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SUMMARY:Monumo: Engineering Simulation and Design: New Opportunities for C
 omputer Science - Chris Doran
DTSTART:20221101T130500Z
DTEND:20221101T135500Z
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CONTACT:Ben Karniely
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The last two decades have seen the introduction of n
 ew techniques that could revolutionise the process of engineering design. 
 Modern pipelines based on parallelisation and machine learning offer the p
 ossibility of finding optimal designs searching over vast spaces of config
 urations\; something that was unimaginable when much of the existing softw
 are was designed. In this talk I describe four ideas that are fundamental 
 to our plans in Monumo: the use of geometric algebra\, machine learning\, 
 mesh-free simulation\, and the Julia programming environment. Each plays a
  key role in constructing a modern simulation pipeline.\n	\nBrief Biograph
 y: Chris is a Director & AI Research Fellow at Monumo\, a start-up focused
  on applying the latest technologies from computer science to problems in 
 engineering design. Prior to Monumo\, Chris founded Geomerics which delive
 red real-time global illumination technology to the videogames industry. G
 eomerics’ technology has since been used in 100s of games\, including FI
 FA\, Star Wars Battlefront and Overwatch. Geomerics was acquired by Arm in
  2013\, where Chris served as a Research Director and Entrepreneur in Resi
 dence. In 2019 he took on the role of Entrepreneur in Residence for Physic
 al Sciences at Cambridge Enterprise\, responsible for commercialising tech
 nology developed in Cambridge University.\nChris is also a Director of Stu
 dies in Physics for Sidney Sussex College and prior to founding Geomerics 
 he held numerous research posts\, including an EPSRC Advanced Fellowship. 
 He is the author of many research papers and a book on Geometric Algebra.\
 n\nSome catering will be provided outside the room before the talk.
LOCATION:Room FW26\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
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