Artificial Intelligence & Executable Digital Twins (xDT’s): The Future of Engineering

Heavy equipment has a lot to gain by adapting towards the use of Artificial Intelligence and Executable Digital Twins. But where do you start? Learn how xDT’s and AI’s are being used by Siemens and their customers.

Learn how xDT’s and AI’s are being used by Siemens and their customers

Heavy equipment has a lot to gain by adapting towards the use of Artificial Intelligence and Executable Digital Twins. But where do you start? The main reasons customers haven’t moved completely over to using digital twins and AI in their everyday life is the difficulty in creating, validating, deployment and management of them. This is what Siemens has been focusing on, not just the next generation in technologies, but also the life of them as they get deployed throughout the entire lifecycle of a product.

Deployable AI’s and Smart Virtual Sensors

Join Ian McGann and Virginie Maillard from Siemens and learn how Siemens has used smart virtual sensors and Artificial Intelligence technologies to reduce failures in the field.

About the Speakers:


Virginie Maillard – Global Head of Research in Simulation and Digital Twin, Siemens Technology. Virginie has headed the global research activities in Simulation and Digital Twin of Siemens Technology since June 2018. She works at the Siemens Technology office of Princeton, NJ, and leads teams in Germany, India and China. In May 2019, she was also appointed Head of Siemens Technology for US, leading the entire scope of research in US. Maillard earned her engineer and MSc degrees in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA Lyon) in France. Before joining Siemens, Maillard worked for the automobile manufacturer Renault, most recently as head of corporate research and central research strategy. In addition, Maillard is currently the president of the Scientific Advisory Board of Institute Mines-Telecom (IMT) in Paris, France, the biggest group of graduate engineering schools in France.


Ian McGann – Business Strategy Manager, Siemens Digital Industries Software. Ian McGann is the business strategy manager of the Simcenter Testing solutions division of Siemens industry software NV and is currently responsible for the Simcenter SCAPTOR ADAS sensor data capture solution and leads the executable digital twin project at Siemens STS. Ian holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical Engineering and joined LMS International (Siemens) as an application engineer in 2001. During his long time in the company, he held several roles globally, including enterprise sales executive managing Ford and GM in North America. Ian moved back to Leuven Belgium and took on his current role in 2018. Ian has experience strategically focused on Product Lifecycle Management in the context of  IOT and the digital twin and extensive technical experience in automotive, powertrain, aircraft and manufacturing Engineering.

This webinar is sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software.