APRIL 2014 Team Orlando Celebrates 10-Year Partnership with FLETC By Dolly Rairigh Glass
There was no fooling on April 1, when the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, part of the Department of Homeland Security, celebrated a 10-year anniversary partnership with Team Orlando. “Today is a spectacular day,” said Capt. Steve Nakagawa, Commanding Officer, Naval Air Warfare Center Training System Division. “We, in the training business, have to partner with each other because we all get better through partnerships.”
UCF's Computer Programming Team Codes Its Way Into History By Dolly Rairigh Glass
This upcoming summer, June 22-26, the University of Central Florida Computer Programming Team will travel across the world to compete in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals, organized by the Association for Computer Machinery (ACM), the largest computing organization. No stranger to this competition, UCF is in its 32nd year of participation in the contest, which only began in 1977, six years prior to UCF’s first year of participation. The team will compete for the world title in Ekaterinburg, the fourth largest city in Russia, at host site, Ural Federal University.
National Center for Simulation Honors UCF Inductees By Jessica Ortega
The National Center for Simulation recently inducted the first Hall of Fame class for its contributions to the field of modeling and simulation, and half of them have strong ties to UCF. “For too long, the modeling and simulation community in Florida has been unnoticed. Now, we have a Hall of Fame to point to with a significant number of its members coming from UCF,” said Henry Okraski, co-founder of the National Center for Simulation.
Serbia Joins ADL Partnership Lab Network Courtesy of ADL
The ADL Initiative recently welcomed Serbia as a new partner in its ADL Partnership Lab network. Representatives from the Office of Secretary of Defense and the country of Serbia completed signing the Memorandum of Understanding in March. Colonel Goran Šimić, the Head of the Center for Simulations and Distance Learning at the Serbian Ministry of Defense and Serbian Army, is the lab’s Director. Learn more about the lab’s background and mission from the Serbia ADL Partnership Lab’s web page.
Fire Rescue Uses Simulation to Test Crisis Decision Makers Courtesy of UCF Today
Orange County Fire Rescue Department’s new Regional Command School and Simulation Center, recently credited UCF’s Institute for Simulation & Training for the research efforts that helped make the school an effective source for training central Florida’s fire rescue incident commanders. IST’s logo shares space on the wall outside the new training center at Valencia College’s Criminal Justice Institute. Researchers in IST’s RAPTER Lab, headed by Ron Tarr, and E2i Creative Studio, headed by Eileen Smith, worked with OCRFD Division Chief of Training, Mike Wajda, and many of OCFRD’s Fire Officers to develop a new curriculum and simulation system to train on-scene fire commanders.
NCS Hosts Team Orlando Spring Capability Day By Dolly Rairigh Glass
April 15 U.S. Army PEO STRI PALT Meeting 9 to 9:45 a.m., P3, Room 321 PM TRASYS PALT Meeting 9 to 9:45 a.m., P3, Room 321 U.S. Army PEO STRI & NAWCTSD Small Business Information Forum Initiative (SBIFI) Meeting, 10:15 to 11:15 a.m., P3, Room 321 NAWCTSD NDIA IPT Industry Acquisition Process 1:30 to 3 p.m., P3, Room 321 April 15-17 MODSIM World 2014 Hampton Roads Convention Center Hampton, Virginia April 16 Spring Industry Capability Day 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. UCF Partnership III Building Room 321-A/B www.simulatioininformation.com MT3 Technology Expo 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Partnership 2, Rm 208 www.mt3techexpo.com May 13 U.S. Army PEO STRI PALT Meeting 9 to 9:45 a.m., P3, Room 321 PM TRASYS PALT Meeting 9 to 9:45 a.m., P3, Room 321 U.S. Army PEO STRI & NAWCTSD Small Business Information Forum Initiative (SBIFI) Meeting 10:15 to 11:15 a.m., P3, Room 321 NAWCTSD PALT Meeting 1:30 to 3 p.m., P3, Room 321 June 11-12 TSIS www.ndia.org June 14 Army Ball www.ausa-sunshine.org August 22-24 MT3/HEATT (Medical Technology, Training & Treatment/Healthcare Education Assessment Training & Technology) Rosen Shingle Creek http://halldale.com/heat September 3-5 GameTech Conference www.gametechconference.com
DID YOU KNOW? UCF Doctoral-Level Psychologists Offers Military and Civilian Families Paid Study by Terri Bernhardt
Focusing on continuing opportunities to bring industry and Team Orlando members together to share in clever innovations and new partnerships, the National Center for Simulation (NCS) will present Team Orlando Spring Industry Capability Day on April 16. The half-day event, taking place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in UCF’s Partnership 3, Room 321 A/B welcomes fourteen companies to showcase their new and exciting capabilities for acquisition and professional personnel from all Team Orlando commands in a relaxed environment, and a venue right in their backyard.
UCF Cyber Defense Team Heads for Nationals Again Courtesy of UCF Today
UCF’s Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Team is no one-hit wonder. The team just won the 2014 Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for a second consecutive year. What’s even more impressive is that the team has only been in existence for two years. This year, the team also earned two specialty awards at the competition: “Best in Business” and “Best in Defense.”
The University of Central Florida is conducting a confidential Department of Defense funded research study investigating the strengths & resilience of American families. The study is for Military and Civilian families with children 7-17 years old and consists of a 2-3 hour initial assessment of mood, behavior and resilience strategies. Parents and children will spend less than 7 minutes a day for a week in the privacy their homes to complete the study.
Dr. Deborah Beidel, Ph.D., ABPP, Pegasus Professor and Director of UCF RESTORES, is the Principal On the occasion of its 20th Anniversary, Rep. Daniel Webster Investigator of this research recognized the National Center for Simulation during a General program funded by the Office of Session of the House of Representatives on March 24, 2014. He the Assistant Secretary of congratulated NCS on its past successes and discussed how the Defense for Health Affairs, organization “fosters relationships between varied communities to Defense Health Program. Dr. help disperse resources and innovations in modeling, simulation Beidel is an expert in anxiety and training to those industries which may benefit from the treatment and research and has led many studies of this topic as knowledge.” Webster also stressed how “Orlando is a focal point for cooperative and well as research programs with collaborative efforts” and that Orlando is the home to more than 150 industry military personnel. companies.
News from National Center for Simulation: Rep. Webster Recognizes NCS
Families that participate will receive a small compensation up to $100 if they complete the Need a crash course in the Experience API(xAPI)? Wondering how program. For more information you can use this exciting new technology to enhance distance or to schedule an assessment, learning? The ADL Initiative will host a free, three-day workshop at please contact: Michael S. its Orlando ADL Co-Lab facility in June to update the local distance Bermes, Ph.D., MWS, CAP MSG, learning community about progress that’s been made on the USA Ret., UCF Military Families Training and Learning Architecture (TLA). Program, (407) 823-0967.
Save the Date for ADL Workshop in June Courtesy of ADL
Day one (June 17) of the workshop will be dedicated to those wanting an introduction to what the xAPI can do and where it fits in the big picture of the TLA. Days two and three (June 18-19) will be hands-on working sessions for xAPI adopters and those participating in the current xAPI Design Cohort.
STEM News: Simulation Summit on April 28 Orange County Public Schools Career & Technical Education, in partnership with the Dorothy Lumley Melrose Center for Technology & Innovation, is hosting the 2014 Orange County Simulation Summit on April 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Orange County Library, Dorothy Lumley Melrose Center. Space for the event is limited. The main purpose for the summit is to bring together the simulation community, as well as other local organizations, and explore multiple viewpoints. The event will serve as a kickoff point to create more opportunities for Orange County youth through quality education and training.
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GameTech Call for Presentations Deadline Extended By popular demand, GameTech 2014 will extend the Call for Presentations to May 2, 2014. Presentation proposals are being accepted for topics on Games,Virtual Worlds and Mobile Learning Technologies and can be emailed to the Program Committee.” “The GameTech Program Committee is beginning to review proposals, and we are thrilled with the participation so far!” said this year’s Program Chair, Eileen Smith with the UCF Institute for Simulation and Training. “The proposals represent quality sessions and timely information for the DOD game development field.”
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