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8-11 April 2008   C4I Center Hosts NATO Group
The Center of Excellence in Command, Control, Communications, Computing and Intelligence (C4I Center) exists to bring Mason's strengths in Information Technology and Engineering to the service of the US military and its allies. From 8 to 11 April, the Center hosted the Coalition Battle Management Language technical activity of the NATO Modeling and Simulation Group. This was latest of a series of meetings that are developing a multinational capability to link military Command and Control with Modeling and Simulation, creating a new capability where coalitions can train, rehearse, and analyze alternative courses of action in order to be better prepared for hostilities such as NATO is facing in Afganistan. The group recently demonstrated this new technology in an initial working configuration that brought together six national systems. The recent meeting included representatives from France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Turkey, the UK and the US, plus a Danish representative participating electronically over the Internet.

April 2008   C4I Center Selects AFCEA NOVA Fellow
The Center of Excellence in Command, Control, Communications, Computing and Intelligence (C4I Center) exists to bring Mason's strengths in Information Technology and Engineering to the service of the US military and its allies. The Center has teamed up with the Armed Forces Communications-Electronics Association (AFCEA) Northern Virginia (NOVA) chapter in a program intended to encourage people retiring from the military to pursue graduate degrees. The first selectee in this program in Major Dan Stimpson, US Marine Corps, who will join the Center's staff upon his retirement in September 2008 and will strengthen their background in current military operations while he pursues a doctorate in Operations Research in the Volgenau School. Professor Mark Pullen, who heads the C4I Center, said "This is a great opportunity both for Dan Stimpson and for the C4I Center; we are very grateful to AFCEA NOVA for making it possible." The Center continues to seek qualified staff with recent military experience for such Fellowships.

26-28 November 2007   GMU Interoperation Technology Supports NATO Demonstration
The NATO Modeling and Simulation Group Technical Activity 48 (MSG-048) conducted a breakthrough demonstration at the InterService/Industry Training, Education and Simulation (I/ITSEC) 2007 conference. Using the Joint Battle Management Language and its supporting Web services, both pioneered under the leadership of the GMU C4I Center, the NATO group demonstrated interoperation of three national Command and Control systems with three national simulations in completely automated mode. This was the first such interoperation ever and was achieved in only six months by a five-nation team, using Internet access to the Joint Battle Management prototype/reference services provided by the C4I Center. Slides

16-17 October 2007   Workshop on Battle Management Language
The C4I Center in the the Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering hosted a Workshop on Battle Management Language on October 16th and 17th, 2007 at the Verizon Auditorium in the Prince Williams Campus. Over 150 Government, Academic and Industry attendees participated. More..