Daniel Serfaty

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• Seven MS Trends in Human-Centered Engineering
• Richer models and measures of human
  performance
• From Cognitive to Socio-Cultural models
• Models as hypothesis-generators for
  Experimentation
• Dynamic models as Live architectures
• Toward hybrid simulations (VC)
• New science of Scenario Engineering
• MS as risk mitigation for acquisition across
  DOTMLPF

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NEW ENGLAND MODELING AND SIMULATION CONSORTIUM
Promote, leverage and enable MS contribution in
problem-solving applications, learning, and
discovery through thought-leadership,
collaborative partnerships, and MS industry
representation in the New England region

• Enhance the Science of MS
• Develop and Shape the MS Workforce of Tomorrow
• Establish a National Presence

• Facilitate Collaboration
• Promote Ethics in Practice and Application
• Influence National MS Trends

Open to Organizations and Individuals from
Industry, Academia and Government who practice
MS or otherwise have a substantive interest in
MS.
DRIVING MS EXCELLENCE ACROSS NEW ENGLAND
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• Other Regional Support (examples)
• New England DTC Defense Technology Initiative
• CIMIT Center for Integration of Medicine and
  Innovative Technology consortium
• Local Universities as resources
• International conferences (e.g., BRIMS 08)
• Issues Potential Congressional Initiatives
• Finding and developing MS talent
• ITAR, EAR constraints
• SBIR reauthorization