IHMC (Florida Institute of Human Cognition) is a not-for-profit research institute of the Florida University System and is affiliated with several Florida universities. Created at the University of West Florida, IHMC has a main campus in historic downtown Pensacola that opened in 1999 as part of the city’s urban core revitalization. A branch campus in Ocala, opened in 2010. The Ocala campus is located near three major university research partners in Florida’s centrally located tech corridor. 

Their research falls into three broad categories: Machine Learning and Artificial intelligence; Robotics and Exoskeletons; and Healthspan, Resilience, and Performance. Given the interdisciplinary nature of their work, the opportunity for collaboration and crossover makes IHMC a unique space for researchers who can work in teams across disciplines. 

IHMC faculty and staff collaborate extensively with industry and government to develop science and technology that can be enabling with respect to society’s broader goals. IHMC researchers receive funding from a wide range of government and private sources. IHMC research partners have included: DARPA, NSF, NASA, Army, Navy, Air Force, NIH, IARPA, DOT, IDEO, Raytheon, IBM, Microsoft, Rockwell Collins, Boeing, Lockheed, and SAIC, among others.                            

Our speaker, Jeff Phillips, PhD, in addition to telling us about IHMC and their mission, he will be sharing on his research in physiological, and cognitive stressors affecting military operators such as  jet pilots, special-ops personnel, and others in the military who are placed in extreme conditions.

For further information,  you can go to their website at: https://www.ihmc.us