RAPID: A Retrospective Oral History of Computer Simulation

RAPID：计算机模拟的回顾性口述历史

• 批准号: 1150107
• 负责人: James Wilson
• 金额: $ 19.98万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1150107&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Retrospective; Oral; History; Computer

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.

该快速响应研究资助金 (RAPID) 的主要研究目标是记录二战以来计算机模拟领域的出现。 该方法将通过制作对该领域先驱者的采访数字视频来捕捉该领域的早期历史，这些先驱者的开创性贡献不仅在计算机模拟领域，而且在以下学科中对理论和实践产生了长期影响：计算机科学；工业、制造和系统工程；以及运筹学和管理科学。 该项目需要迅速采取行动，以完成以下工作： (a) 确定健康状况允许参与该项目的先驱者； (b) 作出必要的后勤安排，以制作对这些先驱者的结构化访谈的高质量数字视频记录； (c) 进行采访、编辑录音并将这些录音发布到普遍可访问的永久数字存储库中。 另一个关键项目目标是提供一个模板，可用作执行其他学科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。该项目制作的数字视频将在北卡罗来纳州立大学图书馆主办的模拟档案馆网站上免费提供；这些视频的发布将在国际模拟界以及赞助和参与冬季模拟会议的更广泛的专业界（包括女性和代表性不足的少数群体的相关专业协会）中广泛宣传。 我们鼓励教授模拟的教师向学生传播这些视频并在课程中使用这些视频。 这些视频还可以有效地用于科学技术史课程以及种族和性别研究课程。