affiliated centers
The Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling & Simulation
The Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling & Simulation (ACIMS) is a collaborative venture between Arizona State University and the University of Arizona. The Center is devoted to research, instruction, and technology transfer that advance the use of modeling and simulation as means to integrate disparate partial elements into coherent global solutions to multidisciplinary problems. The short- and long-term research and development projects that ACIMS takes on are firmly grounded in the foundations of modeling and simulation while formulated and inspired by complex real-world applications. We believe that only such firm grounding will provide reliable methodologies, rigorous education, and useful tools for solving the challenging multidisciplinary problems that are foreseeable on the horizon.
Decision Theater
The Decision Theater facilitates tangible decision-making through the coordination of visualizations and simulations with collaboration technology. This method is used to identify alternative scenarios, analyze those scenarios and ultimately build policy decisions. Decision Theater, coupled with vast knowledge network of Arizona State University researchers, provides new and emerging entrepreneurs and established organizations with an unparalleled resource. Decision Theater plays a significant part in the university’s initiative to bring together applied research with regional and national communities to form an innovative set of tools for effective policy decision-making.