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COMPUTER SCIENCE THESIS PROPOSAL

MEMORANDUM 15 July 2002

From: Ekrem Serin, Lieutenant Junior Grade, TU NAVY, CS-13

To: Curricular Officer, Computer Science Department

Via: (1) Thesis Advisor: Dr. Don Brutzman

2) Co-Advisor : CDR Joe Sullivan, USN

3) Second Reader: Research Associate Curt Blais

(4) Academic Associate: Dr. Thomas Otani

(5) Chair,

Computer Science Department: LCDR Chris Eagle, USN

Subj: THESIS APPROVAL REQUEST

Encl (1): Thesis Proposal: A Design and Test of a Schema Based Extensible Networked Virtual Environment.

1. Please review enclosure (1), and sign below:

1. Approved and Forwarded:

Thesis Advisor Date

2. Approved and Forwarded:

Co-Advisor Date

3. Approved and Forwarded:

Second Reader Date

4. Approved and Forwarded:

Academic Associate Date

5. Approved and Forwarded:

Chairman, Computer Science Department Date

6. Approved and Forwarded:

Curriculum Officer, Computer Science Department Date

Very Respectfully,

Ekrem Serin

LTJG TU NAVY

Thesis Proposal

A. General Information

1 Name: Ekrem Serin

2. SMC: 1158

3. Curriculum: Computer Science (368)

4. Thesis Advisor: Dr. Donald Brutzman

5. Co-Advisor: CDR Joseph Sullivan, USN

6. Second Reader: Research Associate Curt Blais

7. Academic Associate: Dr. Thomas Otani

8. Date of Graduation: March 2003

B. Area of Research

The purpose of this study is to develop and test a Schema Based Extensible Networked Virtual Environment utilizing JAVA, NPSNET-V, X3D/VRML, XML and XSLT programming/modeling languages. Networked Virtual Environment is a software system in which multiple users interact with each other in real time even though these users may be located around the world [M. Zyda]. By this study we will show a networked simulation that can work for 24 hours a day and 7 days a week with an extensible schema based networking protocol. During simulations we will collect data to analyze this new protocol. In order to...