Neil Ashton — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as a Distinguished Engineer and Product Architect at NVIDIA, focusing on Industrial and Computational Engineering.
Leads multiple international workshops to advance AI4Engineering, including the Automotive CFD Prediction Workshop and High-Lift Prediction Workshop.
Developed four of the most widely used open-source datasets for CFD: AhmedML, WindsorML, DrivAerML, and HiLiftAeroML.
Contributed to the British Cycling 2020 Tokyo Olympics bike development program and worked with Formula 1 Management and the FIA on 2021 technical regulation changes.
Hosts a podcast available on Spotify and YouTube, explaining science and engineering to the public.
Previously served as the WW Tech Lead for CAE at Amazon Web Services and a Senior Researcher at the University of Oxford.

Biography

Neil Ashton is a Distinguished Engineer and Product Architect at NVIDIA, specializing in Industrial and Computational Engineering. In this role, he guides the development of NVIDIA products and promotes the adoption of NVIDIA’s platform among CAE, EDA, and Semi partners and customers. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.