 Who We Are
IST is an internationally recognized research institute
that focuses on advancing modeling and simulation technology and increasing
our understanding of simulation's role in training and education. |
The IST Progress building at 3280 Progress
Drive houses classrooms, laboratories and some administrative offices. |
The five-story Partnership II building is home to IST administrative
headquarters and administrative and research staff. Other tenants include
the US Marine Corps Program Manager for Training Systems, the Army's Program
Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation, and UCF
Advanced Distributed Learning and Team Performance laboratories. |
 Founded in 1982 as
a research unit of the University of Central Florida and reporting directly
to the Vice President for Research and Commercialization, the institute provides a wide
range of research and information services for the modeling, simulation and
training community. Faculty and staff are distributed among IST's three
Central Florida Research Park buildings, the Progress building (above),
Partnership II (left) and the Simulation and Training Technology Center
(below).
The
Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Simulation and Training
Technology Center houses elements of the US Army's Research, Engineering and
Development Command; space for a UCF incubator company and two IST simulation labs
connected with Army research.
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