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AI-Assisted Optimization

AI-Assisted Optimization

Wednesday 10th & Thursday 11th December 2025

(3hrs15 min/day)

08.30 (Los Angeles) | 11:30 (New York)
16:30 (London) | 17:30 (Berlin)

 

This two-day online workshop addresses the integration of artificial intelligence methods into engineering optimization practice. The programme includes presentations from internationally leading researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of machine learning and computational design. Topics include Bayesian optimization techniques, physics-informed neural networks, and reliability-based approaches, with applications spanning aerospace engineering and industrial design. The sessions combine theoretical perspectives from some of the most prestigious universities in the world with industrial case studies from Boeing and DLR.

Draft Agenda

Day 1 – Wednesday 10th December

A​ll times below are in GMT (London)

16:30 Chairman's Introduction & Welcome
Nadir Ince, GE Vernova

16:40 Bayesian Optimization — Using Machine Learning inside Optimization
Juergen Branke, University of Warwick

17:25 Best Uses of Physics AI Methods in Aerospace Engineering
Juan Jose Alonso, Stanford University

18:10 Title TBC
Vladimir Balabanov, Boeing

Day 2 – Thursday 11th December

16:30 Advancing Robust Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Through Multi-Fidelity Surrogate Modelling and Artificial Intelligence
Melike Nikbay, Istanbul Technical University

17:15 Goal-driven Multi-source Active Learning: Advanced Formulations and Applications
Laura Mainini, Imperial College London

18:00 Physics-Informed Neural Networks – Concepts and Potentials for Applied Aerodynamics
Simon Wassing, DLR

Details

Event Type Seminar
Member Price £100.00 | $131.24 | €113.63
Non-member Price £190.00 | $249.35 | €215.89
Credit Price Free when using 1 Member Credits

Dates

Start Date End Date Location
10 Dec 202511 Dec 2025WebEx, Online
NAFEMS Optimisation Working Group

 

This online seminar is being hosted by the NAFEMS Optimisation Technical Working Group.

Support us ...

We would like to extend an invitation to your company to be part of this event. There are several outstanding opportunities available for your company to sponsor the seminar, giving you maximum exposure to a highly targeted audience of delegates, who are all directly involved in simulation, analysis, and design.

P​lease contact the event organiser
Jo Potts, for further information
jo.potts@nafems.org; +44 (0)1355 225688