Access the 2026 MODSIM World Presentations
| MODSIM World 2026 Best Presentation |
| Title |
Authors |
| Synergizing Fidelity and Scale: Integrating VANE and OneSAF via an Unreal Engine Bifrost Client |
John Best |
| Autonomy |
| Title |
Authors |
| Unsupervised Testing of Autonomy Software |
Nickolas Vlahopoulos, Sean Hickey |
| Personality Traits and Trust Recovery in Autonomous Recommendation Systems: A Computational Simulation Study |
Keian Finlay, Ancuta Margondai |
| Balancing Human and System Autonomy: Detecting and Preventing Overdependence in Decision-Making |
Gianna Southwick, Ancuta Margondai |
| From Legacy PDFs to Simulation-Ready 3D Models: Accelerating Obsolescence Recovery and Manufacturing Throughput |
Billy Martin, Clinton West, Theresa Campobasso |
| Enhancing Mission Readiness Through Rapid 3D Reality Capture and Digital Twin Integration |
Robert Herman, Benjamin Raney |
| 3DTiles via GDAL |
Ronald Moore |
| Multi-Modal Battlefield Anomaly Detection for AI-Enabled Situational Awareness |
Brendon Hales, Dr. Marjaneh Safaei |
| Autonomous Vehicles & Unmanned Systems: Vision Clarity at Mission Speed |
Eric Freer |
| Multi-Vessel Coordinated Eye Gaze Control |
Vanessa Barth, Leigh McCue-Weil |
| Wargaming, AI, and the Missing Middle: Building the M&S Ecosystem for Decision Advantage |
Jenna Tuck |
| Society of Agents: A Constitutional Governance Architecture for LLM-Spawned Multi-Agent Simulation |
Dr. Charles Day |
| Autonomous AI Agents for Strategic Wargaming Simulation: Evaluating Creativity, Adaptation, and Alignment Under Adversarial Pressure |
Svitlana Volkova, Laura Cassani, Patrick Gerard, Hsien-Te Kao, William Dupree, Dr. Summer Rebensky |
| Simulation-Based Training of Industrial Plant Operators: Steelmaking Case Study |
Xhulia Sina, Marina Massei, Kirill Sinelshchikov |
| Between Physical and Virtual: The Landscape of Immersive Medical Simulation |
Mohammad Obeid |
| GenAI-Enabled Courseware Modernization: Transforming ISD Processes to Strengthen Force Readiness |
Dr. Erica Haglund |
| Emerging Capabilities |
| Title |
Authors |
| The Joint Fires Rehearsal Center and the Future of SOF Mission Readiness Through AI-Enabled Synthetic Environments |
Joshua Ridley, Hunter Miller |
| Altreides: A Multi-Node AI Ecosystem for Traditional Wargaming |
Judy Chmelik, Alicia Sanchez, Will Sokolowski, Seth Crofton |
| Synergizing Fidelity and Scale: Integrating VANE and OneSAF via an Unreal Engine Bifrost Client |
John Best |
| A New Epoch of Modeling & Simulation: Constitutional Governance and MVC² for LLM-Spawned Agent-Based Simulation |
Dr. Charles Day |
| Evidence-Based AI Assurance for Emerging Mission Decision Workflows |
Jason Kramer |
| Datastore Centric Interoperability Framework for Scalable Simulation and AI Driven Warfighter Readiness |
Jason Echols, Dr. Robert Fitkin |
| A Data-Centric Simulation Ecosystem for Accelerated Operational Outcomes |
Wayne Stilwell, Ken Seedarnee |
| Using the Behavior Modeling Language to Create a Mission Model |
Dale Ormond, Dan Powell |
| Human Digital-Twin-Style Models for Early Deterioration Prediction in Austere Trauma Care: A Validation-Readiness Simulation Study |
Pierina Giovanna Parejo Carrizales, Ancuta Margondai, Mustapha Mouloua |
| An Extended Reality Assistant Improves Performance of an Austere Genomic Sequencing System for Novice Users |
Nathan Fisher, Nicholas Tolli, Jenna Dundas, Stephanie Guertin |
| Culturally Aligned Validated Population Simulation for Credible Deterrence in the Information Environment |
Svitlana Volkova, Laura Cassani, Hsien-Te Kao, Peter Bautista, William Dupree, Patrick Gerard |
| Beyond Mineral Oil: An Agent-Based Monte Carlo Simulation of Sucrose-Water Solutions as Next-Generation Immersion Coolants for Data Center Thermal Management |
Yash Patel, Ancuta Margondai, Cindy Von Ahlefeldt, Mustapha Mouloua |
| Ludic Force Multipliers: Mitigating Collaborative Overhead in Software Design Meetings Through Gamified Prototyping and Multi-Modal Agent Synthesis |
Andrew Hollis |
| State-Based 3D Browser-Native Simulation: Enabling Secure, Scalable M&S at the Edge via WebGPU |
Royal O'Brien |
| Mission Readiness |
| Title |
Authors |
| Executable Architectures: Integrating Ontology, SysML v2, DEVS, and Agentic AI to Realize the Digital Thread |
Dolores Lowe |
| Advancing Mission Readiness Through Model-Based Acquisition and Digital Thread Integration |
Andrew Bonica, Ricky Hernandez |
| Forging the Future of Defense: The Department of War Modeling and Simulation Strategy for Engineering |
Keith Henry, Darryl Powell |
| Integrating Realism, Readiness, and Repeatability into Synthetic Training Environments |
Gary Quasebarth, Jeffrey Brum, Dr. Alan Liu |
| Improving Training Transfer: Engineering Simulation-Based Experiential Learning into the Military Classroom |
Kevin Owens, Lisa Townsend |
| Accelerating the Transition of Wearable Display Technologies into Combat Medicine Training Systems |
Tiffany Zalewski, Dr. Angela Alban, Juan Cruz, Edward Stadler, Jeffrey Beaubien, Nick Walczak, Jack Norfleet |
| Content Readiness for Mission Readiness: Human Factors Guidance for AI-Enabled Training Ecosystems |
Dr. Andrew Naber, Tarah Daly |
| Simulating Human–AI–Environment Interactions for Identifying AI Misalignment Risks and AI Mission Readiness in Autonomous UAS Operations |
Svitlana Volkova, Laura Cassani, Kyle Shervington, Hsien-Te Kao, William Dupree, Peter Bautista |
| Pluralistic Human Evaluation as a Mission-Readiness Signal for Deployed AI |
Arthur Cho, Manvee Bansal |
| Automated Coordination of Non-Kinetic Effects for Multi Domain Operations Training |
Omar Hasan, Jeffrey Welch, J. Allen Geddes, Jason Strauss, Patrick Hart |
| LLMs Can Talk, but Can They Behave? Modeling Emotional Dynamics in AI-Driven Behavioral Training Simulations |
Rachel Benton, Gwen Campbell, Jennifer Riley |
| From Human Observation to Automated Assessment: A BPMN-Based Approach to Analyst Performance Assessment |
Dr. Andrew Naber, Emily Haynes, Randy Weatherspoon, Tarah Daly, Morgan Borders, Michael Williams, Angela Karrasch |
| Reducing Manual Reconstruction in AAR: A Deterministic Post-Mission Evaluation Support Approach for Training, Test, and Experimentation |
Kira Mamula |
| Racing Intelligence: How Adopting Elite Racing Data Analysis Philosophies Compresses Time-to-Decision |
Scott Raymond |
