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Dr Narayanan's Service Profile

  • Professional Service:

 

  •          Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics, 2000 – Present.

  •          Associate Editor, International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 2000 – Present.

  •          Associate Vice President of Academic Activities, Society for Computer Simulation International, 1999 – Present.

  •          Administrative Committee (ADCOM) member, IEEE Systems, Man, & Cybernetics Society, 2000 – Present.

  •          Presented an invited keynote tutorial on “web-based interactive simulations” and the IASTED’s advanced simulation and modeling conference         in Marbella, Spain, 2001.

  •          Reviewer for Office of Naval Research (ONR) through American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), 2001.

  •          Presented an invited talk on “Web-based interactive models and simulations” at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta in 2000.

  •          Presented an invited talk on “Interactive simulations for decision aiding” at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India in 2000.

  •          Reviewer, National Science Foundation’s POWRE panel, 1997.

  •          Member, Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam Item Writers Committee on Industrial Engineering, National Council of Examiners for                 Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), Clemson, SC, 1996 – Present.

  •           Member, Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam Minimum Passing Score Committee, National Council of Examiners for Engineering and          Surveying, Clemson, SC, 1995 (Worked with NCEES members and ABET evaluators in recommending content for the revised     fundamentals of engineering exam in industrial engineering as well as in specifying the passing score).

  •          Presented a tutorial on "Education and Research Issues in Human Computer Interaction" at the Association of Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department at Minority Institutions Symposium at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez on July 25, 1996.

  •          Presented an invited talk on “Models and simulations for supporting humans in complex systems” at NASA Ames Research Center in 1995.

  •          Member, Regional Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, India, Advisory Council, 1997 – Present.

  •          Member, Technical Program Committee, 2001 SCS Summer Simulation Conference.

  •          Member, Technical Program Committee, 2001 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics.

  •          Member, Technical Program Committee, 2000 SCS Summer Simulation Conference.

  •          Member, Technical Program Committee, 2000 IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics.

  •          Treasurer, Cincinnati-Dayton Chapter of INFORMS Society, 1999 – 2000.

  •          Publicity Chair & Chair, Best student paper award committee, The 3rd Symposium on Human Interaction in Complex Systems, Dayton, Ohio, 1996.

  •          Member of the Organizing Committee & Panel Organizer, The 4th Symposium on Human Interaction in Complex Systems, Dayton, Ohio, 1998.

  •          Reviewer, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Simulation.

  •          Reviewer, Computers and Industrial Engineering.

  •          Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics.

  •          Reviewer, Information Fusion Journal

  •          Reviewer, Iranian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  •          Invited Member of the Program Board of Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, HCI International 2003, Crete, Greece.

  •          Reviewer, International Journal of Human Computer Studies.

  •          Reviewer, International Journal of Modeling and Simulation.

  •          Reviewer, International Journal of Production Economics.

  •          Reviewer, Production, Planning, & Control.

  •          Reviewer, International Journal of Cognitive Ergonomics.

  •          Reviewer, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics.

  •          Reviewer, Several Annual Meetings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

  •          Reviewer, 1990 Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences.

  •          Session Chair, 1999 IEEE Midnight-Sun Workshop on Soft Computing Methods in Industrial Applications.

  •          Session Chair, 3rd Symposium on Human Interaction with Complex Systems, 1996.

  •          Session Chair, 5th International Conference on Human Aspects of Advanced Manufacturing: Agility and Hybrid Automation, 1996.

  •          Session Chair, 1997 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics.

  •          Session Chair, 1998 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics.

  •          Session Chair, 2000 SCS Summer Simulation Conference.

 

National Activities

    • Associate Vice-President of Academic Activities, The Society for Computer Simulation International, 1999 - Present.

    • Reviewer, National Science Foundation’s POWRE panel, 1997.

    • Member, Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam Item Writers Committee, National Council of Engineering Examination and Services, Clemson, SC, 1996 — Present.

    • Member, Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam Minimum Passing Score Committee, National Council of Engineering Examination and Services, Clemson, SC, 1995 (Worked with NCEES members and ABET evaluators in recommending content for the revised fundamentals of engineering exam as well as in specifying the passing score).

    • Presented a tutorial on "Education and Research Issues in Human Computer Interaction" at the Association of Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department at Minority Institutions Symposium at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez on July 25, 1996.

International Activities

    • Member, Regional Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, India, Advisory Council, 1997 — Present.

Local Activities

    • Faculty coordinator, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society WSU Student Chapter, 1995-1996.

    • Participated in the Fall Visitation Day at WSU, 1995, 1997, & 1999.

 

  • Professional Societies

          Association

  Status 

      Dates

Society for Computer Simulation

Member 

1997 - Present

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Member

1991 – 2000

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Senior Member

2001 – Present

IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society

Member   

1991 - Present

Institute of Industrial Engineering

Member 

1989 - Present

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Member

1994 - Present

Association for Computing Machinery

Member

1994 - Present

American Society for Information Science

Member

1995 - 1998

Operations Research Society of America & INFORMS

Member    

1989, 90, 99,

American Association for Artificial Intelligence

Member

1990 – 93, 99

 

  • Membership on WSU committees

 Department Committee:

 

         Chair, HFE Curriculum Committee, 1998 – 2000.

         Member, BIE By Laws Subcommittee on Faculty Development

         Member, HFE Curriculum Committee, 1994 – Present.

         Member, HFE Faculty Search Committee, 1995, 1996, 1999.

        College of Engineering and Computer Science Committee:

·         Member, Engineering Ph.D. Affairs Committee, 2002 - Present

·         Member, Engineering Ph.D. Steering Committee, 2001 – Present

·         Member, Engineering Ph.D. Admissions Committee, 2001 – Present

·         Chair, Engineering Ph.D. Committee in the Humans in Complex Systems PCC area, 2001 – Present.

·         Chair, College of Engineering and Computer Science Academic Computing Committee, 2000 – 2001.

·         Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Fall 2000 – 2002.

·         Member, College of Engineering and Computer Science Academic Computing Committee, 1996 – 1999.

·         Member, College of Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Development Committee, 1999- Present.

·         Member, Ad hoc Technology Fee Committee in CECS, 1998 – Present.

·         Member, CECS Library Committee, 1995 – 1997.

·         Member, CECS Due Process Committee, 1998.

·         Member, College of Engineering and Computer Science ABET 2K Ad Hoc Committee, 1998 - 1999.

·         Member, College Committee for BHE Chair Search, 1996.

 

 

University Committee:

·         Member, University Technology Committee, Fall 2000 to Summer 2001.

·         Member, Graduate Council, Fall 2000 to Present.

·         Member, Graduate Membership Committee, Fall 2000 to Present.

·         Member, Campus-Wide Information Systems Committee, 1996-1997.

              Other Committee Membership:

       ·             Member, DAGSI RESCAP Committee, Dec. ’01 – Present, Appointed.