Simulation  •  Paths to Perfection

Trends: Paths to Perfection
Less than two decades from now we will be able to see, hear, and interact with hyper-realistic products, processes, materials and environments in their full dynamic diversity long before they exist. Simulation and optimization will make it all possible
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Virtual Reality Lab: Visit to a Virtual World
Global competition is forcing manufacturers to develop and make better products —and to do so faster and at lower cost. Simulation technologies and virtual reality have a key role to play here, as they make it possible to virtually create products and entire production lines long before any real machines or parts exist
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Applications: Current Events
Computer simulations are an indispensable tool in industry. They replace many physical tests, accelerate development times and cut costs. Dynamic systems that can be visualized in this manner range from wind and gas turbines to micro reactors, magnetic resonance tomographs and airbags
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Applications: Testing with Simulation
Whether it’s complex systems for transmitting power or developing microchips —simulations and extensive advance tests shorten commissioning time and eliminate errors at an early stage
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Siemens Airport Center: An Airport that’s Ready to Fly
Demonstrating system solutions for airports is difficult. You can’t just let third parties move at will through passport checkpoints, past baggage handling systems, or over taxiways —and possibly disrupt operations as they go. With its Airport Center, Siemens is now providing a globally unique facility for planning, testing and improving these systems —in the form of a full-scale airport simulation center
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Galileo: Locating the Customer
Siemens researchers are simulating the operation of the Galileo system—before the satellites are launched
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Mathematics: Optimization by the Numbers
Most managers dream about finding ways to boost productivity while cutting costs. But very few of them know that many decision processes and automation tasks can be optimized using mathematics. Siemens has established a Technical Center at Corporate Technology for just that purpose
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Learning Systems: Formula for Efficiency
It’s been 18 years since Siemens first started developing learning software. Over that period, the company has assembled a library of methods that boost the efficiency of systems, ranging from rolling mills and power plants to genetic engineering, dishwashers and logistics
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Mathematics: the Key to Visualizing and Optimizing Complex Processes
Interview with Prof. Dr. Martin Grötschel on Applied Mathematics. Professor Grötschel is Vice President of the Konrad Zuse Center for Information Technology and spokesperson of the DFG research center MATHEON, which focuses on "Mathematics for Key Technologies." An active supporter of dialogue between research and industry, Grötschel is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union and holder of the Leibniz Prize, the most heavily endowed German research award. He also has won the Karl Heinz Beckurts Prize, which honors innovative services to industry
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eGovernment: Public Services on a Chip
Bits and bytes instead of mountains of files. The Siemens eGovernment Lab in Berlin reveals how the public services of the future will work
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Training: Why Simulation Saves Lives
A Siemens training center that specializes in simulating complex interventional procedures on the heart helps prospective as well as experienced cardiologists hone their skills
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In Brief
Developments, contacts, links, literature
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