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Hollywood Think Tank Helping Army

The Associated Press wrote about ICT in an article titled, “Hollywood think tank creating terror scenarios.”

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New Army Soldiers: Game Gamers

Wired featured ICT in a story, “New Army Soldiers: Game Gamers.”

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U.S. Filmmakers Mull Terror Scenarios for Army

Reuters reported that the Army will fund video games for aspiring commanders.

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Army enlists Hollywood in anti-terror war

The Chicago Tribune published “Army enlists Hollywood in anti-terror war” about ICT.

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Paul Debevec receives Significant Young Researcher Award

Significant Young Researcher Award given to Paul Debevec at SIGGRAPH 2001 conference. This award is given annually to a young researcher for signicant achievement in graphics research. 2001 was the first year this award was…

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Simulation Technology May Help Train US Peacekeeping Forces

In an article titled “The Mission Rehearsal Exercise, A Virtual Reality Tour de Force” the University of Southern California Chronicle discusses how ICT’s simulation technology may help train U.S. peacekeeping forces like the real thing.…

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Paul Debevec goes to Europe to scan for the Parthenon Project

Paul Debevec goes to Europe to scan for the Parthenon Project.

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Military experts are seeking ways to reduce deadliness and destructiveness in urban warfare

“Fighting in The Streets” in IEEE Spectrum is about how military experts, faced with the mounting likelihood of urban warfare, are seeking ways to reduce its deadliness and destructiveness. 

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FIPA Software Prototype Award at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents 2001

FIPA Software Prototype Award (First Place) at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents 2001. Awarded to Mission Rehearsal Exercise system. Reviewers commented positively on the deeply interdisciplinary nature of the effort and pointed out that…

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ICT awarded with the presitgous DMSO/NTSA M&S Achievement Award

Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO)/National Training Systems Association (NTSA) Outstanding Achievement in Modeling and Simulation Training Award given to the ICT (2000). From the government announcement: The ICT, an Army University Affiliated Research Center…

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