This December, the world’s leading simulation experts will gather in Seattle for WinterSim 2025 — the premier international event dedicated to the latest research, innovations, and applications in simulation.
Under the theme “Simulation in 2050 and Beyond,” WinterSim invites participants to imagine how simulation will evolve over the next 25 years. From digital twins and artificial intelligence to data science, distributed computing, and virtual reality, the conference celebrates the creativity and invention driving the field forward.
For Minitab, it’s an exciting opportunity to connect with a global community of researchers and practitioners who are shaping how simulation and analytics will come together to solve tomorrow’s most complex challenges.
At Minitab, our mission has always been to help organizations make confident, data-driven decisions. Simulation extends that mission, turning insight into action by enabling teams to explore “what if” scenarios before implementing changes in the real world.
WinterSim offers an unparalleled space for experts to share breakthroughs, challenge ideas, and spark innovation. It’s also an opportunity for Minitab to highlight how simulation fits within a broader analytics ecosystem, connecting statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and process improvement into one continuous decision-making loop.
As simulation becomes more intelligent and accessible, it’s evolving from a specialist’s tool into an essential capability for anyone seeking to plan, optimize, and innovate with confidence.
Christoph Werner presents: Understanding the dynamic interaction between fleet performance and maintenance processes
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Representing Minitab at WinterSim 2025 is Christoph Werner our Senior Simulation Consultant and a subject matter expert in simulation modeling. With a PhD in stochastic modeling and a background bridging academia and applied analytics, Christoph brings deep expertise in how complex systems behave under uncertainty. Every minute counts in search and rescue missions, and so does every helicopter. Christoph’s latest research tackles one of the most persistent challenges in operations: the dynamic relationship between fleet performance and repair. His presentation introduces a “rolling window” machine learning approach that predicts inputs into a discrete event simulation (DES) of repair activities, using remaining useful life (RUL) estimates. The model then closes the loop, feeding simulation outputs (like repair delays) back into the predictive model to update RUL estimates. This feedback mechanism mirrors how real-world systems evolve over time, offering a compelling example of how simulation and ML can work together to predict performance dynamically and adaptively. |
Simulation as a Predictive Engine
Christoph’s work perfectly embodies WinterSim’s forward-looking theme. Simulation today is no longer just about replicating processes, it’s about predicting what’s next.
By integrating data science, machine learning, and simulation, organizations can anticipate outcomes, evaluate uncertainty, and test strategies before taking action. This shift positions simulation as a core technology for next-generation decision-making.
Across industries, from manufacturing and healthcare to logistics and energy, simulation is emerging as the engine of predictive intelligence, empowering organizations to design smarter, faster, and more resilient systems for the future.
“Simulation is evolving beyond process optimization — it’s becoming a predictive engine for the future. Events like WinterSim show how data science and simulation together can help us understand systems not just as they are, but as they could be.”
— Christoph Werner, Senior Simulation Consultant
Join Us in Seattle
WinterSim 2025 will take place December 7–10, 2025, at the Sheraton Grand Seattle.
Join us and Christoph as we explore how simulation and analytics are shaping the next 25 years of innovation, and discover how these technologies can help us make smarter, faster, and more resilient decisions today.
Planning to attend?
Come meet Christoph and the Minitab team to experience how predictive analytics and simulation are transforming the future of intelligent decision-making.