SCOMA
SCOMA (Scientific Computing and Optimization in Multidisciplinary Applications) was a project realized in three parts and including several sub projects and application projects. A special center called the SCOMA center was established for the project's realization. In total the project took place in 2005-2009. Several themes of the project as well as the field on sciences on which the project took place coincide with those of ALADDIN's.
The aim of the compiled projects was to utilize as well as strengthen the already accumulated base of knowledge in the field of modeling and optimization as well as to create connections to new application areas. Further, the project aimed to apply the core know-how of computational sciences to the challenging industrial R&D business models. The project systematically collected know-how of the fields in question in the form of a modeling portal. The project was realized in close collaboration with several businesses, organizations and foreign researchers, as well as the European organization ECCOMAS.
In more detail the compiled project had four main goals. First, it aimed to strengthen the core know-how of the fields of modeling and simulation in the established SCOMA center. The second goal was to bring to Finland international top knowledge and related information of open source codes in the fields of modeling and simulation. Third, the project aimed to elevate the know-how of businesses in the field into a new level and accelerate their simulation and optimization-based R&D functions by transferring the new research information to the businesses. Finally, the last goal was to educate next generation research professionals who master a wide array of methods and applications in the field of computational sciences.
Project team
Principal investigator Pekka Neittaanmäki
Professor Tero Tuovinen
Professor Tommi Kärkkäinen
Professor Raino Mäkinen
Professor Timo Tiihonen
Professor Tuomo Rossi
Professor Vagan Terziyan
The project also included about 20 other researchers