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Validation Challenge Workshop Technical Program Agenda
(tentative)

Workshop Overview 
| Sunday, May 21, 2006 |
| 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm |
Reception, Fireplace Room |
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Monday, May 22, 2006
Room: Alvarado GH |
| 8:00 am - 8:15 am |
Workshop Registration/ Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 am - 8:45 am |
Opening Remarks and Workshop Overview
Martin Pilch, Sandia National Laboratories |
Thermal Challenge Problem Session, chair Kevin Dowding |
| 8:45 am - 9:00 am |
Overview of Thermal Problem
Kevin Dowding, Sandia National Laboratories |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am |
Model Validation Metrics for the Thermal Challenge Problem
Sankaran Mahadevan, J. McFarland, and X. Jiang Vanderbilt University |
| 9:45 am - 10:30 am |
Model Validation, Calibration and Predictive Capability
Scott Ferson, Applied Biomathematics
William L. Oberkampf, Sandia National Laboratories |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:45 am |
A Bayesian Analysis of the Thermal Challenge Problem
• F. Liu and J. Berger, Duke University
• M. J. Bayarri, Valencia
• R. Paulo, Bristol
• J. Sacks, National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) |
| 11:45 am - 12:30 pm |
Another Bayesian Analysis of the Thermal
Challenge Problem
Dave Higdon, and Charlie Nakhleh Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm |
Lunch (provided), Alvarado F |
| 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm |
Thermal Problem Discussion |
Structural Dynamics Problem Session, chair John Red-Horse |
| 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm |
Overview of Structural Dynamics Problem
John Red-Horse, Sandia National Laboratories |
| 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm |
A Top-Down Approach to Calibration, Validation,
Uncertainty Quantification and Predictive
Accuracy Assessment
Tim Hasselman and George Lloyd, ACTA Inc. |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Break |
| 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm |
On the Validation of Models for Structural Dynamic Analysis
and the Sandia 2006 Workshop Challenge
D J Ewins, C Zang, C Schwingshackl, and, E Petrov, Imperial College London |
Monday, May 22, 2006
Evening, Franciscan Rm |
| 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm |
Evening Reception/Cash Bar |
| 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
Banquet Dinner (provided) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
Poster Paper Sessions
Methodological Alternatives for the Regulatory Problem
Brian Rutherford, Sandia National Laboratories
Interval and p-Box Techniques for Model Validation:
On the Example of the Thermal Challenge Problem
Vladik Kreinovich, University of Texas at El Paso
Thermal Challenge Problem
Mark D. Brandyberry, University of Illinois Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets
Addressing the Thermal Validation Challenge Problem Using Polynomial Regression Models for Trends and Biases
Anthony A. Giunta, Sandia National Laboratories |
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Room: Alvarado GH |
| 7:30 am - 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
Structural Dynamics Problem Session (cont'd) |
| 8:00 am - 8:45 am |
NASA Langley’s Approach towards a Solution of the Sandia’s Structural Dynamics Challenge Problem
L.G. Horta, S.P. Kenny, K.B. Elliott, K.B. Lim, NASA Langley Research Center
L. Crespo, National Institute of Aerospace
J-S. Lew, Tennessee State University |
| 8:45 am - 9:30 am |
Presentation 4 (TBD)
Roger Ghanem, University of Southern California
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| 9:30 am - 10:00 am |
Break |
| 10:00 am - 10:45 am |
Structural Dynamics Problem Discussion |
Structural Statics Problem Session, chair Raul Tempone |
10:45 am - 11:00 am |
Overview of Statics Problem
Raul Tempone, Florida State University |
11:00 am - 11:45 am |
A Decision-centric Analysis of the Sandia Structural
Mechanics Validation Challenge Problem
François M. Hemez, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
11:45 am - 1:00 pm |
Lunch (provided), Alvarado F |
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm |
Probabilistic Assemsent of a Static Frame Model
Ramesh Rebba and John Cafeo, General Motors R&D Center |
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm |
Contribution to the Validation Static Frame Challenge Problem by using Maximum Likelihood Estimators and Monte Carlo Simulation
G.I. Schuëller and H.J. Pradlwarter, Leopold-Franzens University |
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Break |
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm |
Probabilistic Models for Material Properties
Mircea Grigoriu, Cornell University |
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm |
Structural Statics Problem Discussion |
Wrap Up |
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
Open Discussion |

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