The Future of Computational Electromagnetics: Science or Product [EurAAP Corner]

As in every year, the EurAAP Working Group on Software organized a convened session on numerical techniques/software at the 2011 EuCAP conference. This year, the goal was to have a more industrially oriented session, with the theme, “The Future of Computational Electromagnetics: Science or Product.” The idea was that 25 years ago, all development in this area was done in pure research environments. Nowadays, quite a lot of development is done on the research and development premises of tool vendors. Many strategic questions can be raised concerning this theme. These questions were addressed in this session, both from the perspective of academia and of industry. The last slot in the session was completely reserved for discussion. The session was attended by about 70 people.