Saturday, September 9, 2006
Afternoon Session
15:30-18:00
Registration
18:00-19:30
Dinner
19:30-20:30
Opening Talk by George Kattawar (Texas A&M)
Computational Methods in Transport
September 9 - 14, 2006
Schedule
All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Morning Session
08:30-09:00
Validation, Verification and Uncertainty Quantification Methods
08:30-09:00
Introductory Remarks by Frank Graziani (LLNL)
09:00-09:45
Martin Pilch (Sandia National Laboratories)
Measuring and Communicating Progress in Predictive Capability09:45-10:15
Break
10:15-11:00
Michaela Saisana (Joint Research Center - Ispra Establishment)
Critique of Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis in the Scientific Discourse: Overview of Good Practices and Pitfalls11:00-11:45
Francois Hemez (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
A Decision-centric View of Verification and Validation11:45-01:30
Lunch (on your own)
Afternoon Session
13:30-14:30
Jon Helton (Sandia National Laboratories)
Sampling-Based Methods for Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis14:30-15:15
Kenneth Hanson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Role of Uncertainty Quantification in Validating Physics Models15:15-15:30
Anthony Davis (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
A Formalized Iterative Approach to V&V, with Examples15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-16:45
Kambiz Salari (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Code Verification by the Method of Manufactured Solutions17:30-18:30
Social Hour (Iris)
18:30
Dinner
Monday, September 11, 2006
Morning Session
08:30
HEDP/Neutronics
08:30-09:15
David Keyes (Columbia University)
Particle Transport in SciDAC and GNEP 09:15-10:00
Jim Hammer (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Radiation transport experiments on the Omega laser 10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:15
John Castor (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Verification (mostly) for high energy density radiation transport11:15-12:00
Nick Gentile (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Monte Carlo Transport Code V&V in the High Energy Density RegimeAfternoon Session
12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:45
Marvin Adams (Texas A&M University - College Station)
Verification of Transport Codes 14:45-15:30
Paul Turinsky (North Carolina State University)
Sensitivity/Uncertainty Analysis and Usage in Adaptive Reactor Core Simulation15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-16:45
Cecil Parks (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Role of Validation in Development and Use of a Multi-Purpose Nuclear Analysis Code System16:45-17:15
Discussion
18:00
Dinner
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Morning Session
08:30
Mathematics
08:30-09:15
Tom Manteuffel (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Iterative Methods for Transport Problems09:15-10:15
Barry Ganapol (University of Arizona)
The Art of Analytical Benchmarking10:15-10:45
Break
10:45-11:30
Irene Gamba (University of Texas at Austin)
Deterministic solvers to transport for non-conservative systems of Boltzmann-Poisson type 11:30-12:15
Anne Bourlioux (University of Montreal)
A Mathematical Approach to Validating Models and Estimating Modeling Errors for Passive and Reactive Turbulent TransportAfternoon Session
12:15-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-17:00
Poster Session
17:30-18:30
Social Hour (Iris)
18:30
Dinner
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Morning Session
08:30
Astrophysics/Atmospheric Science
08:30-09:15
Doug Swesty (SUNY Stony Brook)
Verification and Validation of radiation-transport and radiation-hydro algorithms in astrophysics09:15-10:00
R. Paul Drake (University of Michigan)
Using Radiative Shock Experiments and Physical Thinking in Code Validation10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:15
Mike Norman (University of California, San Diego)
Verification and Validation of Simulations of Cosmic Reionization11:15-12:00
Richard Klein (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
The Formation of High Mass StarsAfternoon Session
12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:25
Anthony Davis (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Realistic (3D) Radiative Transfer in the Cloudy Atmosphere: A Survey of the Problem Space14:25-15:15
Alexander Marshak (NASA)
Atmospheric radiative transfer for satellite remote sensing: validation and uncertainty 15:15-16:00
Howard Barker (Meteorological Service of Canada)
Atmospheric Radiative Transfer for Global Climate Studies16:00-16:30
Break
16:30-17:30
Discussion
17:30-18:30
Social Hour (Iris)
18:30
Dinner
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Morning Session
08:30
Tools and Wrap-up
08:30-09:15
Anthony Giunta (Sandia National Laboratories)
Validation and Uncertainty Quantification Methods in the DAKOTA Software Toolkit09:15-10:00
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:15
Discussion
11:15-11:30
Closing Remarks by Frank Graziani (LLNL)
11:30-13:00
Lunch (on your own)
Afternoon Session
13:00
Departure