CURRICULUM VITAE Oleg Gusak, PhD PERSONAL DATA Address : School of Computing and Engineering University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO 64110, USA Phone : +1 (816) 235 5940 Fax : +1 (816) 235 5159 E-Mail : gusako (at) umkc.edu WWW home page : http://g.faculty.umkc.edu/gusako ============================================================================ ACADEMIC DEGREES Ph.D. Computer Engineering Bilkent University 2001 M.S. Computer Science Kharkov State Technical University of Radio Electronics (KTURE) 1995 B.S. Computer Science Kharkov State Technical University of Radio Electronics 1994 ============================================================================ EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 07/06 - Present Research Assistant Professor University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Computing and Engineering 09/04 - 07/06 Visiting Assistant Professor University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Computing and Engineering 10/01 - 08/04 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Computing and Engineering 10/97 - 08/01 Graduate Assistant Bilkent University, Department of Computer Engineering 02/97 - 09/97 Information Management Systems Group, Head Kharkov Municipal Water Refining Enterprise, Ukraine 03/93 - 11/96 System software engineer Scientific-Research Institute of Automated Control Systems, Ukraine ============================================================================ TEACHING EXPERIENCE Spring’03 Instructor, ECE326 Logic Design Spring'01 TA, CS101 Algorithms and Programming Fall'00 TA, CS471 Numerical Methods Spring'00 TA, CS421 Computer Networks Spring'99 TA, CS421 Spring'98 TA, CS421 Fall'99 TA, MAN253 Introduction to Computing Fall'98 TA, MAN253 ============================================================================ RESEARCH INTERESTS Analytical and simulation modeling and performance evaluation of optical, wired and wireless networks in partcular 802.16 (WiMAX) networks, IMS control plane. Numerical Solution of large Markov chains, Stochastic Automata Networks (SANs). ============================================================================ HONORS, SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL DUTIES, ACHIEVEMENTS Technical program committee member, 2008 IEEE Region 5 technical,professional and student conference 2008 Reviewer for NSMC'99, ISCIS'99, BAS'99, ISCIS2000, BAS2000, BAS2001, INFOCOM2003 IEEE Comm. Letters (2003), Globecomm’03, VTC’03, NSMC'03, ISCIS'04, ICC'05, Telecommunication Systems Journal, ITC'07, Wireless Networks Journal (07-08) Session chair, ISCIS'03 2003 Scholarship from Bilkent University (fully paid tuition and stipend) 1997-2001 Scholarship for Ph.D. study, International Soros Fund 1997 Letter of Recognition, Ministry of Telecommunications, Ukraine 1995 Prof. Ivanchenko's Scholarship for M.S. study, KTURE 1994-1995 ============================================================================ RESEARCH SUPPORTED BY INDUSTRY 1. Intel, “Performance Model for Decision Support on SFP Shaping Algorithms”, 11/2/2002-3/1/2003, co-investigator. 2. Intel, “SFP Shaper and Scheduler Sensitivity Analysis Tool”, 3/15/2003-7/01/2003, co-investigator. 3. Intel, “Packet Queuing Fabric Model and Analysis Tool”, 6/14/2003-10/01/2003, co-investigator. 4. Intel, “SFP Enhanced Generic Switch and Validation of Timestamp-Based Congestion Management”, 10/01/2003-12/31/2003, co-investigator. 5. Intel, “802.16 MAC Scheduler Performance Model”, 11/01/2003-02/01/2004, co-investigator. 6. Intel, “802.16 MAC Scheduler Parameters Estimation”, 02/01/2004-05/30/2004, co-investigator. 7. Intel, "Detailed 802.16 MAC Simulation Model", 10/01/2004-06/30/2005, co-investigator, principal architect. 8. Intel, “Internet Multimedia System Control Plane Modeling”, 01/10/2005-11/30/2005, co-investigator. 9. Intel, “Communications Workload Modeling”, 01/09/2006-12/30/2006, co-investigator. ============================================================================ PATENTS US Patent (pending): Adapting uplink\downlink subframe ratio in time division duplex physical frames (co-inventors: Neal Oliver and Khosrow Sohraby) ============================================================================ INVITED LECTURES AND TALKS Comparison of Queuing Arbiters in Core InfiniBand Nodes 2002 Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Eng., Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey Lumpable Stochastic Automata Networks 2001 Department of Computer Systems, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Lumpable Discrete-Time Stochastic Automata Networks. A Case Study: ATM over TDMA, 2001 Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Eng., Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey Lumpable stochastic automata networks, 2000 Lab. ID-IMAG, Montbonnot, Saint-Martin, France Stochastic Automata Networks and Near Complete Decomposability 2000 Lab. ID-IMAG, Montbonnot, Saint-Martin, France An Analytical Model of a Client-Server System Functioning on Top of TCP, 1999 2nd International Student-Forum Contest on Multimedia, DMS'99, Aizu, Japan ============================================================================ SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS Ph.D. dissertation Analysis of Large Markov Chains Modeled as Stochastic Automata Networks. July 2001, Tugrul Dayar (advisor), Bilkent University. Articles in refereed journals ``Stochastic Automata Networks and Near Complete Decomposability''. SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, 23 (2001), pp.581-599. O. Gusak, T. Dayar, J.-M. Fourneau. ``Lumpable Continuous-Time Stochastic Automata Networks''. European Journal of Operational Research, 148 (2), 2003, pp.436-451. O. Gusak, T. Dayar, J.-M. Fourneau. ``Iterative disaggregation for a class of lumpable discrete-time stochastic automata networks''. Performance Evaluation 53(1), 2003 , pp. 43-69. O. Gusak, T. Dayar, J.-M. Fourneau. Papers in refereed proceedings ``Mail Message Routing in Case of Internet Link Failures''. Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Computer Networks. Eds. A. Alpkocak, E. Ozkarahan, Izmir, Turkey, June 1998, 50-54. O. Gusak, T. Dayar. ``A Generalization of a TCP Model: Multiple Source-Destination Case with Arbitrary LAN as the Access Network''. Proceedings of the 4th Symposium on Computer Networks. Eds. S. Oktug, B. Orencik, E. Harmanci, Istanbul, Turkey, May 1999, 102-111. O. Gusak, T. Dayar. ``Analysis of Blocking Probability in WDM All-Optical Networks with Non-Poisson Traffic Statistics''. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks. Kielce, Poland, June 1999, 27-32. O. Gusak, E. Karasan. ``An Analytical Model of a Client-Server System Functioning on Top of TCP''. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems. Knowledge Systems Institute, Skokie, Illinois, June 1999, 166-173. O. Gusak. ``Solving Lumpable Continuous-Time Stochastic Automata Networks with Unfavorable Partitionings''. Proceedings of the 6th Symposium on Computer Networks. Eds. M. Salamah, I. Aybay, A. Acan, June 2001, Gazimagusa, TRNC. pp.31-40. O. Gusak, T. Dayar. ``Iterative Aggregation-Disaggregation versus Block Gauss-Seidel on Stochastic Automata Networks with Unfavorable Partitionings''. Proceedings of the 2001 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems. Eds. M. S. Obaidat, F. Davoli, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 2001, pp. 617-623. O. Gusak, T. Dayar. ``Efficient Approximation of Multiplexed Voice Traffic'', Proceedings of the 15th IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, March 2004, Marina del Rey, California, USA. O. Gusak, N. Oliver, K. Sohraby, ``On the Accuracy of Poisson Approximation of Multiplexed Voice Traffic'', OPNETWORK'03, August 2003, Washington, DC, USA. O. Gusak, N. Oliver, K. Sohraby. ``A Simulation Study of 802.16 MAC Layer on a Large-Scale Example'', OPNETWORK'04, August 2004, Washington, DC, USA. O. Gusak, N. Oliver, K. Sohraby. ``A Flexible Representation of Input Parameters for Large-Scale OPNET Simulation Models'', OPNETWORK'05, August 2005, Washington, DC, USA. O. Gusak, N. Oliver, K. Sohraby. ``Modeling Signaling Traffic of an IP Multimedia Subsystem Using OPNET Custom Application Model'', OPNETWORK'06, August 2006, Washington, DC, USA. O. Gusak, N. Oliver, K. Sohraby. ``Performance Analysis of Packets Encapsulation and Aggregation'', Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'06), Monterey, California, September 2006. pp. 137-146. J. Hong, O. Gusak, N. Oliver, K. Sohraby. ``API of OPNET Custom Applications as a Convenient Tool in High-Level System Modeling'', OPNETWORK'07, August 2007, Washington, DC, USA. O. Gusak, N. Oliver, K. Sohraby, ``Performance Evaluation of OPNET's WiMAX model'', OPNETWORK'08, August 2008, Washington, DC, USA. O. Gusak and K. Sohraby Published conference papers ``A Generalization of a TCP Model: Multiple Source-Destination Case with Arbitrary LAN as the Access Network''. System Performance Evaluation: Methodologies and Applications. Ed. E. Gelenbe, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, March 2000, 39-49. O. Gusak, T. Dayar. ``Performance Analysis of Packet Schedulers in High-Speed Serial Switches'', Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Eds A. Yazici, C. Sener, November 2003, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 860-868. This paper was presented at the 18th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS'03), November 2003, Antalya, Turkey. O. Gusak, N. Oliver, K. Sohraby, ``Performance Evaluation of the 802.16 Medium Access Control Layer'', Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Vol 3280/2004 Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp 228-237. O. Gusak, N. Oliver, K. Sohraby. ``A Model of a Packet Aggregation System, Lecture Notes in Computer Science'', Volume 4263/2006, Computer and Information Sciences – ISCIS 2006, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg. J. Hong, O. Gusak, N. Oliver, K. Sohraby. Non-refereed proceedings ``Stochastic Automata Networks and Near Complete Decomposability'', Workshop on Stochastic Networks. Wisconsin, USA, June 2000. O. Gusak, T. Dayar, J.-M. Fourneau. ``The Efficient Analysis of Discrete-Time Stochastic Automata Networks''. 7th SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra. North Carolina, USA, October 2000. O. Gusak, T. Dayar, J.-M. Fourneau. ``Lumpable Continuous-Time Stochastic Automata Networks''. International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing. Ankara-Konya, Turkey, April 2001. O. Gusak, T. Dayar, J.-M. Fourneau. Other publications ``Stochastic Automata Networks and Near Complete Decomposability''. Technical Report BU-CE-0016. Bilkent University, October 2000. O. Gusak, T. Dayar, J.-M. Fourneau. Available via ftp from ftp://ftp.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/tech-reports/2000/BU-CE-0016.ps.z. ============================================================================ TECHNICAL SKILLS Programming languages C, C++, Borland Pascal 7.0, object-oriented, event-driven programming (Turbo Vision), Matlab, OPNET. Familiar with Assembler, Delphi, Fortran, FoxPro 2.0-2.6. Operating systems Windows 9X, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003, MS-DOS, OS/2, OS/2 Warp, Linux, Novell NetWare 3.XX - 4.11. Network protocols and technologies TCP/IP, IPX, RIP, ATM, wireless TDMA, WDM optical networks, InfiniBand Architecture, 802.16 MAC/PHY, IMS, SIP.