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Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling

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Gamemakers Inject AI to Develop More Lifelike Characters | WIRED wired.com/story/game-makers-…

Gamemakers Inject AI to Develop More Lifelike Characters

New techniques could save videogame companies millions and make games more realistic.

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Miss Your Office? Some Companies Are Building Virtual Replicas - WSJ wsj.com/articles/miss-your-o…

Miss Your Office? Some Companies Are Building Virtual Replicas

Some companies and their employees don’t want to leave everything about the office behind and are replicating their offices in “SimCity”-like simulations online.

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Algorithm quickly simulates a roll of loaded dice | MIT News news.mit.edu/2020/algorithm-…

Algorithm quickly simulates a roll of loaded dice

MIT researchers have developed a computer algorithm that can quickly churn out random numbers without requiring a large amount of memory. The algorithm, called the Fast Loaded Dice Roller (FLDR),...

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'Transcendentally boring': the joy of job simulation games | Games | The Guardian theguardian.com/games/2020/m…

'Transcendentally boring': the joy of job simulation games

From farming to trucking to bus driving, why do millions play games that replicate regular jobs in forensic detail?

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An Epidemic Simulation At The U.S. Naval War College Provides Lessons For The Coronavirus Pandemic forbes.com/sites/martaorosz/…

An Epidemic Simulation At The U.S. Naval War College Provides Lessons For The Coronavirus Pandemic

A deadly disease caused paralysis in decision-making at the top and misinformation to spread on social media – in a simulated epidemic from September 2019 that can provide lessons for today.

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The UN says a new computer simulation tool could boost global development | MIT Technology Review technologyreview.com/2020/05…
COVID-19 ushers in the era of 'data simulation' fastcompany.com/90508780/mov…

Move over, data visualization. The era of 'data simulation' is here

"Flatten the curve" was just the beginning.

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First Patient Didn’t Start Washington Outbreak, Simulation Finds - Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

First Patient Didn’t Start Washington Outbreak, Simulation Finds

For months, researchers have believed that the very first known U.S. case of Covid-19 in mid-January may have seeded an initial large outbreak in the Seattle area, spreading undetected for almost six...

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Critiqued coronavirus simulation gets thumbs up from code-checking efforts nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Critiqued coronavirus simulation gets thumbs up from code-checking efforts

Nature - Influential model judged reproducible — although software engineers called its code ‘horrible’ and ‘a buggy mess’.

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Forecasting urbanization | UDaily udel.edu/udaily/2020/may/map…

Forecasting urbanization | UDaily

Data science drives new maps to predict urbanization over next century

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Virtual Reality Blood Flow Simulation To Improve Cardiovascular Interventions | Duke Pratt School of Engineering pratt.duke.edu/about/news/vr…
Simulation – The key to validating functions for autonomous driving | Automotive World automotiveworld.com/webinars…
Coronavirus: Using computer simulation to minimise cross-infection computerweekly.com/news/2524…

Coronavirus: Using computer simulation to minimise cross-infection ...

The architects behind China’s largest makeshift hospital turned to computer simulation to model the airflow regulated by ventilation systems in a bid to minimise cross-infection.

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An AI can simulate an economy millions of times to create fairer tax policy | MIT Technology Review technologyreview.com/2020/05…
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HLRS High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart - Using Digital Twins to Design More Sustainable Cities hlrs.de/news/detail-view/202…
New Device Simulates Feel of Walls, Solid Objects in Virtual Reality | Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science cs.cmu.edu/news/new-device-s…
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Facebook is using bots to simulate what its users might do | MIT Technology Review technologyreview.com/2020/04…

Facebook is using bots to simulate what its users might do

Facebook has developed a new method to play out the consequences of its code. The context: Like any software company, the tech giant needs to test its product any time it pushes updates. But the...

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Educators turning to video games amid covid-19 pandemic - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/video-gam…

With coronavirus closing schools, here’s how video games are helping teachers

One teacher re-routed his class's Greece trip to Assassin's Creed. It's not the only game helping educators navigate the pandemic's challenges.

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Stephen Wolfram Physics Project | Fundamental Theory of Physics popularmechanics.com/science…

Legendary Physicist Stephen Wolfram Is Modeling Our Universe, and He Needs Your Help

Because what else are you doing right now?

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Tips on Surviving Confinement From a Mars Simulation Crew | Digital Trends digitaltrends.com/news/mars5…
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