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Scientific Director
Professor, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
Director, Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory at Virginia
Bioinformatics Institute
Director, VBI-National Capital Region
Professor, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Phone: (540) 231-1745
Email: cbarrett@vbi.vt.edu
Fax: 540-231-2891
Administrative Specialist: Leslie Dawson
Phone: (540) 231-8252
Email: adawson1@vbi.vt.edu
ACDIL | National Capital Region Administration | Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory |
Publications
| NDSSL Research Group
Professional Preparation
- California Institute of Technology, Bioinformation Systems/Engineering Science, Ph.D., 1985
- California Institute of Technology, Engineering Science, MS, 1983
- U.S. Navy Aerospace Experimental Psychology, Post PhD certification
Research Interests - Simulation of very large systems
- Theoretical foundations of simulation
- Interaction-based systems, computing, and dynamical systems
- Computational and systems biology
- Computational problems in epidemiology
- Cognitive science and computationally aided reasoning
- Computational economics
- Infrastructure simulation
Biography Chris Barrett received his Ph.D. in bioinformation systems from the California Institute of Technology in 1985. Prior to joining VBI, he worked for 17 years at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). While at LANL, he was leader of the Basic and Applied Simulation Science Group and built up a research group active in theoretical and applied research in intelligent systems, distributed systems, and advanced computer simulation. He has scientific experience in simulation, scientific computation, algorithm theory and development, system science and control, engineering science, biosystems analysis, decision science, cognitive human factors, testing and training. His achievements include the development of large-scale, high performance simulation systems, and the development of a distributed computing approach for detailed simulation-based study of mobile, packet-switched digital communications systems. Dr. Barrett has received Distinguished Service Awards from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Alliance for Transportation Research, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita University, Japan.
Selected Publications
Barrett C, Eubank S, Marathe M. Modeling and simulation of large biological, information and socio-technical systems: An interaction based approach. In: D G, Smoka SA, Wegner P, eds. Interactive Computing: A new Paradigm. Springer Berlin Heidelberg; 2006:353–394.
Barrett C, Eubank S, Smith J. If Smallpox Strikes Portland.. Scientific American. 2005;292:54–61.
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