Biography:Gabriel Wainer

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Gabriel A. Wainer
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Born
Gabriel Andrés Wainer

Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityCanadian, Argentinian
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires and Aix-Marseille University
Known forScientific contributions to Modeling and Simulation
AwardsFellow of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS)
Scientific career
FieldsComputational Science and Engineering
InstitutionsCarleton University


Gabriel A. Wainer (Gabriel Wainer) is a Canadian/Argentinian computer scientist known for his work in modeling and simulation. He is a Professor in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada .

He is the head of the Advanced Real-Time Simulation lab, located at Carleton University's Centre for advanced Simulation and Visualization (V-Sim). He is known for his research in discrete-event simulation, in the Cell-DEVS specification,[1][2] a variant of Discrete Event System Specification (DEVS).[3]

Education and Career

Wainer graduated in 1993 as a Licenciado in Computer Science from the University of Buenos Aires. He completed his Ph.D. in software engineering in 1998 at Aix-Marseille University/University of Buenos Aires.

In July 2000, he joined the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada ). He held visiting positions at the University of Arizona, LSIS (CNRS), Université Paul Cézanne, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, University of Bordeaux, University of Buenos Aires, and others.

Around 1993 he built the first Real-time version of an open-source Operating System, namely (RT-Minix).[4] The kernel was extended to include Real-Time scheduling, schedulability analysis for predictability, semaphores with priority inversion mechanisms, real-time task fault-tolerant models,[5] majority voting [6] and a new OS API.[7] This idea was followed by other researchers, leading to the development of the first versions of RTLinux[8] at a time when Linux was still in its infancy.

He contributed to the field of modeling and simulation (M&S), introducing Cell-DEVS,[9] a formalism to build discrete-event cellular models. The formalism and tools were used to define numerous models in different areas: environmental sciences,[10][11] biomedical, pedestrian flow,[12][13] systems engineering,[14] architecture and construction,[15] etc.[16]

He is the inventor of the DEVStone synthetic benchmark, which is a de facto standard to evaluate DEVS simulators and compare their performance.[17][18] [19]

Service

Prof. Wainer is a co-founder of Modeling and simulation conferences: SIMUTools,[20] ANNSIM (SCS/IEEE/ACM),[21] the Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation (SCS/ACM/IEEE), and Symposium on Simulation in Architecture and Urban Design - SimAUD (SCS/ACM/IEEE).[22] He was Vice-President Conferences and Vice-President Publications of SCS, Society for Modeling and Simulation International [23] (2010-2016). [24]

Prof. Wainer is Editor in Chief of Simulation (journal),[25] member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Simulation, IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering, Wireless Networks (Elsevier), Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation (SCS).

Books

Dr. Wainer is the author or co-author of books including:

  • “Real-Time Systems: concepts and applications” (in Spanish), G. Wainer. Nueva Librería, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1997.
  • “Methodologies and tools for discrete-event simulation” (in Spanish). G. Wainer. Nueva Librería, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2003.
  • “Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation: a Practitioner's approach”. G. Wainer. CRC Press. Taylor and Francis. 2009.[26]
  • “Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation: Theory and Applications”. G. Wainer, P. Mosterman Eds. Taylor and Francis. 2011 [27]

Recognition

Wainer is a Fellow of the SCS, Society for Modeling and Simulation International (2016) "for fundamental contributions to discrete-event simulation". He obtained many other awards for his research publications and service. He is one of the few recipients of the SCS McLeod Founder's Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession.[28] He received a Canada 150 Medal in Nepean, ON [29]

References

  1. ↑ G. Wainer. Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation: a Practitioner's approach”. CRC Press. Taylor and Francis. 2009.
  2. ↑ G. Wainer, N. Giambiasi. “N-Dimensional Cell-DEVS”. Discrete Event Systems: Theory and Applications, Kluwer. Vol. 12, No. 1. pp. 135-157. January 2002.
  3. ↑ Bernard P. Zeigler: Theory of Modeling and Simulation. John Wiley 1976
  4. ↑ G. Wainer. “Implementing Real-Time services in MINIX”. ACM Operating Systems Review. Vol. 9, No. 3. pp. 75-84. July 1995
  5. ↑ D. Nadig, S. S. Iyengar and D. N. Jayasimha, "A new architecture for distributed sensor integration," Proceedings of Southeastcon '93, 1993, pp. 8 p.-, doi: 10.1109/SECON.1993.465662.
  6. ↑ K. G. Shin and J. W. Dolter, "Alternative majority-voting methods for real-time computing systems," in IEEE Transactions on Reliability, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 58-64, April 1989, doi: 10.1109/24.24574.
  7. ↑ "RT-MINIX". http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/wainer/rt-minix/rt-minix.html. 
  8. ↑ Barabanov, Michael (1996). A Linux Based Real-Time Operating System(M.S.).
  9. ↑ G. A. Wainer, "Modeling and simulation of complex systems with Cell-DEVS," Proceedings of the 2004 Winter Simulation Conference, 2004, pp. 60, doi: 10.1109/WSC.2004.1371301.
  10. ↑ Gabriel A. Wainer: Applying Cell-DEVS Methodology for Modeling the Environment. Simul. 82(10): 635-660 (2006)
  11. ↑ Baha Uddin Kazi, Gabriel A. Wainer: Integrated cellular framework for modeling ecosystems: Theory and applications. Simul. 94(3): 213-233 (2018)
  12. ↑ Ala'a Al-Habashna, Gabriel A. Wainer: Modeling pedestrian behavior with Cell-DEVS: theory and applications. Simul. 92(2): 117-139 (2016)
  13. ↑ Omar Hesham, Gabriel A. Wainer: Explicit Modeling of Personal Space for Improved Local Dynamics in Simulated Crowds. ACM Trans. Model. Comput. Simul. 31(4): 23:1-23:29 (2021)
  14. ↑ Khaldoon Al-Zoubi, Gabriel A. Wainer: A grid-shaped cellular modeling approach for wireless sensor networks. Simul. 98(10): 875-895 (2022)
  15. ↑ Daniella Niyonkuru, Gabriel A. Wainer: A DEVS-based engine for building digital quadruplets. Simul. 97(7) (2021)
  16. ↑ "ARSLab Publications". http://cell-devs.sce.carleton.ca/publications/. 
  17. ↑ G. Wainer, E. Glinsky, M. Gutiérrez-Alcaraz. “Studying Performance of DEVS Modeling and Simulation Environments using the DEVStone Benchmark”. SIMULATION: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International. Vol. 87, No. 7, pp. 555–580. July 2011
  18. ↑ E. Glinsky, G. Wainer. “DEVSTONE: a Benchmarking Technique for Studying Performance of DEVS Modeling and Simulation Environments”. Proceedings of IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications DS-RT. Montréal, QC. 2005.
  19. ↑ Román Cárdenas, Kevin Henares, Patricia Arroba, José L. Risco-Martín, Gabriel A. Wainer: The DEVStone Metric: Performance Analysis of DEVS Simulation Engines. ACM Trans. Model. Comput. Simul. 32(3): 21:1-21:20 (2022)
  20. ↑ "dblp: SimuTools". https://dblp.org/db/conf/simutools/index.html. 
  21. ↑ "2022 ANNSIM". https://scs.org/annsim/. 
  22. ↑ "Here's How We Built a Vibrant Research Community Around Simulation for Architecture". https://adsknews.autodesk.com/views/research-community-simulation-for-architecture. 
  23. ↑ "The Society For Modeling and Simulation International". https://scs.org/. 
  24. ↑ Curriculum vitae, http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/wainer/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=shared:gwainer.pdf 
  25. ↑ https://journals.sagepub.com/home/sim
  26. ↑ Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation: a Practitioner's approach”. G. Wainer. CRC Press. Taylor and Francis. 2009
  27. ↑ Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation: Theory and Applications. G. Wainer, P. Mosterman Eds. Taylor and Francis. 2011
  28. ↑ "Awards". https://scs.org/scs-awards-and-recognition/. 
  29. ↑ "Gabriel Wainer to receive Canada 150 Medal: join us on Jan 18". https://carleton.ca/sce/2018/gabriel-wainer-to-receive-canada-150-medal-join-us-on-jan-18/. 

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