• USA - House Resolution 487 (2007 July 16)
• USA - Enhancing SIMULATION (Safety In Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now) Act of 2009 - H.R. 855/S. 616 (2009 February 4)
  
• USA - A companion bill - S. 616 (2009 March 17)

Associations/Organizations/Committees

High Level Recognition of M&S (1)

• US Congressional Modeling and Simulation Caucus (News) (Congressman J. Randy Forbes)

Networking of Professional Organizations (20)

• MSLS - M&S leadership Summit

• SimSummit

• G.A.M.E.S. Synergy Summit (Government, Academic, Military, Entertainment and Simulation)





• AIMS IC - Advanced Initiative in Medical Simulation (AIMS) Industry Council (IC)

• AMSC - Alabama Modeling & Simulation Council  (Members & member organizations)

• ETSA - European Training and Simulation Association (Member organizations)

• IMSF - International Marine Simulator Forum  (Members)

• ITSA - International Training and Simulation Alliance   (Members)

• KTSA - Korea Training Systems Association

• M&SNet - McLeod Modeling & Simulation Network (of SCS)  (Member organizations)

• MISS - McLeod Institute of Simulation Sciences (of SCS)  (MISS centers)

• NCS - The National Center for Simulation (USA)  (Member organizations)

• NEMSC - New England Modeling & Simulation Consortium

• NIST SSC - Simulation Standards Consortium

• NMASTC - National Modeling Analysis Simulation and Training Coalition

• NTSA - National Training Systems Association (USA)  (Membership)

• SIAA - Simulation Industry Association of Australia (Members & member organizations)

• SIAA-ASSG (SISO Australia) - Simulation Industry Association of Australia -Australia Standing Study Group

• SUN - Simulation User Network (Medical, Nursing, and Healthcare)

• UK STAG - UK Simulation and Training Action Group

Associations - International (24)

• ABSEL - Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning

• ACM SIGSIM - ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation

• AMSE - Association for the Advancement of Modelling and Simulation Techniques in Enterprises

• ANGILS - Alliance for New Generation Interactive Leisure and Simulation

• DIGRA - Digital Games Research Association

• EBEA - The Economics and Business Education Association

• ESRC SAGE - Simulating Social Policy for an Ageing Society

• IASTED - International Association of Science and Technology for Development

• IBPSA - International Building Performance Simulation Association

• IFIP TC7 WG7.1 - Modelling and Simulation Working Group of the Technical Committee TC 7 (System Modelling and Optimization) of IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing)

• IGDA - International Game Developers Association

• IMA - International Microsimulation Association (a.k.a. microanalytic simulation)

• IMACS - International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

• INACSL - International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning

• INFORMS Simulation Society

• ISAGA - International Simulation and Gaming Association (affiliated regional gaming & simulation associations can be seen at ISAGA)

• M&SPCC - Modeling and Simulation Professional Certification Commission

• Modelica - Modelica Association

• SAE - Human Biomechanics and Simulation Standardization Committee

• SAGSET - The Society for the Advancement of Games and Simulations in Education and Training

• SCS - Society for Modeling & Simulation International (Formerly Society for Computer Simulation) (Ethics, M&SNet, MISS)

• SGI - Serious Games Initiative

• SSAISB - Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour

• SSH - Society in for Simulation in Healthcare 

Associations/Groups/Committees - by Country (33)

• Australia: OzSAGA - Australian Simulation and Games Association

• Canada: SAMS - The Society for the Advancement of Modelling and Simulation

• China: CASS - Chinese Association of System Simulation

• China: SASS - Shanghai Association for System Simulation (In Chinese)

• Croatia: CROSSIM - Croatian Society for Simulation Modelling

• Denmark: DKSIM - Dansk Simuleringsforening (Danish Simulation Society)

• Finland: FinSim - Finnish Simulation Forum

• France: VerSim - Vers une théorie de la Simulation

• Hungary: HSS - Hungarian Simulation Society

• India: C-MMACS - Indian Society for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation

• Italy: ISCS - Italian Society for Computer Simulation

• Italy: MIMOS (Italian Movement for Modeling and Simulation)

• Japan: JASAG - Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming

• Japan: JSST - Japan Society for Simulation Technology

• Korea: KSS - The Korea Society for Simulation (in Korean)

• Latvia: LSS - Latvian Simulation Society

• Norway: NFA - Norsk Forening for Automatisering

• Poland: PSCS - Polish Society for Computer Simulation (in Polish)

• Romania: ROMSIM - Romanian Society for Modelling and Simulation

• Singapore: SSAGSg - Society of Simulation and Gaming of Singapore

• Slovenia: SLOSIM - Slovenian Society for Modelling and Simulation

• Spain: AES - Spanish Simulation Society (Asociación Española de Simulación)

• Spain: CEA SMSG Spanish Modelling and Simulation Group

• Sweden: MoSis - The Society for Modelling and Simulation in Sweden

• UK: NAMS - National Association of Medical Simulators

• UK: UKSIM - United Kingdom Simulation Society

• USA: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) M&S Technical Committee


       - AIAA-M&STC: Civil Aviation Modeling and Simulation Subcommittee
       - AIAA-M&STC: Military Modeling and Simulation Subcommittee
       - AIAA-M&STC: Space Modeling and Simulation Subcommittee

• USA: AIMS - Advanced Initiative in Medical Simulation

• USA: CoLS CfE BoSE TNA - Committee on Learning Science: Computer Games, Simulations, and Education;




         Center for Education, Board on Science Education; The National Academies

• USA: NASSE - The National Association of Space Simulation Educators

• USA: NIA: National Institute of Aerospace - Center for Aerospace Systems Engineering, Modeling and Simulation

• USA: UrSGA - University of Rochester Simulation Gaming Association

• USA: WISER - Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation Education and Research (UPMC - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)

Associations - by Region/Language (18)

• Asia-Pacific: APSSA - Asia-Pacific Social Simulation Association

• Australia / New Zeland: MSSANZ - Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc

• Czech and Slovak Republics: CSSS - Czech and Slovak Simulation Society

• Dutch Benelux: DBSS - Dutch Benelux Simulation Society

• Europe: ARGESIM (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Simulation News) Working Group Simulation News

• Europe: ESSA - The European Social Simulation Association

• Europe: EUROSIM - Federation of European Simulation Societies

• Europe: SCS European Council

• Europe: SESAM - Society in Europe Simulation Applied to Medicine

• French: FRANCOSIM - Societe de Simulation Francophone

• German: ASIM - German Simulation Society

• Mediterranean & Latin America: IMCS - International Mediterranean and Latin American Council of Simulation

• North America: NAACSOS - North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Science

• North America: NAACSOS - North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Science

• North America: SAMS Social Agent Modeling and Simulation applications section of the NAACSOS

• Pacific Asia: PAAA - Pacific Asian Association for Agent-based Approach in Social Systems Research

• Scandinavia: SIMS - Scandinavian Simulation Society: DKSIM (Denmark), FinSim (Finland), NFA Norway), MoSis (Sweden)

• Swiss, Austrian, and German: SAGSAGA - Swiss Austrian German Simulation And Gaming Association

Research Centers/Groups

• ACIMS - Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling and Simulation

• AMSL - The Auburn Modeling and Simulation Laboratory

• BioSystems Group - (UCSF - University of California San Francisco)

• BMSC - Bristol Medical Simulation Centre

• C&MSC - Cheshire and Merseyside Simulation Centre (Medical, Nursing, and Healthcare)

• COSI - (équipe Commande et Simulation) of LSIS, Marseille, France

• CRESS - Centre for Research in Social Simulation

• IBM Almaden Research Center

• IST - Institute for Simulation & Training (University of Central Florida)

• Liophant Simulation Club

• LSIS - Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Information et des Systèmes (Information and Systems Sciences Laboratory), Marseille, France

• MSC-LES - Modeling & Simulation Center - Laboratory of Enterprise Solutions  (at Mechanical Department, University of Calabria)

• MSDS - Modelado y Simulación de Sistemas Dinámicos (Grupo Temático Español de CEA-IFAC), (Modeling & Simulation of Dynamic Systems (CEA-IFAC Spanish Thematic Group))

• MSR - The Israel Center for Medical Simulation

• MSREC - Georgia Tech – Modeling and Simulation Research & Education Center

• MSUG - Michigan Simulation User Group

• NCeSS/MoSeS - National Centre for e-Social Science / Modelling and Simulation in e-Social Science

• NATSEM - National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling

• NISAC - The National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Preparedness Directorate)

• SMS - Systems Modeling Simulation Laboratory at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

• SRG-LBNL - Simulation Research Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (for building energy simulation software)

• SRG-ORMS - Simulation Research Group at Operational Research and Management Sciences Group at the University of Warwick

• SSMSIG - The Southern Sweden Medical Simulator Interest Group

• UAH CMSA - University of Alabama in Huntsville – Center for Modeling, Simulation and Analysis

• VERSIM - VERs une théorie de SIMulation (towards a simulation theory). VERSIM is part of the French research group I3 of the French CNRS (National Center of Scientific Research).

• VMASC - Virginia Modeling and Simulation Center

• VSIM - Centre for Advanced Studies in Visualization, Simulation & Modelling

Military Organizations

NATO (3)

• NMSG    - NATO Modelling and Simulation Group

• SAS        - NATO Studies, Analysis and Simulation Panel

• SMART  - NATO Simulated Mission and Rehearsal Training

By Country (23)

Canada

• DND CF SECO  - Canadian DND/CF Synthetic Environment Coordination Office

• DND CFEC        - Canadian Forces Experimentation Centre

• DND SMARRT  - Simulation and Modeling for Acquisition Requirements, Rehearsal, and Training

• MSRR                - Modelling and Simulation Resource Repository





Korea

• KBSC - Korean Battle Simulation Center





Sweden

• Swedish Defence Wargaming Centre 





Turkey

• MODSIMMER - Modeling and Simulation R&D Center




 

UK

• AOF - the Acquisition Operating Framework





   USA    

(Please note that all sites are not listed here.

See for example, "A Compendium of Modeling and Simulation Sites" for a more elaborate list)




DMSO          - Defense Modelling and Simulation Office (in 2007 became MSCO)

• DOD MSRR - Modeling and Simulation Resource Repository

• M&S CO      - Defense Modelling and Simulation Coordination Office (formerly DMSO)

• MSIAC         - Modelling and Simulation Information Analysis Center

• NDIA- M&SCom  - Modelling and Simulation Committee of the Systems Engineering Division of NDIA (National Defence Industrial Association)

• SISO             - Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization

• SISO-SCM    - Standing Study Group (SSG) on Simulation Conceptual Modeling of SISO





Air Force

• AFAMS - Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation

Army