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Seoul National University, IBM and Dassault Systemes Establish Digital Shipbuilding Innovation Center

SEOUL, South Korea - January 11, 2001 - In a ceremony held here today, Seoul National University (SNU), IBM, and Dassault Systemes opened the University's Digital Shipbuilding Innovation Center (DSIC). A joint project of the three organizations, the DSIC will accelerate innovation in the field of shipbuilding, by combining world class research from the University's Department of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering with leading software solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) from IBM and Dassault Systemes.

The Center will implement PLM technology, including CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA software, and will receive IBM support to provide students with complete curricula in digital shipbuilding. The DSIC will use the PLM software to document and transfer best practices to the industry. It will also act as a source of innovation for the Dassault Systemes/IBM suite of shipbuilding solutions based on V5.

Said Dr. Jong Gye Shin, professor of the Department of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering, Seoul National University, and head of the DSIC, "A major source of additional competitiveness for shipbuilders is improving collaboration between Engineering and Manufacturing. We are convinced that the combination of CATIA and DELMIA provides the unique opportunity to connect these two domains. In addition, we have developed several computer models to automate essential shipbuilding practices, and can apply them to the modern, scalable architecture that is the foundation of CATIA, DELMIA and ENOVIA."

"The DSIC, a world-class showcase for state-of-the-art shipbuilding solutions, opens new perspectives of leadership for bringing the benefits of e-business to shipbuilding. IBM Product Lifecycle Management support of the Center will help make it a leader in technology and innovation for both our national industry and for the worldwide shipbuilding community," added Mr. Byoung-Chan Na, manager of IBM PLM Korea. "Successful research and development of collaboration tools will link ship design more closely to production, provide a basis for direct collaboration with suppliers and outsourced design, and open a real-time communication channel with ship owners and classification societies who have long relied on static 2D drawings for analysis and design intent."

"Dassault Systemes is proud to be part of this initiative. Shipbuilding is a major focus of our efforts and I am very happy to launch this initiative with the leading shipbuilding faculty of the world's number one country in commercial shipbuilding. The relationship we create today will leverage the power of our innovation and provide the shipbuilding industry with confirmation of our continued commitment," explained Francis Bernard, executive committee advisor and member of board of Dassault Systemes.

About Seoul National University, Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering

Seoul National University, Dept. of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering is one of the world's leading academic institutions in naval architecture and shipbuilding. Recent education and research of the Department focus on the application of digital information technology to shipbuilding processes. 

http://ship.snu.ac.kr

About IBM

IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM Sales & Distribution, which supports more than a dozen key industries worldwide, works with companies of all sizes around the world to deploy the full range of IBM technologies. 

http://www.ibm.com 

About Dassault Systemes

Dassault Systemes (NASDAQ:DASTY, Bourse de Paris) is the premier global software developer of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, providing companies with e-business solutions to implement their digital enterprise, thus creating and simulating the entire product lifecycle from initial concept to product in service. CATIA, DELMIA and ENOVIA solutions support industry-specific business processes to help unleash creativity and innovation, reduce development cycle time, improve quality, competitiveness and shareholder value: CATIA supports the digital product definition and simulation, DELMIA provides solutions to define and simulate lean digital manufacturing processes and ENOVIA delivers enterprise solutions that manage a comprehensive, collaborative and distributed model of the digital product, processes and resources. The combined integration creates the Digital Product lifecycle Pipeline, supporting reuse of corporate knowledge. SolidWorks and Smart Solutions, as Dassault Systemes companies, offer respectively 3D design-centric and TeamPDM software solutions based on Windows.

http://www.dsweb.com 

 

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