Singapore–MIT Alliance
The Programme in High Performance Computation for Engineered Systems has been in operation for about two years. In this talk, we will give an overview of the main accomplishments over this period, on both the educational and research fronts, and discuss challenges and opportunities for the future.
The use of digital computers for simulation and optimisation is arguably the fastest growing tool in the design and operation of most engineered systems. Computation is pervasive throughout the conception, simulation, design, optimization, control and operation stages: this has permitted faster, less expensive and better design of engineering artifacts. It has also been responsible for massive benefits in revenue management, supply chains, and operations in general. It seems rather clear that in this global, highly competitive, economy, computation will play an increasingly important role.
Despite these successes, neither the educational nor the research agendas respond to these needs as well as they might. A large number of graduate students from science, engineering and management spend a large fraction of their time, especially early in their careers, using computation. This fact seems to be largely ignored by traditional university education, which provides a rich background in disciplinary subjects but often lacks a solid foundation in computation. On the other hand, it is too often the case, that existing numerical tools are slow and/or unreliable to provide useful information to aid in the decision making process.
We have developed a new integrated educational and research programme that addresses the above issues. Our educational programme emphasizes breadth, through a large range of techniques and applications; depth, in areas of numerical simulation and optimization; integration and multidisciplinary aspects; and hands-on experience. The research program,under the theme of “Effective Computation for Design and Optimization of Engineered Systems”, emphasizes the development of new methodologies cognizant of the ultimate rapid response context in which they must be applied. Multidisciplinary interactions, which often play a key role in realistic problems, is also a main focus of our research.
In the talk, we will present a few illustrative research projects.
Research papers for 2002 in SMA's High Performance Computation for Engineered
Systems Programme are available through MIT's DSpace archive. DSpace allows
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