TECHNICAL COMPUTING CAMP 2022

The ninth annual Technical Computing Camp, a meeting of fans of technical calculations and simulations, took place for the third time this year at the Rakovec Hotel on the Brno Reservoir.

The hotel's spacious terrace also offered us an ideal opportunity for informal discussions, which are traditionally a part of this event.

Most of the presented materials and examples can be found on the other tabs of this archive page.

When preparing this year's camp, we were most concerned about the weather forecast. In the end, everything turned out well and the storm clouds passed Brno on Thursday afternoon almost without a drop of rain. This time our colleagues from MathWorks were able to participate in the event again, we were visited by colleagues Mauro Fusco and Marco Rossi. In total, approximately 140 people took part in the event again.

My colleague Michal Blaho introduced us to the news that the year 2022 brought in the MATLAB / Simulink system. Colleague Marco Rossi introduced us to MathWorks news in the field of autonomous driving, where the RoadRunner tool for designing scenes and scenarios of simulated situations is now available to our users. Other lectures by colleagues Jaroslav Jirkovský and Michal Blah concerned in particular the combination of the use of artificial intelligence within the framework of the Model-Based Design method, tools for data preprocessing and predictive maintenance.

Martina Mudrová and Martin Foltin introduced us to the current offer in the area of MATLAB licensing. In addition to the university-wide licenses already known and also used by us, MathWorks is expanding the time-limited license model for start-up companies as well – for startups, very favorable packages are now available, where, in addition to a complete set of software, users also have access to a complete set of online courses, similar to for university licenses.

Martin Kožíšek spiced up the overview of COMSOL Multiphysics with a model of isolated air vortices observed near the Guadaloupe archipelago.

This year, colleague Tomáš Fridrich devoted himself to an overview of tools and methods for Rapid Control Prototyping and introduced the participants to the dSPACE company's new product – the Aurelion tool for real-time simulation and visualization of autonomous vehicle control systems.

After lunch, colleague Mauro Fusco gave a lecture on the use of MathWorks tools in the field of systems engineering.

At this year's meeting, the following users shared their experiences using our tools:

• Messrs. Radek Papoušek and Jakub Zábojník from the Continental company presented several business applications created using the App Designer tool, which are developed in the Czech Republic and used by other test workplaces around the world.
• Mr. Martin Šiler from the Institute of Instrument Technology AVČR introduced us to the results of his work on the project of classification of bacteria species based on spectrograms. As an experienced user, he also shared some general observations and tips for working in the MATLAB environment.
• Mr. Josef Souček from CTU and Hasselt University in Belgium presented research on modeling the quantum response of the NV defect in the diamond structure. In his work, he uses a combination of COMSOL Multiphysics and MATLAB tools, the results of primary research for the time being may eventually find application in the construction of quantum computers.
• Mr. Filip Šroubek from the Institute of Information Theory and Automation AVČR presented an improved method of removing unwanted artifacts arising during image deconvolution, which can be applied to a wide class of tasks in technical practice.
• Mr. Patrik Kováčik from the University of Žilina presented several ways in which the principles of machine learning can be used in the design process, especially for determining the optimal dimensions and shapes of components and equipment so that they best meet the technical specifications and achieve the required parameters.

As an accompaniment to the evening reception, our colleague Anna Tocháčková introduced us to the wide range of possibilities that MATLAB provides in the field of creating graphs.

We then spent Thursday evening discussing good food and drinks on the hotel terrace and playing bowling.

On Friday morning, we were happy to get rid of a large number of advertising items that the participants of the camp won in a quiz that tested the knowledge of our tools and the readiness of the audience.

Colleague Martin Kožíšek then presented the capabilities of the COMSOL Multiphysics tool for simulating heat transfer, we answered the question of whether the lightsaber of the Jedi Knights could actually melt the titanium door of the spaceship's bridge.

Eight contestants took part in the competition for the best user project this year, in addition to participants from schools, there was also one company participant – Mr. Július Hodoň from the company Leoni. The winner was Mr. Martin Juřík from the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen with his magnetic camera project. The list of projects, their description and the complete results of the contest can be found here >>>

In parallel with the competition, Humusoft's ap­plication engineers also prepared a non-competitive showcase of their own projects, their description can be found here >>>

Today we invite you, who work with our tools, to participate in the next year of the competition! The competition is open to all users of MATLAB, COMSOL Multiphysics or dSPACE systems, whether they use them in the corporate sphere, in the studio or for home use.

At the end of the camp, after lunch, we again included a Creative Workshop, where you could sit down at the computers and try solving several prepared tasks. There was also time for further discussions and consultations with our colleagues.

We thank the speakers, competitors and all other participants for their contribution to the successful course of the event. We look forward to meeting you again!

Please put the date of next year's Technical Computing Camp in your calendars: 7.-8. September 2023!