Metacomputing with Federated Method Invocation
Michael Sobolewski
Michael Sobolewski
Source: Advances in Computer Science and IT,
Book edited by: D M Akbar Hussain, ISBN: 978-953-7619-51-0, Publisher: INTECH, Publishing date: December 2009
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Professor Dr. Michael Sobolewski
United States
Dr. M. Sobolewski received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences. He is the Principal Investigator and Director of the SORCER laboratory (SORCERsoft.org) focused on research in distributed service-centric metacomputing. Currently he is a Visiting Professor at the Polish-Japanese Institute of IT, Warsaw, Poland and a World Class Collaborator at the Air Force Research Lab, Air Vehicles Directorate. Before, he was a Professor of Computer Science at Texas Tech University from 2002 till 2009. In May 2007 he was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of Computer Science at Ulyanovsk State University, Russia, in appreciation of his pioneering contribution to the field of globally distributed service-oriented computing environments. In the period 1994-2002 he worked with General Electric Global Research Center (GRC) as a Senior Computer Scientist. From 1999 till 2003 he worked on OO grids, service-oriented, intelligent computing systems and developed a service-based programming methodology and architecture for the FIPER/NIST (Federated Intelligent Product Environment) project. While at GE GRC, Mike was a FIPER chief architect and lead developer. Later he continued the FIPER development under subcontract from GE GRC to TTU. In the period of 1997-2000 he lead and developed a generic web-based computing framework (GApp/DARPA and demonstrated 17 successful applications for various GE businesses including a document management system for the family of F110 engines—GE Aircraft Engines, a Web-based GE engineering specification system—GE Power Systems, an Engineering Calculator—GE Plastics. He led GE’s successful CAMnet/DARPA project (1995-1996), developing tools and methodology to deliver manufacturing and engineering services via the World Wide Web. Also, in 1996 he led a successful Lockheed Martin EDN Toolkit project that provides enablers to built Web-based workbooks and record books.
In November 1989 until February 1994 he was invited to work on the DICE program at Concurrent Engineering Center (CERC), West Virginia University, where he developed a knowledge-based environment for concurrent engineering (DICEtalk) based on his novel percept knowledge representation scheme; a Motif-based GUI generic framework; a GUI client for information sharing system; and a GUI interface for medical informatics systems.
Prior to coming to U.S., during his 18-year tenure with the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, he was the head of the Picture Recognition and Processing Department, the head of the Expert Systems Laboratory, the head of Pattern Recognition Methodology Laboratory, and was doing research in the area of knowledge representation, knowledge-based systems, pattern recognition, image processing, neural networks, and graphical interfaces. Just before joining CERC, he was a research professor at the Institute of Computer Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has served as a visiting professor, lecturer and consultant in Sweden, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Russia, China, and the USA.
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Dr. M. Sobolewski received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences. He is the Principal Investigator and Director of the SORCER laboratory (SORCERsoft.org) focused on research in distributed service-centric metacomputing. Currently he is a Visiting Professor at the Polish-Japanese Institute of IT, Warsaw, Poland and a World Class Collaborator at the Air Force Research Lab, Air Vehicles Directorate. Before, he was a Professor of Computer Science at Texas Tech University from 2002 till 2009. In May 2007 he was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of Computer Science at Ulyanovsk State University, Russia, in appreciation of his pioneering contribution to the field of globally distributed service-oriented computing environments. In the period 1994-2002 he worked with General Electric Global Research Center (GRC) as a Senior Computer Scientist. From 1999 till 2003 he worked on OO grids, service-oriented, intelligent computing systems and developed a service-based programming methodology and architecture for the FIPER/NIST (Federated Intelligent Product Environment) project. While at GE GRC, Mike was a FIPER chief architect and lead developer. Later he continued the FIPER development under subcontract from GE GRC to TTU. In the period of 1997-2000 he lead and developed a generic web-based computing framework (GApp/DARPA and demonstrated 17 successful applications for various GE businesses including a document management system for the family of F110 engines—GE Aircraft Engines, a Web-based GE engineering specification system—GE Power Systems, an Engineering Calculator—GE Plastics. He led GE’s successful CAMnet/DARPA project (1995-1996), developing tools and methodology to deliver manufacturing and engineering services via the World Wide Web. Also, in 1996 he led a successful Lockheed Martin EDN Toolkit project that provides enablers to built Web-based workbooks and record books.
In November 1989 until February 1994 he was invited to work on the DICE program at Concurrent Engineering Center (CERC), West Virginia University, where he developed a knowledge-based environment for concurrent engineering (DICEtalk) based on his novel percept knowledge representation scheme; a Motif-based GUI generic framework; a GUI client for information sharing system; and a GUI interface for medical informatics systems.
Prior to coming to U.S., during his 18-year tenure with the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, he was the head of the Picture Recognition and Processing Department, the head of the Expert Systems Laboratory, the head of Pattern Recognition Methodology Laboratory, and was doing research in the area of knowledge representation, knowledge-based systems, pattern recognition, image processing, neural networks, and graphical interfaces. Just before joining CERC, he was a research professor at the Institute of Computer Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has served as a visiting professor, lecturer and consultant in Sweden, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Russia, China, and the USA.
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