Altair Forward First – December 2023 Edition

The end of 2023 is here! It has been an eventful, memorable year for Altair; a year in which we grew, overcame new challenges, and continued to redefine cutting-edge computational science. We'd like to thank our customers, partners, and employees for your continued support and partnership. Together, we create amazing innovations and experiences and we’re forever grateful for you. Altair wishes you a happy, healthy holiday season and a joyous New Year!

To get a rundown of the most exciting projects Altair undertook in 2023, check out Altair CEO Jim Scapa’s 2023 year-end reflection here.

Data Analytics and AI

• Altair has expanded its relationship with FIRST?, and Altair technology is now available to all teams in FIRST? Robotics Competition Kit of Parts. More than 3,500 high school teams competing in the 2024 season of the FIRST Robotics Competition will have free access to Altair’s leading technology, including premier solutions like Altair? RapidMiner? and Altair? Inspire?.
• Altair, together with JLR and battery manufacturer Danecca, has been awarded funding from the U.K. government through the Faraday Battery Challenge. The three companies have developed a consortium to support a research project to develop a new design process for electric vehicles.
• “Far, far too often within today’s market, I see people and organizations use generative AI in ways that are, simply put, boring,” said SVP of Product Development Ingo Mierswa in his latest Executive Insights article. “Using generative AI to do these tasks is like using a super space laser as a hole puncher.”
• Season four of Future Says wrapped up this month with three new episodes, featuring guests from Subaru Canada, Yazaki Europe, and Oracle. Want to get a five-minute recap of each episode? Click on the following links to read the recaps for episode six, episode seven, and episode eight.

Simulation

• In this customer story, learn how Altair is helping the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team take innovation to the next level in their quest for the 37th America’s Cup taking place in 2024. You can also find more content on the collaboration between Altair and the Luna Rossa team in the Altair Newsroom.
• Discover how SYNEX used Altair? Inspire? to design components for 3D printing and get the most from additive manufacturing.
• There were two notable additions to the Altair Partner Alliance (APA) this month: CADY (new partner) and OSLO (new product).
• In this video, learn how new upgrades to Altair technology is helping make implicit modeling mainstream for designers and engineers of all stripes.
• How can organizations bring AI to the shop floor? What are the most common challenges, pitfalls, and solutions in this endeavor? Altair’s Martin Liebig explains it all in this presentation.

HPC and Cloud

• Do IT Now has joined Altair’s growing channel partner network and will resell Altair’s high-performance computing (HPC) middleware solutions throughout the EMEA region. The company provides consulting, installation, optimization, and support services focused on HPC, software-defined storage, and AI throughout the EMEA region and beyond.In this presentation from Supercomputing 2023, discover the differences between Altair? PBS Professional? and OpenPBS.

?Notable Highlights and Coverage

• Engineering.com: Designing My Own Tent Stake in Altair InspireSolutions Review: The Definitive Guide to Artificial Intelligence Predictions for 2024