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RESCHEDULED: Join us for our next Technical Forum:
SAWE Virtual Technical Forum #14
Ask the Right Question
April 4, 2025 - 11:00 am to 12:30 pm EDT
Facilitated by:
Dirk Petersen, Dan Raymer, Anjie Emmett, Fred Brown
Have you read the science fiction novel “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”? The main plot is the search for a question which fits an answer they have in hand, but do not understand.
If you listened to the SAWE Virtual Conference in 2024 several presenters mentioned “This is what I need to ask the right question”. Like the novel we seem to have something in hand. But what is it?
Is it just one question, or is it a multiple set of questions? What are the dependencies of the question(s)? Is it always the same or is it dependent on the phase, on the project, the supplier, the customer or something else.
Where do you learn to ask the right question? Is it documented somewhere?
The combined knowledge of the audience ensures that we understand what we have in hand, are able to find the answers to these questions and ensure that all participants will gain knowledge.
It will not take us 10 million years to find the right question(s), and the answer to those will not be “42”.
In Work
Future forums are planned for the following topics:
- 84th International Conference Thursday, May 22, 2025 – Technical Forum
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) with mass properties applications
- Mass Properties Engineering at the University Level – Andy Schuster and Dr. Ali Elham
Previous
Past SAWE forums addressed a wide variety of topics including:
- Aug 23: Pathways in Mass Properties Engineering Digitalization
- May 22: Collaboration and Mass Properties Engineering (Conference)
- Jan 12: Wanted - Parametric Data