John Sokolowski

4700 ELKHORN AVE
NORFOLK, 23529

Ph.D. in Modeling and Simulation, ¹ÏÉñÍø, (2003)

M.E. in Engineering Management, ¹ÏÉñÍø, (1998)

B.S. in Computer Science, Purdue University, (1974)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Sokolowski, J. A. "IPA Renewal - Bob Stiegler" $411,611. Federal. -
Sokolowski, J. A. "J9 Task" $266,569. Federal. -
Sokolowski, J. A. "Multi Perspective Decision Making" $40,000. Federal. -
Banks, C. M., Sokolowski, J. A., Hakim, P., Shander, A. and Gillikin, K. "Tool Development for Perioperative Blood Management Simulation Training" $6,000. Federal. -
Sokolowski, J. A. "Joint Forces Staff College Senior Fellows Program" $115,623. Federal. January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Sokolowski, J. A. "Impunity And Convergence: Courseware Development For Professional Military Education" $144,367. Federal. October 25, 2016 - October 24, 2017
Sokolowski, J. A. "Lean Six Sigma Meeting Place" $15,695. Federal. September 26, 2016 - September 15, 2017
Sokolowski, J. A. "Joint Education And Interorganizational Research Analyst" $123,323. Federal. September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017
Sokolowski, J. A. "Capability Requirements Development And Management, Joint Staff J6 Combat Capability Development Division (CCD)" $149,001. Federal. September 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017
Sokolowski, J. A. "Joint Forces Staff College Senior Fellows Program Support" $101,196. Federal. April 20, 2016 - December 31, 2016
Sokolowski, J. A. "Meeting Room Rental - Supplemental Proposal" $1,914. Federal. April 27, 2016 - September 16, 2016
Sokolowski, J. A. "JSJ6 DD51" $75,000. Federal. October 1, 2015 - August 31, 2016
Sokolowski, J. A. "Alion SME" $82,785. Federal. June 01, 2011 - September 20, 2013
Sokolowski, J. A. "IPA Renewal - Denis Scott" $382,486. Federal. July 01, 2011 - June 30, 2013
Sokolowski, J. A. "IPA Renewal - Michael Olmstead" $367,211. Federal. June 21, 2011 - June 20, 2013
Sokolowski, J. A. "EDA Grant" $100,000. Federal. April 4, 2011 - March 21, 2013
Sokolowski, J. A. "Renewal of IPA - Robert Halayko" $398,593. Federal. October 28, 2010 - April 27, 2012
Sokolowski, J. A. "J7 Support" $332,799. Federal. February 5, 2011 - February 4, 2012
Sokolowski, J. A. "IPA Renewal - David O'Neill" $343,271. Federal. November 01, 2010 - October 31, 2011
Sokolowski, J. A. "286021 MOD" $113,649. Federal. October 01, 2010 - September 30, 2011
Sokolowski, J. A. "ETS - J6 C4ISR (286018 Follow On)" $344,703. Federal. October 01, 2010 - September 30, 2011
Sokolowski, J. A. "ETS - J68 Support (286015 Follow On)" $171,153. Federal. October 01, 2010 - September 30, 2011
Sokolowski, J. A. "ETS - J8 Capability (286017 Follow On)" $1,004,903. Federal. October 01, 2010 - September 30, 2011
Sokolowski, J. A. "ETS - J8 Support (286016 Follow On)" $467,371. Federal. October 01, 2010 - September 30, 2011
Sokolowski, J. A. "ETS - JSIC (286014 Follow On)" $365,957. Federal. October 01, 2010 - September 30, 2011
Sokolowski, J. A. "Joint Training Advanced Concepts Support" $47,500. Federal. September 29, 2010 - September 28, 2011
Ezell, B. and Sokolowski, J. A. "Full Scale Exercise " $400,000. Federal. July 01, 2010 - August 31, 2011
Banks, C. M. and Sokolowski, J. A. "Blood Management Simulation Training (Co-PI)" $37,000. ¹ÏÉñÍø. January 4, 2011 - June 30, 2011
Sokolowski, J. A. "SME Support - Metzger" $2,400. Federal. March 1, 2011 - March 15, 2011
Sokolowski, J. A. "JIWC - General Dynamics" $210,000. Federal. September 30, 2010 - March 11, 2011
Sokolowski, J. A. "Modeling and Simulation Business Incubation and Acceleration" $66,550. 2010 - 2010
Sokolowski, J. A. "USJFCOM Modeling and Simulation Research Support" $1,080,000. 2010 - 2010
Sokolowski, J. A. "J9 - Academic Research Services" $26,999. Federal. October 13, 2010 - December 23, 2010
Sokolowski, J. A. "J9 - Academic Research Services Mod" $6,598. Federal. October 13, 2010 - December 23, 2010
Sokolowski, J. A. "LVC Simulation" $15,000. Federal. September 01, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Sokolowski, J. A. "Lecture Series Follow On" $69,165. Federal. November 12, 2009 - September 30, 2010
Sokolowski, J. A. "JFCOM Insurgency / Counterinsurgency Modeling" $148,680. 2009 - 2009
Sokolowski, J. A. "Modeling and Simulation Vision" $73,109. 2009 - 2009
Palmer, K. L. and Sokolowski, J. A. "Modeling & SImulation of an Integrated Electronic Medical Record System with a Virtual Hospital Envrionment to Advance Nursing Education & Improve Nursing Post Graduate Retention in the Commonwealth" $850,000. Federal. -
Sokolowski, J. A. "JFCOM Insurgency / Counterinsurgency Modeling" $147,836. 2008 - 2008
Mielke, R. R., Sokolowski, J. A. and Shen, Y. "Commonwealth Transportation Project" $800,000. ¹ÏÉñÍø. October 2006 - November 2008
Pinto, C. Ariel., Keating, C. B., Gheorghe, A. V., Noor, A. K., Sokolowski, J. A., Sousa-Poza, A., Rabadi, G., Bowling, S. R., Searcy, C. and Cooley, N. "Center of Excellence for Border Security and Immigration" $17,663,773. Federal. -

Expertise

Decision Modeling
Modeling of individual and group decision making.
Modeling and Simulation
Human and social behavior modeling.

Research Interests

Computational representation of human and social behavior.

Articles

Bido, D. V., Collins, A., Sokolowski, J. A. and Seiler, M. J. (2017). The effect of neighborhood density and GIS layout on the foreclosure contagion effect. Journal of Housing Research 26 (2) , pp. 137-155.
Padilla, J., Diallo, S. Y., Kavak, H., Sahin, O., Sokolowski, J. A. and Gore, R. (2016). Semi-automated initialization of simulations: an application to healthcare. The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology 13 (2) , pp. 171–182.
Sokolowski, J. A., Banks, C. M. and Hakim, P. (2014). Answering the Global Call to Advance Care via Immersive Simulation Training. Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International 90 (2) , pp. 133-142.
Collins, A., Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2014). Applying Reinforcement Learning to an Insurgency Agent-Based Simulation. Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation 11 (4) , pp. 353-364.
Sokolowski, J. A., Banks, C. M., Garcia, H. M. and Richards, W. T. (2013). Developing an Ultrasonography Simulator Training Tool. International Journal of Privacy and Health Information Management (IJPHIM) 1 (2) , pp. 17–27.
Sokolowski, J. A., Banks, C. M. and Morrow, B. (2012). Using an Agent-Based Model to Explore Troop Surge Strategy. Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation.
Banks, C. M. and Sokolowski, J. A. (2011). Assessing the human-environment relationship: a complex-systems methodology to modelling climate change. International Journal of System of Systems Engineering 2 (4) , pp. 329–346.
Banks, C. M. and Sokolowski, J. A. (2010). Modeling the Niger Delta Insurgency. The Social Science Journal 47 (2) , pp. 271–293.
Ezell, B., Bennett, S. P., Von Winterfeldt, D., Sokolowski, J. A. and Collins, A. (2010). Probabilistic risk analysis and terrorism risk. Risk Analysis 30 (4) , pp. 575–589.
Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2009). A methodology to explore the impact of policy changes on insurgencies. International Journal of System of Systems Engineering 1 (3) , pp. 314–328.
Adam, J. A., Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2009). A two-population insurgency in Colombia: Quasi-predator-prey models - A trend towards simplicity. Mathematical & Computer Modeling 49 , pp. 1115-1126.
Banks, C. M. and Sokolowski, J. A. (2009). From War on Drugs to War against Terrorism: Modeling the evolution of Colombia’s counter-insurgency. Social science research 38 (1) , pp. 146–154.
Tran, P., Weireter, L., Sokolowski, W., Lawsure, K. and Sokolowski, J. A. (2009). HAZUS modeling for hurricane effect on a healthcare campus: Implications for health care planning. The American Surgeon 75 (11) , pp. 1059–1064.
Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2009). Unequal protagonists: modelling the Irish insurgency 1916-1921. International Journal of System of Systems Engineering 1 (4) , pp. 445–471.
Sokolowski, J. A. (2003). Enhanced decision modeling using multiagent system simulation. Simulation 79 (4) , pp. 232–242.
Sokolowski, J. A. (2000). Replacing rule-based models with neural networks for human decision modeling in military simulations. SIMULATION SERIES 32 (3) , pp. 131–138.

Books

Combs, C., Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2016). The digital patient: advancing healthcare, research, and education. Wiley Series in modeling and simulation.
Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2012). Handbook of real-world applications in modeling and simulation. John Wiley & Sons.
Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2011). Principles of modeling and simulation: a multidisciplinary approach. John Wiley & Sons.
Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2010). Modeling and simulation fundamentals: theoretical underpinnings and practical domains. John Wiley & Sons.
Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2009). Modeling and simulation for analyzing global events. John Wiley & Sons.

Book Chapters

Combs, C. and Sokolowski, J. A. (2015). Realizing the Digital Patient (pp. 299–304) The Digital Patient: Advancing Healthcare, Research, and Education.
Sokolowski, J. A. (2012). Human Behavior Modeling: A Real World Example. Handbook of Modeling and Simulation Applications.
Sokolowski, J. A. (2011). 2 The Practice of Modeling and Simulation: Tools of the Trade (pp. 23–33) Modeling and simulation in the medical and health sciences.
Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2011). Modeling and simulation in the medical and health sciences Wiley.
Sokolowski, J. A. (2011). The Practice of Modeling and Simulation: Tools of the Trade Modeling and Simulation in the Medical and Health Sciences Hoboken: Wiley.
Sokolowski, J. A. (2010). Monte Carlo Simulation (pp. 131) MODELING AND SIMULATION FUNDAMENTALS.
Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2009). Agent-Based Modeling and Social Networks (pp. 63–79) Modeling and Simulation for Analyzing Global Events.
Fontaine, M. D., Cook, D. P., Combs, C., Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2009). Modeling and Simulation: Real-World Examples (pp. 181–245) Principles of Modeling and Simulation: A Multidisciplinary Approach.
Sokolowski, J. A. (2009). Simulation: models that vary over time (pp. 47–69) Principles of Modeling and Simulation: A Multidisciplinary Approach.

Conference Proceeding

Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2015). Agent implementation for modeling insider threat 2015 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) (pp. 266–275).
Sokolowski, J. A., Garcia, H. M., Richards, W. and Banks, C. M. (2015). Developing a low-cost multi-modal simulator for ultrasonography training Proceedings of the Conference on Summer Computer Simulation (pp. 1–5).
Vernon-Bido, D., Collins, A. and Sokolowski, J. A. (2015). Effective visualization in modeling & simulation Proceedings of the 48th Annual Simulation Symposium (pp. 33–40).
Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2015). An Agent-based Approach to Modeling Insider Threat Proceedings of the 2015 Spring Simulation Multiconference Society for Modeling and Simulation International.
Balaban, M., Mastaglio, T., Sokolowski, J. A., Ezell, B. and Portsmouth, V. (2014). Exploration of Soldier Morale Using Multi-Method Simulation Approach Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference.
Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2014). A methodology for environment and agent development to model population displacement Proceedings of the 2014 Symposium on Agent Directed Simulation (pp. 3).
Lynch, C., Padilla, J., Diallo, S. Y., Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2014). A multi-paradigm modeling framework for modeling and simulating problem situations Proceedings of the 2014 Winter Simulation Conference (pp. 1688–1699).
Sokolowski, J. A., Banks, C. M. and Hayes, R. L. (2014). Modeling Population Displacement in the Syrian City of Aleppo Proceedings of the 2014 Winter Simulation Conference IEEE.
Sokolowski, J. A., Banks, C. M., Diallo, S. Y., Padilla, J. and Lynch, C. (2013). A simulation analysis to weigh the impact of obesity: corresponding patient need with medical capacity Proceedings of the 2013 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (pp. 6).
Sokolowski, J. A., Banks, C. M., Richards, W. T. and Garcia, H. M. (2013). Challenges with simulator development for ultrasonography training: developing hardware-software interface Proceedings of the Emerging M&S Applications in Industry & Academia/Modeling and Humanities Symposium (pp. 4).
Banks, C. M. and Sokolowski, J. A. (2012). Simulation training for patient blood management Proceedings of the 2012 Symposium on Emerging Applications of M&S in Industry and Academia Symposium (pp. 15).
Balaban, M. A., Banks, C. M. and Sokolowski, J. A. (2012). Vietnam 1969–1973: engaging M&S to characterize cause and effect patterns of US withdrawal Proceedings of the 2012 Symposium on Emerging Applications of M&S in Industry and Academia Symposium (pp. 18).
Banks, C. M. and Sokolowski, J. A. (2011). Developing a Simulation Training Tool from a Medical Protocol (pp. 740-746) Proceedings of EMSS: The European Modeling & Simulation Symposium.
Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2010). A proposed approach to modeling and simulation education for the medical and health sciences Proceedings of the 2010 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (pp. 284–289).
Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2010). Investigating social dynamics and global connectivity: An agent-based modeling approach Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference (pp. 733–740).
Banks, C. M. and Sokolowski, J. A. (2010). Meeting the challenges of STEM education: teaching modeling and simulation with real-world applications Proceedings of the 2010 Spring Simulation Multiconference (pp. 58).
Banks, C. M. and Sokolowski, J. A. (2009). Advancing cognitive agent-based modeling: personifying the agents Proceedings of the 2009 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (pp. 54–60).
Banks, C. M. and Sokolowski, J. A. (2009). Circular inter-dependencies and system of systems: an inter-disciplinary approach for modeling global warming Proceedings of the 2009 Spring Simulation Multiconference (pp. 175).
Robinson, R. M., Khattak, A. J., Sokolowski, J. A., Foytik, P. and Wang, X. (2009). Role of traffic incidents in hampton roads hurricane evacuations Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting.
Sokolowski, J. A., Turnitsa, C. D. and Diallo, S. Y. (2008). A conceptual modeling method for critical infrastructure modeling 41st Annual Simulation Symposium (anss-41 2008) (pp. 203–211).
Jones, P. N., Mastaglio, T. W. and Sokolowski, J. A. (2008). Analyzing Asymmetric Opponents through Deconstruction of Asymmetric Engagements. AAAI Fall Symposium: Adaptive Agents in Cultural Contexts (pp. 34).
Sokolowski, J. A. and Banks, C. M. (2007). From empirical data to mathematical model: using population dynamics to characterize insurgencies Proceedings of the 2007 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (pp. 1120–1127).
Shen, Y. and Sokolowski, J. A. (2007). Hampton Roads hurricane evacuation arterial routes preliminary study Proceedings of the 2007 spring simulation multiconference-Volume 3 (pp. 63–68).
Sokolowski, J. A. (2003). Representing knowledge and experience in RPDAgent Proceedings of the Twelfth Conference on Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (pp. 12–15).
Sokolowski, J. A. (2002). Can a composite agent be used to implement a recognition-primed decision model Proceedings of the Eleventh Conference on Computer Generated Forces and Beharioral Representation (pp. 431–436).