Do National Security And Video Games Go Together?
If Donna Djordjevich, a computer scientist and software engineer out of Sandia, a National Nuclear Security Administration laboratory, has her way, today’s video game-loving youth will become our next generation’s terrorist-fighting scientist. A prototype project to make it happen is under development with the University of Southern California’s GamePipe Laboratory. And a recent demonstration of the prototype for real-world emergency responders indicates she is on track. Djordjevich is the principal investigator of a Sandia-funded project titled “Game Technology-Enhanced Simulation for Homeland Security.” Its mission is to create an interactive gaming platform specifically designed to prepare decision makers and first responders for weapons of mass destruction/weapons of mass effect (WMD/WME) attacks in metropolitan areas. The first version of this platform, more commonly known as “Ground Truth,” provides a virtual environment where users can play through such a scenario to see the eff
