VMASC Research Mission
Engage in scholarly research in modeling and simulation (M&S), visualization, and analysis that yields significant contributions to the M&S body of knowledge, provides constructive solutions to critical challenges facing academic, government, and industry partners, and fosters the international advancement of the discipline of M&S.
Promote economic development through the continued maturation of research ideas and analysis to create tangible products and applications suitable for commercial development or public investment
Support M&S education and workforce development through classroom instruction and through active engagement of students in the research process.
VMASC Research Clusters
The VMASC research effort is focused on both pure and applied research. Applied research areas are organized into research clusters in the following areas:
- Military/Homeland Security
- Medical
- Transportation
- Social Science
- Computation/Artificial Intelligence
- Game-Based Learning
- Enterprise Engineering
A description of these areas may be found by following the link for each cluster.
Pure research areas are aligned with the individual research faculty and fall generally along the lines of human and social behavior representation, simulation interoperability, mathematical modeling, and simulation-based engineering methods.