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The future of smart, connected product development is where data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing converge to a unified discipline, sometimes referred to as Computational Science and Engineering. How far away is the future? When will broad adoption start? What does it mean for you? To answer these questions, CIMdata collaborated with Altair to survey business leaders, technologists, researchers, and the global development community for insights into our future smarter, more connected world.

This webinar will review current levels of technology adoption for large and small enterprises, the anticipated levels of acceptance at most companies, and the influence of technology convergence on the corporate functions of design, engineering, data science, information technology, and operational technology.

Additionally, CIMdata will review a summary of the survey results addressing the current levels of technology adoption and the anticipated levels of implementation cross a range of companies and industries with the next 5 years, and the influence of this technology convergence on the enterprise functions of design, engineering, manufacturing, operations, data science, and information technology.

By attending this webinar you will be able to:

• Assess your position among your industry peers in embracing the convergence of data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.
• Understand common enterprise drivers and inhibitors for technology adoption to champion initiatives within your organization.
• Ensure that Digital Twin isn’t a just buzzword, but that digital twins are a meaningful contributor to product development.
• Align your business strategy with Computational Science and Engineering adoption.
• Take into account the lasting impact of COVID on product development workflows and team collaboration.

You will also learn answers to the following burning questions:

• What activities will move to the cloud most aggressively?
• Are machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) under-leveraged for business decisions?
• How will the multiple digital twins across an enterprise synchronize?
• Will IoT-based business models be central to the future of many manufacturing companies?
• What is the lasting impact of remote working post-pandemic?

Who should attend?

• Executive Management (CxO’s)
• IT professionals
• Data Scientists / Business Analysts
• Product Development Management
• Product Line Managers
• Production Operations Management
• Designers and Engineers

Presenters

Donald Tolle, Director, Simulation-Driven Systems Development Consulting Practice, CIMdata, Inc.
Don Tolle is Director, Simulation-Driven Systems Development Practice, for CIMdata. Don brings to CIMdata and his clients more than 30 years of PLM industry experience in the disciplines of new product development and virtual product development working with global manufacturing companies in the automotive, aerospace & defense, industrial equipment, marine, consumer products, medical products, and high-tech electronics industries.

Don has held various management positions in the CAE and the broader PLM software and services industry involved in strategic planning and M&A, product management, software product development, product and services marketing, engineering services consulting, technology R&D, best practices development, and strategic business development. He has worked with both emerging Simulation and CAE startups as well as existing PLM mindshare leaders to evangelize their technology platforms and solutions from early adoption through market acceptance and maturity. Don holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Cincinnati.

Karen E. Willcox Ph.D., Director of the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin
Karen E. Willcox is Director of the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin, and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Before joining the Oden Institute in 2018, she spent 17 years as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she served as the founding Co-Director of the MIT Center for Computational Engineering and the Associate Head of the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Prior to joining the MIT faculty, she worked at Boeing Phantom Works with the Blended-Wing-Body aircraft design group. She is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). She holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and a master's degree and doctorate from MIT.

James Dagg Chief Technical Officer, Altair
As chief technical officer for Altair's design and simulation solutions, James Dagg is responsible for delivering Altair's simulation, modeling, and visualization technologies to designers, engineers, and simulation specialists. For more than 30 years, he has been a visionary behind Altair's software strategy and development activities. Prior to his role as CTO, he was the senior vice president for solidThinking where he was responsible for leading the development of its concept design technologies, Inspire and Evolve. For more than a decade, he oversaw the development of Altair's computer-aided engineering (CAE) software suite, Altair HyperWorks™. James earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in applied mechanics from the University of Michigan.

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