Barcelona CDFAM Recordings: First Five Presentations Now Available
CDFAM Computational Design Symposium Series
CDFAM Barcelona 2026 took place April 8-9 at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, bringing together engineers, researchers, and software developers for two days of technical presentations spanning computational design, simulation-driven engineering, AI and machine learning, advanced manufacturing, and architectural systems.
The first recordings from the event are now available on the CDFAM YouTube channel.
The opening session from NVIDIA’s Pablo Hermoso Moreno covers AI surrogate models, accelerated physics solvers, and agentic CAE workflows, drawing on his background in Formula 1 aerodynamics and large-scale cloud AI deployment.
Mike Frei of ARENA Physica follows with the case for a foundation model for electromagnetism, addressing how geometry governs electromagnetic behavior and where current simulation workflows fall short for semiconductor, aerospace, and automotive applications.
Hao (Richard) Zhang from Augmenta and Simon Fraser University presents work on functional AI for 3D design automation in the built environment, including the first buildings in the world with electrical systems delivered by AI-powered generative design.
Raul Llamas-Sandin from Airbus and Universidad Europea de Madrid presents a GPU-accelerated topology optimization solver capable of handling structural synthesis problems with millions of elements in minutes on a workstation, with applications in bridge design, high-rise structural cores, and architectural form-finding.
Closing out the first batch, Johannes Mueller-Roemer from Fraunhofer IGD introduces SubSimX, a subdivision-native design and simulation pipeline that eliminates the mesh rebuild cycle, enabling continuous simulation-driven iteration directly on the control mesh.
More sessions will be released in the coming weeks that will join recordings from previous events in NYC, Berlin and Amsterdam.
The CDFAM series continues later this year.
CD/DC takes place July 15-16 in Washington DC, with a program focused on computational design and engineering AI across defense, aerospace, and government applications.
CDFAM Tokyo follows October 15-16 at the Tokyo International Forum, marking the first CDFAM event in the Asia-Pacific region.
Registration to attend and speaker presentation submissions for both events are available at cdfam.com.