Research Paper Title Usability of a Battle Management System Under Simulated Vehicular Motion. Executive Summary Previous research has found that motion has an adverse effect on people’s cognitive and psychomotor abilities. This has implications for military personnel operating computer based equipment in military vehicles. This report covers an experiment into the usability of a Battle… Read More
Research Paper Title A Spoken Dialogue System for Command and Control. Executive Summary We report on activities undertaken in the research program ‘Smart And Rapid Information Access for Joint Command and Control (C2)’ one of whose goals was to enhance the spoken natural language (SNL) control of technologies and information for Deployable Joint Forces Headquarters… Read More
The value of ‘soft power’ versus ‘hard power’ is very much flavour of the month and is hotly debated. Below is a BMJ article that utilises the concept of soft power for the healthcare environment. The limitations of direct military intervention – or ‘hard power’ as politicians call it – for achieving foreign policy are… Read More
I have just uploaded a new webpage ‘No Plan Survives Contact with the Enemy‘. A pithy statement I first came into contact with during service with the British Army. It has roots that can be viewed from 2,500 years ago (with a bit of imagination). Presented as an insight article rather as an in-depth piece,… Read More
Research Paper Title Mobile Agents for Battlespace Information Exchange. Executive Summary An agent is an abstraction, or a concept that provides a convenient and powerful way to describe a complex software entity that is capable of autonomously accomplishing tasks on behalf of its owner. More specifically, a Mobile Agent (MA) is an agent which is… Read More
Research Paper Title Cognitive Work Analysis Beyond Human Factors and Engineering: Application to Military Doctrine and Strategy Development. Abstract This paper extends the application of cognitive work analysis (CWA) beyond the fields of human factors and engineering by demonstrating its use for military doctrine and strategy development. A case study is presented that shows how… Read More
Dr Alex Zelinksy’s 7 Lessons in Leadership and Innovation documents the Chief Defence Scientist’s reflections on leadership development and the innovation space. The brochure was distributed as a companion document to Dr Zelinsky’s presentation of the Warren Centre’s 2013 Innovation Lecture. Download: 7 Lessons in Leadership and Innovation.
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