AI and the structural engineer

Author: Peter Debney

Date published

21 July 2021

Price
Free
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AI and the structural engineer

Training

Author

Peter Debney

Date published

21 July 2021

Author

Peter Debney

Price

Free

Peter Debney explores Artificial Intelligence and how it can help structural engineers.

Listen to Peter Debney's presentation from the 2020 Digital Design and Computation e-conference. Peter's presentation explores:
  • What AI is, and what it is not
  • How AI aims to encapsulate knowledge and enable automatic decision making
  • Optimisation as a form of AI
  • How we might use AI for design
  • Optimisation and optioneering as key tools in achieving zero carbon

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Speaker
Peter Debney is a Chartered Structural Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution. He has over 30 years’ experience in both engineering design and software, BIM and FEA, with particular interests in artificial intelligence, optimisation, and education. He works for Oasys Software (AKA Arup Digital Technology) and is a member of the Institution's Digital Workflows and Computational Design panel. His book on Computational Engineering was published by the Institution in 2020. 
  Guidance

Computational engineering

Providing comprehensive guidance on: design (including parametric design), modelling (and its problems), analysis, optimisation, AI and machine learning, and the future of engineering software.
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Format:
Video
Publisher:
IStructE

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