HAMBURG, Germany, March 23, 2022 — ISC 2022 is pleased to announce the ISC 2022 Opening Keynote, a joint presentation on digital twins, a state-of-the-art digital simulation technology. The keynote will be delivered by Rev Lebaredian, vice president of Omniverse and simulation technology at NVIDIA, and Michele Melchiorre, senior vice president of Production System, Technical Planning, Tool Shop at BMW Group.

Titled Supercomputing: The Key to Unlocking the Next Level of Digital Twins, Rev Lebaredian will talk about “how a confluence of today’s technologies has led to a big bang in large-scale virtual world simulation.” After laying that groundwork, Michele Melchiorre will take the ISC audience on a “journey through stages of BMW’s virtual production system,” which depend heavily on high performance computing algorithms and machine learning. The concept of digital twin is being increasingly adopted in modern manufacturing with the help of simulation and machine learning applications to increase design flexibility, productivity, and the speed of production. It is predicated that digital twin simulations will enable the next era of industrial virtualization.

Rev Lebaredian started his career, applying his computer graphics skills at Warner Brothers Digital and Disney Dream Quest Images, before starting his own venture, Steamboat Software. Top VFX studios around the world have used his work in rendering and volumetric algorithms in many popular computer-graphics reliant films such as “Stuart Little,” “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” “X-men 2,” and many more.

When Rev joined NVIDIA, he was initially involved in shading language for programable GPUs. Since then he has helped NVIDIA take on numerous disparate challenges, including large scale automated testing of 3D apps (GTL), advancing real-time physics simulation (PhysX), in-game photography (Ansel), robotics simulation (Isaac Sim), and immersive product design and visualization (Project Holodeck).

For the last five years, Rev has been leading the Omniverse products, as well as the engineering and research teams to combine the rendering, physics simulation, and AI technologies into a single platform to create and simulate physically accurate virtual worlds.

Michele Melchiorre is considered a true automotive industry expert at BMW Group. Throughout his career, he has gained extensive experience not only in the automotive sector but also in other areas of transport, such as space and rail.

Studying engineering and business administration at university, he developed an interdisciplinary background that was to become a springboard for his wide-ranging career. After graduating, Michele worked for the Daimler-Benz AG, including the aerospace manufacturers DASA and EADS (now Airbus), holding various managerial positions in the fields of production development and strategy, prototyping and manufacturing.

In line with his Italian roots, he then became Vice President Manufacturing Engineering at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in Turin. But Michele was drawn back to Germany, more precisely to Berlin, where he joined the rolling stock and rail transport manufacturer Bombardier Transportation as Group Vice President Global Supply Chain. After two years as COO of the Austrian manufacturer of industrial rubber and plastic products Semperit AG Holding, he returned to the automotive sector, join BMW AG as Managing Director of Plant Debrecen in Hungary. Since May 2020 he has been Senior Vice President Production System, Technical Planning, Tool Shop. In this position, Michele is responsible for all planning activities of the BMW Group’s worldwide production network, which encompasses 31 plants, as well as being involved in the areas of electrification, innovation, and digitalization.

This keynote address will be delivered in person on May 30 in Hamburg and will also be streamed live, which the online audience can watch on the ISC digital platform. ISC 2022 is expected to draw some 3,000 attendees.

The ISC 2022 Program and Registration  

The 2022 technical program overview for Monday, May 29 to June 2 is now online. The detailed schedule will be posted shortly. Please refer to our registration page for the pass benefits and pricing and details to know before and after registration, such as registration confirmation, badge pickup and check-in. The early bird registration will open either later this week or early next week.

We also advise you to keep track of the ISC Covid-19 webpage, which will be updated as we receive new information from the city of Hamburg. The current recommendation is all travelers should have received their vaccination or booster or be infection free at least 14 days before travelling into Germany. This website lists all the vaccines recognized in Germany.

Hotel Booking

This year ISC is partnering with several hotels within the conference vicinity and a reliable booking site to offer you hotel rooms in different price categories. Please visit the travel page for further information.

About ISC High Performance 2022

ISC 2022 will be held at the beautiful Congress Center Hamburg, which is conveniently linked with all parts of the city by bus and train lines. Come join our community of attendees, speakers and exhibitors who will be busy attending the event during the day and enjoying the Hamburg nightlife during the evenings.

ISC 2022 will be an on-site event with some digital elements. It will showcase the latest advancements in HPC, encompassing all the key developments happening in system design, applications, programming models, machine learning, and emerging technologies.

First held in 1986, ISC High Performance distinguishes itself as the world’s oldest and Europe’s most significant forum for the HPC, machine learning and high performance data analytics communities. https://www.isc-hpc.com.

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Source: ISC