US-W-Q
Enabling Net-Centric Warfare ? Distributed Networking and Architecture I: Concepts and Technologies
Tran, Cam Stell, Mark ORGANIZER: Tran, Cam
This session focuses on advanced concepts and technologies in distributed networking and architecture that enable net-centric warfare. Motivated by the need to provide better networking to the warfighter, areas of interest are concepts and technologies applicable to • Tactical (airborne and terrestrial) mobile ad hoc networking and architecture including advanced network protocol design framework, theoretical performance analysis, and joint tactical network architecture. • Network security architecture and algorithms to support tactical networks • Distributed algorithms, applications, services, and architecture framework.
He is a member of the Eta Kappa Nu Association, sits on the Board of Directors of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), Ft. Monmouth chapter and is the Immediate Past President of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) Ft. Monmouth chapter.
Cam Tran received his Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He has been with Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) San Diego for over 17 years, participating in various C4ISR projects. His current research interests span areas in distributed networking, architectures, and applications including wireless networking, and modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) to support net-centric warfare. He is actively participating in technical exchanges and collaboration. As an active member of the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO), an IEEE standards sponsor, Cam currently serves as the Chair of SISO’s Analysis (ANL) Forum Planning and Review Panel (PRP), Secretary of the Synthetic Mission Space Composability (SMS-COMPOSE) Forum PRP, as well as a member of the C2 M&S Services Forum PRP. Mark Stell received his B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. in Physiological Psychology from the University of California, Riverside, and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from California State University, San Bernardino. He is currently a member of the technical staff of the U.S. Navy’s Automated Digital Network System (ADNS), where he continues to support the design and fielding of Navy tactical wide area networks. Before joining the Navy, he worked for Synetics Corp. as a developer of modeling and simulation programs for communications systems. His research and development interests include inter-domain routing and advanced airborne networks.