Automotive Sensor Simulations, Simulation Education Opportunities and Sustainability Promises

Engineering.com’s roundup of simulation news for the week of Nov. 20/23.

The Road to Enhance Public Trust in Autonomous Driving Systems Has a New Vehicle

Siemens Digital Industries Software  introduced Simcenter Prescan 2311, the latest release of its automotive sensor simulation tool. The software helps engineers test and model automotive sensors within simulated realities to improve performance, reliability and public trust of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving systems. Siemens said updates to the product include improved testing of camera-based systems in high-intensity illumination scenarios where blooming can occur, and of camera-based perception algorithms in adverse lighting conditions to reduce the chances of the logic mistaking shadows and reflections as threats.

Before and after Simulations made using Simcenter Prescan 2311’s physics-based camera. The bottom left shows standard blooming and the bottom right shows convolution blooming. (Image: Siemens Digital Industries Software)

Before and after Simulations made using Simcenter Prescan 2311’s physics-based camera. The bottom left shows standard blooming and the bottom right shows convolution blooming. (Image: Siemens Digital Industries Software)

Carnegie Mellon University Bolsters Simulation Curriculum

Engineering employers that use Ansys products can look to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for their next generation of engineering minds. The university has appointed Professor Rebecca Taylor to the Ansys Career Development Chair, a title that recognizes faculty that teach engineering students and young engineers how to use Ansys structural simulation tools. Despite its growing importance in the engineering world, simulation software has been slow to embed itself into university curricula, reducing the employability of new graduates.

ESI Group Joins Planet Tech’Care

ESI Group, the simulation and virtual prototyping software company, has signed the Planet Tech’Care manifesto. Spearheaded by Numeum, a French trade association, Planet Tech’Care offers programs, conferences, webinars and workshops to help organizations move from environmental commitments to action. The simulation provider joins 921 other signatories of Planet Tech’Care’s manifesto, thereby committing to measure and reduce the environmental impact of its digital products and services.

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