*Webinar: Best Practices for Verification and Validation of Musculoskeletal Models and Simulations* *Tuesday June 16, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time* Jennifer Hicks and Scott Delp will lead a webinar on best practices for evaluating the accuracy and credibility of modeling and simulation studies. The webinar complements the team's recent paper <http://nmbl.stanford.edu/publications/pdf/Hicks2015.pdf> on verification and validation, and will include a series of case studies illustrating how to apply the best practices. Read more and register <http://web.stanford.edu/group/opensim/support/event_details.html?id=131>. *OpenSim 3.3 Coming Soon: Sign Up to Be a Beta Tester* The OpenSim development team is preparing to release our next version of the software, OpenSim 3.3, later this month. The release will address top priority issues and bugs identified by our user base, including issues with scaling and static optimization and compatibility with Visual Studio 2013. A new example demonstrating how to troubleshoot common issues with static optimization will accompany the new release. If you'd like to be a beta tester, sign up here <https://simtk.org/mailman/listinfo/opensim-testers>. *ICRA Tutorial Recap: Bridging Gaps Between Computational Biomechanics and Robotics* Several members of the current and past OpenSim team at Stanford participated in a tutorial at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Seattle on May 26. Emel Demircan, an OpenSim Fellow <http://simtk-confluence.stanford.edu:8080/display/OpenSim/OpenSim+Fellows>, organized the session and discussed how computational biomechanics can contribute to robotics. Ajay Seth, Chris Dembia, and Matt DeMers gave an overview of OpenSim for simulating human and robot dynamics and control. Kat Steele, Tom Uchida, and Soha Pouya discussed applications of OpenSim from understanding gait pathology to informing exoskeleton design. See the full list of speakers on the tutorial website <http://stanford.edu/~emeld/links.html> and download a selection of the slides here <https://stanford.box.com/s/vnsco5qzzdxkf4v29fhel3cps6os9n54>. -- *Jennifer Hicks, Ph.D.* Director of Data Science | Mobilize Center <http://mobilize.stanford.edu> Associate Director | NCSRR <http://www.stanford.edu/group/opensim/about/index.html> R&D Manager | OpenSim <http://opensim.stanford.edu/> Stanford University 650-498-4403 | jenhicks@stanford.edu