UQ: Transition Workshop - May 21-23, 2012
Workshop Information
As is customary, we are nearing the time for the transition workshop which signifies the formal end of the program under SAMSI but not the end of the research collaborations that have been established. We look forward to many more "products" to emerge from this program. Indeed, the UQ program has explored new formats and ways to engage various groups and communities.
The purpose of this workshop is two-fold. First, we will review and discuss progress made so far in the various projects of the program, discuss their significance and synergies. Second, future directions of research in the program areas will be assessed. The workshop will feature sessions from all active working groups and bring together participants across the various areas of the program.
The workshop will be held at the Radisson RTP.
APPLICATION
To begin the application process login and register, then click on "Apply for Workshop" button at the top of this page. When you have completed the form, be sure to click on the green "Submit" button.
This form also includes the application for financial support. You will be notified as soon as possible after your application if your participation will be possible; regrettably, limited seating will preclude acceptance of all applications. New researchers (graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in the early stages of their careers) and members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
The application/registration deadline is April 27, 2012. Note, however, that capacity might be reached before this deadline. Also, any application that requests support for expenses should typically be submitted at least 6 weeks in advance of the workshop.
After SAMSI has accepted your participation in the workshop, you may access the payform here.
Please make reservations at the Radisson RTP as soon as possible. The SAMSI room block and rate ($91) is effective until April 27, 2012. After this date, there is no guarantee a room will be available. If you have a change in plans, individual room reservations must be cancelled 72 hours prior to arrival. Check-in is at 3:00 PM; check-out is 12:00 noon.
If you need further information please send an email to [email protected].
Schedule
Monday, May 21
Radisson RTP
| 8:30-8:55 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:55-9:00 | Welcome and Introduction Pierre Gremaud, SAMSI |
| MODEL VALIDATION | |
| 9:00-9:25 | Maarten Arnst, University of Liege, Belgium Description of the Model Problem Considered by the Model Validation Working Group |
| 9:25-9:50 | Ed Boone, Virginia Commonwealth University Rethinking Model Validation |
| 9:50-10:15 |
Yifang Li, North Carolina State University A Simulation Study of the model considered by the Model Validation Working Group |
| 10:15-10:30 | Serge Prudhomme, University of Texas at Austin: Summary, conclusions, and future directions -Model Validation Working Group |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| INVERSE FUNCTIONS | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Philip Stark, Univ. of California, Berkeley UQQ |
| 11:45-12:00 | Troy Butler, Colorado State University A Non-intrusive Alternative to a Computational Measure Theoretic Inverse |
| 12:00-12:15 | Jan Hannig, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Statistical Inference Based on Inverse Functions |
| 12:15-12:30 | Jessi Cisewski, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Inverse Function-Based Methodology for Inverse Sensitivity Analysis |
| 12:30-1:45 | Lunch |
| NUCLEAR ENGINEERING | |
| 1:45-2:35 | Rod Schmidt, Sandia Nuclear Reactor Safety Analysis: A perspective on and survey of practices, challenges, and needs for UQ |
| 2:35-2:55 | Michael Pernice, INL Validation and Uncertainty Quantification in the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of LWRs (CASL) |
| 2:55-3:15 | Hany Abdel-Khalik, North Carolina State University |
| 3:15-3:30 | Don Estep, Colorado State University: Summary, conclusions and future directions |
| 3:30-4:00 | Break |
| COMPUTING | |
| 4:00-4:30 | Lulu Kang, Illinois Institute of Technology Functional Data Analysis for the WACCM Computer Simulator |
| 4:30-5:00 | Rick Archibald, ONRL Uncertainty Quantification Methods for High Performance Computing: Scalable Approximation and Error Estimation for Stochastic Collocation |
| STOCHASTIC TO DETERMINISTIC AND BACK | |
| 5:00-5:30 | Mansoor Haider, North Carolina State University Bridging Cell and Tissue Scale Models for Cell-Matrix Interactions in Articular Cartilage |
| 5:40-7:30 | Poster Session and Reception SAMSI will provide poster presentation boards and tape. The board dimensions are 4 ft. wide by 3 ft. high. They are tri-fold with each side being 1 ft. wide and the center 2 ft. wide. Please make sure your poster fits the board. The boards can accommodate up to 16 pages of paper measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches. |
Tuesday, May 22
Radisson RTP
| 8:30-9:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| RARE EVENTS | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Jim Nolen, Duke University Simulation of Rare Events |
| 9:30-10:00 | Richard Moore, New Jersey Insitute of Technology Importance Sampling Using Low-dimensional Reductions |
| 10:00-10:30 | Chia Ying Lee, SAMSI Designing Importance Sampling Schemes for Simulating Rare Random Graphs |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| DATA ASSIMILATION IN IPCC LEVEL MODELS | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Elaine Spiller, Marquette University En-Route Observations and 3D Lagrangian Data Assimilation |
| 11:30-12:00 | Zav Kothavala, New York University Does Data Assimilation Improve the Simulation of Polar Climates in a GCM? |
| 12:00-12:30 | Collaborative Panel Chris Jones, UNC - Moderator Jesse Berwald, College of William and Mary Lewis Mitchell, University of Vermont Chris Orum, University of Utah |
| 12:30-2:00 | Lunch |
| SURROGATE MODELS | |
| 2:00-2:40 | John Jakeman, Sandia Gaussian Process Models and Polynomial Chaos Approximations for Uncertainty Quantification |
| SUSTAINABILITY | |
| 2:40-3:20 | Alireza Yazdani, Rice University Quantification of Uncertainty to Support Sustainability in Water Supply Infrastructure |
| 3:20-3:30 | Miriam Heller, MHITech Systems/Johns Hopkins University Summary, Conclusions and Future Directions |
| 3:30-4:00 | Break |
| GEOSCIENCES | |
| 4:00-4:30 | Eugene Morgan, Duke/SAMSI Geospatial Modeling of Landslide Hazard Offshore the U.S. East Coast |
| 4:30-5:00 | Amilcare Porporato, Duke University Stochastic Soil Moisture Dynamics: from Soil-Plant Biogeochemistry and Land-Atmosphere Interactions to Sustainable Use of Soil and Water Resources |
| 5:00-5:30 | Shouheil Ezzedine, LLNL Uncertainty Quantification of Fault Activation Due to CO2 Sequatration or Geothermal Heat Extraction |
Wednesday, May 23
Radisson RTP
| 8:30-9:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| STATISTICS OF EXTREMES | |
| 9:00-9:25 | Grant Weller, Colorado State University An Alternative Representation of Hidden Regular Variation in Multivariate Extremes |
| 9:25-9:50 | Ying Sun, SAMSI Estimating Change-points in Extreme Values |
| 9:50-10:15 | Brian Reich, North Carolina State University A Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis of Max-Stable Spatial Processes |
| 10:15-10:30 | Dan Cooley, Colorado State University Summary, Conclusions and Future Directions-Statistics of Extremes Working Group |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| DATA ASSIMILATION | |
| 11:00-11:20 | Ralph Smith, North Carolina State University Parametric and Model Uncertainty Quantification for Nonlinear Smart Materials |
| 11:20-11:40 | Adrian Sandu, Virginia Tech Activities of the Data Assimilation Work Group |
| 11:40-12:00 | Milija Zupanski,Colorado State University Quantifying Observation Impact in Data Assimilation |
| 12:00-12:20 | Dan Cacuci, North Carolina State University High-Order Uncertainty Quantification and Data Assimilation for Multi-Physics Systems |
| 12:20 | Lunch and Adjourn |