Modeling and Simulation (M&S)
Associations/Organizations/Committees (104)
Centers/Groups (35)
Military Organizations (27)
(Please note that all sites may not be accessible by non-members)
- For a comprehensive World Medical Simulation Centre Database click here then select the region on the map
- Also to be considered: Google "Modeling and Simulation Research Center"
INDEX
Associations/Organizations?Committees
High Level Recognition of M&S
Networking of Professional Organizations
Associations - International
Associations/Groups - by Country
Associations - by Region/Language
Research Centers/Groups
Military Organizations
NATO
By Country (Canada, Korea, Sweden, Turkey, UK, USA)
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As a testimony of high level recognition of M&S see (In chronological order):
- 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)
Networking of Professional Organizations (20)
MSLS - M&S Leadership Summit
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)
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 (26)
ABSEL - Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning
ACM SIGSIM - ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation
AIS SIGMAS - Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Modeling and 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 (38)
Australia: OzSAGA - Australian Simulation and Games Association
- Australia: SIAA - Simulation Industry Association of Australia
- Bulgaria: Bulsim - Bulgarian Modeling and Simulation Association
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: CNRS-GdR MACS - Groupe de Recherche "Modelisation, Analyse et Conduite des Systemes dynamiques" de CNRS
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: Liophant Simulation
Italy: MIMOS (Italian Movement for Modeling and Simulation)
Italy: Simulation Team
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 SubcommitteeUSA: 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: NICCE - National Institute for the Commercialization of the Clean Energy
NICCE-NMSCE - National Modeling and Simulation Center of Excellence (videos)USA NMSC - the National Modeling and Simulation Coalition
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 (19)
Asia: ASIASIM - Federation of Asian Simulation Societies
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: EUROSIS - The European Multidisciplineray Society for Modelling and Simulation Technology
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: 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
AFSC - Asia Fligth Simulation Centre
AMC CMS - Australian Maritime College - Centre for Maritime 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)
CESAR - The Center for Exascale Simulation of Advanced Reactors
- CMS-UNIPUNE - Centre for Modeling and Simulation, University of Pune, Pune, India
COSI - (équipe Commande et Simulation) of LSIS, Marseille, France
CRESS - Centre for Research in Social Simulation
FMSC - Fremantle Marine Simulation Centre
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
M&SRG-ETH - Modeling & Simulation Research Group (part of the ICOS unit of the Computer Science Department at the ETH in Zurich
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
MSRC-Örebro - Modeling and Simulation Research Center, Örebro University, Sweden
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)
SAAB TCSC - Tactical Combat Simulation Centre
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 (Prof. Dr. Chris Herdman)
Social Network
- Modeling and Simulation Special Interest Group (12 Manage - The Executive Fast Track)
Ning Military Organizations
ESM3 - Systems of Systems, Space, Simulation & Experiemnt of EDA (European Defence Agency)
NATO (3)
NATO M&S COE - NATO Modelling & Simulation Centre of Excellence
NMSG - NATO Modelling and Simulation Group
SAS - NATO Studies, Analysis and Simulation Panel
SMART - NATO Simulated Mission and Rehearsal Training
By Country (23)
Australia
Canada
DND CFEC - Canadian Forces Experimentation Centre
DND SE - DRDC Ottawa's Synthetic Environments Facilities
Italy
IDGS M&S COE - Italian Defence General Staff (IDGS) Modelling & Simulation Centre of Excellence
Korea
KBSC - Korean Battle Simulation Center
SwedenSwedish Defence Wargaming Centre
TurkeyMODSIMMER - Modeling 8on 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)
- You can also consider M&S Link Directory of MSIAC- 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
- AMSO - U.S. Army Model and Simulation Office
AMSO SNAP - Standards Nomination and Approval Process of AMSO
MSRR - M&S Resource Library
PEO STRI - U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, & Instrumentation
Marine/Navy
MTWS - MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) Staff Tactical Warfare Simulation
NAVMSMO - Navy Modeling and Simulation Management Office
NMSO - Navy Modeling and Simulation Office
- Standards Nomination, Evaluation, Advocacy and Central Repository System
NMSO-SNEACRS - Navy Modeling and Simulation Office
Maintained by Dr. Tuncer Ören
Updated: 2012-01-29
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