AI x Hardware Engineering Dinner

​AI x Hardware Engineering Dinner

​Building Robust Data Pipelines for Physical Product Development

​About the Dinner Event

​AI in hardware engineering is notoriously hard to execute well. 

​We’re bringing together Bay Area CAE engineers and hardware leaders to move past the hype and discuss the critical infrastructure that makes AI for physics actually work.

​Still treating simulation data like a collection of files? We’ll be discussing the specific data governance, lineage, and reusability frameworks that separate AI-curious teams from AI-enabled competitors.

​The Schedule

• ​5:00 PM: Welcome & Casual Networking

• ​Open discussion topics:

  • ​Building Robust Data Pipelines

  • ​Breaking the "File Server Trap"

  • ​Overcoming the "Data Janitor" Trap

  • ​Scaling Beyond Proof-of-Concepts

• ​7:00 PM: Event Wrap-up

​No product pitches or demonstrations.

​Why Attend?

​In the engineering world, "bad data" is rarely obvious; it’s sneakier—simulation results separated from setup details or historical data locked in closed formats. This workshop focuses on topics such as:

• ​Breaking the "File Server Trap": Moving from fragile folder paths to queryable metadata.

• ​Scaling Beyond Proof-of-Concepts: How to build production-grade pipelines that don't collapse when they leave a laptop.

​The format of the meeting is casual and we talk over a nice dinner. The number of participants is capped at 10 to keep the discussion organized and to provide a valuable networking opportunity. 

​Details

• ​Location: Il Fornaio, Burlingame, California

• ​Food: Dinner and beverages provided by our hosts at Simr

• ​Capacity: Limited to maintain high-signal conversations.