HOW DO I CONTRIBUTE?

We need your ideas! The Mad Scientist Initiative uses crowdsourcing to connect and learn from diverse groups of experts on topics important to the Army’s future readiness.

The following prompts aim to inspire your ideas and should not limit your creativity:

Prompt 1: How will emerging technologies improve learning or augment intelligence in professional military education, at homestation, and on the future battlefield?

Prompt 2: How could the Army accelerate learning to improve Soldier and unit agility in rapidly changing operational environments?

Prompt 3: What new skills will Soldiers and Leaders require to be effective in 2050?

GUIDELINES

- Submissions must be unclassified, unpublished, and cleared by your public affairs office and operations security managers (USG & as applicable).

- Research papers: max 3500 words/12 point font.

- Any embedded mages bust be .jpeg and in-line with the text. Further formatting guidelines can be found on our APAN site.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

-     Virtual Reality (VR)                                                           -    Accelerated Learning

-     Augmented Reality (AR)                                                    -    2050 Skills Needed      

-     Learning Technologies                                                       -   Synthetic Training Environments

-     Gamification                                                                     -   Virtual Learning Environments              

-     Autonomous Learning

 Send your submissions to: usarmy.jble.tradoc.mbx.army-mad-scientist@mail.mil