2018 AFCEA TechNet Augusta Conference and Expo

Daniel Lacks, Ph.D.

Cole Engineering Services, Inc.


Dr. Daniel Lacks is the Chief Scientist at Cole Engineering Services, Inc. (CESI). He received Computer Engineering BS (2001), MS (2002), and PhD (2007) degrees from the University of Central Florida specializing in distributed computing, software simulation, and software engineering. Since 2001, Dr. Lacks worked as a software and systems engineer in the DoD M&S industry on Live, Virtual, and Constructive programs including Warfighter’s Simulation (WARSIM) and the One Semi-Automated Forces (OneSAF) Integration and Interoperability Support (I2S) program. Dr. Lacks briefed the results of a prototype for embedding OneSAF and The Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Tactical Warfare Simulation (MTWS) into the Mission Command (MC) stack to provide artificial intelligence that identifies likely challenges, viable COAs, and potential mission impacts at ITEC 2018.

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