Graduate School Simulation Technology (GS SimTech) at University of Stuttgart

About

In the 21st century's societies, simulation technology is indispensable for the solution of complex problems in science and engineering as well as in medicine and social life. This has led to a broad variety of applications with enormous economic and scientific impact. Recent progress in modelling and simulation techniques, as well as in the design of hardware components, has raised the expectations in science and industry regarding the future of simulation tools. Simulation, as interaction with the real and virtual world, poses challenges which require simulation technology to advance to a new level. Contemporary strategies of isolated tools from different disciplines, theories and discretisation methods will be merged into a new class of integrated simulation environment supporting all aspects from models to interactive systems. This vision can only be achieved by crossing disciplinary boundaries within academia in order to develop a new quality in the interdisciplinary future-oriented field of simulation technology. To reach this goal, we want to increase the scientific understanding of the underlying processes and improve the modelling strategies in the various disciplines of natural sciences and engineering. At the same time, we plan to enhance the discretisation concepts and augment the numerical algorithms, the data management and the analysis and visualisation tools, while constantly improving the performance and the reliability of future simulation systems. Establishing integrative prediction methods and solutions for future challenges, we concentrate on methodical research areas ranging from molecular dynamics and advanced mechanics via computational mathematics and systems analysis to data management and interactive visualisation as well as to hybrid high-performance computing systems and simulation software engineering. An integrative platform ensures reflection and evaluation. Through the transfer of scientific results to application, we will further contribute to the economic benefit of our society.