RAPID: A Retrospective Oral History of Computer Simulation

快速反应研究（Rapid）奖的主要研究目标是记录自第二次世界大战以来计算机模拟领域的出现。该方法将通过制作采访该领域先驱的数字视频来捕捉该领域的早期历史，这些先驱的开创性贡献对理论和实践产生了持久的影响，不仅在计算机模拟领域，而且在以下学科：计算机科学；工业、制造和系统工程；以及运筹学和管理科学。这一项目需要迅速采取行动，做到以下几点：(a)查明那些健康状况使其能够参加项目的先驱者；(b)作出必要的后勤安排，制作高质量的数字录象记录对这些先驱的有组织的采访；(c)进行采访，编辑录音，并将这些录音发布到一个普遍可访问的永久数字存储库中。另一个关键的项目目标是提供一个模板，该模板可以作为为其他规程执行类似项目的有效指南，然后记录从这些项目中吸取的经验教训。这个项目制作的数字录像将在北卡罗莱纳州立大学图书馆主办的模拟档案网站上免费提供；并将在国际模拟界和赞助和参加冬季模拟会议的更广泛的专业界，包括有关的妇女和代表性不足的少数民族专业协会，广泛宣传录像带的提供情况。教授模拟课程的教师将被鼓励将这些视频传播给学生，并在他们的课程中使用这些视频。这些录像也可以有效地用于科学和技术史课程以及种族和性别研究课程。

The primary research objective of this Grant for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) award is to document the emergence of the field of computer simulation since World War II. The approach will be to capture the early history of the field by producing digital videos of interviews with the pioneers of the field whose seminal contributions have had long-lasting impacts on theory and practice, not only in computer simulation but also in the following disciplines: computer science; industrial, manufacturing, and systems engineering; and operations research and the management sciences. This project requires swift action to do the following: (a) identify those pioneers whose health enables them to participate in the project; (b) make the logistical arrangements necessary to produce high-quality digital-video recordings of structured interviews with those pioneers; and (c) carry out the interviews, edit the recordings, and post those recordings in a universally accessible permanent digital repository. Another key project objective is to provide a template that can be used as an effective guide to performing similar projects for other disciplines, and then documenting the lessons learned from those projects.The digital videos produced by this project will be made freely available on the Web site of the Simulation Archive hosted by the North Carolina State University Libraries; and the availability of the videos will be widely publicized in the international simulation community and in the broader professional communities that sponsor and participate in the Winter Simulation Conference, including relevant professional societies for women and underrepresented minorities. Faculty members who teach simulation will be encouraged to disseminate these videos to their students and to use the videos in their courses. These videos can also be used effectively in courses on the history of science and technology and in courses on ethnic and gender studies.