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The Interactive Model‐Centric Systems Engineering (IMCSE) research program arises from the unique opportunity to investigate the various aspects of humans interacting with models and model‐generated data, in the context of systems engineering practice. IMCSE research aims to develop transformative results through enabling intense human‐model interaction, to rapidly conceive of systems and interact with models in order to make rapid trades to decide on what is most effective given present knowledge and future uncertainties, as well as what is practical given available resources and constraints. While model‐based engineering initiatives are advancing technical aspects of models in the engineering of systems, this research advances knowledge relevant to human interaction with models and model‐generated information.    As portrayed in Figure 1, increasing use of models motivates the investigation of interactive model‐centric systems engineering. IMCSE research pulls foundational knowledge from other fields such as model‐based systems engineering, complex systems, big data science, and visual analytics.