CPS-VO Portal for Active Resources

Chris vanBuskirk is a Research Project Manager at Vanderbilt University's Institute for Software Integrated Systems (http://www.isis.vanderbilt. edu) since 1999, Chris' general professional interests lie in the practical application of novel, model-based formalisms and design methodologies to complex, real-world, human-in-the-loop, science/engineering activities. After completing his B.S. in Computer Science and an M.S. in Engineering at The University of Mississippi, Chris has pursued a career in R&D at organizations such as Cray Research Inc., UMiss Medical Center, The National Cancer Institute's Biomedical Supercomputing Center, and The Mind/Brain Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Currently, Mr. vanBuskirk serves as Executive Director for the NSF's CPS Virtual Organization (http://cps-vo.org/), which actively supports the formation and development of distributed research communities required by the demanding challenges of the massively multi-disciplinary cyber-physical systems domain.