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John S. Osmundson
Research Associate Professor
Mail Code: IS/Os
Department of Information Science
Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences
Monterey, CA 93943
Phone: 831-656-3775
Email: josmundson (at) nps.edu
EDUCATION:
PhD - University of Maryland, 1968
Physics
BS - Stanford University, 1962
Physics
NPS EXPERIENCE:
  • Research Associate Professor, Information Sciences and Systems Engingeering
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
  • 1995 - present - Associate Professor, C3I AG, NPS
  • 1972 - 1995 - Lockheed Missile and Space (LMSC) Co., Sunnyvale, CA, Manager, Advanced Systems Studies, LMSC Research Labs, Palo Alto, Chief Systems Engineer
  • Manager, Systems Engineering
  • 1970 - 1972 - National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, Research in space-based laser communications systems
  • 1968 - 1968 - Research Associate, Dept of Physics, Univ of Maryland, Research in quantum electronics and solid state physics
TEACHING INTERESTS:
  • Combat Systems Engineering
  • Software Engineering for C3I Systems
  • Software Project Management
  • Project Management
  • Modeling and Simulation
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
  • Systems Engineering of Networked, Distributed Information Systems such as C3I systems
  • Modeling and Simulation, particularly of information systems
AWARDS:
  • NRC Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Northrup Grumman Award for Excellence in Systems Engineering and Analysis. December, 2003.
  • Wayne E. Meyer Award for Excellence in Systems Engineering, December, 2003.
  • Northrup Grumman Award for Excellence in Systems Engineering and Analysis. December, 2002.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: (View an extended list)
  • John S. Osmundson, James B. Michael, Mary Alice Grossman and Martin J. Machniak, Analysis of Quality Management Metrics, accepted for publication in Information and Management, 2004.
  • John S. Osmundson and Thomas V. Huynh, Scalability of Wireless ad hoc Networks by Simulation, accepted for presentation and publication at the Conference on Systems Engineering Research, 15-16 April 2004, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
  • T. V. Huynh and J. S. Osmundson, Model Sufficiency in Simulation-based Acquisition, accepted for presentation and publication at the Conference on Systems Engineering Research, 15-16 April 2004, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
  • John S. Osmundson, James B. Michael, Martin J. Machniak and Mary Alice Grossman, Quality Management Metrics for Software Development, Information and Management, Vol. 40, No. 8, Sept., 2003, pp. 799-812.
  • LCDR Russell Gottfried, John Osmundson, et al, Employing Simulation in a Systems Analysis Approach to the Future of Expeditionary Warfare, MORS Conference, Littoral Warfare Working Group 13, June, 2003.
KEYWORDS/TECHNOLOGIES:
  • Keywords: Networks, C4I, Systems Engineering, Modeling and Simulation



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