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AIPhysics.org is an open benchmark for AI methods in engineering simulation. NAFEMS leads its governance. Rescale runs the platform as founding technical partner. Anyone can take part, on the same terms.
AI methods for engineering simulation are improving fast, but there's no trusted, shared way to compare them on the problems engineers actually solve. General machine-learning leaderboards don't answer the questions simulation teams ask. Does the model hold up across real physics? Does it get the engineering quantities right? How does it do against trusted reference data?
AIPhysics.org gives the community a common yardstick.
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Leads governance and methodology
NAFEMS has overall responsibility for the governance of AIPhysics.org. A NAFEMS-led committee of technical experts oversees:
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Leads platform and technology
As founding technical partner, Rescale builds and runs the platform within the agreed governance framework:
Same rules for everyone
Every model goes through the same submission process and is scored by the same pipeline under the same published method. That includes Rescale's own reference runs.
Results are transparent
Published results identify the submitting organization and explain how the results were obtained, in accordance with the initiative's publication policy.
Test data is never released
Held-out cases and their reference results stay private, so no one can tune a model to the test.
Methods are public
The scoring method for every benchmark is documented on the site. Changes are recorded in the decision log.
Sources are credited
Every dataset names its origin and links to the original release.
AIPhysics.org welcomes anyone working on AI for engineering simulation: model developers, software vendors (including Rescale's competitors), academic and research groups, national laboratories, engineering teams in industry, and standards bodies.
Train on the public data with any tools you like, then submit for blind evaluation. Your code and weights can stay private.
Bring simulation data for a new problem. We'll work with you to build the public training set and the private test set.
Working groups on metrics and evaluation are forming for each field. Register your interest.
Technology providers and other organisations can join the initiative on transparent, non-discriminatory terms set by the steering committee.
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Leads governance and methodology
NAFEMS is the non-profit International Association for the Engineering Modelling, Analysis & Simulation Community, guided by its global membership. With a rich heritage in benchmarking, verification and validation, it promotes best practice and confidence in engineering simulation.
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Leads platform and technology
Rescale is the digital engineering platform that delivers agentic engineering and AI physics for advanced industries. Building on more than a decade of experience in the field, it helps teams put AI methods to work on real design problems.
AIPhysics.org Steering Committee. Led by NAFEMS. Its composition, responsibilities and arrangements for participation will be established through the governance process.
For the engineering community: open datasets and side-by-side comparisons of emerging AI architectures on real physics problems, helping engineers understand their capabilities, limitations and suitability for different applications.
For NAFEMS: An opportunity to help establish credible, independent and community-led approaches to assessing AI methods in engineering simulation, drawing on NAFEMS's experience in verification, validation and good practice.
For Rescale: faster adoption of AI physics methods, and closer work with model developers and engineering practitioners.
| Date | Decision |
|---|---|
| October 2026 | NAFEMS and Rescale announce their intention to work together to develop AIPhysics.org, with NAFEMS leading the development of the governance framework and Rescale operating the platform. |
Questions about governance, partnership or contributing a benchmark?
