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About the Medin Series: Named
in recognition of former director Dr. Medin's contribution to IST, UCF and Modeling and Simulation,
this series of seminars features authorities on the theory
and practice of M&S, with special emphasis on topics that show how to
bring theory into practice. Speakers are experts from throughout the
simulation community, including academia, government and industry.
Seminars at IST are free and open to the
public. Sometimes we even throw
in refreshments.
Unless indicated otherwise,
seminars are held at IST's Partnership II building, 3100 Technology Parkway, Central Florida Research Park
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Naval S&T Strategic Plan on Naval Warrior Performance and Protection
RADM William E. Landay
Chief of Naval Research
Friday, May 2, 2008
1:00 p.m.
Room 208, Partnership II Building
3100 Technology Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32826
In this talk CNR RADM Landay will discuss the Naval Warrior Performance and Protection focus area from the Naval S&T Strategic Plan.
Rear Admiral Bill Landay was commissioned as a Surface Warfare Officer in May 1978. His numerous sea tours include Gunnery Assistant and Combat Information Center Officer in USS Hepburn (FF 1055); Ship Control Officer in USS Nicholas (FFG 47); Commanding Officer of USS Aquila (PHM 4); and Commanding Officer of USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60).
Ashore, he has served as C4I Program Officer at the United States Transportation Command; Executive Assistant to the Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command; Deputy for Fleet and Lifetime Support in the Program Executive Office, Theater Surface Combatants; and Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and
Acquisition); His Flag assignments have included Program Executive Officer for Littoral and Mine Warfare; and, currently, the 21st Chief of Naval Research, where he also serves as the Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Science and Technology and Director, Test and Evaluation and Technology Requirements.
Rear Admiral Landay holds a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering from the United States Naval Academy and a Master of Science in Systems Technology (C4I) from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is a graduate of the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School and a certified Acquisition Professional.
Quality Assurance of Simulation Models and Applications
Prof. Axel Lehmann, Universität der Bundeswehr
Institut für Technische Informatik
Monday, April 7, 2008
11:00 a.m.
Room 209, Partnership II Building
3100 Technology Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32826
This presentation will summarize some major results of research studies Dr. Lehmann has been involved with over the past couple of years for the German Armed Forces. The talk will focus on the importance of considering model design, development, and application as a multi-phase engineering process where each phase results
in an intermediate product, its documentation and a report on tests, and verification & validation results. By means of concrete examples, the presentation will demonstrate the usefulness and applicability of such a generic model engineering approach.
Axel Lehmann, PhD Full Professor with a Chair in Modeling and Simulation at the Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany (Federal Armed Forces University) for nearly 20 years. In addition, he is currently Executive Director of another non-for-profit Institute (ITIS) at the university, which focuses its research and projects on M&S, as well. The
major areas of current projects and of research concerns are:
- parallel and distributed M&S
- verification & validation of M&S
- component-based model design
- model management systems
- intelligent, ontology-based decision support
Operational Adaptation: Impact of Cognitive Sciences for the Naval Warfighter
Ivy Estabrooke, PhD
Office of Naval Research Global
Monday, Jan. 14, 2008
2:00 p.m.
Partnership II Building
The Office of Naval Research is responsible for fostering, planning, facilitate and transitioning scientific research to enable future naval power and the preservation of national security. The Naval S&T Strategic plan recognizes the potential impact of the cognitive sciences in the Warfighter Performance and Protection and Distributed Operations focus
areas.
Leveraging the past “Decade of the Mind,” the cognitive sciences are poised to enhance future naval capabilities, protecting and treating sailors and marines and optimizing training and selection of the future force. The strategy highlights the need for improving training, enhancing assimilation of new cultures and
environments and improving small group performance.
The new concept of Operational Adaptation, being able to adapt to the operational environment faster than the enemy, will require new avenues of research in the cognitive, social and cultural sciences. In this presentation we will discuss new program areas including advancing methods for training and selection for rapid
cultural assimilation and adversarial psychology.
Ivy V. Estabrooke, PhD is an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Office of Naval Research Global where she fosters collaboration with international scientists in Naval-relevant fields with a focus on Naval Warfighter Performance. She is currently
collaborating with the Expeditionary and Manuever Warfare division of the Office of Naval Research to integrate the cognitive, social and cultural sciences to support Marine Corps and Navy Warfighter performance. Ivy earned her PhD in neuroscience from Georgetown University in 2005 for work examining sex differences and hormone influences on language
production and memory systems. She also has extensive experience with neuroimaging and pharmacological intervention studies. Ivy’s scientific interests span the fields of neuroscience, cognition, psychology and linguistics.
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