WOCO10 2011 - IFIP WG2.5 Working Conference on Uncertainty Quantification in Scientific Computing

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Category WOCO10 2011

Deadline: January 31, 2011 | Date: August 01, 2011-August 04, 2011

Venue/Country: Boulder, U.S.A

Updated: 2010-07-31 13:16:40 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Given the success of scientific computation as a research tool, it is natural that scientists, engineers, and policy makers strive to harness this immense potential by using computational models for critical decision-making. Increasingly, computers are being used to supplement experiments, to prototype engineering systems, or to predict the safety and reliability of high-consequence systems. Such use inevitably leads one to question "How good are these simulations? Would you bet your life on them?" Unfortunately, most computational scientists today are ill equipped to address such important questions with the same scientific rigor that is routine in experimental science.

The Conference

This working conference will bring together experts in mathematical modeling, numerical analysis, numerical software engineering, and statistics, along with scientists from a variety of key applications to assess our current ability to quantify uncertainty in modeling and simulation, to raise awareness of this issue within the numerical software community, and to help envision a research agenda to address this critical need. Conference topics will include: (a) Numerical software verification, (b) Validation metrics and comparison with physical experiment, and (c) Uncertainty estimation for predictive modeling and simulation. In addition, case studies from representative application areas, such as electromagnetics, mechanical engineering, and nuclear power plant control, will be presented.

Participation

To ensure a focused working conference with maximum opportunity for group interaction, participation will be by invitation only.

Proceedings

Proceedings of the conference will be published by Springer as part of IFIP's Advances in Information and Communication Technology series.

Organizing Committee

Ronald F. Boisvert, NIST, USA, Chair

Andrew Dienstfrey, NIST, USA

James C. T. Pool, CalTech, USA (retired)

Program Committee

Andrew Dienstfrey, NIST, USA, Chair

Ronald F. Boisvert, NIST, USA

Maurice Cox, National Physical Laboratory, UK

Bo Einarsson, Linköping University, Sweden

Brian Ford, Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd., UK

James (Mac) Hyman, Tulane University, USA

William Oberkampf, Sandia National Laboratory, USA

Tony O'Hagan, University of Sheffield, UK

Michael Oberguggenberger, University of Innsbruck, Austria