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ABOUT US: The C4I Center at George Mason University is the nation's first and only civilian university-based entity offering a comprehensive academic and research program in military applications of information technology. The center performs research in sensing and fusion, C3 architectures, communications and signal processing, command support and intelligent systems, modeling and simulation, and information systems. The center is allied with multiple academic departments.    more...
NEWS OIC 2008 "Towards Effective Exploitation and Integration of Intelligence Resources" 3-4 December 2008 Call for papers... GMU-AFCEA 2008 Symposium "Critical Issues in C4I" 20-21 May 2008 Agenda and Papers Program Committee Opportunity: Looking for transitioning Military Graduate Student ICCRTS 2008 Best Student Paper award... more... C4I Center Hosts NATO Group more... C4I Center Selects AFCEA NOVA Fellow more...	OVERVIEW The Center of Excellence in Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence at George Mason University was established under the direction of Dr.Harry Van Trees in July 1989 in order to provide an intellectual base for the command , control, communications, and intelligence area. Dr.Mark Pullen became the Center's Director in 2005. He has continued its emphasis on bringing academic expertise to the needs of the U.S. military and related government and commercial applications of information technology. The Center conducts a broad spectrum R&D and educational program in C4I. The program is accomplished by bringing together a multidisciplinary group consisting of academic faculty, research staff, and fellows in residence from industry and government and is also assisted by an advisory group. more..	RESEARCH The research program is structured around the command and control process. A simplified view of the process for a military system is shown below. Similar models apply to various civilian systems. The process involves production of data and transforming it into information, processing information for decision making , and dissemination of data, orders, information, and control through communication systems. The Center research program is designed in such a way that investigators explore all aspects of this process, as well as the total process. more..