Recordings from Third PMC Meeting in Tokyo posted
The video recordings from the Third PMC Meeting held in October of last year in Tokyo have been posted here. With the exception of a few questions from the audience, the language of the presentations is English.
Plant Modeling Consortium Survey
After two successful meetings, the Plant Modeling Consortium has already established a good framework for discussing and enriching techniques for effective engineering modeling. To assist the development of this new group, we want to hear from engineering professionals on how best to develop an innovative and influential organization. Please help us by completing a brief online survey on a variety of topics concerning our vision, activities, and technical issues.
To access the survey, please click here.
If you have any questions please contact info@pmconsortium.org, or directly at tlee@maplesoft.com or fkern@maplesoft.com.
PMC Networking Session announced for SAE Congress, April 16th 4:30PM - 7:00PM EDT
On April 16th, 2008, The PMC Networking Session was held at the 2008 SAE Congress in Detroit. It attracted a group with significant representation from the American auto industry as well as some key visitors from Europe and Asia. The goal of the meeting was to provide members with an opportunity to keep up to date with the latest developments in physical and plant modeling. Organizers were pleased with the response and all agreed that such informal sessions were a useful complement to the major meetings.
Second meeting, Feb 21, Berlin
The second meeting was hosted by IAV at their primary facilities in Berlin, Germany. Over 50 people world-wide participated in this event. Presenters included senior engineers and managers from Toyota, IAV, and Maplesoft. Details of the Conservative Quantities (CQ) approach to modeling was presented and discussed. The CQ technique aims to increase the accuracy of models while making it easier for engineers to address common deficiencies in traditional modeling techniques. A concrete example applying this method was presented by Toyota. Registered members of this PMC web site can obtain copies and recordings of this meeting here.
Inaugural Meeting
The first meeting of the Consortium was held in August 2007 in Monterey, California, in conjunction with the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control. At this meeting, Toyota presented its vision for the future development in Rapid Plant Modeling methodology based on symbolic computation, and Maplesoft presented research and development in support of this vision.
The initial consortium meeting was attended by over 25 representatives from major players in the auto industry, including OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, consultancies, and academic researchers.
A survey was conducted at this meeting to gauge participants’ interest on plant modeling. A summary of the results can be found
here. |
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What is the Plant Modeling Consortium?
Founded by Toyota and Maplesoft, the Plant Modeling Consortium (PMC) promotes
the development of new design techniques for the automotive and related
industries.
Contributors to the consortium include most automotive OEMs as well as leading
technology and solution providers. More info
Events and Conferences
Vehicle Dynamics 2009
June 16, 2009 - June 18, 2009
Stuttgart Messe, Stuttgart, DE
Links
Toyota Motor
Corporation
Toyota Research Ann Arbor
IAV
Maplesoft
Contact
info@pmconsortium.org
1-800-267-6583
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