PhD Colloquium

Keynote Speaker

James R. Wilson
North Carolina State University
Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Recent Lessons on Research Ethics and Academic Publishing

The focus of this presentation is on the basic principles of research ethics as they apply to writing and refereeing archival journal articles and conference proceedings papers.  Although these principles have not changed substantially over time, in the last several years the emphases in practical applications of these principles have shifted in response to rapid changes in academic publishing and changing norms of performance in different disciplines.  The discussion highlights recent lessons learned from these changes, especially as they apply to the field of computer simulation.

James R. Wilson is a professor in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University.  His current research interests are focused on probabilistic and statistical issues in the design and analysis of simulation experiments.  He has held the following editorial positions: departmental editor of Management Science (1988–1996); area editor of ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (1997–2002); guest editor of a special issue of IISE Transactions honoring Alan Pritsker (1999–2001); and Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (2004–2010).  He served The Institute of Management Sciences College on Simulation (now the INFORMS Simulation Society) as secretary-treasurer (1984–1986), vice president (1986–1988), and president (1988–1990).  His activities in the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) include service as proceedings editor (1986), associate program chair (1991), and program chair (1992).  During the period 1997–2004, he was a member of the WSC Board of Directors corepresenting the INFORMS Simulation Society; and he served as secretary (2001), vice chair (2002), and chair (2003).  During the period 2006–2009, he was a trustee of the WSC Foundation, serving as secretary (2006), vice-president (2007), and president (2008).  Currently he is serving on the INFORMS Publications Committee.  He is a member of ACM and ASA, and he is a fellow of IISE and INFORMS. His e-mail address is jwilson@ncsu.edu, and his web address is http://www.ise.ncsu.edu/jwilson.