Dr.
Barry G. Silverman
BARRY G. SILVERMAN is Professor Emeritus of Systems Engineering at the
University of Pennsylvania. His research has largely been on socio-cognitive
agent models that can help humans improve their learning, performance, and
systems thinking in simulated worlds. These worlds are designed to improve
users’ ability to cope with complexity, non-linearities,
and emergence of unanticipated effects in the real world. This research has
received over $40 million in grants and has lead to
the creation of many state-of-the-art software tools and environments. As a
result, Barry is the author of over 170 articles, 1 board game, and 6 fielded
game worlds for training and analysis (Athena, Black Hawk Down, GeriCase, HeartSense, NonKin Village, and StateSim). He
is a lifetime Fellow of IEEE and AAAS and recipient of several research and
teaching excellence awards, including a 1st place for AI/Pattern of Life in the
2011 Federal Virtual World Competition.