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Dig into our latest SimOps Blogs, Webinars, Interviews, Whitepapers, and eBooks to stay on top of SimOps.
At SC24 in Atlanta, Rick Knoechel from AMD shared his view on SimOps, Simulation Operations Automation, and its importance for the HPC community.
Preparing Students and Young Professionals for Success in the Age of AI
For decades, students prepared for their first job by acquiring technical knowledge, developing practical skills, and gaining experience through internships and projects. While these fundamentals remain important, the arrival of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally changing the nature of work. Many students and recent graduates are concerned that AI will automate large portions of their future jobs. News headlines frequently discuss AI replacing programmers, analysts
Jun 2
CFD 101: A Beginner's Guide to Computational Fluid Dynamics
In 1922, a British mathematician named Lewis Fry Richardson had an idea that was, by any reasonable measure, absurd. He wanted to predict the weather through pure calculation. His plan involved 64,000 human "computers," each assigned to a cell on a spherical grid representing the Earth's surface, solving equations in parallel and passing results to their neighbors like a biological supercomputer. Richardson never built his "fantastic weather factory." But the mathematical fra
Jun 1
Quantum Computing 101: Why Quantum Computing Matters for the Future of HPC and SimOps
Quantum computing is rapidly evolving from a theoretical concept into a practical technology with the potential to transform engineering simulation, artificial intelligence, optimization, and scientific discovery. It also carries real implications for how SimOps teams will operate tomorrow's compute environments. A May 2026 HPCwire article, "Quantum Computing 101: Introduction to QC" by Alex Woodie, Editorial Director and HPCwire Managing Editor, provides an excellent overvie
May 26
SimOps Ambassadors: Enabling Community Engagement and Advocacy in Simulation Operations
A Whitepaper on Role, Value, and Impact Executive Summary Simulation Operations (SimOps) is an emerging framework designed to optimize, scale, and industrialize engineering simulations through the integration of people, processes, and technology. Developed and advanced by the SimOps Foundation, SimOps empowers organizations to transform simulation from isolated technical tasks into a strategic business capability that improves efficiency, accelerates innovation, and enhances
Apr 24
The SimOps Ecosystem: Roles, Leadership, and Real-World Impact
Simulation Operations (SimOps) is a structured framework designed to optimize and scale engineering simulations through a combination of people, processes, and technology. It is supported by a non-profit foundation that promotes collaboration, standardization, and innovation across the global engineering and high-performance computing (HPC) community. ( SimOps ) At the core of SimOps lies a clearly defined organizational structure that enables governance, technical direction,
Apr 20
CAE 101: A Beginner's Guide to Computer-Aided Engineering
In 1965, NASA issued a challenge: build a software program capable of structurally analyzing a spacecraft before it ever left the ground. The result was NASTRAN, a finite element solver that would go on to help design the Apollo lunar module, and eventually find its way into automotive, civil, and industrial engineering worldwide. What started as a government-funded aerospace tool became the foundation of an entire industry. Today, that industry has a name: Computer-Aided Eng
Apr 13
Simulation 101*: A Beginner's Guide to Engineering Simulation
Every time an aircraft manufacturer designs a new plane, engineers run thousands of virtual tests before a single physical part leaves the factory floor. Every time a car company builds a new vehicle, its structural engineers "crash" it hundreds of times digitally before the first physical prototype is ever welded together. And every time a medical device company designs a new implant, they simulate years of wear and tear in a matter of hours. How? Engineering simulation. If
Mar 9
4 SimOps Certifications to Build Real-World Simulation and HPC Skills
SimOps (Simulation Operations) is positioned as a practical framework that blends technology, process, and people to improve how engineering simulations are run and scaled, so teams can automate more, reduce friction, and get consistent outcomes. As simulation teams face growing model complexity, hybrid cloud adoption, and reproducibility challenges, SimOps provides a structured way to move from ad-hoc workflows to scalable operations. TL;DR Students & new graduates: start
Jan 21
Top Scientific & Engineering Use Cases Earned the 2025 HPCwire Readers’ Choice Award at SC’25
Article about HPC use cases awarded by HPCwire readers in 2025. In this article, to demonstrate what’s possible today with current peta- and exaflop supercomputers, we’ll showcase several actual scientific and engineering simulation projects which just received the 2025 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Award. The HPCwire Readers' Choice Awards began in 2003 at the Supercomputing conference in Phoenix, Arizona. It is an annual program where the global high-performance comp
Jan 12
Best Practices for Automating and Optimizing Your Engineering Simulation and HPC Infrastructure Operations
Learn how SimOps – the “DevOps of HPC” - supports you with maximizing engineering productivity and cross-functional collaboration, improving operational efficiency, and foster innovation and competitiveness. Become a certified SimOps Practitioner and/or a certified SimOps Expert. Key Highlights: The Evolution of SimOps: Learn about the steps leading to the official SimOps community, where advanced automation and cross-functional collaboration meet to dramatically improve eng
Dec 22, 2025
SimOps, A New HPC Market Category
Definition: “A market category is a specific segment of an industry where a product or service can be understood in relation to similar competitors and existing customer assumptions. It provides context for a product by grouping it with other products that share common characteristics or use, such as "CRM software" or "health products". By placing a company's offerings in a recognizable category, it helps customers quickly understand the business, and it helps companies defi
Nov 10, 2025
How SimOps Transforms the Digital Landscape That Enables High-Performance Engineering Simulations
In today’s competitive engineering-driven world, organizations increasingly rely on simulation workflows and high-performance computing (HPC). But while engineers focus on models, algorithms, simulations, and insights, the underlying IT infrastructure must be capable of keeping pace and adjusting to engineers’ needs. That’s where SimOps becomes a strategic enabler. In this post, we explore how SimOps alleviates IT’s challenges, supports scalable simulation operations, and se
Oct 23, 2025
How SimOps Empowers Engineers to Focus on Innovation, Not IT Infrastructure
As an engineer, your goal is clear: design, simulate, and deliver better products faster. Yet, too often, valuable time is consumed not by engineering tasks but by waiting for compute resources, troubleshooting scripts, or managing complex simulation workflows. SimOps changes that. By introducing structured, automated practices for running simulations, SimOps allows engineers to focus on innovation rather than IT infrastructure. The Daily Struggles of Simulation Work Running
Oct 23, 2025
44 Practical Tips for Ensuring Smooth and Effective HPC Operations
High-performance computing (HPC) is essential for engineers, researchers, and scientists tackling complex problems. It supports advanced...
Sep 16, 2025
Digital Engineering 24/7 Design & Simulation Summit 2025
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025 Format: Virtual The Digital Engineering 24/7 Design & Simulation Summit 2025 will bring together...
Sep 5, 2025
Ensuring Data Integrity and Security in Cloud-Based HPC Infrastructures for Engineering and Scientific Simulations
As organizations increasingly migrate their high-performance computing (HPC) operations to the cloud, ensuring data integrity and...
Jun 24, 2025
How can I implement a SimOps compliant high-performance computing infrastructure in my manufacturing company
As a manufacturing company, you rely on simulation and modeling to design and optimize your products. To stay competitive, you need a...
Jun 10, 2025
HPC Resource Management Strategies for Cost Optimization and Performance Maximization
High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments are complex systems designed to handle large-scale simulations, data-intensive...
May 21, 2025
HPC Architectures 101: A Beginner’s Guide to High-Performance Computing
High-Performance Computing (HPC) is an essential technology for solving complex, compute-intensive problems across a wide range of industries, from engineering simulations and scientific research to financial modeling and machine learning. At the core of HPC systems is the architecture that enables high levels of computational power, parallel processing, resource management, and many more. In this comprehensive overview guide, we'll break down the key components of HPC archit
May 2, 2025
Why Cloud HPC is the Future: Benefits and Cost Savings
In the fast-moving world of engineering simulations and high-performance computing (HPC), many organizations are turning to Cloud HPC to drive innovation, speed up development, and cut operational costs. As engineering simulations become more complex and data-heavy, the need for flexible, scalable, and cost-effective computing power has never been greater. Cloud HPC offers significant benefits over traditional on-premise infrastructures, and it’s quickly becoming the go-to so
Apr 16, 2025
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