Welcome
to the SIG Design Optimisation
Workshops,
Conferences and Events on Design Optimisation
Welcome to the Special Interest Group DESIGN OPTIMISATION
The computer-optimisation of engineering designs is one of the most powerful emerging technologies for many industries. Most technical designs are currently based on the intuition and the experience of the design engineer. In the future computer optimisation will greatly assist the engineer in the search for the optimal solution to a given problem. Due to the high CPU requirements for CFD simulations, computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has not been a natural first candidate for the application of optimisation methods. Yet, increased computer performance and advanced optimisation methods will allow the broad application of optimisation methods to CFD problems within a 3-5 year time frame.
The goal of the proposed SIG on design optimisation is to foster the spread of this technology in Europe. It will form a framework for closer co-operation between the research groups working on the subject and serve as a platform for the information exchange from science to industry. One of the most important goals is the transfer of information, and thereby technology, to companies not currently engaged in the technology.
These goals can best be achieved through regular workshops. The workshops will be organized to serve the following goals:
- To present the basic scientific concepts.
- To communicate the experience in the application of the technology.
- To foster communication between industry and academia.
- To discuss currently available as well as new concepts.
- To give an overview of existing software and methods.
- To define and run benchmark test cases.
SIG workshops will not be limited to CFD applications, as one of the goals of the organization is to benefit from the experience already gained in other areas such as structural mechanics and aeroacoustics.
Workshops, Conferences and Events on Design Optimisation:
- Technologietag 2007
ERCOFTAC PC Germany South, 5th October 2007, Stuttgart- GECCO-2007 - Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference University College London, England,7-11 July 2007
- EUROGEN 2007 - Evolutionary Methods for Design, Optimisation and Control with Applications to Industrial Problems University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 11-13 June 2007
Recent Activites :
- ERCOFTAC "Introductory Course to Design Optimisation "
18 – 20 April 2007, Trieste, Italy- OPTI 2007 Tenth International Conference on Optimum Design in Engineering
7 – 9 May 2007, Myrtle Beach, USA (outside SIG 34)- ECCOMAS Europe-Russia Workshop
8 – 10 November 2006, Barcelona, Spain- Technologietag 2006
ERCOFTAC PC Germany South, 6. Oktober 2006, Stuttgart- ERCOFTAC Design Optimisation: Methods & Applications,
Las Palmas de GC, Spain, April 5-7, 2006,- Technologietag 2005
ERCOFTAC PC Germany South, 30. September 2005, Stuttgart- ERCOFTAC "Introductory Course to Design Optimisation",
Manchester, UK, April 6-8, 2005
Activites of interest outside SIG 34:
- Short Course on: Optimum Structural Design
Wessex Institute of Technology, 5-7 April 2006, Southhampton, UK
Presented by Professor Santiago Hernandez, University of La Coruña, Spain- Workshop: Frontiers in Design & Simulation Research,
Georgia Tech Campus, Atlanta, GA, USA, March 16 2006
Journals:
Papers:
Do you miss something concerning Design Optimisation or would you like to add some interesting information, please give me a short message:
kgiana@central.ntua.gr
For more Information on ERCOFTAC please contact the ERCOFTAC Web-pages
Would you like to get affiliated to our memberlist of the SIG Design Optimisation please click: here
Go to ERCOFTAC Home Page