Last week, I was at the 2015 SIMULIA West Regional User Meeting held at the historic Hayes Mansion in San Jose, CA! VEXTEC was one of the sponsors of the event and is a partner of the Advanced Integration Program. It was the 20th anniversary of this event and I was at the first of these events held in Long Beach. The longstanding tradition of the Regional User Meeting format has continued – providing an invaluable platform for industry and academia to join together and share their knowledge and experience in advancing methods and technology for finite element analysis, multi-physics, process automation, design optimization and simulation management . It was great to catch up with old friends (the Computational Modeling community is a small and close knit community), connect with other users and learn how the latest simulation technology and methods can accelerate and improve product development. At the meeting, I learned about Simulia’s Learning Community portal which is a convenient site to keep abreast of the latest collaborations in the 3DS eco-system.

The main event included future strategies and technology/product updates from Simulia leadership as well as User Presentations and Networking opportunities. I also had the opportunity to participate as an invited speaker. My talk entitled – Computational Modeling of Complex Systems using “Digital Twin” and “Digital Thread” Frameworks – underscored of how VEXTEC’s Virtual Life Management (VLM) technology compliments and aligns with Dassault Systèmes (DS) strategy of computational modeling and uncertainty management. VEXTEC is developing this technology as part of the US Air Force’s initiative on developing a computational Digital Thread, Digital Twin eco-system.

Here is a link to the slides from my presentation: VEXTEC DS SimuliaWest 2015_Presentation