. [Online]. Available: http: 

//www.eecs.berkeley.edu/ ∼sprinkle/work/publications/rep/sprinkleISDA2004-final.pdf 

[36] J. Sprinkle, J. Davis, and G. Nordstrom, “A paradigm for teaching modeling 

environment design,” in OOPSLA’04 Educators Symposium (Poster Session). ACM, October 

2004. [Online]. Available: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/ ∼sprinkle/work/publications/rep/ 

TeachingModelingWithGME.pdf 

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PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS (RECENT ONLY) 

[37] J. Sprinkle, “Improving cbs tool development with technological spaces,” in Eleventh IEEE 

International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, May 

2004, pp. 218–224. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECBS.2004.1316702 

[38] J. Sprinkle, J. M. Eklund, H. J. Kim, and S. S. Sastry, “Encoding aerial pursuit/evasion games 

with fixed wing aircraft into a nonlinear model predictive tracking controller,” in Proceedings 

of the 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, vol. 3, December 2004, pp. 2609–2614. 

[Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CDC.2004.1428851 

[39] J. Sprinkle, A. Agrawal, T. Levendovszky, F. Shi, and G. Karsai, “Domain translation 

using graph transformations,” in Tenth IEEE International Conference and Workshop on 

the Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, April 2003, pp. 159–168. [Online]. Available: 


[40] J. Sprinkle, G. Karsai, Ákos Lédeczi, and G. Nordstrom, “The new metamodeling 

generation,” in Eighth Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the 

Engineering of Computer Based Systems, April 2001, pp. 275–279. [Online]. Available: 


Book Chapters 

[41] J. Sprinkle, B. Rumpe, H. Vangheluwe, and G. Karsai, “Metamodelling,” in Model- 

Based Engineering of Embedded Real-Time Systems, ser. Lecture Notes in Computer 

Science. Springer, 2010, vol. 6100, ch. 4, pp. 59–78. [Online]. Available: http: 

//www.springer.com/computer/swe/book/978-3-642-16276-3 

[42] T. Levendovszky, B. Rumpe, B. Schätz, J. Sprinkle, and H. Vangheluwe, “Model evolution 

and management,” in Model-Based Engineering of Embedded Real-Time Systems, ser. Lecture 

Notes in Computer Science. Springer, 2010, vol. 6100, ch. 10, pp. 243–272. [Online]. Available: 

http://www.springer.com/computer/swe/book/978-3-642-16276-3 

[43] J. Gray, J.-P. Tolvanen, S. Kelly, A. Gokhale, S. Neema, and J. Sprinkle, “Domain-specific 

modeling,” in Handbook of Dynamic System Modeling, P. A. Fishwick, Ed. Chapman & 

Hall/CRC, 2007, ch. 7, pp. 7–1–7–20, iSBN: 1584885653. 

Invited Papers 

[44] J. Sprinkle, O. Shakernia, R. Miller, and S. S. Sastry, “Using the hybrid systems 

interchange format to input design models to verification & validation tools,” in IEEE 

Aerospace Conference, Verification and Validation, March 2005, pp. 1–6. [Online]. Available: 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2005.1559595 

Peer Reviewed Workshops (recent only) 

[45] M. Hudson and J. Sprinkle, “Simplification of semantically-rich model transformations through 

generated transformation blocks,” in Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Workshop on Model-Based 

Development for Computer-Based Systems, April 2011, pp. 260–268. [Online]. Available: 


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[46] S. Whitsitt and J. Sprinkle, “Message modeling for the joint architecture for unmanned 

systems (jaus),” in Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Workshop on Model-Based Development 

for Computer-Based Systems, April 2011, pp. 251–259. [Online]. Available: http: 

//dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECBS.2011.17 

[47] V. S. Gopinath, J. Sprinkle, and R. Lysecky, “Modeling of data adaptable reconfigurable 

embedded systems,” in Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Workshop on Model-Based 

Development for Computer-Based Systems, April 2011, pp. 276–285. [Online]. Available: 


[48] J. Sprinkle, “Analysis of a metamodel to estimate complexity of using a domainspecific 

language,” in Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling, 

October 2010, pp. 79–85, ISBN: 978-952-60-1043-4, ISSN: 0356889X. [Online]. Available: 

http://www.dsmforum.org/events/DSM10/Papers/Sprinkle.pdf 

Academic 

[49] J. Sprinkle, “Metamodel driven model migration,” Ph.D. dissertation, Vanderbilt University, 

Nashville, TN 37203, August 2003. [Online]. Available: http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/sites/ 

default/files/Sprinkle JM 8 0 2003 Metamodel .pdf 

[50] ——, “Model integrated program synthesis of agent negotiation protocols,” Master’s thesis, 

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, August 2000. 

Publication Activities 

Regular IEEE Potentials 

reviewer Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (Area Editor) 

Organization Ninth OOPSLA Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling (2009, co-organizer) 

Large-Scale Cognitive Modeling using Model Integrated Computing, a workshop at CogSci 2009 

(co-organizer) 

16th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based 

Systems (ECBS) (Finance Chair) 

Eighth OOPSLA Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling (2008, co-organizer) 

Seventh OOPSLA Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling (2007, co-organizer) 

Sixth OOPSLA Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling (2006, co-organizer) 

Fifth OOPSLA Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling (2005, co-organizer) 

Fourth OOPSLA Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling (2004, co-organizer) 

Third International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN ’04) (Publications 

Chair) 

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2009 

2008 

2007 

2006 

2005 

2004 


3rd International Workshop on Multi-Paradigm Modeling: Concepts and Tools, at MODELS ’09 

(PC) 

Model-Based Engineering of Embedded Real-Time Systems, (Reviewer) 

IEEE Software, Special Issue on Domain-Specific Languages and Modeling, vol. 26, no. 4, Jul/Aug 

2009 (Guest Editor) 

7th IEEE Workshop on Model-Based Development for Computer-Based Systems (ECBS-MBD) (PC) 

16th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based 

Systems (ECBS) (PC) 

15th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (PC, Cyber-Physical 

Systems Track) 

International Workshop on Model Co-Evolution and Consistency Management (MCCM’08) (PC) 

3rd International Workshop on Graph and Model Transformation (GraMoT) (PC) 

Science of Computer Programming, Special Issue on Automatic Program Generation for Embedded 

Systems (PC) 

ASE 2007: WRASQ—WoRkshop on Automating Service Quality (PC) 

Design Automation and Test, Europe (DATE), Embedded Systems Track (PC) 

ECBS 2007: 5th Workshop on Model-Based Development for Computer-Based Systems (PC) 

GPCE 2007: Automatic Program Generation for Embedded Systems (PC) 

The 21st Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, special track on Model Transformation 

(reviewer) 

ECBS 2006 Workshop on Model-Based Development (PC) 

International Conference on Software Engineering, workshop on “Global Integrated Model Management” 

(PC) 

International Workshop on Graph and Model Transformation (GRAMOT), in conjunction with the 

International Conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE) (TPC) 

Control Engineering Practice, a Journal of International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), 

(reviewer) 

The 9th International IEEE Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC ’05) 

(TPC) 

American Control Conference (ACC) (reviewer) 

IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Sensor Networks and 

Embedded Systems Track (TPC) 

Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (reviewer) 

Workshop on Model-Driven Evolution of Legacy Systems (MELS) in conjunction with EDOC ’04 

(TPC) 

International Conference on the Unified Modeling Language (reviewer) 

Fourth OOPSLA Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling (TPC) 

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2003 

Frontiers in Education 2004 (FIE 2004) (reviewer) 


The 8th International IEEE Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC ’04) 

(TPC) 

International Conference on the Unified Modeling Language (reviewer) 

Third OOPSLA Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling (TPC) 

Government/Professional Research Meetings 

Organization National Workshop for Research on High-Confidence Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems: Automotive, 

Aviation, & Rail (2008, PC ) 

Current/ 

Recent 

Projects 

From Embedded Systems to Cyber-Physical Systems: a Review of the State-of-the-Art and Research 

Needs (2008, Co-organizer), held with RTAS 2008 in St. Louis, MO, April 21. 

Center for Hybrid and Embedded Software Systems: 2006 Fall Review (2006, Co-organizer) 

NITRD National Workshop on Aviation Software Systems: Design for Certifiably Dependable Systems 

(2006, Co-organizer) 

Office of the Secretary of Defense Workshop In Support Of The Software and Systems Producibility 

Initiative (2006, Co-organizer) 

Center for Hybrid and Embedded Software Systems: 2005 Fall Review (2005, Co-organizer) 

Center for Hybrid and Embedded Software Systems: 2005 Spring Review (2005, Co-organizer) 

Research experience 

I am listed as Co-PI or serve as a major project manager (along with the other listed personnel) for 

the following current and recent projects: 

Commodity Sensors for Autonomous Consumer Cars 

Period of Performance: 1/2009–; With Various Faculty 

Brief project description: Robotic cars are still fragile, and more importantly their ability to 

navigate depends on sensors that cost more than the cost of the vehicle. This project is ongoing 

research into the use of commodity sensors that come standard on the car, or are always in the car 

(such as a cell phone, or rear camera) to localize, and automate, consumer automobiles. 

Supported by various grants, and the generosity of college donors at the University of Arizona 

Physical Modeling and Software Synthesis for Self-Reconfigurable Sensors in River Environment 

Period of Performance: 8/2009–8/2012 ; With A. Bayen (UC Berkeley) and S. Martinez (UC San 

Diego) 

Brief project description: The objective of this research is the transformation from static sensing 

into mobile, actuated sensing in dynamic environments, with a focus on sensing in tidally forced 

rivers. The approach is to develop inverse modeling techniques to sense the environment, coordination 

algorithms to distribute sensors spatially, and software that uses the sensed environmental data 

to enable these coordination algorithms to adapt to new sensed conditions. 

Supported by the National Science Foundation, under award #CNS 0930919, titled “ CPS:Medium:Collaborative Research: 

Physical Modeling and Software Synthesis for Self-Reconfigurable Sensors in River Environments ”. Program 

Manager: Dagmar Niebur. 

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Previous 

Major 

Projects 


Data-Adaptable Reconfigurable Embedded Systems (DARES) 

Period of Performance: 8/2009–7/2012 ; With Prof. Roman Lysecky, Prof. Jerzy Rozenblit, Prof. 

Michael Marcellin 

Brief project description: The Data-Adaptable Reconfigurable Embedded Systems (DARES) 

project focuses on developing hardware/software codesign and reconfigurable computing methodologies 

driven by data-adaptability. This data-adaptable approach allows designers to directly model 

data configurability of an application, thereby enabling a solution that can be dynamically reconfigured 

at runtime based on the profile of incoming data. The DARES project combines modeling techniques 

for capturing the data configuration space with new hardware/software codesign techniques 

to synthesize reconfigurable circuits and communication resources directly from the data/application 

model. The resulting hardware/software implementation provides the flexibility of software with the 

performance of hardware. 

Supported by the National Science Foundation, under award #CNS 0915010, titled “ CSR: Small: Data-Adaptable 

Reconfigurable Embedded Systems (DARES)”. Program Manager: D. Helen Gill. 

Modeling of Embedded Human Systems 

Period of Performance: 8/2009–8/2012 ; With Diyang Chu (student) 

Brief project description: The objective of this research is to develop abstractions of embedded 

human systems (i.e., where components are necessarily human and computational) that permit 

computational analysis and verification of their design. Our technical approach is the design and 

application of an embedded human modeling environment that synthesizes validating simulations, 

user-driven simulators, and configuration for analysis and verification tools. This modeling environment 

permits the specification of multi-modal behaviors, and synthesizes additional system 

constraints based on global design preferences. We will also develop analysis methods that reveal 

weaknesses in a design when latency, communications breakdown, or ambiguous decision paths are 

introduced. 

Supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, under award #FA9550-091-0519, titled “Modeling of Embedded 

Human Systems”. Program Manager: David Luginbuhl. 

STOMA II: Subspace Techniques for Obfuscating Matrix-based Algorithms 

Period of Performance: 9/2008–9/2010 ; With Prof. Mark Neifeld 

Brief project description: The objective of this research is the application of graph-based rewriting 

and code synthesis techniques to matrix-based algorithm obfuscation. A subset of matrix operations 

can be rewritten in a different subspace, thus increasing artificially the dimensionality of the 

system. Additional techniques can embed matrix constants that represent significant investments 

to achieve (e.g., system identification results) into a new subspace, perform operations on the data 

in that subspace, and then recover unobfuscated matrix results for use in external hardware or algorithms. 

Army Research Office, under award #W31P4Q-08-C-0498, titled “Modeling Techniques to Support Matrix-Based 

Algorithm Obfuscation”. Program Manager: Patrick Jungwirth. 

C2 Wind Tunnel: High-Level Autonomy for Multi-Rotorcraft Experiments 

Period of Performance: 1/2008–5/2009 ; With Prof. Janos Sztipanovits, Prof. Claire Tomlin 

Brief project description: Multiple computational nodes performed simulations of quad-rotor 

vehicle control models, allowing evaluation of various human-UAV interaction protocols through 

the C2WT infrastructure. This included visualization in Google Earth, and simulation of network 

traffic in order to present realistic latencies or outages in communications. Contributions included 

automatic target search and tracking algorithms that take over when the network outage prevents 

human action, but on-board sensors can work in a degraded operational mode. 

Supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, under award #FA9550-06-1-0267, titled “Human Centric 

Design Environments for Command and Control Systems: The C2 Wind Tunnel”. Program Manager: David 

Luginbuhl. 

I have served as a responsible manager or main technical lead on these major research projects. 

MultiCore Hardware Experiments in Software Producibility 

Period of Performance: 1/2008–12/2008 ; With Prof. Brandon Eames, Utah State University 

Brief project description: Developed as an open collaborative research and development environment 

to demonstrate, evaluate, and document the ability of novel tools, methods, techniques, 

and run-time technologies to yield affordable and more predictable production of software intensive 

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systems. 

Funded under award #FA8750-08-1-0024, titled “MultiCore Hardware Experiments in Software Producibility”. Program 

Manager: Steve Drager. 

Certification of Flight Critical Systems (CerTA FCS) 

Period of Performance: 3/2006–7/2008 ; With Jerry Ding, Prof. Shankar Sastry, Prof. Claire 

Tomlin 

Brief project description: Development of distributed decision protocols for autonomous vehicles. 

Funded under subcontract to Boeing Phantom Works, as part of the CerTA FCS project in Air Force Office of 

Scientific Research. Program Manager: Wendy Chou 

Foundations of Hybrid and Embedded Software Systems 

Period of Performance: 3/2006–6/2007 ; With Prof. Shankar Sastry, Prof. Edward A. Lee, Prof. 

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Prof. Thomas A. Henzinger, Prof. Janos Sztipanovits 

Brief project description: Investigation of new techniques to better understand the nature of 

building heterogeneous systems from the perspective of computer science and electrical engineering. 

Funded by the National Science Foundation, Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate, 

as an Information Technology Research (ITR) award #CCR-0225610. Program Manager: Helen Gill 

Software and Systems Test Track 

Period of Performance: 8/2006–1/2007 ; With ESCHER Research Institute 

Brief project description: Developed as an open collaborative research and development environment 

to demonstrate, evaluate, and document the ability of novel tools, methods, techniques, 

and run-time technologies to yield affordable and more predictable production of software intensive 

systems. 

Funded under subcontract to the ESCHER Research Institute, and Boeing Phantom Works, reference #FA8750-06- 

C-0213. Program Manager: Steve Drager. 

DARPA Urban Challenge 

Period of Performance: 5/2006–11/2007 ; With Prof. Shankar Sastry, Prof. Hugh Durrant-Whyte, 

Dr. Ben Upcroft 

Brief project description: Development of an autonomous car to follow the rules of the road, as 

a Track B entry into the DARPA Urban Challenge. 

Funded by various university donors. DARPA Program Manager: Norm Whitaker. 

The Embedded Open Control Platform (EOCP) 

Period of Performance: 6/2005-3/2006 ; With Prof. Shankar Sastry 

Brief project description: Maturation of open platform/testbed control interfaces to work with 

embedded Linux computers. 

Funded under subcontract to Boeing Phantom Works, as part of the ESCHER Research Institute. Program Manager: 

David Corman (Boeing) 

BearLand: Autonomous Rotorcraft Landing Using Computer Vision 

Period of Performance: 5/2004–3/2006 ; With Dr. Christopher Geyer, Prof. Shankar Sastry. Mr. 

Todd Templeton 

Brief project description: Successful flight of an autonomous helicopter, using computer vision 

techniques to recover terrain elevation from a single camera, and landing at an appropriate location 

determined by the helicopter autonomy. 

Funded under subcontract to Boeing Phantom Works, as a continuation of the DARPA Software Enabled Control 

project, Contract #F33615-98-C-3614. Program Manager: John Bay 

Pursuit/Evasion Games of UAVs using Model Predictive Control 

Period of Performance: —9/2004 ; With Prof. Shankar Sastry, Dr. J. Mikael Eklund, Prof. H. Jin 

Kim 

Brief project description: We designed algorithms based on game theory and implemented 

through model predictive control, to compete against Air Force test pilots in aerial combat. During 

the experiments over several days in the Mojave Desert during June 2004, we successfully targeted 

the Air Force “enemy” under the guise of a low-observability vehicle tracking a target. 

Funded by the DARPA Software Enabled Control program, Contract #F33615-98-C-3614. Program Manager: John 

Bay. 

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Funding & 

Collaboration 

Modeling 


Safe Landing of UAVs 

Period of Performance: —9/2004 ; With Prof. Shankar Sastry, Dr. J. Mikael Eklund, Prof. Ian M. 

Mitchell 

Brief project description: Using computed sets obtained from reachability analysis to generate 

decision controllers to allow UAVs to determine feasibility of glideslope re-capture despite communications 

lag, we landed a 2-person jet on a logical runway (at 10 000 [ft]) in the Mojave Desert 

during June 2004. 

Funded under subcontract to Northrop Grumman, as part of the DARPA Software Enabled Control program, Contract 

#F33615-98-C-3614. Program Manager: John Bay. 

Experience with writing and submitting grants to NSF, DARPA, NASA, AFOSR, AFRL 

Liaison experience with EU-IST, and various major/minor US Government and Industry 

Research interests 

My research interest can be broadly called composable systems. This falls broadly into the disciplined 

use of modeling concepts to produce usable systems or software. Applications for this area include 

control (especially autonomous systems), and systems engineering. 

Domain-Specific Languages, Domain-Specific Modeling Environments (DSMEs) 

Model-Integrated Computing, model-based code generation 

Modeling and Metamodeling, Model Transformations, Model-Driven Development 

Integrative models for systems composition 

Model-based techniques for system verification 

Controls Autonomous Systems 

& Systems Cyber-Physical and Embedded Systems 

Systems 

Engineering 

Model-Predictive Control (MPC) 

Hybrid Systems (Theory and Implementation, Verification) 

Adding intelligence to platforms and testbeds 

Software Engineering through Systems Modeling 

Executable Model Generation from DSMEs 

Actor-Oriented Design/Implementation 

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DGC3 

Leadership roles 


I was the Team Leader for the Sydney-Berkeley Driving Team, a DARPA Urban Challenge Team 

put together by UC Berkeley and the University of Sydney’s Australian Centre for Field Robotics 

(ACFR), along with National Information and Communication Technology, Australia (NICTA), and 

the University of Technology, Sydney. 

CHESS I was named Executive Director of the Center for Hybrid and Embedded Software Systems at UC 

Center Berkeley in September 2005 by the Board of Directors. This was in recognition of the work done 

for the CHESS Center, and leadership roles taken on in the absence of faculty availability, or as a 

result of personal initiative. 

CHESS I was the coordinator for the Center for Hybrid and Embedded Software Systems (CHESS) spon- 

Seminars sored weekly seminar. This meeting showcased local and national research in hybrid and embedded 

systems. Responsibilities include 

ISIS GSC 

· attracting speakers, 

· ensuring speakers connect with students and researchers whose interests overlap, 

· coordinating a full semester of topics that complement the overall goals of CHESS, 

· keeping faculty up-to-date on progress, and 

· providing refreshments. 

Faced with a burgeoning graduate student population (essentially doubling every year) I formed, 

with help from two other Ph.D. students, the ISIS Graduate Student Committee. Its purpose was 

to familiarize students with one another’s research (and one another) and to reduce the likelihood of 

a student getting “lost” in their first few years of graduate study. I served as chair of this committee 

in its first year of existence (AY 2002–2003), with responsibilities of 

· weekly seminar organization; 

· monthly organizational meetings; 

· refreshments scheduling for social outings; 

· solicitation of graduate student sponsors to manage weekly meetings focusing on publications, 

research topics, etc.; and 

· liaison between graduate students and ISIS staff/faculty, and also VU staff/faculty. 

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SUPERB 

Supervisory roles 


I served as the active faculty mentor for three undergraduate students participating in the Summer 

Undergraduate Program in Engineering Research at Berkeley (SUPERB) during the summer of 

2006. I selected the four undergraduate students and hand-picked their graduate mentors, for this, 

my third year to serve as mentor for the Berkeley Chess group. The program was sponsored by the 

NSF in a supplemental Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) award through the NSF ITR 

Foundations for Hybrid and Embedded Systems at the Center for Hybrid and Embedded Software 

Systems (CHESS). You can see the results from this and previous years at 

· http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/superb/, 

· http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/projects/ITR/2005/superb/, and 

· http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/projects/ITR/2004/superb.htm. 

Courses Taught 

Model-Integrated Computing (University of Arizona) 

2008, 2010 

Modeling, metamodeling, advanced object-oriented system design, model-integrated computing, and 

integrated systems. Behavioral, structural, and process modeling are among the modeling approaches 

to be examined. Additional topics include semantic mapping, models of computation, 

graph rewriting, and domain-specific modeling. Features an individual project performed over the 

course of the semester. 

Object-Oriented Software Design (University of Arizona) 

2007–2010 

Concepts of object-oriented software design, with programming exercises as proofs of concept (i.e., 

not primarily a programming course). The set of topics and areas include OO computing concepts, 

OO designs and architectures, classic OO (classes, message passing, inheritance, polymorphism, 

dynamic binding), introduction to UML, and a project approved by the instructor, and performed 

by a team (not an individual). 

Software Engineering Concepts (University of Arizona) 

2008, In-depth consideration of each of the phases of the software project life cycle. Object-oriented design 

2010–2011 and programming. Includes a large-scale software development project involving groups of students. 

Autonomous Systems: Algorithms & Implementation (University of California, Berkeley) 

Fall 2006 

A graduate level course which introduces mechanical, civil, and electrical engineers with nonlinear 

systems and/or controls backgrounds, or software experience. This course approaches the domain of 

autonomous systems from the perspective of algorithms and their implementation upon an existing 

software and hardware infrastructure. Our “driving” example will in fact be the newest DARPA 

Grand Challenge instantiation: the DARPA Urban Challenge. 

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Hybrid Systems: Computation & Control (University of California, Berkeley) 


Spring A graduate level course which introduces mechanical, civil, and electrical engineers with nonlinear 

2005 systems and/or controls backgrounds to the topic of hybrid systems (i.e., systems with discrete 

and continuous components). The course consists of weekly lectures by the instructor, homework 

assignments, and an individual or team project. My responsibilities include occasional lectures, 

and full management of the projects component of the course: assigning students to other project 

mentors, supervising the content of the projects, as well as aiding students in their modeling and 

simulation questions. I also serve as liaison between the students and instructor for project matters, 

and in ways through which their extra-curricular research can be integrated into the project. 

Advanced Topics in Systems Theory (University of California, Berkeley) 

Spring A revised version of the Model-Integrated Computing course (taught at Vanderbilt University) 

2004 adapted for the University of California, Berkeley. Modifications accounted for the students’ relatively 

advanced modeling experience (none of the students were in their first year as a graduate) 

and enhanced through in-depth research topic discussions relating to state-of-the-art modeling practices. 

I served as the sole instructor, overseeing lecture, grading, homework, project, and student 

presentations. 

Advanced Software Architecture (Vanderbilt University) 

Spring Taught as a fourth-year undergraduate software design course, although also open to graduate 

2003 students. Fundamentals of data abstraction and object-oriented methodology, as well as in-depth 

exploration of the C++ object model through rigorous homework assignments, and a capstone group 

project. I served as one of three instructors, with duties of project management, regular lecture, 

devising homework assignments, as well as homework and project grading and course management. 

Model-Integrated Computing (Vanderbilt University) 

Fall A graduate course taught only at Vanderbilt University (at the time), MIC is a fundamental class in 

2000–2002 the theory and application of the science of modeling. Students define their own modeling language(s) 

and create domain-specific modeling environments to solve specific software problems. Meta-level 

thinking is introduced and given foundation through homework assignments, in-class presentations 

of related research, and a significant individual project. I served as one of four instructors, with 

duties of project management and grading, and for the past three years have lectured the course 

material on metamodeling. 

Multimedia Programming (Vanderbilt University) 

Spring An undergraduate software course designed around Java and graphical programming using Java. 

2000 Students learned the concepts of graphical programming in Java through homeworks that progressively 

built on each other, and a capstone group project. I served as the teaching assistant, with 

responsibilities of lab supervision, student consultations, and devising and grading all homeworks 

and projects. 

Introduction to Circuits (Tennessee Technological University) 

Spring Introduction to electronic circuit analysis and design, taught during the undergraduate second-year. 

1998 Students learn the properties of current and potential, as well as fundamental design concepts required 

for more advanced courses such as electronics and control systems. While a third-year undergraduate, 

I served as the instructor for the recitation session, with duties of grading all homeworks 

and tests, as well as devising interesting and instructive problems to solve during recitation. 

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Finding and Preparing for a Faculty Job 

Teaching Workshops 


This workshop is designed for mid-tenure graduate students. The workshop discussed timelines for 

completing academic requirements, and correlated these with timelines for applying for faculty jobs. 

Additional discussion centered around realistic goals for getting a faculty job, based on performance 

to date. 

Balancing Life as Your Career Progresses 

This workshop is designed for mid-tenure graduate students who are worried about the demands of 

family and work. The workshop focused on exploring accommodations from employers as part of the 

hiring process, and also discussed what accommodations are required by law to be made. Various 

workshop leaders gave personal stories of their own traversal in this path. 

Appointments within Universities in the USA and Abroad 

(Subtitle: Different Positions, Joint Appointments). This workshop is designed for mid-tenure graduate 

students who are only beginning to wonder where they will find employment upon graduation. 

The workshop examined the different types of appointments available within universities and colleges 

in the US, as well as providing nomenclature (and potentially, definition) differences between 

appointments in the US and abroad. 

Establishing a Publications Record in Engineering and the Sciences 

In conjunction with the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching and GradSTEP. This workshop 

focuses on exposing engineering and science graduate students to the types of publications available 

to their discipline. Descriptions of how ideas map to publications help graduate students understand 

which ideas they have belong in which type of publication (e.g., workshop vs. journal). 

Understanding the Complex University Hierarchy 

This workshop helps students understand the complex roles (and names) of administration hierarchy 

from a variety of perspectives, including statewide higher education from Tennessee and other states. 

After attending this workshop, graduate students were more capable of selecting schools whose 

administration style suited their academic preferences. 

Strategies for Effective Lectures 

TA Orientation 

In conjunction with the Center for Teaching and TA Orientation. This workshop focused on developing 

an archetype for an effective lecture. Important realizations for participants revolved around 

the effective use of humor, as well as determining the level of knowledge of your audience. Possible 

problems and topics to avoid were also discussed. 

Three days of workshops and sessions to help incoming graduate assistants learn their responsibilities 

at Vanderbilt University. These workshops ranged from ethical considerations (improper relationships, 

etc.) and understanding of personal role (recognizing when an advisor asks too much of you) 

to basic teaching skills and legal obligations as an instructor. I was responsible for 25 students for 

three days and about 24 hours of total instruction. 

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Awards 

White 

House 

Fellow 

Honors 


College of Engineering Faculty Support Grant, made possible by the generosity of Ed and Joan 

Biggers to the University of Arizona College of Engineering 

IBM Fellow, graduate study at Vanderbilt University. 

I was selected as a regional finalist for the 2005–2006 White House Fellows Program—self described 

as “one of the Nation’s most prestigious programs for leadership and public service.” The webpage 

denotes that “[s]election as a White House Fellow is highly competitive and based on a record of 

remarkable professional achievement early in one’s career, evidence of leadership skills, a strong 

commitment to public service, and the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute successfully at 

the highest levels of the Federal government.” I participated in a regional interview of 12 regional 

finalists, two of whom were selected as fellows for the 2005–2006 year. For more information, see 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/fellows/news/20050228.html. 

Nobel I was selected as one of nine young researchers in the United States by the Oak Ridge Associated 

Meeting Universities to participate in the 52nd Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, July 2002. 

The meeting consists of small group discussions and informal talks between students and laureates, 

as well as meals with distinguished scientists such as Sir Harry Kroto and Rudolf Mössbauer. For 

more information, see http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/lindau2002/. 

Master 

Teaching 

Fellow 

F2P2 

Master Teaching Fellow in the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University. This position was 

conferred on me for the 2002–2003 academic year. In my appointment, I (along with nine other 

graduate students selected from all graduate and professional schools at Vanderbilt University) 

· served as counselor to teaching assistants (TAs) in all disciplines; 

· played a formative role in the integration of new TAs into Vanderbilt by leading workshops at 

TA Orientation, a mandatory event for TAs during their tenure at Vanderbilt; 

· gave consultations to TAs concerned with their performance, or as required by their supervisor; 

· sponsored and organized graduate student workshops dealing with academia-related topics; 

· served as liaison between TAs and their students when providing mid-term feedback regarding 

course dynamics; 

For more information, see http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/. 

I was an F2P2 graduate in May 2004. The Future Faculty Preparation Program (F2P2) is a voluntary 

program for graduate students at Vanderbilt University to provide a structure that will facilitate 

their integration into academia upon completion of the Ph.D. Graduates must perform service, 

leadership, and participatory roles in each of the categories of 

· World of the University 

· Teaching & Learning 

· Professional Development, and 

· Technological Initiatives. 

Emphasis in the F2P2 program is placed on reflection, i.e., the immediate evaluation of your performance 

at some task or learning session through peer meetings or personal journaling. There were 4 

F2P2 graduates in May 2004 from Vanderbilt University. 

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Undergrad- TTU Student Body President 

uate Campus Leader of the Year 1997–98 

Various 

Invited 

Presentations 

Student Government Legislator of the Year, 1997–98 

Derryberry Award Finalist 

TTU nominee for Rhodes Scholar 


United States Skills Olympics (National), 4th place, Extemporaneous Speech (1994) 

Eagle Scout with six Eagle Palms (1993) 

Presentations 

‘‘CHESS: Building a Cyber-Physical Agenda on Solid Foundations”, Presented in the workshop 

From Embedded Systems to Cyber-Physical Systems: a Review of the State-of-the-Art and Research 

Needs, 21 April 2008. 

‘‘Autonomous Systems, Modeling, and Code Generation”, Computer Engineering Seminar, University 

of Arizona ECE Department, 4 October, 2007. 

‘‘Model-Based Systems Engineering”, University of Arizona Engineering Industrial Advisory Board, 

29 September, 2007. 

‘‘Intelligence for Component-based Embedded Systems”—given 21 June 2006 at the CITRIS in 

Europe Meeting, Helsinki, Finland. 

‘‘Stake in the Ground”—given 16 May 2006 at the OSD Workshop in support of the Software 

Producibility Initiative. 

‘‘Networked Embedded Systems: Sensor Nets and Beyond”—Keynote Speech given 3 April 2006 for 

SASIMI (Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information technologies), at Nagoya, Japan. 

‘‘System Design by Engineers for Modeling and Simulation”—given 12 December 2005 at the IEEE 

Conference on Decision and Control; panel presentation during lunch session on Modeling and 

Simulation sponsored by The Mathworks. 

‘‘Information Technology for Assisted Living at Home—ITALH”—given 8 July 2005, for my colleague 

Dr. J. Mikael Eklund, at the CITRIS in Europe Meeting, Munich, Germany. 

‘‘Pusuit/Evasion of Fixed-wing Aircraft through Model Predictive Control”—given 6 October 2004 

at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center’s Information Science and Technology (IS&T) Colloquium 

Series. 

‘‘Forgetting UML (A Useful Guide to Formal Modeling)”—given 14 September 2004 in the Berkeley 

CHESS Seminar Series. 

‘‘Domain-Specific Modeling (or ‘how I learned to stop worrying and love the metamodel’)”—given 

November 2003 in the Berkeley CHESS Seminar Series. 

‘‘Metamodel Driven Model Migration”—given 7 May 2003 at the CHESS NSF Site Review. 

‘‘Graduate School—You Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter”—given 1 April 2003 at the monthly HKN 

meeting at Tennessee Technological University. 

‘‘Graduate Research (or ‘how I learned to stop worrying and love the 25 hour day’)”—given March 

2002 at the monthly IEEE meeting at Tennessee Technological University. 

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Service 

Depart- Organizer, ECE Currents (2009-) 

mental Judge, ECE372 Final Projects (Fall 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010) 

Reader, ECE Graduating Seniors’ Writing Portfolios 

Organizer, Computer Engineering Seminar 


Univer- Member, Faculty Senate Research Policy Committee (2010-) 

sity Member, Faculty Senate Task Force on Student Retention and Advancement (2007-2008) 

Professional 

Memberships 

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 

IEEE Computer Society, Controls Society, Education Society 

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 

ACM SIGBED (Special Interest Group on Embedded Systems) 

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 

Engineer in Training (EIT), tested May 1999 

Elected Mortarboard National Honor Society 

Honors Omicron Delta Kappa (O∆K) Honor Society 

Education 

Community 

Tau Beta Pi (TBΠ) Engineering Honor Society 

Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) National Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society 

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (ΦKΦ) 

Kappa Mu Epsilon (KME) Mathematics Honor Society 

Future Faculty Preparation Program (F2P2) graduate (VU) 

IEEE Education Society 

Boy Scouts of America 

United States Tennis Association 

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Hobbies and Interests 

Photography Amateur photography (B&W and Slide developing, printing) 


Cushy Espresso coffee. I am intimately familiar with the science and art of creating excellent espresso 

delights coffee, and I happily admit that I make a personal effort to train colleagues to acquire a palate for 

this delicious beverage. 

Sports 

Board 

and card 

games 

/etc 

Academic 

Golf 

Tennis 

Backpacking 

I host a regular neighborhood poker game, at which no money changes hands, but interesting 

variations on poker are played (note that attending this game is much more enjoyable than watching 

boring Texas Hold ’em). 

Euchre, Rook 

Crosswords, Sudoku 

Mind-stretching games, e.g., Set, Scrabble, and chess. 

Acoustic and electric guitar 

My Erdős number is 4 (see http://www.oakland.edu/enp for more information). 

Prof. Shankar Sastry 

Dean, College of Engineering 

University of California, Berkeley, CA 

sastry@EECS.Berkeley.Edu 

References and Colleagues 

Prof. Janos Sztipanovits 

Director of Institute for Software Integrated Systems 

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 

janos.sztipanovits@vanderbilt.edu 

Prof. Gábor Karsai 

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 

gabor.karsai@vanderbilt.edu 

Prof. Claire J. Tomlin 

Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences 


tomlin@EECS.Berkeley.Edu 

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Industry 

Prof. Edward A. Lee 

Professor & Chair, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences 


eal@EECS.Berkeley.Edu 

Dr. James L. Paunicka 

Technical Fellow 

Boeing Phantom Works, St. Louis, MO 

James.L.Paunicka@boeing.com 

Dr. Andrzej Banaszuk 

Fellow 

United Technologies Research Center, Hartford, CT 

BanaszA@utrc.utc.com 

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