Senior Vice President of Software Development - Structural Analysis and Optimization, Altair Engineering
Search every verified Ming Zhou interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Ming Zhou, Senior Vice President of Software Development - Structural Analysis and Optimization at Altair Engineering, delivered a welcome address for the OpenRadioss Users' Day 2025 on July 16, 2025. In his speech, Zhou stated that he and "GM Eric" were driving forces behind the decision three years ago to open source the industrial code, which he described as a "very brave step." He said the initiative focused from day one on building an engaged community and that the idea was discussed with companies and experts such as LM Sur and Paul Dubois, who responded positively. Zhou said the goal was to serve the global community and enable faster innovation, and he noted that the explicit dynamics analysis community faces new challenges such as electric vehicle and battery safety problems. He added that an open platform engaging with academic communities would open new directions for innovation. Zhou said the growth of the community and enthusiasm "proved that we did the right thing" and cited the open source model DeepSeek as an example of a strengthening global open source movement. He thanked attendees for contributing technically and on the application side. In a September 2022 interview previewing the K trade fair, Zhou said Altair brings solutions enabling digital transformation of the entire process from material supply and carbon footprint data capture to engineering products that reduce carbon footprint. He stated that Altair resonates with the entire supply chain from material to product delivery and aims to build digital solutions that bring the operational phase of products back into the development cycle and circular economy. Zhou described circular economy and digitization as hot topics and expressed enthusiasm for face-to-face meetings with customers.
“We took a very brave step three years ago together with GM Eric; we were the driving forces making this quite a unique decision to basically open source proven industrial code.”
“From day one we focused on building an actively engaged community, and before we openly launched the initiative, we bounced the idea with some companies and experts like LM Sur and Paul Dubois who responded very positively and enthusiastically.”
“We want to serve the global community and enable faster innovation; that was the driving force behind the bold idea.”
“The explicit dynamics analysis community arrived at a point where the challenges we face demand new thinking and new solutions, such as problems with electric vehicles and battery safety.”
“An open platform that actively engages with academic communities will open new directions and new space for innovation.”
“The growth of the community and the enthusiasm has proven that we did the right thing.”
“The open source global movement has become stronger with big language models like DeepSeek, which is a completely open source model and has gained a lot of momentum on the market.”
“We are actually moving in the right direction with the global open source movement, and I want to thank everybody for actively engaging and growing this OpenRadioss community.”
“It has been a fantastic journey in three years; I think it's a small milestone and we can congratulate ourselves for the growth of the community and where we have arrived today.”
“I want to congratulate everyone for being part of this growing community and contributing technically and on the application side from every angle.”
“What we bring to the table is a solution that enables the digital transformation of the entire process from material supply, capturing the carbon footprint data to engineering process engineer better and innovative product that reduces carbon footprint.”
“We resonate completely with the entire supply chain of the process from material to delivering product to really also build digital solutions to really help also bring the operational phase of products back into the development cycle and back into the circular economy.”
“Circular economy obviously and digitization are two of the hot topics that the industry is talking about; the K will be talking about it but also being seeing people face to face is also something that you probably missed over the past years.”
“I think it's so nice to be here and meeting people, some of them are customers here, and have face-to-face discussion about what type of exciting time we are living actually with so many innovations happening.”
Welcome address by Dr. Ming Zhou former Altair Chief Engineer – Computational Mechanics and Design Optimization.
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