*2013 Visiting Scholars Awarded* The NCSRR will host its third Visiting Scholars Program this summer. We selected three exceptional candidates from a large and highly competitive pool of applicants based on their outstanding scientific potential, strong computational skills, and past contributions in modeling and simulation.* *The 2013 Scholars include Ananth Gopalakrishnan, Luca Modenese, and Massimo Sartori. Read more about the scholars and their projects here<http://www.stanford.edu/group/opensim/support/scholars.html#2013Scholars> . *Participate in Upcoming Events* There are many OpenSim related events are coming up, including several workshops and seminars organized by researchers outside of Stanford: *OpenSim Webinar: Unraveling the biomechanics of hemiparetic gait through mechanical and neuromechanical simulations* Ilse Jonkers and Friedl De Groote, KU Leuven May 2, 2013 at 9:30am PDT Read more <http://opensim.stanford.edu/support/event_details.html?id=63> *NMSBuilder Seminar* Giordano Valente from the NMS Physiome Team May 10, 2013 in Sheffield, UK Read more<https://www.biomedtown.org/biomed_town/nmsphysiome/reception/news/seminar> *OpenSim Tutorial at the Dynamic Walking Conference * Ajay Seth and Dan Jacobs, Stanford University June 10, 2013 in Pittsburgh, PA Read more <http://www.stanford.edu/group/opensim/support/event_details.html?id=61&title=OpenSim-Tutorial-at-Dynamic-Walking-Conference> *OpenSim Workshop at the International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotic* s Kat Steele, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and Jeff Reinbolt, University of Tennessee June 26, 2013 in Seattle, WA Read more<http://www.stanford.edu/group/opensim/support/event_details.html?id=65&title=OpenSIm-Workshop-at-ICORR> *Workshop on Neuromusculoskeletal Modeling for Neurorehabilitation Technologies* Massimo Sartori, University Medical Center Goettingen, Monica Reggiani, University of Padova, and Juan Moreno, CSIC September 15-20 at the Summer School on Neurorehabilitation in Elche (Alicante), Spain Read more <http://www.car.upm-csic.es/bioingenieria/SSNR2013/workshop_neuromusculoskeletal.html> *Interested in running your own OpenSim workshop or giving a webinar?* Let us know! Send a brief proposal including topic, location, dates to jenhicks@stanford.edu. *Sign up to be a Beta Tester* We are ramping up for the release of OpenSim 3.1, which will include scripting enhancements, new plotting functionality, muscle model refinements, and more. Sign up to be a beta tester<https://simtk.org/mailman/listinfo/opensim-testers>and get early access to these new features. -- *Jennifer Hicks, Ph.D.* 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