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From Data to Design: Challenges and Opportunities across Industry and Academia

IDETC-CIE 2024 Workshop, JW Marriott, Washington DC

Sunday, August 25, 2024

Dr. Faez Ahmed1, Daniele Grandi2, Dr. Cyril Picard1, Dr. Akash Srivastava3

1MIT, 2Autodesk Research, 3IBM

The Basics

This full-day workshop will gather professionals and academics to discuss the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in data-driven engineering design. Invited speakers from industry and academia will share their experiences, insights, and best practices. Each talk will be followed by discussions, focusing on technological advancements, methods, and tools that optimize and streamline engineering design processes. There will be a panel with panelists from funding agencies, investment firms and academia to tell us more about their perspective of the future of engineering. Attendees will also participate in interactive activities to explore the challenges and opportunities associated with data-driven engineering design.

Participants

This workshop is designed for a broad audience, including faculty members, graduate students, industry engineers, and undergraduates in the field of engineering design. It aims to provide valuable insights, practical experience, and networking opportunities for all attendees.

Workshop Format

The event will be divided into two parts:

Session Activity
Opening Session
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Series of talks on fundamentals, challenges, and opportunities in data-driven engineering design, covering topics such as data acquisition, representation, analysis, modeling, simulation, design optimization, and design synthesis.
Industrial Talk I
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Talk by Autodesk research on data-driven methods for CAD.
Demo
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Talk on the design synthesis with generative AI including live demonstrations.
Specialized Talks
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Challenges and opportunities in data-driven design for metamaterials and multiscale systems.
Industry Talk II
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Talk by Siemens on AI-powered product design for manufacturing.
Lunch Break
Industry Talk III
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Talk by NVIDIA on applications of machine learning.
Panel
2:00 PM- 3:00 PM
Panel Discussion hosted by Kristen Edwards.
Team Activity
3:00 PM- 5:00 PM
Teamwork to brainstorm an AI tool, focusing on applications, opportunities, and challenges. Poster-pitch sessions and prizes.