CAE-Companion-2018-2019

automotive CAE Companion

Will AI replace CAE?

AUTOMOTIVE CAE COMPANION

Artificial Intelligence (AI) andMachine Learning (ML) are two of the hottest buzzwords right now and are appearing daily in numer- ous articles and press releases. They are supposed to solve many problems of human kind, problems which humans don’t seem to be capable of handling, like avoiding accidents while driving a car or buying the most promising stocks. Will AI andML also help the CAE engineer? Or will they even replace the CAE engineer altogether? Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for quite some time, however even today no AI-based machine has reached human intelligence, although we are moving towards an AI that is human-like. Machine Learning (ML) is driven by the possibilities of computers to analyze huge amounts of data and create insight. Big data. But hasn’t insight creation always been the role of the engineer? AI andML have the potential to help the engineer by providing the tools to faster work through huge amounts of data, identify anomalies and eventually gain more insight. However the engineer’s role is becoming even more important: He/She has to adopt the new technologies to the specific problem. Furthermore simulation has to be used in a way that is suited for these technologies, i.e. creating big data frommany different design alternatives. Will AI replace the CAE engineer? Most likely not, as AI has not yet proven to be creative. But engineers are creative. They come up with unexpected innovative solutions all the time. And CAE remains the method of choice for validating and bringing innovations to the market. Not all intelligence is artificial. (Quote: The Economist) Our seminars and conferences provide in-depth knowledge and help to develop the capabilities to get the most out of the sim- ulation work. Furthermore the seminars will enable CAE specialists to learn how to employ the newmethods for their success. We are happy to present you the eighth edition of the automotive CAECompanion. This edition of the CAECompanion is the result of the work of many dedicated engineers from academics and industry. We would like to thank all contributors and also the advertisers. Their generous support allows us to distribute the CAECompanion free of charge to the worldwide CAE com- munity. We would like to encourage all readers, to get in touch with us if you feel you can also contribute to future editions. CAE KNOWLEDGE on 51 pages, more than 70 Seminars & Events

Alzenau, March 2018

Rainer Hoffmann President & CEO

Ralf Reuter

Dr. Dirk Ulrich

Executive Vice President

Director Sales & CAE Training

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