Matlantis survey finds industry researchers face a bigger AI simulation business-case hurdle

Academic respondents more often raised concerns about accuracy and applicability, according to the company’s survey of materials R&D researchers.

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The survey suggests industry and academic researchers face different obstacles to using AI simulation, while Matlantis’ case studies illustrate the decisions the technology is intended to inform.

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Industry researchers were more likely than their academic counterparts to struggle to make an internal business case for AI simulation, according to a Matlantis survey of 191 materials R&D researchers.

Among 140 industry respondents, 40.7% reported that difficulty, compared with 6.7% of 30 academic respondents, Fumio Horino, Matlantis’ vice president of marketing, said in written answers. Overall, 36.1% of respondents found it hard to explain simulation’s return on investment internally.…

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