Dr Robin J.R. Miller (Physics 1961, MSc 1964)

Provided by Mrs Joy Miller

Robin Miller joined the MOD in 1979, initially to co-ordinate Research on Military Vehicles. He then became the Technical Director of the major Army Armoured Warfare Study, Project Foresight. Seconded to the Defence Operational Analysis Establishment in 1989, he initiated the Measurement of Defence output that is in continuous use today by MOD Policy Branch. He then became Superintendant of the Field Studies, and was a leading authority on Collective training and its assessment.

During this period he set up field trials and conducted the analysis that led to the purchase of the Combined Arms Tactical Trainer.  He was then transferred to the newly formed MOD Defence Evaluation Research Agency where he played a leading role in establishing the modelling and simulation requirements for supporting high-level decision making.

Since his retirement he had worked as an associate of Aegis Simulation Technologies UK, helping to develope international standards for establishing the verification and validation of simulation.

Robin was a passionate sailor and was Captain of the Civil Service Offshore Racing Club for over twenty years. He competed in many Cowes and Cork weeks and did the Fastnet race seven or eight times. He taught quite a few members of the Civil Service to sail and inspired them with his love of sailing.