US Army Virtual Soldier Research News Update

[Virtual Soldier Research]

1.      Santos (VSR digital human) makes an appearance in Forbes magazine.
2.      VSR receives funding from the US Army RDECOM
3.      VSR researchers receive major award from the American Society of 
Mechanical Engineers
4.      VSR featured in two Italian articles (in Italian)
5.      Santos gets a new website 
(<http://santos.digital-humans.org/>http://santos.digital-humans.org)
6.      New Journal: The International Journal of Human Factors Modeling 
and Simulation
7.      Reminder:  SAE Digital Human Modeling conference abstract submission.
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  1.  Santos makes an appearance in Forbes magazine.
Santos, the Virtual Soldier Research program's digital soldier was shown in 
Forbes Magazine.  The University of Iowa was selected by the Princeton 
Review to be among the top ten entrepreneurial colleges in the United 
States.  To represent Iowa, Forbes magazine chose a picture of Santos 
working with a graduate student to publish on their web site.

The Top Ten Entrepreneurial Colleges
     1.      University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
     2.      University of Notre Dame
     3.      Louisiana State University and A&M College
     4.      Northeastern University
     5.      Indiana University - Bloomington
     6.      Carnegie Mellon University
     7.      Syracuse University
     8.      University of Arizona
     9.      University of Iowa
   10.      University of New Hampshire
See 
<http://www.forbes.com/lists/2004/10/20/04conncampentrepreland.html->http://www.forbes.com/lists/2004/10/20/04conncampentrepreland.html- 


  2.  VSR receives funding from the US Army RDECOM
The VSR program continues to receive research funding from the US Army 
Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM).  The objectives 
are to develop a fifth generation digital human that is intelligent, has 
realistic motions and postures, that evaluates prototypes of components and 
systems before they are built, therefore reducing significant costs 
associated with making physical prototypes. Santos, VSR's digital human, 
has autonomous behavior, skin that deforms and muscles that contract and is 
built from the ground up using correct anatomy and a full musculoskeletal 
system.

  3.  VSR researchers receive major award from the American Society of 
Mechanical Engineers
A paper entitled "The Iowa Interactive Digital-Human Virtual Environment," 
written
by Dr. Jingzhou Yang, Dr. Karim Abdel-Malek, Kimberly Farrell, and Kyle 
Nebel, will
receive the Outstanding Paper Award at the 2004 ASME (American Society of
Mechanical Engineers) International Mechanical Engineering Congress 
(IMECE), to be held November 13-19, in Anaheim, Calif.

  4.  VSR featured in two Italian articles (in Italian)
Two independent Italian news agencies published articles in Italian about 
the Virtual Soldier Research effort under headings:

a. Lo US Army recluta soldati 
virtuali 
<http://punto-informatico.it/p.asp?i=46097>http://punto-informatico.it/p.asp?i=46097 
published in Punto Informatico

b. I want 
you! 
<http://contenuti.interfree.it/118/IDNotizia6454.htm>http://contenuti.interfree.it/118/IDNotizia6454.htm 
published by Club InterFree

  5.  Santos gets a new web site 
(<http://santos.digital-humans.org/>http://santos.digital-humans.org)
We are requesting your help in supporting this web site.  All you have to 
do is keep track of what we do and express your opinions, give us feedback 
as we push this technology forward.  Our intent is to make Santos a virtual 
soldier that can accomplish tasks for you, test products, and reduce 
costs.  We cannot do these objectives alone, but we seek collaborations 
that will bring technologies together to accomplish these goals.

  6.  New Journal: The International Journal of Human Factors Modeling and 
Simulation (HFMS)
Researchers are invited to submit technical articles to this new journal, 
published by Inderscience, Ltd of the UK.  HFMS will focus on digital human 
technologies and pertinent research in human computer interaction, and 
computational human factors.  The Journal's web site is: 
<https://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=124>https://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=124 

7.  Reminder:  SAE Digital Human Modeling conference abstract submission.
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2005 Digital Human Modeling 
Symposium will be held June 14-16, 2005 in Iowa City, Iowa. Please go to 
the web page: <http://www.sae.org/dhmc>www.sae.org/dhmc for the call for 
papers and to submit your abstract on-line.




Contact VSR:


<mailto:beck at ccad.uiowa.edu>beck at ccad.uiowa.edu

Tel. 319-384-0574

<http://www.digital-humans.org>www.digital-humans.org


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