Innovative simulation software that enables Australian to manage its water and carbon resources more efficiently has won a prestigious double prize in this week’s South Australian iAwards competition.

The SimulAIt program, developed by Adelaide-based Intelligent Software Development collected awards in both the financial application category and the sustainability and green IT award.

SimulAIt is a powerful simulation application that is used to create virtual cities to model and test products, policies or infrastructure, especially in high impact areas such as water management and climate change.

Used as a predictive analysis support tool for financial and environmental sustainability, the software extracts Behavioural Business Intelligence by using behavioural simulation to test ideas in a virtual replica of the real world where mistakes are inexpensive and involve minimal risk.

With the i standing for innovation, the iAwards are Australia's leading ICT industry awards. Each year, the Australian Information Industry Association runs the iAwards as a member of the Asia-Pacific ICT Alliance Awards to deliver an international awards program to the Australian technology community.

Of the six companies that won iAwards on Monday, Intelligent Software Development was the only one to win awards in two categories. Winners will represent SA at national finals in Melbourne on May 27.

Intelligent Software’s chief executive officer Dr. Don Perugini said SimulAIt was a powerful decision support tool used by business and Government for financial and environmental sustainability. “SimulAIt uses advanced artificial intelligence to bring data to life,” he explains.

“By crystalising a vast quantity of complex data and human behaviours, SimulAIt enables you to create virtual replicas of complete cities. This allows strategic planners to test the effectiveness of new products, policies or infrastructure before they are implemented, thereby gaining insight into the future impact of their strategic decisions.”

Founded in 2006, Intelligent Software is an Adelaide-based company that uses state-of-the-art defence technologies to deliver cost-effective customised software solutions and consulting using its in-house developed SimulAIt platform.

Intelligent Software’s founders, Dr. Don Perugini and Dr. Michelle Perugini, come from defence and health backgrounds. Drawing parallels between complex problems in defence and health, and the commercial arena, Intelligent Software’s founders identified commercial opportunities and an urgent market need in financial and environmental sustainability, which they could address with SimulAIt.

About Intelligent Software Development

Intelligent Software Development Pty Ltd has drawn on expertise from the defence industry to use Artificial Intelligence technologies to create realistic virtual models of cities for strategic planning and forecasting purposes. As with the popular SimCity computer game, Intelligent Software’s AI approach models elements of a city, such as households and their demographic characteristics. This simulation can be used to assist with strategic planning and demand forecasting by running “what-if” scenarios and analysing the impact that proposed strategic decisions, infrastructure and policy will have on the population’s behaviour, including demand, spending and consumption.

More information

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