On Monday, Ondrej Hovorka, a Lecturer in Computational Modelling at the University of Southampton, gave an overview of modern magnetic recording technology and the challenges faced by industry, such as Seagate and Hitachi/Western Digital, and academia in developing it further. Starting with the current generation technology of Perpendicular Magnetic Recording …
Presentation by Professor Jim Scanlan Computational engineering plays a huge role in aerospace design nowadays. For comparison, in the 1970s it was the job of a large number of draughtsmen to draw up the designs on paper which made changes to the design a really laborious task, whereas current designs …
Simulation of turbulent fluid flows is one of the oldest areas of computational modelling research. The seminar by Professor Richard Sandberg and Dr. Ati Sharma provided an introduction to modern turbulence simulation methods and associated challenges. The presentation was centered around the discussion of the direct numerical simulation (DNS) of …
X-ray Binaries have been of interest in Astrophysics for various reasons and a seminar given by Professor Malcolm Coe of the Southampton Physics and Astronomy Department gave a description of a project investigating such systems. The Magellanic Clouds (Large and Small Magellanic Clouds) are two galaxies nearby to our own …
On 27 October Dr Veronica Bowman, Principal Statistician at Dstl, spoke about Hazard Assessment Simulation and Prediction (HASP). The seminar focused on Bayesian inference and uncertainty modelling, with specific reference to methods for predicting the effects of a chemical or biological release (CBR) using computational modelling. Predictions are made and …
Mr Robert Condon and Dr Shilong Lu from Fidelity Data Networks Ltd introduced the PLEXUS platform: Fidelity’s new Plexus cloud-based, managed services platform connects intelligent devices to remote assets, networks, machines, infrastructure and industrial processes for real time monitoring, control and analysis of events and data. Plexus uses a DEVICE …
Paul Fryer, IBM Europe’s Academic Initiative Leader, came to Southampton to introduce us to the ‘thinking’ and possibly world changing computer system Watson. Watson first came to the worlds attention when it took on, and convincingly beat, former champions on the US game show Jeopardy. Watson achieved this feat by …
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. It operates a 24/7 lifeboat service around the coast of the UK and republic of Ireland. It designs, supplies and supports lifeboats and related plant and equipment for over 200 lifeboat stations. Jodie Walsh’s presentation was an introduction to the …
Nick Granger Brown, Mike Elder and Alex Kay shared an overview of computational modelling used at Seagate Systems Ltd UK to support development engineering, continuous improvement and future technology and growth. Simulation of mechanical stress and vibrations, and heat transfer and cooling were described in more detail. The validation of …
Dr Lambkin from ABPmer opened the seminar series for the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Next Generation Computational Modelling (NGCM), with a presentation on the work of ABPmer, and the computational challenges they face. These includes simulations of tides, waves and sediment transport processes to inform and enhance …