Gilles Gallée is a Director of Autonomous Vehicle Simulation Solution at Ansys Inc., the world’s largest, independent Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software company (NASDAQ: ANSS). He is responsible for driving an Ansys’ business in this market segment and he acts as a subject matter expert and thought leader in the domain of Autonomous Vehicle simulation solutions including driving simulation and sensor simulation for system and human-in-the-loop applications. Gilles Gallée received his master’s degree of engineering in computer science and digital image processing from Bordeaux University, France. Before joining Ansys, he has been actively involved in the simulation and virtual reality field for 25 years, serving at organizations like IFSTTAR, a major research institute in transportation, OKTAL, a simulation products company, and OPTIS, a light and vision simulation products company. He has authored about twenty papers, articles, and reports.

ANSYS Inc, is the leading provider of engineering simulation solutions at the heart of the disruptive innovations shaping the future of the transportation and mobility industry. Engineering simulation is the only way to deliver the safer, more sustainable electric, connected and autonomous transportation and mobility experiences of the future. Building on a foundation of core vehicle engineering solutions – from aerodynamics to lighting to lightweighting and crash simulation – Ansys’ software is enabling the industry to bring innovation to market faster, at lower cost and risk and with greater product quality. Companies across the automotive ecosystem, from global OEMs to start-ups rely on Ansys to engineer what’s ahead. Founded in 1970, Ansys employs globally nearly 4,900 professionals. Our engineers are experts in their fields including finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, semiconductor, electronics and electromagnetics, optics, systems and software, multidisciplinary design optimization, materials and digital mission engineering. Headquartered south of Pittsburgh, USA, the company has more than 75 global locations and a network of channel partners around the world.