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Block Your Calendar – upcoming PMC meetings By invitation only. Contact pmc@maplesoft.com for details. 21 February 2008; 1:00 to 5:00 pm; Berlin, Germany IAV GmbH Headquarters Carnotstrasse 1 10587 Berlin July 2008 - Seoul, Korea (Tentative) What is PMC? The Physical Modeling Consortium is a forum founded by Maplesoft with the vision of bringing together leading companies in the automotive sector to share ideas and evolve new processes in automotive design. The Consortium will bring together organizations to advance the development of Rapid Plant Modeling methodology based on symbolic computation. Inaugural Meeting The first meeting of the Consortium was held in August 2007 in Monterey, California, in conjunction with the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control. At this meeting, Toyota presented its vision for the future development in Rapid Plant Modeling methodology based on symbolic computation, and Maplesoft presented research and development in support of this vision. Maplesoft’s range of engineering modeling tools offers solutions to high-fidelity modeling problems, such as those involving the implementation of vehicle dynamics in real-time simulators for hardware-in-the-loop testing. The initial consortium meeting was attended by over 25 representatives from major players in the auto industry, including OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, consultancies, and academic researchers.  A survey was conducted at this meeting to gauge participants’ interest on physical modeling. A summary of the results can be found here. Heard at the PMC “Symbolic computation techniques offer a natural paradigm for physical modeling, and provide model simplification capabilities that deliver the fastest possible execution speed and are critical for today's complex systems. Using mathematical solving tools such as Maple™, engineers can arrive at concise and computationally efficient models.  These tools can substantially ease the modeling process of automotive systems.  We see companies increasingly using these tools to address their most challenging problems.” Laurent Bernardin, Chief Scientist and Vice President of Research and Development, Maplesoft Contact: Maplesoft pmc@maplesoft.com +1 519 747 2373 Other Resources News Release Media Coverage Demo - Real-Time Simulation of a Full-Vehicle Dynamic Model Whitepaper - Five Ways to Accelerate your Engineering Design Process Whitepaper - Driving Innovation - Vehicle Dynamics Physical Modeling Consortium Content Center - Content exclusive to PMC members