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Army Enterprise Level Industrial Base Analysis Tools
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Article by: Dr. Greg Schow
 The Army has embarked on a course of action firmly committed to transformation. The premise of the Army and the Department of Defense is that technology will be the enabler for future battlefield dominance....
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Simulation Conceptual Modeling Study Group Gets Rolling
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Article by: Jake Borah
Why are users frequently dissatisfied with newly developed simulations? The reason is that their simulations don’t adequately address the user’s actual needs. Why don’t the simulations address the user’s needs? It is because those needs have not been accurately described. How can the user’s needs be accurately described? They can be described through the use of validated simulation conceptual models. How do we build validated conceptual models? That is the question that the Simulation Conceptual Modeling Study Group (SCM SG) has been formed to answer....
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Sponsor Profile - The AEgis Technologies Group
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Article by: Steve Hill, Vice President
The AEgis Technologies Group, Inc. is an award winning small business whose passion is modeling and simulation excellence. AEgis staff members create innovative solutions requiring specialized modeling and simulation knowledge and have particular expertise in simulation, software, and training simulator development, integration, and analysis; HLA/DIS technologies; C4I-to-Simulation interoperability; conceptual modeling; VV&A; and professional modeling and simulation training programs. ...
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The XMSF Profile Study Group Starts Work
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Article by: Katherine L. Morse
The Department of Defense (DoD) is engaged in warfighting and institutional transformation for the new millennium. In parallel, DoD Modeling & Simulation (M&S) needs to identify and adopt transformational technologies providing direct tactical relevance to warfighters. Software systems that composably scale to worldwide scope utilize the World Wide Web. Therefore, it is evident that an extensible web-based framework offers great promise to scale up the capabilities of M&S systems to meet the needs of training, analysis, acquisition, and the operational warfighter......
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University of Alabama, Huntsville Modeling & Simulation Program
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Article by: Bernard J. Schroer
The 2003 SimSummit agenda at the 2003 Summer Computer Simulation Conference in Montreal included for discussion the body of knowledge for modeling and simulation. M&S is maturing and expanding. Companies and the government now have positions called “simulationists.” At the same time, questions are being asked concerning the education and training requirements for a simulationist....
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2004 SIWs Offer Vacation Possibilities Galore!
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Article by: Jennifer Laudone
  Edinburgh Castle in Scotland and The Capital Building in Washington DC
Who says you can’t mix business with pleasure? With the SIW you can! Why not consider planning your next vacation around the SIW? You can bring the whole family along, or just allow time for yourself some extra time to enjoy the upcoming SIWs exciting locations....
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HLA FEDEP Approved as an IEEE Recommended Practice
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Article by: Bob Lutz
The HLA Federation Development and Execution Process (FEDEP) has a long history of use within the US DoD, other US and foreign government agencies and departments, and in industry....
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Modeling Simulation Validation Process Maturity
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Article by: Scott Harmon and Simone Youngblood
V&V practitioners, as do most conscientious professionals, want to mature the processes they employ to validate computer simulations. But, what does maturity mean in the context of simulation validation and how can we improve validation process maturity?...
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Q&A: Base Object Models (BOMs) Product Development Group (PDG)
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Article by: Jane Bachman
Paul Gustavson is co-founder of SimVentions Incorporated, located in Fredericksburg, VA, and is a long-time advocate of the Base Object Model (BOM) concept and simulation composability. He served as a principal member of the RFOM Study Group, chaired the BOM Study Group and currently serves as lead editor of the BOM PDG Drafting group.
Q: Paul, inquiring minds want to know, what is a BOM?...
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Simulation @ Law
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Article by: Candace L. Conwell
Our courts, with their case matter and ensuing decisions, provide a documented, dynamic, “sliding window” on the problems and priorities of our society. Anyone “looking” through this window on society can see the influence of high technology reflected in the increasingly sophisticated preparation and presentation of court cases. Replacing charts and PowerPoint in the courtroom are video conferencing, virtual video case repositories, digital video depositions, and, of course, simulation....
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Spring SIW and EURO-SIW 2003 SIWzie Awards
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Article by: Sharon Hardy
After each workshop or conference, the Conference Committee or Program Committee solicits nominations from the Session or Forum leadership for papers considered to be "the most important to be read by the people who were not able to attend the Workshop." Nominated papers are then read by members of the Conference or Program Committee, who vote for the papers considered to be the most significant presented at that workshop or conference.
SISO extends our congratulations to the authors of the following papers that have been selected to receive a 2003 Spring SIW (Orlando, March 2003) and 2003 Euro-SIW (Stockholm, Sweden 2003) "SIWzie Award". ...
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From the Editors
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Article by: Mike Lightner and Sharon Hardy
 
Welcome to the Fall 03 edition of the Simulation Technology On-Line Magazine. We are excited about the many great articles and features that have come together for this issue. It speaks to the fact that we are a part of a vital, ever growing community of M&S professionals who are doing interesting and exciting work and advancing new ideas in the form of technologies, standards and best practices. With such a community to draw from the future looks good for our upcoming editions....
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From the EXCOM Chair
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Article by: Warren Katz
The Spring 03 SIW was a notable accomplishment for two reasons. Firstly, it was the first time we had an SIW outside of the Holiday Inn International Drive. Secondly, it was the first experiment in co-location of an SIW with another conference. In this case it was the SCS Advanced Simulation Technology Conference (ASTC). We believe this is a monumental step towards the consolidation of events in the modeling and simulation industry, something that SISO has been pushing for....
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SAC Update
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Article by: Michael O'Connor
I started the last SAC column by saying the previous six months had been a busy time for SISO standards. Since then, we have been even busier. By the Fall 03 SIW there will be eleven Study Groups (SGs) and six Product Development Groups (PDGs). SISO through the various workshops provides a forum for simulation developers to meet and exchange ideas. Many organizations provide forums for interacting. SISO not only provides for the exchange of ideas, but takes the ideas to the next level as standards products. This is appropriate because standards is literally SISO’s middle name....
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Simulation Interoperability Workshops: The CC Report
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Article by: Rick Sharp
With the Fall 03 SIW looming on the horizon I can’t help but look back as what an exciting and rewarding year we have had in 2003. Our workshop attendance is going up, as is the quality of the papers we are receiving. We’ve seen new forums starting up. But most important, we have numerous new Study and Product Development Groups being established. All together, SISO is growing to meet the needs of the M&S community....
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Webletter Information
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Article by: Mike Lightner
The SISO Simulation Technology On-line Magazine is a publication of the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization and is intended as a forum for keeping the SISO community abreast of issues and information of interest to its members....
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