Artificial Intuition: Building an AI Mind for Electromagnetic Design - Pratap Ranade - ARENA AI

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC, October 29-30, 2025https://cdfam.com/nyc-2025/Organization:ARENA-AIPresenter:Pratap RanadeArtificial Intuition: Building an AI Mind for Electromagnetic DesignPresentation AbstractMost advances in computational design focus on mechanical structure — domains we can visualize and have evolved an intuition for. But as modern hardware becomes increasingly software defined, the unseen and unintuitive world of electromagnetism is taking center stage. Conventional solvers can simulate fields, yet they cannot imagine new ones. In this talk, I’ll share how we’re pushing past that frontier by creating artificial intuition — AI systems that learn physical behavior inductively, not deductively. Drawing inspiration from quantum experiments like the Kondo mirage, where discovery outpaced simulation, I’ll show how our team built Atlas: an AI that learns directly from electromagnetic test data to verify, optimize, and eventually postulate new designs. We’ll share results from realworld applications in semiconductors and aerospace, and offer a teaser of what’s to come over the next twelve months.Speaker BioPratap Ranade, CEO and Founder of ARENA-AIJoin us at CDFAM Barcelona April 8-9, 2026, the premier symposium for computational design, AI, and engineering innovation.Don’t miss your chance to connect with global leaders in design and technology.Register by February 1st to secure the early bird rate and be part of the conversation shaping the future of design, architecture, and advanced manufacturing. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.designforam.com