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Plenary Speaker - 2012 Spring SIW Plenary Speaker - 2012 Spring SIW - Friday, January 27, 2012
Captain Dylan Schmorrow, PhD, will speak at the joint SCS/SISO 2012 Spring SIW on 26 March at the Florida Hotel and Conference Center in Orlando, Fl. 

CAPT Schmorrow is a Navy Flight Surgeon; was special assistant to the Chief of Naval Research; served as the DAPRA Program Manager for Augmented Cognition and now is Deputy Director, Human Performance, Training and BioSystems Research Directorate at the Office of Secretary of Defense. CAPT Schmorrow is well known in the human, cultural, social behavior modeling world.  

SISO Event at ITEC SISO Event at ITEC - Friday, December 16, 2011
SISO's 2012 Euro-SIW will differ from previous years. It will consist of a SISO-track during the 22-24 May ITEC conference and exhibit (www.itec.co.uk). ExCel in London, UK is the host venue. The SISO track is planned for Wednesday 23 May 2012 and will feature many prominent invited speakers from the SISO community. SISO and ITEC are very excited about this opportunity to provide our delegates with a very interesting conference programme and with an opportunity to see the latest developments in training and simulation technology on the exhibit floor. More to follow as the agenda is finalized. 

M&S Journal - Winter Edition M&S Journal - Winter Edition - Friday, December 16, 2011
DoD has developed five major goals for modeling and simulation. One of these is "Educating the Force", the theme of the winter edition of the M&S Journal. 

NTSA and SISO sign MOA NTSA and SISO sign MOA - Monday, December 05, 2011

In a brief ceremony held during I/ITSEC, representatives of the National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA) and the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) that substantially solidifies and strengthens the relationship between the two organizations. The agreement commits NTSA and SISO to a closer and more coordinated relationship as they work together for the overall  betterment of the simulation profession. More to follow.

 

SISO Strategic Plan; 2011-2015 SISO Strategic Plan; 2011-2015 - Monday, October 17, 2011
The SISO Strategic Plan, SISO-ADM-019-2011, approved 17 Oct, identifies the EXCOM's assessment of SISO's situation, specifies goals and direction for the organization, and provides initial implementation strategies.    

SISO Meritorious Service Awards SISO Meritorious Service Awards - Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Priscilla Elfrey and James (Mark) McCall were both awarded SISO Meritorious Service Awards at the Plenary Session of the Fall SIW on September 19, 2011 in Orlando.  Read More ...

SISO Simulation SISO Simulation "Smackdown" - Monday, September 26, 2011
The SISO Simulation "Smackdown" is an international cooperative experience where teams of university students - with help from faculty advisors, M&S professionals within industry, NASA, and other areas of government - build and participate in a simulated lunar resupply mission. It will take place 26-30 March 2012 at the Florida Hotel and Conference Center. Read More... 

2011 Fall M&S Journal 2011 Fall M&S Journal - Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Fall 2011 issue of the M&S Journal focuses on asset discovery, re-use, and some current innovative initiatives throughout the M&S community. The guest editor of the Fall issue is Mr. John Diem, Deputy Director, M&S CO. Sign up to be alerted the moment subsequent issues are released: journal-subscribe@lists.dod-msiac.org 
 

2011 Fall SIW; 19-23 Sep 2011 Fall SIW; 19-23 Sep - Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Fall SIW opens Monday, 19 September! 
      

SISO Electees SISO Electees - Thursday, July 21, 2011
Congratulations to all electees! 90 SISO members voted in the 2011 SISO Elections. Those newly elected will begin serving their terms at the end of the Fall SIW. 

2011 Spring SIWzie Award Winners 2011 Spring SIWzie Award Winners - Friday, June 17, 2011
SISO's Conference Committee has voted to award six "SIWzies" from the the 2011 Spring SIW in Boston. You can view the list and access the papers. Congratulations to the authors! 

SISO-NCOIC Letter of Intent SISO-NCOIC Letter of Intent - Monday, May 02, 2011
SISO announces agreement with the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium Inc (NCOIC) to work together to promote Network Centric Operations and Interoperability. Areas of synergy where the organizations wish to collaborate are in Exhibit A of the Letter of Intent

SISO Honors Mὄller and Karlsson SISO Honors Mὄller and Karlsson - Thursday, April 28, 2011
Bjὄrn Mὄller and Mikael Karlsson were each presented a SISO Technical Merit Award during the 2011 Spring Plenary session on 4 April in Boston. Dr. Katherine Morse, EXCOM Chair, presented the awards for their significant contributions to development of the HLA Evolved Standard.  View their citations.  

SISO Enumerations Release SISO Enumerations Release - Thursday, April 21, 2011
Newly approved SISO-REF-010-2011, Enumerations for Simulation Interoperability, and SISO-REF-010.1-2011, Operations Manual for DIS PSG Enumerations Working Group (EWG), are available on SISO's Reference Documents page. 

M&S Journal M&S Journal - Thursday, April 07, 2011
The Spring 2011 issue of the M&S Journal is devoted entirely to the M&S data enterprise. Sign up to be alerted the moment subsequent issues are released: journal-subscribe@lists.dod-msiac.org 

SISO has announced the release of three new standards! SISO has announced the release of three new standards! - Wednesday, March 16, 2011
  • IEEE Std 1730-2011 - Distributed Simulation Engineering and Execution Process (DSEEP) Standard. View Press Release
  • SISO-STD-008-2010 - Core Manufacturing Simulation Data Standard.  View Press Release
  • SISO-STD-006-2010 - Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Simulation Package Interoperability (CSPI) Reference Model Standard.  View Press release
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    SISO members now have free access to SISO-developed IEEE standards! SISO members now have free access to SISO-developed IEEE standards! - Friday, October 15, 2010
    SISO members now have free access to IEEE standards developed by SISO! Visit our IEEE Standards page to log in with your membership information for immediate access! 

    SISO Honors Three SISO Honors Three - Thursday, September 30, 2010
    SISO recognized three individuals under its new Awards Program (SISO-ADM-016-2010) at the 2010 Fall SIW Plenary. Dr. Katherine Morse; EXCOM Chair, presented the first SISO Technical Merit Award to Dr. Andreas Tolk, and Meritorious Service Awards to Dr. Jean-Louis Igarza and Peggy Gravitz. View details of the awards and recipients in the 2010 Fall Awards Presentation 

    SimSummit Calendar SimSummit Calendar - Thursday, September 09, 2010
    Look through the SimSummit Calendar and see what other simulation events and workshops are occuring in the future Read More ...

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