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Architecture to Support Interactive Training Simulation

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W91CRB-09-C-0131
Agency Tracking Number: A092-123-1004
Amount: $70,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A09-123
Solicitation Number: 2009.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2009
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2009-09-30
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2010-03-30
Small Business Information
15400 Calhoun Drive Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20855
United States
DUNS: 161911532
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Bob Pokorny
 Director, Proposal and Contract Man
 (301) 294-4750
 bpokorny@i-a-i.com
Business Contact
 Mark James
Title: Director, Education and Training Te
Phone: (301) 294-5221
Email: mjames@i-a-i.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) and our collaborators propose to apply IAI’s CybeleTM agent-based system to develop an architecture that supports interactive, training simulations on supercomputers. The CybeleTM agent based system already incorporates many of the characteristics required for an effective middleware for executing simulations on supercomputers: CybeleTM is inherently distributed and may be hosted on each of the nodes in the supercomputer cluster; it supports threads of parallel activity, and it interacts between components (agents) by passing messages. To develop this architecture, we will (1) work with UCF/IST supercomputer scientists to understand characteristics of their supercomputer; (2) work with designers and developers of simulation based training system to understand their requirements and limitations when using standard computers; (3) design an architecture that meets the requirements of interactive training simulations; and (4) begin to implement the architecture for a specific training system. The option and Phase II would complete implementations of the architecture for interactive training systems. We foresee inviting interested organizations with interesting training simulations to implement their systems on the supercomputer. This project should result in implemented middleware for running interacting training simulations on supercomputers, and guidance for building or modifying training simulations to make effective use of supercomputers.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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