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Dan M. Davis, Academic, CDR USNR-Ret, Juris Doctor

Executive Summary / Dan Davis is an exciting and award-winning classroom instructor, technical author, and grants writer, as well as an experience administrator and manager. He is widely published and is well known in his academic specialty, having worked effectively for three intuitions of higher learning, serving on committees and in leadership positions. He could productively bring more than three decades of experience to bear in any number of instructional or administrative positions.
Professional experience / June 2002 - Present:
Director, JESPP Project/Director of HPC Outreach for HPCMP Team, Computational Sciences Division, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, California
June 2001 - June 2002:
Director Contracts and Finance, Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawai`i, Kihei, Maui, Hawai`i
March 2001 - June 2001:
Oral Presenter on and Key Member of University of Hawai'i Proposal Team for Maui High Performance Computing Center contract, Research Corporation of the University of Hawai`i, Manoa, O`ahu, Hawai`i
June 1998 - February 2001:
Associate Director for Strategic Development, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, California
June 1992 - June 1998:
Assistant Director for Center for Advanced Computing Research, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
November 1988 - June 1992:
Software Engineer and Classification Manager, All Source Analysis System Project at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena California, employed by the Aerospace Division, Martin Marietta Corporation, Denver, Colorado
June 1985 - October 1988:
Subcontracts Administrator, Classified Project, Aerospace Division, Martin Marietta, Waterton, Colorado
February 1976 - June 1985:
Attorney at Law, Davis & Davis, Attorneys at Law, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Left practice upon death of my Father and returned to research.)
Education / 1973 – 1975University of ColoradoBoulder, Colorado
Juris Doctor
  • Graduated in December 1975, after two and a half years of study
  • Focus: Civil law, research, legal policy

1962-64 & 1971-73University of ColoradoBoulder, Colorado
Bachelor of Arts
  • Major: Psychology
  • Hiatus: Duty with USMC
  • Focus: Quantitative Psych, Tests & Measurements, and Learning
  • Senior Research Project: Development of a large artificial intelligence program to function as a personnel department, with the central tenant being that machine learning could better optimize recruitment, selection and placement of personnel.

Publications /
  • Six peer-reviewed journal articles.
  • Thirty-five peer-reviewed conference papers.
  • Eight invited speaker papers.

Teaching Skills / Extensive experience in classroom instruction, both academic and professional:
  • Taught Intro to Psychology to Sophomores for five years
  • Class was oversubscribed last three years
  • Awarded “Instructor of the Term” at Blair College,
  • Taught Business Law
  • Covered basics of business law, commercial code, torts, criminal law and employment law at undergraduate level
  • Taught Personnel Management
  • Was selected to be only one of two instructors authorized to teach personnel management to undergraduates.
  • Taught graduate course in Labor Negotiations at University of Phoenix
  • Selected from a field of 20 applicants
  • Taught several technical courses at conferences and at the behest of the High Performance Computing Modernization Office

Military Service /
  • Commander (O-5) USNR-R, Twenty plus years,
    Cryptologic Specialty (1615), Retired.
  • Staff Sergeant (E-6) USMC, Four years, Cryptanalytic Linguist;
    USMCR Two years

Other Positions /
  • Chairman – Coalition of Academic Supercomputing Centers for two years
  • Designated as Senior Member, Association of Computer Machinery, 2010
  • Commanding Officer – USNR Cryptologic units consisting of up to 60 personnel
  • Admitted to Colorado Supreme Court, US District Court, US Court of Appeals in 1976
  • Admitted to United States Supreme Court in 1984

Academia / Classroom Instruction
University of Phoenix, Denver, Colorado
Blair College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Research Administration
California Institute of Technology
University of Southern California
University of Hawai'i
Selected Publications / Davis, D.M., Yao, K-T., Wagenbreth, G. & Gottschalk, T.D., (2010), “Distributed and Interactive Simulations Operating at Large Scale for Transcontinental Experimentation”, in the Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM Distributed Simulations and Real Time Applications 2010 Conference, Fairfax, Virginia
Davis, D.M., Roberts, D. W. & Baer, G.D., (2010), “Developing a Research Administration Course for Academics: A Need Too Long Ignored”, in the Proceedings of the SISO Fall 2010Simulation Interoperability Workshop, Orlando, Florida
Lucas, R.F., Wagenbreth, G., Yao, K-T., Davis, D.M., & Jeong, J.H., (2010), “Equation-Based Models in Discrete-Element and Agent-Based Simulations”, in the Proceedings of the SISO Fall 2010Simulation Interoperability Workshop, Orlando, Florida
Davis, D.M., Baer, A.M., Gottschalk, T.D. & Davis, L.M., (2010, pending), “Applying HPCC Technology to Systemic Diversity Dilemmas ,” in the Proceedings of the Australian Computers in Education Conference, Melbourne, Australia, April 2010
Davis, D.M., Lucas, R.F., Gottschalk, T.D., Wagenbreth, G. & Agalsoff, J., (2009), “FLOPS per Watt: Heterogeneous-Computing’s Approach to DoD Imperatives,” in the Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2009
Lucas, R.F., Davis, D.M., Wagenbreth, G. & Tran, J.J., (2009), “Operational Use of a Large GPGPU-Enhanced Linux Cluster” in the Proceedings of the High Performance Computing Modernization Program Users' Group Conference, San Diego, California, 2009
Davis, D.M., Lucas, R.F., & Wagenbreth, G., (2008), “Effectively Using a Large GPGPU-Enhanced Linux Cluster,” in the Proceedings of the High Performance Computing Modernization Program Users' Group Conference, Seattle, Washington, 2008
Tran, J.J., Lucas, R.F., Yao, K-T, Wagenbreth, G., Davis, D.M., & Bakeman, D.J., (2008), “A High Performance Route-Planning Technique for Dense Urban Simulations,” in the Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2008
Davis, D.M., Lucas, R.F., Wagenbreth, G., Tran, J.J., & Moore, J.R., (2007), “A GPU-Enhanced Cluster for Accelerated FMS,” in the Proceedings of the High Performance Computing Modernization Program Users' Group Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2007
Gottschalk, T. D. & Davis, D. M., (2006), “Application of Proven Parallel Programming Algorithmic Design to Aggregation-Deaggregation Problems,” in the Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2006
Davis, D. M. and Davis, L. M., (2006), “Educational Extensions of Large-Scale Simulations Enabled by High Performance Computing,” in the Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2006
Lucas, R. F., Davis, D. M. & Yao, K-T., (2006), “Supercomputing’s Role in Data Problems and Its Contribution to Solutions,” The ITEA Journal of Test and Evaluation, Fairfax, Virginia, Sep-Oct, 2006.
Davis, D. M., (2006), “Large-Scale Simulations and Transcontinental Data Management and Analysis”, 3rd Cluster Symposium On the Use of Commodity Clusters for Large-Scale Scientific Applications 2006, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2006
Davis, D. M. & Lucas, R. F, (2006), “Joint Experimentation, Data Management and Analysis Enabled by Trans-Continentally Distributed Linux Clusters,” HPCMP Users’ Group Conference, Denver, Colorado. June, 2006
Davis, D. M. & Baer, G. D., (2006), “Providing Scalable Simulations, Environments and Data Structures for Theatre of War Analysis and Training ,” International Training and Education Conference, London, UK, 2006
Davis, D. M., & Baer, G. D., (2005), “High Performance Computing Facilities for Joint Military Simulation Data Management ,” ITEA Modeling and Simulation Conference, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 2005
Wagenbreth, G., Yao, K-T., Davis, D. M., Lucas, R. F. and Gottschalk, T. D., (2005), “Enabling 1,000,000-Entity Simulations on Distributed Linux Clusters, ” WSC05-The Winter Simulation Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2005
Davis, D. M., Lucas, R. F., Amburn, E. P. & Gottschalk, T. D., (2005), “Joint Experimentation on Scalable Parallel Processors,” The ITEA Journal of Test and Evaluation, Fairfax, Virginia, 2005
Gottschalk, T. D., Amburn, E. P. & Davis, D. M., (2005), “Advanced Message Routing for Scalable Distributed Simulations,” The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, San Diego, California, 2005
Davis, D. M, Baer, G. D., & Gottschalk, T. D., (2004), “21st Century Simulation: Exploiting High Performance Parallel Computing and Advanced Data Analysis,” Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2004
Lucas, R. F. & Davis, D. M, “Joint Experimentation on Scalable Parallel Processors,” (2003), in the Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2003
Brunett, S., Davis, D. M., Gottschalk, T. D., Messina, P. C. & Kesselman, C., (1998) “Implementing Distributed Synthetic Forces Simulations in Metacomputing Environments,” in the Proceedings of the Seventh Heterogeneous Computing Workshop, Orlando, Florida, March 1998
Messina, P. C., Brunett, S., Davis, D. M., Gottschalk, T. D., Curkendall, D. C. & Seigel, H., (1997) “Distributed Interactive Simulation for Synthetic Forces,” in the Proceedings of the 11th International Parallel Processing Symposium, Geneva, Switzerland, April 1997
Messina, P. C., Brooks, P.B., Craymer, L. G., Curkendall, D. W., Davis, D. M., Ekroot, L. .L., Fusco, D. E., Gottschalk, T. D., Owen, W. O., Plesea, L. & Seigel, H., (1997) “Synthetic Forces Express: A New Initiative in Scalable Computing for Military Simulations.” Proceedings of the Simulation Interoperability Workshop, Orlando, Florida, March 1997