Alok R. Chaturvedi

Alok R. Chaturvedi is a Professor of Information Systems and the founder and the Director of SEAS Laboratory at the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University. His research is focused on using artificial intelligence, computational ecology, and enterprise integration for wargaming enterprise situations. He received a Ph.D. (1989) and M.S (1985) in Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a B.Sc (1980) in Mechanical Engineering from B.I.T Ranchi (India). [ [http://www.mgmt.purdue.edu/centers/perc/html/team/Directors.htm Purdue University] Dr. Alok R. Chaturvedi - Director, SEAS Labs]

Alok R. Chaturvedi is also:
*the director of Purdue Homeland Security Institute;
*the founder, chairman, and the CEO of Simulex Inc.;
*the technical lead for the Sentient World Simulation project initiated by US Joint Forces Command;
*the principal investigator and the project director for several major grants from National Science Foundation, [http://www.21fund.org/ Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund] , Office of Naval Research and others. [http://www.indiana.edu/~wits06/panel.html Indiana University] WITS 2006 Discussion Panel]

In 2005 he was awarded the "Sagamore of the Wabash" by the Governor of Indiana, the highest civilian award for his service to the state. He has also served as an adjunct research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses.

imulex Inc.

Simulex Inc. is a modeling and simulation company located in Purdue Technology Park. Its main sources of income are the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Defense, Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp.. It was established in 1999 by Alok Chaturvedi and [http://www.krannert.purdue.edu/faculty/mehta/home.asp Shailendra Raj Mehta] . [http://www.purdueresearchpark.com/pdf/SimulexDW.pdf Purdue Research Park] Business profile of Simulex Inc.]

Simulex Inc. creates synthetic decision situations using the [http://www.mgmt.purdue.edu/centers/perc/html/aboutperc/seaslabs/seaslabs.htm SEAS technology] developed at Purdue University in conjunction with funding from the National Science Foundation, Intel, [http://www.21fund.org/ 21st Century Fund] , Office of Naval Research and other agencies. The technology recreates situations using human and artificial agents. It populates it with real data then allows data mining, decision support, forecasting, scenario planning and strategy planning. Millions of artificial agents represent behaviors (buying behavior of consumers, movement of trucks, contamination after a bio-terror attack, etc.) and hundreds of human players can make decisions (regarding production, advertising, recruiting, etc.) all in a real time, web-enabled, interactive environment.

ee also

*Chaturvedi
*Social simulation
*Simulated reality

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