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SIGSIM Distinguished Contributions Award
Recipients

The SIGSIM Distinguished Contributions Award recognizes individuals based on their overall contributions to the field of modeling and simulation, including technical innovations, publications, leadership, teaching, mentoring, and service to the community.

Gas Cloud Simulation

A simulation of how a gas cloud that has been observed approaching the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy.

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Advanced Test Reactor Simulation

Advanced simulation capabilities can model reactors, such as INL's Advanced Test Reactor shown here, from atomic scales to full-sized reactor assemblies.

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Underwater EVA Simulation

Underwater simulation of extravehicular activity (EVA).

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Combat Simulation

A screen capture depicts a combat situation in a digital world during a command post exercise inside the Joint Multinational Simulations Center.

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Motorcycle Simulator

Testing motorcycle simulator at the Pentagon to get a feel for how the bike would handle some situations.

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Wake Turbulence Simulation

Wake turbulence simulation for an Airbus A340 on final approach, just before touchdown.

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Driving Conditions Simulator

View from the cockpit of the simulator. Multiple screens provide a view similar to what one would see in a snowplow on the road.

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Molecules Simulation

Dynamic computer simulations of molecular systems.

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Global Aerosols Simulation

This portrait of global aerosols was produced by a Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5 (GEOS-5) simulation at a 10-kilometer resolution.

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Driving Simulation

Simulation for driving training.

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ACM SIGSIM

Special Interest Group (SIG) on SImulation and Modeling (SIM)

ACM SIGSIM Distinguished Contributions Award

Recipients

The past recipients of the ACM SIGSIM Distinguished Contributions Award:

2021		Margaret Loper Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
2020		Ernest H. Page, Jr. The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia
2019		Andreas Tolk The MITRE Corporation, Charlottesville, Virginia
2018		Adelinde M. Uhrmacher Universität Rostock, Germany
2017		Paul Fishwick The University of Texas at Dallas
2016		Pierre L'Ecuyer University of Montreal, Canada
2015		Osman Balci Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
2013		Richard M. Fujimoto Georgia Institute of Technology
2012		Robert G. Sargent Syracuse University
2011		James R. Wilson North Carolina State University
2009		Roger D. Smith U.S. Army PEO for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation
2008		Ray J. Paul Brunel University, UK
2007		David M. Nicol University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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