As the Chief Scientist and Technical Director for the US Army Simulation,
Training, and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM), Dr. Macedonia is
responsible for the planning and development of a comprehensive research
program that provides the full spectrum of commercial and defense
technology for a $ 1.1 billion per year enterprise. He chairs the STRICOM
Technical Council and provides outreach to the commercial simulation
industry. He oversees the Technical Advisory Board composed of leading
CEO's and scientists from industry and academia, including the Chief
Scientist of Disney and VP for New Technology for Kodak.
He is STRICOM's representative to the Army and Department of Defense
Science and Technology community. He is a member of the senior executive
level Army Science and Technology Working Group (ASTWG), the Army Research
Lab Board of Visitors, and is the government representative for simulation
technology to the Army Science Board.
A graduate of West Point, Macedonia served as an infantry officer in a
number of United States and overseas assignments including Germany and the
Middle East. He is a veteran of Desert Storm. Following his military
service, Macedonia became the Vice-president of the non-profit Fraunhofer
Center for Research in Computer Graphics, Inc. (CRCG) in Providence, Rhode
Island. Macedonia then joined the Institute for Defense Analyses in
Alexandria, Virginia.
Macedonia has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and is the author of numerous
publications; he previously worked extensively with the multicast
networking community and has written one of the most often referenced
publications in that area. He also contributed to the National Academy of
Sciences report entitled "Virtual Reality: Scientific and Technological
Challenges," detailing the further networking and communications research
needed to continue the development of virtual reality systems. He has been
quoted in numerous publications including the New York Times, Los Angeles
Times, National Defense, Playboy and The Nation. He also been an invited
speaker at numerous forums including the Aspen Institute and SIGGRAPH.
He is a member of the editorial board for IEEE Computer, the second most
read technical journal in the world, and the department editor for
"Entertainment Computing". He is the co-editor of "Projects in Virtual
Reality, for IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. Macedonia is also
the Chair of the Industrial Advisory Board for the University of Central
Florida School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He also has
served as an associate member for the State University System of Florida
Digital Media Education Coordination Group and as a member of
e-Entertainment subcommittee for the Florida Information Technology Task
Force.
