1. NAFEMS / INCOSE Systems Modeling & Simulation Working Group – Meeting #4
A unique opportunity for the international Engineering Analysis (CAE) and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) communities to work together
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2. Agenda 8.00 – 8.20am: General Frank Popielas (Chair of SMSWG)
Opening
Recent activities
SMSWG Collaborative Community Overview
8.40am – 12.00pm: FMI / FMU and Modelica as Standard in the System Modeling and Simulation Space
8.40 – 9.00am: Intro to FMI / FMU and Modelica
Ed Ladzinski (SMSWG SC)
9.00 – 10.00am: FMI / FMU as a Standard – Overview
Dr. Hubertus Tummescheit (CEO Modelon Inc.)
Break
am: FMI / FMU and Modelica in the Cloud
Dr Michael Tiller (President at Xogeny Inc.)
11.15am – 12.00pm: FMI Motivation and Deployment at Ford
Dale Matkovich (VEME Core Process Supervisor, Ford Motor Company)
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3. Systems Modeling and Simulation Working Group (SMSWG) Mission
To develop a vendor-neutral, end-user driven consortium that not only promotes the advancement of the technology and practices associated with integration of engineering analysis and systems engineering, but also acts as the advisory body to drive strategic direction for technology development and standards in the space of complex engineering. This group will support activities that bridge engineering analysis and systems engineering to provide digital solutions to represent real life experiences; and optimize the integration of systems engineering and simulation solutions for both OEM and supplier. This includes education, communication, promotion of standards, and development of requirements that will have general benefits to the simulation and analysis community with the identification of benchmarks and major strategic issues (grand challenges).
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4. Challenges for industry
Increased product complexity
Reduce time-to-market
Promoting collaboration among multiple engineering disciplines
Integrating complex systems engineering processes
Enabling the sharing of intellectual property among globally dispersed teams, companies and industries.
Managing costs while still ensuring that performance objectives can be met.
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5. Objectives for SMSWG
To address the challenges, SMSWG will define best practices and identify standards for both manufacturers and vendors to follow.
SMSWG will focus on merging of engineering analysis with overall systems analysis to perform more realistic, accurate, and lifelike behavior modeling & simulation.
Successful execution will result in new opportunities for industries to fundamentally transform their business processes and reduce development cycle time and cost by providing an upfront optimization of the product for the complete product life cycle
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6. Framework of Activities
Investigate & develop a deeper understanding in subject areas
Develop SMSWG Technical Roadmap
Identify key senior executive mentors
Identify and learn from universities and research organizations
Develop requirements
Share / exchange SMSWG deployment & use experiences
Respond to business segment needs
Publish white papers and similar documents
Publish "Best / Recommended Practices" guides
Produce requirements documents
Provide education about SMSWG
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7. Activities – Current Focus
SMS Wikipedia
All input is welcome
What makes the SMSWG special?
SMSWG Roadmap
Simple Overview
Identify Technologies needed to enable System Modeling and Simulation
FMI / FMU
Modelica
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8. Main Events to Date – WG
SMSWG#01 (kick-off meeting): 28 January INCOSE International Workshop (Jacksonville USA), with introductory presentations and showing great interest from both communities
SMSWG#02: 24 June 23rd INCOSE International Symposium (Philadelphia USA) with over 35 people participating
SMSWG#03: 10 Dec 2013 via WebEx (briefing on status of activities)
SMSWG#04: 28 Jan IW 2014 (Los Angeles USA)
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9. Main events to date – Others
Misc events:
SMSWG NAFEMS World Congress (9-12 June 2013, Salzburg, Austria)
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10. Main events to date – SC #1: kick-off (25-Apr-13) #02 (20-Jun-13)
#03 (07-Nov-13)
#04 (27-Nov-13)
#5 (15-Jan-14)
#6 (28-Jan-14) - scheduled
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11. Governance
The activities of the SMSWG and its Steering Committee are governed by the respective NAFEMS and INCOSE regulations
Steering Committee (initiating members in 2013):
Frank Popielas (Dana Holding Corporation) – Chairman & lead from NAFEMS
Roger Burkhart (John Deere) – Co-chair and lead from INCOSE
Ralf Hartmann / Christopher Hess (Astrium)
Allison Barnard-Feeney / Conrad Bock (NIST)
Peter Coleman (Airbus)
Jian Dong (Boeing)
Ed Ladzinski (Dassault Systemes)
Ahmed Noor (ODU)
Mark Sampson (Siemens PLM) – INCOSE MBSE Initiative
By-laws covering Mission; General Powers; Members, Tenure, Qualifications; Elections; Contracts; Publications; Amendments; etc.
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12. Membership (January 2014)
More than 85 individuals registered interest, representing:
Over 45 organisations including aerospace & defence (25%); automotive (9%); academia (1%); consulting (14%); energy (2%); medical (1%); other industry (4%); software solutions & services (34%); standards (5%)
8 countries (USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Japan)
Current focus is in North America (69%) and Europe (25%) with remainder (6%) undeclared
Interest from Asia-Pacific region is to be explored
Ed Ladzinski is working with Dr. Gao
We are looking into a regional sub-group.
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13. How to join this Volunteer Community
Please send an to:
Frank Popielas
and/or
Roger Burkhart
To find out more, visit the SMSWG website:
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