News/Events
September 19, 2008
WTRI has been chosen as one of four finalists in the American Electronics Association (AeA) San Diego Council's 15th annual High Tech Awards. The winner will be announced in late October. Stayed tuned! Specifically, this was for our product, the Cognitive Profiler, which is enjoying great success among our customers. For more information about the Profiler, please call our office and we will get you in touch with a representative the same day.
September 8, 2008
Accepted for publication in The International Journal of Cognition Technology & Work.: "Information technologies and intuitive expertise: A method for implementing complex organizational change among New York City Transit Authority's bus maintainers." By DiBello, L. and Missildine, W.
September 8, 2008
National Science Foundation features WTRI in it’s “Research in Action” Website; Links:
http://www.livescience.com/researchinaction/ria-080903.html
http://www.livescience.com/researchinaction/ria-080814.html
OpSims™ help win the X Prize.
From page 15 of The Rocket Company, 2005, AIAA publishers
"Tom (Rabbet) had also hired some industrial psychologists to develop business/engineering simulations of the vehicle development process. Their work was based on that of Dr. Lia DiBello and her team, who had proved so successful in turning around dysfunctional businesses. As modified for the problem facing Tom, DiBello's techniques were applied to develop simulations of the engineering development, flight test, and production of a launch vehicle. Using these simulations, the engineering, management and support teams conducted exercises running from two days to a week, in which real strategies for working more effectively as a group were experienced. By this means, Tom hoped to build a team that had the equivalent of many years' of experience working together developing and producing aerospace systems."
April 3, 2008
Made in IBM Labs: IBM Develops a “Rehearsal Studio” to Let You Practice Your
Job in a 3-D World
New 3-D studio helps IBM employees gain hard-to-learn skills
in a virtual world
Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Mind, Culture, and Activity:
“Intuitive Expertise and Empowerment: The Long Term Impact of Simulation Training on Changing Accountabilities in a Biotech Firm” by DiBello, Missildine & Struttmann. To appear in the Fall 2008
Accepted for publication in the upcoming book: Experts in Complex Situations: Transforming Information into Knowledge.
Chapter entitled: "Not all experts of the same kind are experts in the same way; a study of distributed decision making among senior managers in business" by DiBello, Lehmann & Missildine. To appear in Fall 2008.