Carl Tropper

Address: 324 McConnell Engineering Bldg
e-mail: carl@cs.mcgill.ca
Tel: (514) 398-3743
Fax: (514) 398-3883

Research Interests

I have worked in the area of distributed simulation since its inception and have developed algorithms belonging to both of the major classes of synchronization algorithms for distributed simulation, known as the conservative and optimistic classes of algorithm. In addition, I have also developed load-balancing algorithms for both of these classes. For a brief overview of distributed simulation, see my survey paper.
At McGill and at BBN (Cambridge, Mass.) I did research in computer networks, focusing on algorithms for routing and flow control and on their performance. BBN is well known for having developed the ARPANET, the research
My broader interests lie in the area of distributed systems.

VLSI simulation
My current major research interest centers about the distributed discrete-event simulation of VLSI circuitry. I am at present collaborating with Nortel Telecommunications on a project for the distributed simulation of large circuits which are being supplied by Nortel. The circuits are described in Verilog.
Network simulation
My other major interest is the distributed simulation of wireless networks. In that field I have developed channel access algorithms and assessed their performance in a large network via distributed simulation.

Guest editor of special issue of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC)
devoted to applications of distributed simulation (March, 2002)
Guest editor of special issue of Parallel and Distributed Computing Practices (PDCP)
devoted to distributed simulation (to appear by December of 2001)
Program chair of PADS '97
NSF project reviewer
Program chair of MSWIM 2000
Program committee of PADS from 1990 to present
Program committee of MASCOTS '97
Program committee of DIS 2000
Reviewer for IEEE TPDS, IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE Transactions on Communications, JPDC, Distributed Computing, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Simulation