New PP: Daring More Intelligence

Date: April 26, 2021, No. DFG approves new priority program coordinated by the University of Stuttgart Design Assistants in Mechanics and Dynamics are the topic of a new priority program (PP) of the German Research Foundation (DFG) that aims to bring more artificial intelligence (AI) into the design process of technical systems. Coordinated by Prof. Peter Eberhard from the Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics at the University of Stuttgart, around 20 groups from mechanical engineering, mathematics, and computer science from across Germany will collaborate in an innovative research project. Their goal is to use numerical strategies to optimize and accelerate the industrial design process. "Stuttgart's mechanical engineering is pleased with this recognition. This is also based on the work in the Cluster of Excellence 'Data-Integrated Simulation Science (SimTech)' at the University of Stuttgart," says Eberhard. "The PP will combine cutting-edge optimization and AI research methods with the latest analysis methods in engineering dynamics in order to develop design assistance systems that are at the frontier between engineering, mathematics, and computer science." The design of technical systems is one of the most demanding creative services in engineering.