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Celso Hirata

Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science ITA

Research Interest

  • Internet Technology: E-Commerce, Groupwares based on the WWW, E-Business;
  • Discrete Event Simulation: modelling architectures, design tools, and languages, Time Warp, parallel discrete event simulation, object-oriented simulation;
  • Distributed processing: protocols, design tools, and languages;
  • Project Management: collaborative tools, Project Management for Software Development, and techniques.
  • Computer Economics: performance evaluation, capacity planning, and information technology aspects.

Activities in E-Commerce

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Course (undergraduate and graduate) Activities at ITA

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Education

  • Ph.D. University of London Imperial College London, U.K, 1995, Department of Computing Supervisor: Professor J. Kramer;
  • M.Sc. in Operations Research Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica S.J. Campos, Brazil, 1987, Supervisor: Marcio L.X.dos Santos.
  • B.Sc. in Mechanical-Aeronautical Engineering Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica S.J. Campos, Brazil, 1982.

Journal Papers

  • W. Araujo Filho; C. Hirata and E. Yano GroupSim: a collaborative environment for discrete event simulation software development for the World Wide Web Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International Vol. 80 No. 6 June 2004 pp 257-272. ISSN 0037-5497.
  • C. Hirata and J. Kramer A Novel Modelling Approach for Parallel Simulation International Journal of Computer Systems: Science and Engineering, Special Issue on Simulation in Parallel and Distributed Environments, 13(1), January 1998, pp.23-38.
  • C. Hirata and J. Kramer An Investigation of the Use of World Views with Shared Variables in Time Warp Simulation: Practice and Theory, Elsevier, vol. 5, 1997, pp. 515-533.
  • C. Hirata and R. Paul An Object-Oriented Programming Architecture for Simulation Modelling International Journal in Computer Simulation, Ablex Publishing Co., vol. 6, n. 2, 1996, pp. 269-287.

 

Conference Papers

  • O. A. Martins; C.M. Hirata, e P.C. Lucas, A interoperabilidade de software no aux¡lio a gestao de projetos de larga escala que envolvem parceiros IV Congresso Iberoamericano de Gerenciamento de Projetos 17-19/11/2003 Sao Paulo.
  • W.L.Araujo Filho and C. Hirata Translating Activity Cycle Diagrams into Java Programs 37th Annual Simulation Symposium, ACM, IEEE, SCS, Arlington, VA, 2004. (accepted for publication) (Download the presentation)
  • J.N.C.Gil and C. Hirata XACDML eXtensible ACD Markup Language 36th Annual Simulation Symposium, ACM, IEEE, SCS, Orlando, FL, 2003. (Download the presentation)
  • H.A.S.Lima Filho and C. Hirata GroupGraph: a collaborative hierarchical graph editor based on the Internet 35th Annual Simulation Symposium, ACM, IEEE, SCS, San Diego, CA, 2002. pp182-189 (Download the presentation)
  • C. M. Hirata, G. M. Pontes, J. M. Bezerra, A. Anzaloni, UControl: A Bluetooth for controlling devices 6th World Multiconference on Systemic, Informatics, and Cybernetics, p.430-435, July 14-18, 2002, Orlando, FL, USA.
  • C. Hirata, A. Anzaloni, A. Uruguay, C.Oliveira, L.Reboucas, P. Guimaraes and R. Torres BlueContact: An application based on Bluetooth and WWW 5th World Multiconference on Systemic, Informatics, and Cybernetics, July 2001, Orlando, FL, USA (Download the presentation).
  • G.S.Kienbaum; P.R.N.Travassos;V.Abdurahiman; C.M. Hirata Um Estudo de Simulacao dos Sistema Brasileiro de Coleta de Dados Baseado em Satelites In:XXXIII Simposio Brasileiro de Pesquisa Operacional 2001, Campos de Jordao Anais do XXXIII SOBRAPO. Rio de Janeiro: SOBRAPO 2001, V.1 P.1555-1568.
  • C. M. Hirata, E.T. Yano, and W.L.Araujo Filho A Cooperative Simulation Modeling Environment based on the WWW Proceedings of the 2000 Western Multiconference - International Conference on Web-Based Modeling & Simulation - WEBSIM 2000, SCS, San Diego, USA, pp. 28-33 Jan 2000.
  • Abdurahiman, V; Hirata, C.M; Kienbaum, G and Paul, R.J. A General Architecture for Inducing a Simulation Model Description. In: Proceedings of the 12th European Simulation Symposium - ESS'2000, SCS, Hamburg, Germany, September 2000.
  • Abdurahiman, V; Hirata, C.M; Kienbaum, G and Paul, R. J. An Intelligent Simulation Modelling Environment. In: Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, São Paulo, Brazil, October 2000.
  • R. Arias and C.M. Hirata Study of Dynamic Routing of Messages in Fault-Tolerant Distributed Computer Systems Proceedings of the 8th Fault Tolerant Computing Symposium (in Portuguese), SBC, Campinas, Brazil, July 1999.
  • C. M. Hirata, V. Abdurahiman, G. Kienbaum, and R.J. Paul A review of the process interaction world view for object-oriented programming languages Proceedings of the 11th European Simulation Symposium, SCS, Erlangen, Germany, pp.5-12 Oct 1999.
  • G.S. Kienbaum; C. M. Hirata; V. Abdurahiman Arquitetura para um Simulatdor dos Sistema de Coleta de Dados Baseado em Satelites da MECB In: III Simposio de Psquisa Operacional e Logistica da Marinha (SPOLM), 1999, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Anais do SPOLM-99. 1999. v.1.
  • C. M. Hirata, V. Abdurahiman, G. Kienbaum, and J. Kramer Analytical Expressions for Time Warp Simulation Proceedings of the 11th European Simulation Multiconference, SCS, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 48-53, June 1997.
  • V. Abdurahiman, C. M. Hirata, G. Kienbaum, and R.J. Paul Incorporating a Learning System in Simulation Modelling Proceedings of the 11th European Simulation Multiconference, SCS, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 287-291, June 1997.
  • C. M. Hirata and J. Kramer On the Optimisation of Shared Variables in Time Warp Proceedings of the 9th European Simulation Symposium, SCS, Passau, Germany, pp. 264-269, Oct 1997.
  • G. Kienbaum, N. Sant'Ana, C. M. Hirata and V. Abdurahiman Using Activity Cycle Diagrams for Structuring Process-Based Model Building in Micro Saint Proceedings of the 9th European Simulation Symposium, SCS, Passau, Germany, pp. 220-224, Oct 1997.
  • C. Hirata and V. Abdurahiman A Parallel Simulation Language Based on the Process Interaction World View VIII CLAIO - Latin-Iberian-American Congress on Operations Research and Systems Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 1996, pp 369-374.
  • C. Hirata and J. Kramer An Implementation of a Technique for Sharing Variables in Time Warp 28th Annual Simulation Symposium, ACM, IEEE, SCS, Phoenix, Arizona, 1995, pp 13-21.
  • C. Hirata and J. Kramer A Configuration Language for Parallel Discrete Event Simulation 11th European Simulation Multiconference, SCS, Prague, Czech Republic, 1995, pp 663-9.
  • C. Hirata and J. Kramer Using Sharing Variables in Time Warp 4th International Parallel Computing Workshop, IFPC, London, 1995, pp 113-123.

Partners and Theses

  • Edgar Toshiro Yano GrouPlaces: A Groupware Architecture for the World Wide Web Doctoral Thesis (in Portuguese), ITA, 1998.
  • Ronaldo Arias Study of Dynamic Routing of Messages in Fault-Tolerant Computer Systems based on Transputers MSc Thesis (in Portuguese), ITA 1999.
  • Valdinei de Paula Rodrigues Um Estudo sobre a Contribuicao dos Discos no Desempenho e Preco dos Microcomputadores MSc Thesis (in Portuguese), ITA 1999.
  • Wladimir de Lara Araujo Filho GroupSim: um prototipo de ambiente cooperativo de desenvolvimento de software de simulacao discreta para a WWW MSc Thesis (in Portuguese), ITA 1999.
  • Helio Alves de Souza Lima Filho Editor Cooperativo de Grafos Hierarquicos MSc Thesis (in Portuguese), ITA 2001.
  • Jose Nilton Cantarino Gil XACDML - uma XML para simulacao discreta usando Diagramas de Ciclo de Atividades MSc Thesis (in Portuguese), ITA 2002.
  • Marco Antonio Cardoso Ferreira. Uso de Redes de Crenca para selecao de Declaracoes de Importacao. 2003. MSc Thesis (in Portuguese). ITA 2003.
  • Osvandre Alves Martins UM MODELO DE INTEROPERABILIDADE PARA SOFTWARES DE GESTAO DE PROJETOS. MSc Thesis (in Portuguese). ITA 2003.
  • Ricardo Bravo An Implementation of Policies in Web Servers. MSc Thesis (in English). ITA April 2004.
  • Laurentino Duodecimo Fernandes JEDPI: UM AMBIENTE PARA EXECUTAR PROGRAMAS DISTRIBUIDOS JAVA NA INTERNET. MSc Thesis (in Portuguese). ITA April 2004.

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