Each year, the USC Institute for Creative Technologies participates in a 2-day Technical Assessment Board (TAB) to review 6.1 (basic research) and 6.2 (applied research) current projects and proposals for future work.
[L – R] Matthew T. Clarke, Associate Director, Soldier Effectiveness Directorate CCDC Soldier Center; Mr. Chris P. Manning, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research & Technology), ICT TAB Tri-Chair; Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology); Dr. Barton Halpern, Director, US Army CCDC Army Research Laboratory, ICT TAB Tri-Chair; Dr. Randall Hill, Vice Dean, USC Viterbi School of Engineering; Computer Science Research Professor, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Executive Director, ICT; Mr. Craig Rettie, Director, Research and Technology Integration, DEVCOM Soldier Center, ICT TAB Tri-Chair; LTC Joe Brown, Military Deputy, Soldier Effectiveness Directorate (SED), DEVCOM Soldier Center; Cheryl Birch, Director of Finance, Operations and HR; Dr. Keith Brawner, Program Manager, ICT; Senior Scientist/Engineer, Program Manager, US Army CCDC Soldier Center
After the first day’s presentations wrapped, our visitors were invited to interact with research demos from our 16 Labs, including 3D Geospatial Terrain, Battle Buddy for Suicide Prevention, Adaptable HMD (Head Mounted Device Interfaces), ShipSim, our Academy Award-winning Light Stage – and more.
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Established in 1999, the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) is a Department of Defense (DoD) University Affiliated Research Center (UARC), sponsored by the US Army. Harnessing Hollywood-derived creativity with academic innovation and military-domain expertise, ICT conducts award-winning R&D in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Graphics, Geospatial Sciences, Human Performance, Learning Sciences, Modeling, Simulation & Gaming, Mixed Reality (MxR), Medical VR, Narrative, and Virtual Humans. ICT accomplishments include: 2,000 Peer-Reviewed Publications with 100,000+ Citations; 140+ Honors and Awards Highlighting Faculty and Staff; 50+ Hollywood Movies/Series use ICT Technologies; 278 Intellectual Property Disclosures; 29 Patents; 3 AAAI Fellows and 2 Academy Awards (Science & Technology).
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