Associate Professor
Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0020
Telephone: 520-626-9530
Fax: 520-621-6555
E-mail: son@sie.arizona.edu
Office number: ENGR 317

Education

Ph.D., Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Major Advisor: Dr. Richard A. Wysk
M.S., Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
B.S., Industrial Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea
Exchange Program, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia
 

Course Information

SIE 583 -- Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Systems, (2000 Fall, 2001 Fall, 2003 Fall, 2005 Fall, 2007 Fall)
SIE 431/531 -- Simulation Modeling and Analysis, (2001 S&F, 2002 S&F, 2003 S&F, 2005 S&F, 2006 Fall, 2007 Fall, 2008 Fall)
SIE 631 -- Multi-paradigm Distributed Simulation, (2002 Fall, 2004 Fall, 2006 Fall, 2008 Spring)
SIE 584 -- Manufacturing Automation, (2007 Spring)
SIE 295S -- Systems and Industrial Engineering Sophomore Colloquium, (2003 Spring, 2004 Spring, 2006 Spring)
SIE 383 -- Integrated Manufacturing Systems, (2004 Spring, 2005 Spring, 2006 Spring)
 

Research Interests

Modeling and Control of Complex Enterprises
Distributed Federation of Multi-paradigm Simulations
Modeling Human Decision-Making (AFOSR-MURI, Cognitive Optimization and Prediction activities)
Cyber-Infrastructure (CI) MUST activities
Computer Integrated Control of the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise -- CIM lab at the U of A
Shop Floor Control: 1) Simulation-based Control, 2) Shop Floor Control System Design, and 3) Hierachical Process Planning
 

Work Experience

Systems and Industrial Engineering Department, The University of Arizona, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, 2000.8.7 ~ present
Director, Program in Advanced Integration of Manufacturing Systems and Technologies (AIMST), The University of Arizona, 2008.2 ~ present
Systems and Industrial Engineering Department, The University of Arizona, Chair of the Graduate Studies Committee, 2007.8 ~ present
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Guest Researcher, 1999.5 ~ 2000.8
The Pennsylvania State University, Research Assistant, 1997.5 ~ 2000.8
CIMMER, POSTECH, System Analyst, 1996.2 ~ 1996.7
Samsung Data System, Intern, 1995.6 ~ 1995.8
Baillie's Distribution, Australia, Computer Operator and Delivery Personnel, 1994.12 ~ 1995.2
 

Awards and Honors

IERC (Industrial Engineering Research Conference) 2008 Best Paper Award, Homeland Security Track, Vancouver, Canada, May 18, 2008 (U of A paper)
Seungho Lee (Dr. Son's advisee) received best poster award in the Ph.D. Colloquium, IERC 2008, Vancouver, Canada, May 18, 2008 (U of A paper)
Award for Excellence at the Student Interface, SIE Department, 2006
Supervisor for the IIE (Rockwell Software) National Student Simulation Competition, Finalist, 2006
IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers) 2005 Outstanding Young Industrial Engineer Award (1: U of A paper, 2: Tucsoncitizen)
IERC (Industrial Engineering Research Conference) 2005 Best Paper Award, Modeling and Simulation Track, Atlanta, GA, May 15, 2005 (U of A paper)
SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) 2004 M. Eugene Merchant Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
Supervisor for the IIE (Rockwell Software) National Student Simulation Competition, Second Place, 2004 (SIE report)
Ritesh Kanetkar (Dr. Son's advisee) took the first place in the ICIE 2003 Student Paper Contest, Las Vegas, Nov. 11, 2003 (SIE report)
Monish Madan (Dr. Son's advisee) took the third place in the ICIE 2003 Student Paper Contest, Las Vegas, Nov. 11, 2003 (SIE report)
Supervisor for the IIE (Rockwell Software) National Student Simulation Competition, First Place, 2002 (1: SIE report, 2: U of A paper)
Supervisor for the IIE (Rockwell Software) National Student Simulation Competition, Finalist, 2001
Graham Endowed Fellowship at the Penn State University, 1999
Certificate of Ph.D. Colloquium presenter, 1999 Winter Simulation Conference, 1999
Certificate of Guest Researcher, NIST, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1999
Council of Logistics Management Scholar, 1997 - 1998
Rotary International Multi-year Ambassadorial Scholar, 1996 - 1997
Graduation with honors (Dean's list for all semesters), POSTECH, Korea, 1992 - 1995
POSCO Scholarship for Exchange Program in the University of Melbourne, Australia, 1994
 

Professional Societies and Activities

Associate Editor of the International Journal of Modeling and Simulation, 2000.12 ~ present
Associate Editor of the International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling, 2004.7 ~ present
Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics, 2006.11 ~ present
Program Co-Chair for IERC 2007, Nashville, TN, USA
Transportation and Supply Chain Applications Track Coordinator; Ph.D. Colloquium Co-Chair; Poster Track Co-Chair, Winter Simulation Conference 2007
Track Coordinator, Modeling and Simulation, IERC 2006, Orlando, FL, USA
Program committee for the IEEE on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics 2008 in Beijing, China, October 12-15, 2008
Workshop co-Organizer, Decision Modeling & Behavior in Uncertain and Complex Environments Workshop, Tucson, February 29~March 1, 2008
Program committee for the IEEE on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics 2007 in Beijing, China
Publication chair for the IEEE SMC 2001 in Tucson, U.S.A.
Ph.D. Colloquium Co-Chair; Chair of the best Ph.D. student paper award committee; Poster Track Co-Chair, Winter Simulation Conference, 2006
Workshop co-Organizer, Decision Modeling & Behavior in Uncertain and Complex Environments Workshop, Tucson, February 27~28, 2006
Ph.D. Colloquium Co-Chair; Poster Track Co-Chair, Winter Simulation Conference, 2005
Publicity chair for the Winter Simulation Conference, 2004
Organizing committee for International Conference of Industrial Engineering 2002 in Busan, Korea
Organizing committee for new faculty colloquium, IERC, 2003
Manufacturing Track Coordinator (10 sessions), Winter Simulation Conference 2004
Manufacturing Track Coordinator (10 sessions), Winter Simulation Conference 2003
Senior member of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
Professional member of IIE, IEEE, INFORMS, and ASME
Session chair: IEEE SMC 2001 (Tucson), WSC 2000 (Orlando), ICPR 2001 (Czech Republic), WSC 2001 (Arlington), SES 2002 (University Park), WSC
    2002 (Orlando), USP 2003 (Detroit), ICIE 2003 (Vegas), IERC 2004 (Houston), IERC (Atlanta)
Reviewer: John Wiley and Sons, Inc, IERC, IIE Transactions, IJCIM, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, IEEE Transactions Robotics & Automation, C&IE,
    IJPR, WSC, INFORMS Journal on Computing, IJMS, ACM Transactions on Complex Systems, Computers and Industrial Engineering, NISTIR, IEEE SMC,
    Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation International, Simulation, Interfaces, IJMR, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation,
    Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, IEEE T-ASE, IJSOI, Scientia, OMEGA, International Journal of Systems Science, Journal of Defense Modeling and
    Simulation, IJFMS, Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory
 

Publications

Books

• Decision Modeling and Behavior in Complex and Uncertain Environments, Kugler, T., Smith, J.C., Connelly, T., Son, Y.-J. (Eds.), ISBN: 978-0-387-77130-4, Springer, 2008.

• The Contributor of the Solution Manual (Chapters 5 & 6), Computer Aided Manufacturing (second edition), T.C. Chang, R.A. Wysk, and H.P. Wang, 1998.

• Young-Jun Son, Jan. 2001, Robot Controller Architecture Makes a Seamless Interface, Advanced Manufacturing Technology, weekly newsletter by John Wiley and Sons

• S. Lee, Y. Son, J. Jin, April 2008, Integrated Human Decision Making and Planning Model under Extended Belief-Desire-Intention Framework, submitted to ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation.

• A. Abad, J. Jin, Y. Son, November 2007, Dynamic Modeling of Human Decision Behavior Using Decision Field Theory, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A.

• Karthik Vasudevan and Young-Jun Son, October 2007, Balancing Evacuation Safety and Productivity in Manufacturing Facility Planning using Multi-Paradigm Simulations, submitted to International Journal of Production Research.

• N. Koyuncu, S. Lee, K. Vasudevan, Y. Son, August 2007, DDDAS-based Multi-fidelity Simulation Framework for Supply Chain Systems, submitted to IIE Transactions on Operations Engineering.

• A. Garg, J. Venkateswaran, and Y. Son, August 2007, Generic Interface Specifications for Integrating Distributed Discrete-Event Simulation Models, submitted to Journal of Simulation.

• A. Shendarkar, K. Vasudevan, S. Lee, Y. Son, December 2006, Crowd Simulation for Emergency Response using BDI Agents Based on Immersive Virtual Reality, submitted to Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory.

• Jayendran Venkateswaran and Young Jun Son, December 2005, Production and Distribution Planning for Dynamic Supply Chains Using Multi-resolution Hybrid Models, submitted to Simulation.

• Junho Shin, Richard A. Wysk, Young-Jun Son, and Hyunbo Cho, October 2002, Investigation of the Influence of Alternative Process Plans in a Dynamic Shop Floor Environment, submitted to International Journal of Industrial Engineering.

• C. Kim, Y. Son, T. Kim, K. Kim, March 2007, A Virtual Enterprise Design Method based on Business Process Simulation, accepted International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing.

• S. Lee, Y. Son, R. Wysk, October 2006, Simulation Based Control: From Shop Floor to Top Floor, accepted Journal of Manufacturing Systems.

• S. Shukla, M. Tiwari, Y. Son, December 2006, Bidding Based Multi-Agent System for Integrated Process Planning and Scheduling: A Data Mining and Hybrid Tabu-SA Algorithm Oriented Approach, accepted International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.

• X. Zhao and Y. Son, BDI-based Human Decision-Making Model in Automated Manufacturing Systems, accepted International Journal of Modeling and Simulation.

• S. Lee, X. Zhao, A. Shendarkar, K. Vasudevan, and Y. Son, Fully Dynamic Epoch (FDE) Time Synchronization Method for Distributed Supply Chain Simulation, International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 31(3-4), 2008, 249 - 262.

• S. Shukla, Y. Son, M. Tiwari, Fuzzy based Adaptive Sample-sort Simulated Annealing for Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 36(9-10), 2008, 982 - 995.

• S. Lee, Y. Son, J. Jin, Decision Field Theory Extensions for Behavior Modeling in Dynamic Environment using Bayesian Belief Network, Information Sciences, 178(10), 2008, 2297 - 2314.

• S. Agrawal, Y. Dashora, M. Tiwari, Y. Son, Interactive Particle Swarm: A Pareto Adaptive Meta-Heuristic to Multi Objective Optimization, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A., 38(2), 2008, 258 - 277.

• Y. Son and J. Venkateswaran, Hierarchical Supply Chain Planning Architecture for Integrated Analysis of Stability and Performance, International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling, 3(3), 2007, 153 - 169.

• E. Smith, Y. Son, M. Piattelli-Palmarini, T. Bahill, Ameliorating the Effects of Cognitive Biases on Tradeoff Studies, Systems Engineering, 10(3), 2007, 222 - 240.

• Xiaobing Zhao and Young-Jun Son, Penalty Function based Two Level Hybrid Shop Floor Control System, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 4(2), 2007, 220 - 232.

• M. Zhou, Y. Son, Z. Chen, Q. Zhang, J. Ma, Conceptual Simulation Modeling (I): Patterns and Knowledge Representations, International Journal of Industrial Engineering, 14(1), 2007, 73 - 83.

• Jayendran Venkateswaran and Young Jun Son, Effect of Information Update Frequency on the Stability of Production-Inventory Control Systems, International Journal of Production Economics, 106(1), 2007, 171 - 190.

• J. Min, W. Beyeler, T. Brown, Y. Son, and A. Jones, Toward Modeling and Simulation of Critical National Infrastructure Interdependencies,IIE Transactions, 39(1), 2007, 57 - 71.

• Jayendran Venkateswaran, Young Jun Son, Albert T. Jones, and Jason Min, A Hybrid Simulation Approach to Planning in a VMI Supply Chain, International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling, 2(3~4), 2006, 133 - 149.

• C.Kim, Y. Son, T. Kim, and K. Kim, A Modeling Approach for Designing Value Chain of Virtual Enterprise, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 28(9), 2006, 1025 - 1030.

• Hyunbo Cho, Young Jun Son, and Albert T. Jones, Design and Conceptual Development of Shop Floor Controllers through the Manipulation of Process Plans, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 19(4), 2006, 359 - 376.

• A. Rathore, B. Balaraman, X. Zhao, J. Venkateswaran, Y. Son, and R. Wysk, July 2005, Development and Benchmarking of an Epoch Time Synchronization Method for Distributed Simulation, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 24 (2), 2005.

• Madhusudan Therani and Young Jun Son, An Online Simulation-based Approach for Web Services Process Management, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 49 (2), 2005, 287 - 317.

• Jayendran Venkateswaran and Young Jun Son, Hybrid System Dynamic -- Discrete Event Simulation based Architecture for Hierarchical Production Planning, International Journal of Production Research, 43 (20), 2005, 4397 - 4429.

• Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Hyunbo Cho, and Young Jun Son, A Semantic Web Service Framework to Support Intelligent Distributed Manufacturing, International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems, 9 (2), 2005, 107 - 127.

• Mohammed Jafferali, Jayendran Venkateswaran, and Young Jun Son, Performance Comparison of Search-based Simulation Optimization Algorithms for Operations Scheduling, International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, 1 (1~2), 2005, 58 - 71.

• M. Madan, Y. Son, H. Cho, and B. Kulvatunyou, Determination of Efficient Simulation Model Fidelity for Flexible Manufacturing Systems, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 18 (2~3), March~May 2005, 236 - 250.

• Jayendran Venkateswaran and Young Jun Son, Impact of Modeling Approximations in Supply Chain Analysis -- An Experimental Study, International Journal of Production Research, 42 (15), August 2004, 2971 - 2992.

• Jayendran Venkateswaran and Young Jun Son, Design and Development of a Prototype Distributed Simulation for Evaluation of Supply Chains, International Journal of Industrial Engineering, 11 (2), June 2004, 151 - 160.

• Kwangyeol Ryu, Young Jun Son, and Mooyoung Jung, Framework for Fractal-based Supply Chain Management of e-Biz Companies, Production Planning and Control, 14 (8), December 2003, 720 - 733.

• Kwangyeol Ryu, Young Jun Son, and Mooyoung Jung, Modeling and Specifications of Dynamic Agents in Fractal Manufacturing Systems, Computers in Industry, 52 (2), October 2003, 161 - 182.

• Pyung Yol Jang, Young Jun Son, and Hyunbo Cho, Elaboration and Validation of AND/OR Graph-based Non-linear Process Plans for Shop Floor Control, International Journal of Production Research, 41 (13), September 2003, 3019 - 3043.

• Young Jun Son, Albert T. Jones, and Richard A. Wysk, Component Based Simulation Modeling from Neutral Component Libraries, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 45(1), May 2003, 141 - 165.

• Young Jun Son, Richard A. Wysk, and Albert T. Jones, Simulation Based Shop Floor Control: Formal Model, Model Generation and Control Interface, IIE Transactions on Design and Manufacturing, 35 (1), January 2003, 29 - 48 (also introducted in IIE Solutions megazine).

• Young Jun Son, Sanjay B. Joshi, Richard A. Wysk, and Jeffrey S. Smith, Simulation Based Shop Floor Control, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 21 (5), December 2002, 380 - 394.

• Young Jun Son and Richard A. Wysk, Automatic Simulation Model Generation for Simulation-based, Real-time Shop Floor Control, Computers in Industry, 45 (3), July 2001, 291 - 308.

• Jay Steele, Young-Jun Son, and Richard A. Wysk, Resource Modeling for the Integration of the Manufacturing Enterprise, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 19 (6), 2001, 407 - 427.

• Young Jun Son and Richard A. Wysk, 2000, A Formal Structure and Implementation of a Robotic Material Handling Controller in an Automated Shop Floor Environment, International Journal of Production Research, 38 (15), Oct. 2000, 3553 - 3572.

• Young Jun Son, Hector Rodriguez-Rivera, and Richard A. Wysk, A Multi-pass Simulation-based, Real-time Scheduling and Shop Floor Control System, Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation International, 16 (4), Dec. 1999, 159 - 172.

• K. Vasudevan and Y. Son, Concurrent Consideration of Evacuation Safety and Productivity in Manufacturing Facility Planning using Multi-Paradigm Simulations, The 18th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM 2008), Skovde, Sweden, June 30-July 2, 2008.

• S. Lee and Y. Son, Integrated Human Decision Behavior Modeling using Extended Decision Field Theory and Soar under BDI Framework, Proceedings of Industrial Engineering Research Conference 2008, Vancouver, Canada, May 17-21, 2008, received the best paper award in the homeland security track.

• N. Koyuncu, S. Lee, P. Sarfare, and Y. Son, Dynamic-Data-Driven Adaptive Multi-Scale Simulation (DDDAMS) for Planning and Control of Distributed Manufacturing Enterprises, Proceedings of Industrial Engineering Research Conference 2008, Vancouver, Canada, May 17-21, 2008.

• S. Lee and Y. Son, BDI-based Synthetic Human Decision Behavior Model for Emergency Evacuation Crowd Simulation, INFORMS Southwest Regional Conference, College Station, USA, April 18~19, 2008.

• (Invited speech) Y. Son, Distributed Federation of Multi-paradigm Simulations and Decision Models for Planning and Control: From Shop Floor to Top Floor, Program in Applied Mathematics, The University of Arizona, April 3, 2008.

• J. Jin and Y. Son, Synthetic Human Decision Behavior Model Using Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) Framework for Complex and Dynamic Scenarios, Tucson Workshop on Computational and Behavioral Decision Making, February 29, 2008.

• (Invited speech) Y. Son, Simulation and Decision Innovations for Large Scale Dynamic Systems, Samsung Electronics, January 8, 2008.

• N. Koyuncu, S. Lee, K. Vasudevan, P. Sarfare, and Y. Son, DDDAS-based Multi-Fidelity Simulation for Online Preventive Maintenance Scheduling in Semiconductor Supply Chain, Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2007, Washington D.C., USA, December 9-12, 2007.

• S. Lee, Y. Son, Human Decision-making Model Based on Enhanced BDI Framework, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA, November 4~7, 2007.

• N. Koyuncu, S. Lee, P. Sarfare, Y. Son, DDDAS-based Simulation for the Distributed Manufacturing Enterprise, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA, November 4~7, 2007.

• R. Askin, D. Pabst, M. Pew and Y. Son, Using Real-time Information in Production Planning and Operational Control, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Production Research, Valparaiso, Chile, July 29 - August 2, 2007.

• D. Anjos, D. Cohen, C. Hansen, N. Koyuncu, S. Lee, A. Shendarkar, K. Vasudevan, and Y. Son, DDDAS-based Multi-fidelity Simulation for Online Preventive Maintenance Scheduling in Semiconductor Supply Chain, Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference 2007, Nashville, TN, May 19-23, 2007.

• (Invited speech) Y. Son, DDDAS-based Simulation for Online PM Scheduling in Semiconductor Supply Chain, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Penn State, April 12, 2007.

• A. Shendarkar, K. Vasudevan, S. and Y. Son, Crowd Simulation for Emergency Response using BDI Agent based on Virtual Reality, Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2006, Monterey, CA, December 3-6, 2006.

• Y. Son, Dynamically-Integrated Planning and Control for the Distributed Enterprise, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, USA, November 5~8, 2006.

• S. Lee, Y. Son, Dynamic Data Driven Decision Field Theory Extension (D4FTE), INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, USA, November 5~8, 2006.

• (Invited speech) Y. Son, Distributed Federation of Multi-paradigm Simulations and Decision Models for Dynamic Supply Chains, Industrial, Welding, and Systems Engineering Department, Ohio State University, October 26, 2006.

• (Invited speech) Y. Son, Simulation in Modern Manufacturing, LG-PERI, Design Engineering Group, LG Electronics, July 10, 2006.

• J. Venkateswaran, and Y. Son, Effects of Information Synchronization Frequency on the Stability of Supply Chains, Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference 2006, Orlando, FL, May, 2006.

• S. Lee, X. Zhao, A. Shendarkar, K. Vasudevan, and Y. Son, Epoch Time Synchronization Method with Continuous Update for Distributed Supply Chain Simulation, Proceedings of the 12th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, Saint-Etienne, France, May 17-19, 2006.

• J. Venkateswaran and Y. Son, Information Synchronization Effects on the Stability of Collaborative Supply Chain, Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2005, Orlando, USA, December 4-7, 2005.

• Y. Son, Development of an Epoch Time Synchronization Method for Distributed Simulation, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, November 13~16, 2005.

• L. Lopes, Y. Son, Simulation Embedding Optimization Web Services, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, November 13~16, 2005.

• Y. Son, B. Kulvatunyou, H. Cho, and S. Feng, A Semantic Web Service and Simulation Framework to Intelligent Distributed Manufacturing, Proceedings of the ASME IMECE 2005, Orlando, USA, November 5~11, 2005.

• (Invited speech) Y. Son, Development of New Epoch Time Synchronization Methods for Distributed Simulation, Industrial Engineering Department, Arizona State University, October 20, 2005.

• J. Venkateswaran, Y. Son, A. Jones, and J. Min, Production and Distribution Planning for Dynamic Supply Chains, IFIP 5.7 Conference, Rockville, USA, September 18-21, 2005.

• A. Rathore, B. Balaraman, X. Zhao, S. Baek, J. Venkateswaran, Y. Son, and R. Wysk, Development and Benchmarking of an Epoch Time Synchronization Method for Distributed Simulation, IFIP 5.7 Conference, Rockville, USA, September 18-21, 2005.

• Y. Son, Distributed Simulation for Multi-University Collaborative Manufacturing, Proceedings of the SME/CIRP International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering Education, San Luis Obispo, USA, June 22~25, 2005.

• J. Venkateswaran, X. Zhao, and Y. Son, Integrated Performance and Stability Analysis for VMI Supply Chains Using Multi-Resolution Hybrid Models, Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference 2005, Atlanta, USA, May 14-18, 2005.

• X. Zhao, J. Venkateswaran, and Y. Son, Modeling Human Operator Decision-Making in Manufacturing Systems Using BDI Agent Paradigm, Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference 2005, Atlanta, USA, May 14-18, 2005.

• A. Rathore, B. Balaraman, X. Zhao, S. Baek, J. Venkateswaran, Y. Son, and R. Wysk, Development and Benchmarking of an Epoch Time Synchronization Method for Distributed Simulation, Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference 2005, Atlanta, USA, May 14-18, 2005, received the best paper award in the modeling and simulation track.

• M. Zhou, Y. Son, and Z. Chen, Knowledge Representation for Conceptual Simulation Modeling, Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2004, Washington D.C., USA, December 5-8, 2004.

• J. Venkateswaran, Y. Son, and A. Jones, Hierarchical Production Planning using A Hybrid System Dynamic and Discrete Event Simulation Architecture, Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2004, Washington D.C., USA, December 5-8, 2004.

• Y. Son (invited panelist), Standards panel discussion, Fall 2004 SISO Simulation Interoperability Workshop, Orlando, USA, September 19-23, 2004.

• C. Kim, Y. Son, T. Kim, and K. Kim, A Modeling Approach For Designing Value Chain in VE, Proceedings of 5th IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprise, Toulouse, France, August 23-26, 2004.

• J. Venkateswaran and Y. Son, Distributed and Hybrid Simulations for Manufacturing Systems and Integrated Enterprise, Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference 2004, Houston, USA, May 15-19, 2004.

• X. Zhao and Y. Son, Penalty Function-based Hybrid Shop Floor Control System, Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference 2004, Houston, USA, May 15-19, 2004.

• C. Kim, Y. Son, and K. Baik, An Enterprise Engineering Methodology for Design and Evaluation of Virtual Enterprise, Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference of Computers and Industiral Engineering 2004, Jeju, Korea, March 25-27, 2004.

• L. Rabelo, M. Helal, A. Jones, J. Min, Y. Son, and A. Deshmukh, A Hybrid Approach to Manufacturing Enterprise Simulation, Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2003, New Orleans, USA, December 7-10, 2003.

• Jayendran Venkateswaran and Young-Jun Son, Intelligent Rescheduling Method Considering Real-time Status, Disturbances, and Performance Metrics in Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Proceedings of The International Conference of Industrial Engineering, Las Vegas, USA, November 10-12, 2003.

• Ritesh Kanetkar and Young-Jun Son, Fuzzy Logic Based Reinforcement Learning for Dynamic Job Shop Scheduling, Proceedings of The International Conference of Industrial Engineering, Las Vegas, USA, November 10-12, 2003, took the first place in the student paper contest.

• Monish Madan and Young-Jun Son, Determination of Efficient Model Fidelity for Decision-making in Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Proceedings of The International Conference of Industrial Engineering, Las Vegas, USA, November 10-12, 2003, took the third place in the student paper contest.

• S. Misra, J. Venkateswaran, and Y. Son, Framework for Adaptive Time Synchronization Method for Integration of Distributed, Heterogeneous, Supply Chain Simulations, Proceedings of The American Society of Engineering Management Conference, St Louis, USA, October 15-18, 2003.

• Y. Son, S. Misra, and J. Venkateswaran, Architecture and Time Synchronization Mechanisms for Integration of Supply Chain Simulations, Proceedings of The University Synergy Program (USP) 2003 International Conference, Dearborn, MI, USA, September 15-18, 2003.

• J. Venkateswaran and Y. Son, Development and Investigation of a Simulation-based Testbed for Supply Chain Coordination (extended abstract), Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference 2003, Portland, USA, May 18-20, 2003.

• J. Venkateswaran, Y. Son, and B. Kulvatunyou, Investigation of Influences of Modeling Fidelities on Supply Chain Dynamics, Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2002, Sandiego, USA, December 8-11, 2002.

• (Invited speech) Y. Son, Simulation in Manufacturing World, Simposium of industrial engineering at Institute of Technology of Hermosillo, Hermosillo, Mexico, November 13, 2002.

• C. Kim, Y. Son, and K. Lee, A Two-Phase Modeling Method for Virtual Enterprise, Proceedings of the International Conference of Industrial Engineering 2002, Busan, Korea, October 24-26, 2002.

• K. Ryu, Y. Son, and M. Jung, Fractal-based supply chain management of e-biz companies, Proceedings of the International Conference of Industrial Engineering 2002, Busan, Korea, October 24-26, 2002.

• (Invited speech) Y. Son, Simulation in Manufacturing World, Systems and Information Engineering Department, Dongmyung University of Information Technology, Korea, October 23, 2002.

• (Invited speech) Y. Son, Real-time Turbo Mechanism For the Integration of Distributed Simulations, Industrial Engineering Department, POSTECH, Korea, October 22, 2002.

• M. Madan, P. Vijayakumar, J. Venkateswaran, and Y. Son, Real-time Adaptive Shop Floor Control System: using Simulation, Dispatching Rules, and Direct Search Algorithm, Proceedings of the 39th Annual Technical Meeting Society of Engineering Science, University Park, USA, October 13-16, 2002.

• J. Venkateswaran and Y. Son, Analysis of Supply Chain Dynamics using Distributed Simulation (extended abstract), Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference 2002, Orlando, USA, May 19-22, 2002.

• Young-Jun Son, Simulation Based Shop Floor Control: Rapid System Development, Proceedings of Raytheon Symposium, Tucson, USA, March 14, 2002.

• J. Venkateswaran, K. Yaseen, and Y. Son, Distributed Simulation: An Enabling Technology for the Evaluation of Virtual Enterprises, Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2001, Arlington, USA, December 9-12, 2001.

• J. Venkateswaran and Y. Son, Distributed Simulation for the Integration of Globally Dispersed Enterprises: A Prototype, Proceedings of the International Conference of Industrial Engineering, San Francisco, USA, November 18-20, 2001

• (Invited speech) Y. Son, Simulation in Manufacturing World, First simposium of industrial engineering at UABC, Mexicali, Mexico, October 17, 2001

• Y. Son, J. Venkateswaran, K. Yaseen, and R. Mopidevi, Initial Research on Schedule Interface with Shop Floor Control System, Proceedings of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics 2001, Tucson, USA, October 7-10, 2001.

• Jayendran Venkateswaran, Maheer Manmohan, and Young-Jun Son, Virtual Manufacturing: Online Control of Shop Floor Operations, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Production Research, Prague, Czech Republic, July 29-August 3, 2001.

• (Invited lecture) Y. Son, Simulation Based Shop Floor Control, Sindoricho Corporation, Korea, July, 2001

• Young Jun Son, Richard A. Wysk, and Albert T. Jones, Simulation Based Shop Floor Control: Formal Model and Model Generation, Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference 2001, Dallas, Texas, May 20-22, 2001.

• Young Jun Son, Albert T. Jones, and Richard A. Wysk, AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF SIMULATION MODELS FROM NEUTRAL LIBRARIES: AN EXAMPLE, Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2000, Orlando, Florida, December 10-13, 2000.

• Jay Steele, Young Jun Son, and Richard A. Wysk, Resource Modeling for the Integration of the Manufacturing Enterprise, Proceedings of the 2000 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Manufacturing International Conference on Manufacturing Systems: Innovations for the 21st Century, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 2000.

• R.A. Wysk, S.B. Joshi, M. Moreno, and Y. Son, Data Driven Control for Shop Floor Operations -- A Generic Viewpoint, Proceedings of the IEEE Conference, 1997.

Current

• SOFTSIM - a Testbed for Process-Driven and Simulation-Based Knowledge Conglomeration in Enterprise Software Development, National Science Foundation, Co-PI, August 2007~July 2010

• Simulation-based Manufacturing Applications Interoperability Testing, NIST, PI, September 1, 2007~August 31, 2008

• Predicting and Prescribing Human Decision Making Under Uncertain and Complex Scenarios, Department of Defense MURI, Co-PI, June 2003~June 2008

• Dynamically-Integrated Production Planning and Operational Control for the Distributed Enterprise, National Science Foundation, PI, August 2005~July 2006 (extended to December 2007)

• Simulation-based Forecasting and Demand-Shaping for Samsung Mobile Phones, Samsung, PI, October 2007~January 2008

• Distributed Federations of Harbor Network Simulations: Arena Merge, Sandia National Laboratory, PI, August 11, 2005~September 30, 2005

• Design and Development of Agent-based Crowd Behavior Simulation Using Enhanced UML State-charts, Adaptive Quadtree Grids, HLA/RTI and NIST Adapter for Emergency Response, NIST, PI, June 8, 2005~May 2006

• Agent Based Modeling of Molecular Structure at Synapses, The Institute for Biomedical Science and Biotechnology, Co-PI, since August 1, 2004

• Remote Operation of Simulations Using HLA for Manufacturing Systems and Supply Chain Management, NIST, PI, Sep 15, 2000~Sep14, 2001

• Integration of supply chain simulations: enhancement of interface specification and development of a generic retailer model, NIST, PI, May 1, 2002~April 30, 2003

• Business Process Specifications for the Integration of Heterogeneous Supply Chain Simulations: Survey, Proposition, and Prototype Implementation, NIST, PI, Sep. 22, 2003~Sep. 21, 2004

• Distributed simulation for the evaluation of supply chain -- Prototype Development using .NET, Microsoft, PI, October 2001~October 2002

• Software grant, Rockwell Software, PI

• Manufacturing Enterprise Simulation via Web Services, State of Arizona IT and Commerce Insititute, PI, 03/01/04~06/30/04

• Development of Multi-Pass Simulation-Based Shop Floor Control System, University of Arizona, PI, July 1, 2001~June 30, 2002

• Autonomic Computing, State of Arizona IT and Commerce Insititute, PI, 01/15/03~01/14/04

• Software grant, Brooks Automation, PI

• Distributed simulation: enabling virtual enterprises in Internet environment, State of Arizona IT and Commerce Insititute, PI, Feb. 1, 2002~June 30, 2002

• Simulation based ASP, State of Arizona IT and Commerce Insititute, PI, Feb. 1, 2002~June 30, 2002

• Software grant, Knowledge based systems, PI

• Web course development (SIE531), Systems Engineering Certificate program of MENG, Co-PI, May 2001~June 2002

• Current Students
• Seungho Lee (Ph.D.)
• Nurcin Koyuncu (Ph.D.)
• Esfand Mazhari (Ph.D.)
• Andrea Chaves (M.S.)
• Former Students
• Jayendran Venkateswaran (M.S. and Ph.D) -- Assistant professor at IIT Bombay, graduated August 2005
• Xiaobing Zhao (M.S. and Ph.D.) -- Systems reliability engineering at John Deere, graduated August 2006
• Shravan Krishnan (Ph.D., Co-advisee) -- US Coast Guard, graduated May 2007
• Sharon Speet (M.S.) -- Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, graduated May 2002
• Carol Ramirez (M.S.) -- Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, graduated May 2002
• Pramod Vijayakumar (M.S.), graduated December 2002
• Mohammed Yaseen Kalachikan Jafferali (M.S.), graduated December 2002
• Monish Madan (M.S.), graduated August 2003
• Rakesh Mopidevi (M.S.) -- US Airways in Tempe, graduated August 2003
• Siddharth Misra (M.S.), graduated December 2003
• Ritesh Kanetkar (M.S.), graduated December 2003
• Wei Luo (M.S.), graduated August 2004
• Aditya Rathore (M.S.), -- Decisioncraft Analytics in India, graduated August 2005
• Karthik Vasudevan (M.S.) -- PMC in Dearborn, graduated August 2007
• Nurcin Koyuncu (M.S.) -- UA SIE Ph.D. candidate, graduated May 2008
• Esfand Mazhari (M.S., Course) -- UA SIE Ph.D. candidate, graduated May 2008
• John Canby (M.S., Course) -- Schlumberger, graduated May 2008

• Son's nephew
• Fishing Trip -- the coldest state in the U.S., Arizona
• Hunting Trip -- elephant mountain (at the middle between Tucson and Mexico)
• With Chicago Whitesocks Coach (Mr. Man Soo Lee)

• Cyber-Infrastructure (CI) MUST activities
• Cognitive Optimization and Prediction activities
• Simulation Education Homepage
• Systems Biology Workbench
• Wikipedia (online technical terminology and definition)
• Webopedia (online dictionary for computer and internet technology)
• One look dictionary
• Online dictionary of computing
• Math World
• Basic physics
• Unit and currency conversion