Growth of M&S in Hampton Roads

Commonwealth / Regional Overview

Hampton Roads M&S Strategy

Industry, Government & Academic Partnerships

Key Initiatives

Mike McGinnisVMASC

Old Dominion University

Modeling and Simulation in Virginia:$2.3 billion industry

8,700 employees130 companies with 209 office locations

M&S Focus in Hampton Roads: R&D and Applications

Assess the Economic Impact of M&S (HR)Factor 2004 2007 % Change2004 - REMI Model Version 5.5Total Output $412.9M $639.5M +54.9%Regional Product $248.0M $408.1M +64.4%Employment 4,023 5,092 +26.6%Average Salary $60.2k $82.7k

2007- REMI Model Version 8.0Total Output $258.4M $364.6M +41.1%Regional Product $167.3M $237.8M +42.1%Employment 3,524 4,420 +25.4%Average Salary $60.2k $82.7k

2004 – REMI Ver. 5.5 – Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes. 2007 – REMI Ver. 8.0 – North American Industrial ClassificationSystem (NAICS) Direct comparison (2004 vs 2007) not possible - industry classifications do not matchNeither SIC or NAICS specify M&S as unique professional category.Significant M&S growth & economic impact in non-DoD sectors – but its hard to measure it in new markets w/o a M&S category code.

Suffolk: The HR M&S Center of MassIndustry R&D Centers & Labs Lockheed Martin Raytheon Boeing SAIC Northrop Grumman General Dynamics Alion CSC

VMASC Highlights – 60K SF 8,000 SF Experimentation Lab 3,000 SF Conf / Visualization Room 2,500 SF of Additional Meeting Space Secure Enclave Lambda Rail Hub - 10 GHZ per sec) < 2 miles from USJFCOM

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New VMASC

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Grow ODU M&S Academic Programs

M&S Graduate Programs

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3 universities offer M&S graduate degrees: NPS, UCF, ODU

ODU/VMASC Grad Pgm Masters AY1998 (MS & ME) Ph.D. AY2000 All courses offered via DL

AY2010 - ODU to offer Nation’s 1st undergrad M&S program

Masters

Intro to M&S

Intro to Discrete

Event Simulation

Engr Systems Modeling

Analys I Visuali-zation I

PhD

Continuous & Real-time Simulation

Simulation Formalism

Analys II Visuali-zation II

2 M&S Area of Emphasis – 6-8 courses Psychology Education

6 Certificate Pgms. (minor) – 4-6 courses Mathematics, physics, computer

science, health sciences, business, international studies (social sciences)

M&S Collaboration

M&S Industry Association

General Membership

Board of Advisors (9-12)

Committees (legislative affairs, business development, etc)

ROI – funds, technologies, teaming and partnering on contacts/projects

Networking, Relationship Building, Communicating, Informing, Marketing

Government & Academic Partnership • VMASC provides forum & facilitates• Invited leaders from across M&S

disciplines/sectors– Academic (HR, VA, national,

military academies, intl)– Government (international,

federal, state, local)– Political Sector (federal, state,

local)• Strategic partners – individual &

organization who are important to both VMASC & industry members,

• Member ROI - affiliation, information, connections, contacts, M&S Growth

• Structure: Executive Advisory Council (9-15) plus committees

Julian Swedish

Thank you !