{"id":12510,"date":"2025-08-15T17:26:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/?p=12510"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:18:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:18:32","slug":"understanding-the-intersection-of-ai-and-simulation-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/ai-spectrum\/understanding-the-intersection-of-ai-and-simulation-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the intersection of AI and simulation \u2013 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-megaphone\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=TLFIE7682569248\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><!-- Megaphone -->\n\n\n<p>Generative AI is proving to be a powerful force multiplier across many industries, allowing a single user to do more in less time and even highly complex tasks, like product design, are reaping generative AI-driven benefits. However, as powerful as these AI tools are, they must be carefully applied in conjunction with not in place of existing tools like simulation. Only together can AI and simulation achieve a better result than either could alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this special miniseries, host Spencer Acain is joined by Todd Tuthill, Vice President for Aerospace and Defense and Marine Industry at Siemens, Dr. Justin Hodges, Senior AI\/ML Technical Specialist at Siemens as well as Fatma Kocer-Poyraz, Vice President of Engineering Data Science at Altair to examine it takes to develop generative AI fit for industry and how best to combine the two fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In this episode you will learn:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Where generative AI fits in industry (0:43)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is an industrial foundation model? (9:27)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Balancing AI-generated and simulated results (17:49)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/todd_new_200.jpg\" alt=\"Todd Tuthill\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Todd Tuthill<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n<p>Todd Tuthill is the Vice President of Aerospace, Defense, and Marine for Siemens Digital Industries Software.<\/p>\n<\/div>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/toddtuthill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Todd on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/1557254280500.jpg\" alt=\"Fatma Kocer-Poyraz\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Fatma Kocer-Poyraz<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p>Fatma Kocer-Poyraz is the Vice President of Engineering Data Science at Altair<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/fatma-kocer-poyraz-5a0771\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Fatma on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/09\/1619026312047.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Justin Hodges\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Dr. Justin Hodges<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p>AI\/ML Technical Specialist and Product Manager for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/simcenter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siemens Simcenter<\/a>.<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/justin-hodges-phd-3432a58b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Justin on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/06\/spencer-acain.jpg\" alt=\"Spencer Acain\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div 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