ASCS e.V.

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming experts from industry, research, and technology to the 𝗔𝗜 & 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮-𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 in #Neckarsulm. As organizers, we are grateful for the inspiring discussions, valuable networking, and shared commitment to advancing the future of engineering through AI, simulation, and data-driven methods. A special thank you to Bechtle PLM Deutschland for hosting the forum at their outstanding facility. The venue provided an excellent environment for knowledge exchange, collaboration, and meaningful conversations throughout the day. Together, we explored how the convergence of physics-based simulation and AI is transforming engineering workflows - from virtual validation and optimization to autonomous development processes and closed-loop engineering. The forum also highlighted the challenges that remain: interoperability, integration into existing workflows, governance, standards, and trust in AI-driven results. Addressing these challenges collectively is essential if we want to move from successful pilot projects to scalable industrial solutions. One of the strongest messages from the day was clear: the future of engineering lies not in AI alone, but in the intelligent combination of simulation, data, and AI within connected and continuously learning development ecosystems. We would like to thank all speakers, sponsors, partners, and participants for contributing their expertise and making this event such a success. The conversations and connections established during the forum reaffirm the importance of building a strong European ecosystem for simulation, AI, and engineering excellence. We look forward to continuing this journey together. Fabiola Cavaliere, PhD, Mark F. Siller, Daniel Vallicotti, Michael Schimmelpfennig, Daniel Braun, Michael Hoffmann, Florian Albert, Christian Kurzböck, Dr.-Ing. Dirk Rensink, Igor Vozniak, Stephen Lernout, Felix Hoops, Frank Kraemer; Marcus Camen, Christopher Sieb, Lutz Morich, André Backes, Roman Reuschke, Marko Thiele, Sathya Narayanan Devaraj, Thorben Burger, Yao Schultz-Zheng, Fiete Lüer, Tobias Domke, Michael Grill, Gunnar Graefe, Dr. Martin Benedikt, Philipp Slusallek, Christoph Gümbel, Marc Holzäpfel, Alexander Müller, Dr. Wolfram Remlinger #AI #Simulation #DataDrivenEngineering #CAE #DigitalTwin #AgenticAI #ScientificMachineLearning #EngineeringInnovation #AutomotiveEngineering #DigitalSovereignty #ASCS #DFKI #InnovationEcosystem #EngineeringCommunity

An AI agent cannot sign an NDA because it cannot be held accountable. It also has no access to your organization's tribal knowledge. Yet we are expecting agents to take over engineering workflows that run on exactly those things. That was the core of my talk at the AI & Data-driven Simulation Forum: today, simulation data moves through bilateral contracts and person-to-person trust. If agents are going to participate, that trust has to become machine-verifiable: identity, authorization, and accountability as infrastructure. The slide behind me sums up the point I care most about. The road to autonomy is gradual. Nobody is going to let agents run loose on day one, and that is fine. However, even careful, human-in-the-loop adoption already needs the full trust infrastructure. An agent that merely finds and requests simulation data on your behalf still has to prove who it is acting for, what it is allowed to see, and under which terms. That is what we are building with ENVITED-X at ASCS e.V.: a data space where this proof is built in. Instead of contracts sitting in inboxes, companies hold Verifiable Credentials, which are digital proofs of who they are and what they have agreed to. Their tools and agents can present these automatically. An access decision that used to take an email thread and a signature round becomes something a machine can check in milliseconds. AI adoption in engineering will not stall on model quality. It will stall on trust. That is why we are building trust infrastructure today.

Abwarten und Tee trinken beim Thema Künstliche Intelligenz ? 🧐 👉 Das war es sicher nicht, was Alexander F. Walser vom ASCS e.V. mir sagen wollte, als er mir nach meinem Vortrag über Multidisziplinäre Optimierung in der Virtuellen Fahrzeug-Entwicklung ein kleines Geschenk überreichte ... eine Tee-Flasche im schicken ASCS-Design, doppelt verglast und mit raffiniert integriertem Sieb 💡 👉 Denn der ASCS macht alles andere als Abwarten und bringt seit mehreren Jahren Menschen zum Austausch zusammen. Die Veranstaltung vergangene Woche in Neckarsulm kam sogar direkt im Doppelpack: Dienstag-Abend ein Summit und am Mittwoch das zugehörige ganztägige Forum zum spannenden Thema "AI & Data-diven Simulation" 👍 🔹 Summit: https://lnkd.in/ej-V4Ve9 🔹 Forum: https://lnkd.in/eJhTVkrX 👉 Das umfangreiche Programm hatte es in sich: zahlreiche Beiträge, die eindrucksvoll gezeigt haben, wie vielfältig das Thema ist: Man könnte denken am Ende kochen alle (ihren Tee) nur mit Wasser ... aber es kommt eben auch darauf an, welche Qualität der Tee hat, den man ins Sieb füllt und in welcher Umgebung er ziehen darf ... 💡 👉 Ich komme sehr inspiriert von dieser Veranstaltung, bin dankbar für die zahlreichen Eindrücke und den Austausch und dass ich im Namen von TECOSIM Group mit meinem Vortrag ebenfalls dazu beitragen durfte. Vielen Dank insbesondere an die Organisatoren und das Programm-Komitee Alexander F. Walser, Dr. Wolfram Remlinger, Egon Wiedekind, Lutz Morich, Dr. Martin Benedikt, Marcus Camen, Gunnar Graefe, Dr.-Ing. Dirk Rensink, Philipp Slusallek, Carlo van Driesten sowie den Gastgeber Bechtle PLM Deutschland 🙏 👉 Also los ... Wasser heiß gemacht und mit einem kräftigen Tee motiviert in den Montag-Morgen ... 🕺 #ai #simulation #ascs #tecosim

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆? This question is at the heart of the keynote "𝗔𝗜-𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻", presented by Fabiola Cavaliere, PhD at the AI & Data-Driven Simulation Forum 2026. As an AI