2020 IEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA)

August 22-28, 2020
Virtual Conference
hosted by the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Photo Credit: Welcome to Victoria BC by LASZLO ILYES / CC-BY-2.0

Organizing Committee


General Chair
Scott Fouse
Independent Consultant,
USA

Honorary Chair
Gabe Jakobson
CyberGem Consulting,
USA

Vice Chair
Kellyn Rein
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft,
Germany
 

Treasurer
Ken Baclawski
Northeastern University,
USA

Local Chair
Adel Guitouni
University of Victoria,
Canada
 

TPC Co-Chair
Galina Rogova
The State University of New
York at Buffalo, USA

TPC Co-Chair
Nicolette McGeorge
Charles River Analytics, Inc., USA

TPC Co-Chair
Alicia Ruvinsky
ERDC US Army,
USA
 

Workshop Chair
Kirstie Bellman
Topcy House Consulting,
USA

Tutorial Chair
Phyllis Nelson
California State Polytechnic
University Pomona, USA

Publicity Chair
Andrea Salfinger
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
 

Publications Chair
Mary Freiman
Aptima, Inc.,
USA

Community Outreach Chair
Giuseppe D'Aniello
University of Salerno,
Italy

Industry Liason Chair
Michael Kozak
Lockheed Martin Advanced
Technology Laboratories, USA


Technical Program Committee

Thomas L Arnold, United States, USA, Thomas L Arnold
Joachim Biermann, Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany, Joachim Biermann
Eloi Bosse, University McMaster, Canada, Eloi Bosse
Dave Braines, IBM UK Ltd, United Kingdom (Great Britain), Dave Braines
Sage Broderick, United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), USA, Sage Broderick
Jin-Hee Cho, Virginia Tech, USA, Jin-Hee Cho
Michael Clement, United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), USA, Michael Clement
Nancy Cooke, Arizona State University, USA, Nancy Cooke
Natalia Derbentseva, Defence R&D Canada, Canada, Natalia Derbentseva
Patricia Dockhorn Costa, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil, Patricia Dockhorn Costa
Valentina Dragos, ONERA, France, Valentina Dragos
Robert F Erbacher, Army Research Laboratory, USA, Robert F Erbacher
Göran Falkman, University of Skövde, Sweden, Göran Falkman
Timothy W Garton, US Army Corps of Engineers & Engineer Research Development Center, USA, Timothy W Garton
Olivier Grisvard, Thales Defence Mission Systems France, France, Olivier Grisvard
Odd Erik Gundersen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, Odd Erik Gundersen
Melita Hadzagic, OODA Technologies Inc., Canada, Melita Hadzagic
Mieczyslaw Kokar, Northeastern University, USA, Mieczyslaw Kokar
Robert Kozma, U of Memphis, USA, Robert Kozma
Achim Kuwertz-Wolf, Fraunhofer IOSB & Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation (IOSB), Germany, Achim Kuwertz-Wolf
Christian Lebiere, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, Christian Lebiere
Matthew Little, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, USA, Matthew Little
Gaëlle Lortal, Thales R&T, France, Gaëlle Lortal
Dalila B. Megherbi, Unversity of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA, Dalila B. Megherbi
Leo Motus, Estonian Academy of Science, Estonia, Leo Motus
Patrick Philipp, University of Applied Sciences Koblenz, Germany, Patrick Philipp
Albert Pritzkau, Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany, Albert Pritzkau
Brandon Randle, United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), USA, Brandon Randle
Kalev Rannat, TALTECH, Estonia, Kalev Rannat
Andri Riid, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, Andri Riid
Maria Riveiro, Jönköping University, Sweden, Maria Riveiro
Jean Roy, DRDC - Valcartier Research Centre, Canada, Jean Roy
Arezoo Sarkheyli-Hägele, Malmö universitet, Sweden, Arezoo Sarkheyli-Hägele
Dylan Schmorrow, Soar Technology, Inc., USA, Dylan Schmorrow
David Schuster, San Jose State University, USA, David Schuster
Maria Seale, United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) & Information Technology Laboratory, USA, Maria Seale
Alexander Smirnov, SPIIRAS, Russia, Alexander Smirnov
Lauro Snidaro, University of Udine, Italy, Lauro Snidaro
Dirk Soeffker, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany, Dirk Soeffker
Joonwoo Son, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Sci & Tech, Korea (South), Joonwoo Son
Alan N. Steinberg, Alan Steinberg, Independent Consultant, USA, Alan N. Steinberg
Pontus Svenson, RISE, Sweden, Pontus Svenson
Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, Wright State University, USA, Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan
Robert Thomson, United States Military Academy & Army Cyber Institute, USA, Robert Thomson
Risto Vaarandi, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, Risto Vaarandi
Aaron Webber, US Army ERDC, USA, Aaron Webber
Chen Zhong, University of Tampa, USA, Chen Zhong
Tom Ziemke, Linkoping University, Sweden, Tom Ziemke

News

Apr 10: Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, CogSIMA 2020 will be held as a completely Virtual Conference.

Aug. 28: A big thank you to our highly engaged participants for making this virtual conference such an enjoyable and interactive experience! We hope to see you next year at CogSIMA 2021!
Aug. 27: Save the dates: CogSIMA 2021 is planned to take place May 17-21, 2021, in beautiful Tallinn, Estonia!
Aug. 27: We will present our plans for CogSIMA 2021 in the Closing session, so please stay with us!
Aug. 26: Congratulations to our Best Student Paper and Best Paper Award winners!
Aug. 25: On LinkedIn? Follow/post using #cogsima for CogSIMA community updates!
Aug. 20: Participation information for the virtual conference updated.
Aug. 19: Program updated.
Aug. 9: We are pleased to announce that Prof. Ben Shneiderman (Univ. of Maryland) will present an Invited Talk.
July 27: We are pleased to announce a workshop on Interoperability for Situation Management and Decision Making.

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