Projects

Automated Simulation Control through intelligent Speech and Text Models

Thanks to advances in multimodal artificial intelligence (AI)—in particular the latest models such as GPT-4.5 and Gemini—information from different modalities such as text, speech, and images can be processed with increasing quality. Modern AI agents can not only understand text and code but also generate them. In addition, powerful text-to-speech and speech-to-text models enable seamless input and output. Especially given that simulation methods such as finite element analysis (FEA) require deep domain knowledge and extensive experience, multimodal AI agents offer the opportunity to provide innovative assistance tools that lower these barriers to adoption. As a result, they enable direct and efficient execution of tasks. The planned project is motivated by the prospect that intelligent AI assistance tools will allow even less experienced or non-specialist users to successfully use simulation methods,

• users with less experience or without specialized expertise to successfully apply simu-lation methods, 
• further reduction of language barriers to include employees with migration back-grounds, 
• significantly more efficient use of simulation software by experienced specialists. 

Gate2HPC

The Gate2HPC project aims to facilitate access to High Performance Computing (HPC) for small and medium-sized enterprises as part of their development processes. The focus is on the creation of an HPC gateway connected to the btrzx4 computing cluster at the University of Bayreuth to enable efficient simulation and AI applications. A key component of the project is the development of a cluster-capable version of the in-house FEM software Z88 and its integration into the gateway.

FVA – Research Association for Drive Technology e. V.

The FVA has set itself the goal of advancing drive technology. For this purpose, research as well as industry partners are networked and moderated by the research association. Various project committees succeed in combining expertise and initiating pre-competitive developments.