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T.W. Alexander Drive
P.O.Box 14006 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-4006 Tel: 919.685.9350 Fax: 919.685.9360 info@samsi.info |
Engineering
Methodology
A
Working Group in Development, Assessment and Utilization of Complex Computer
Models
Group Leaders: Tom Santner (Ohio State)
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Announcements
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Meeting Time: Tuesday 12:30 -
2:00 Remote access for the meeting is available: Via teleconference at 919-685-9338 For futher assistance in connecting to the meeting via teleconference and WebEX use this linkNote: Until we can get the needed bandwidth, equipment, etc. for broadcasting meetings via a webcam, SAMSI will be employing the following process for remote participation in working groups. A webcam picture will be available for viewing during the meetings. However, for audio, participants will have to call into the conference line. |
Meeting Activities
| Date | Topics & Readings | Notes & Downloads |
| 9/26/06 | Introduction of Working Group Members | Introduction |
| 10/3/06 | Ian Dinwoodie - NS2 Emmulator Laura Swiller - Transient, 1-D heat conduction through a slab. Fei Liu - Discussion of the Thermal Model |
Material from Ian's Talk Thermal Model (L. Swiler) Results of Thermal Model Challenge Slides for Fei's Talk |
| 10/10/06 | Abani Patra - Crash Simulator Model and Data for Uncertainty Analysis and Applications to Child Restraint Systems | CRS_simulation.pdf Crash_Simulation_2.pdf |
| 10/17/06 | Group Discussion of Calibration Models This will be a group discussion of various calibration models. We will be discussing a variety of sources including papers by Kennedy and O'Hagan, Higdon as well as Fei Lui's approach for the the thermal model previously discussed. Calibration Papers: Kennedy and O'Hagan (2001) Discussion here and here Higdon 2005 Slides for Fei's Talk Here is the material Herbie Lee mentioned during the discussion today: To follow-up on today's meeting, here are links to two of our tech reports. |
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| 10/24/06 | We will be discussing two specific models: Geothermal Reservoir Engineering (Tiangang Cui) A Ground Water Simulation Model (Max Morris) Here are Max's Slides slide1 slide 2 |
One option is to have a discussion of predictions when data are non-stationary, but our first topics may be dictated by earlier model discussions. |
| 10/26/06- 10/27/06 |
Joint Engineering and Methodology Workshop See http://www.samsi.info/workshops/2006compmod-eng-meth200610.shtml for details |
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| 10/31/06 | NO MEETING | |
| 11/7/06 | We will probably discuss issues about the relations between simulators and
reality. For that discussion, the paper in the suggested readings list
Reified Bayesian Modelling and Inference for Physical Systems <http://www.stat.duke.edu/%7Efei/samsi/Readings/Reify.pdf> (Goldstein and Rougier, 2006) will be very relevant. We will also discuss Validation. You might like to get familiar with the papers suggested in Tony~Rs basic reading list <http://www.stat.duke.edu/%7Efei/samsi/Readings/readinglist_ohagan>. and with the issues mentioned in the Gaussian Process Methodology Topics <http://www.stat.duke.edu/%7Efei/samsi/Sep_25/GaussianProcessMethTopics.pdf> handout that Tony prepared during the Kickoff workshop. Here are also a set of slides for the talk: Tony0-11-07.ppt There will also be ample time for general discussion and other questions. The Department of Energy document mentioned by Tom Loredo is available here |
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| 11/14/06 | Remote
(WebEx, Teleconfererencing and Videoconferencing) presentation of
Climate models by Climate Modelers groups in NCAR. Room will be 203,
and the hours (Mountain Time) of remote connection appear in read in
the definite
program (remember to add 2 hours to the times displayed in the
program). Margaret will send precise instructions.
There will be a total of 4 presentations of Climate models, in the areas of Anthropogenic Land Cover, Turbulent Flows, Upper Atmosphere, Planetary Boundary Layer; please plan to attend at least one of them (or more if you are interested) as they might suggest interesting methodological issues to consider in the future by our group. |
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| 11/21/06 | No Meeting Thanksgiving Week | |
| 11/28/06 | This session with be a specific working session devoted to developing a mathematical approach for the vibration model that Tony O'Hagan outlined on Novmeber 7, 2006 Tony0-11-07.ppt. We will have a knowlegdable model builder available who can we can use to test ideas. Our intent is get specific. Here is a copy of the presentation made by Hilmi from Roll Royce | |
| 12/5/06 | This will be a meeting to discuss developing a simpler
dynamical model in order to generate some sample data to use in
investigating different possible approachs to the turbine blade
vibration model/data. This should be a relatively informal
meeting with a good deal of discussion on some basic approaches and
ideas. Here are a selection of papers that are relevant to our discussion of modeling the turbine blade problem: paper1 paper2 paper3 paper4 paper5 paper6 |
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| 12/12/06 | Guennadi Andrianov will discuss computer codes that are used
to help
determine reactor safety. The uncertainty analysis
of such codes is a
critical issue in assessing safety. The
discussion of how code
uncertainty is determined will be of
primary concern in this session.
His talk is titled Uncertainty treatment at EDF: A study case - computer model calibration Here are a set of slides for his talk: SAMSI121206.ppt PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEETING WILL START AT 12:15 PM NOT 12:30 PM
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| 1/9/07 | This will be a working group discussion devoted to the simplified Rotor Blade model. There will be a short discussion of implementing state-space models in MATLAB and a demonstration of a simpe model for the turbine blade dynamics. (Grant, Gentry) | |
| 1/16/07 | Today will continue our discussion of the turbine blade modeling problem and present a possible approach to the problem. | 011607slides.pdf blades5.m |
| 1/23/07 | We continue our discussion with presentations by Tom Santner and Gentry White | 012307slides.pdf EngMeth23Jan07.pdf |
| 1/30/07 | Sandeep K. Shukla will speak on "Verification of Computer Codes'' his presentation is included here | |
| 2/8/07 |
NOTE: THE DATE IS CHANGED
We are meeting on Thursday instead of
Tuesday, the meeting time will still be 12:00-1:30 PM Eastern Time
which is earlier than usual. Additionally the room will be 104 in
the NISS Building. The phone number will be 919-685-9333. We will continue the discussion and development of the turbine blade emulator. |
Here is the lexicon of explaining the model and the meaning the variables mentioned in today's discussion. 020807.pdf |
| 2/13/07 | We will continue discussion of the Forward Filtering Backwards Sampling algorithm from Carter and Kohn 1994 and discuss other sampling issues. Here are notes for the day, in the near future there will be an updated reading list posted. | Here is an updated reading list for some of the papers we have discussed. See also the reading list for the Methodology Working Group for further resources. |
| 2/22/07 | Note that this weeks meeting is moved to Thursday February 22, the same time and contact information apply as before. The discussion will concern a linearized version of a hydrology model using a state-space formulation, the latter being our continuing theme. Notes and resources will be posted here prior to the meeting. |
Here is a copy of Peter's latest presentation concerning the hydrological model. |
| 2/27/07 | Fei Liu will be presenting her work on Dynamic Linear Models (DLMs). Here is a copy of her presentation. We will also be discussing the future of the working group meetings. | |
| 3/6/07 | No Meeting | |
| 3/13/07 | No Meeting | |
| 3/20/07 | Brief and informal meeting discussing general topics and progress Gentry will have a few simple examples of state-space model results and Peter will speak on possibilities for dealing with non-linearity. gaw.pdf | |
| 3/27/07 | No Topic |
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| 4/3/07 | Joint Workshop with MUCM no meeting | |
| 4/10/07 | Follow up discussion from the Joint workshop with MUCM | |
| 4/17/07 | John McFarland will give a talk on his experience with QASPR data. Slides of his talk are available here and here. | |
| 5/8/08 | Preliminary Discussion of talk for Transition Meeting. Here are the slides. | |
| 5/29/07 | Follow up meeting from the Transitional Workshop. We
will discuss two papers concerning computational improvements to the
MCMC for the State-Space Model. The papers are here paper1 paper2 |
Group Members
| Name | Affiliation | Email Address |
| Don Bartel | Cornell | dlb13 (at) cornell.edu |
| Dianne Bautista | Ohio State | bautista (at) stat.ohio-state.edu |
| Susie Bayarri | University of Valencia/SAMSI | susie.bayarri (at) uv.es |
| Thomas Bengtsson | Bells Labs | tocke (at) research.bell-labs.com |
| Tiangang Cui | University of Auckland | tcui001 (at) math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Ian Dinwoodie | Duke | ihd (at) stat.duke.edu |
| Chris Gotwalt | SAS | chris.gotwalt (at) sas.com |
| Genetha Gray | SANDI | gagray (at) sandi.gov |
| Eitan Greenshtein | N.C. State/SAMSI | eitan.greenshtein (at) gmail.com |
| Gang Han | Ohio State | han.191 (at) osu.edu |
| Dave Higdon | LANL | dhigdon (at) lanl.gov |
| Ying Hung | Georgia Tech | yhung (at) isye.gatech.edu |
| Herbie Lee | UC-Santa Cruz | herbie (at) ams.ucsc.edu |
| Simon Lunagomez | Duke/SAMSI | simon.lgz (at) duke.edu |
| Abhyuday Mandal | University of Georgia | amandal (at) stat.uga.edu |
| Scott Mitchell | Sandia | samitch (at) sandia.gov |
| Max Morris | Iowa State | mmorris (at) iastate.edu |
| Nancy Nichols | Reading University | n.k.nichols (at) rdg.ac.uk |
| Abani Patra | University of Buffalo | abani (at) eng.buffalo.edu |
| Angie Patterson | GE | patterso (at) research.ge.com |
| Mark Perry | LSE | m.perry (at) lse.ac.uk |
| Bruce Pitman | University of Buffalo | pitman (at) buffalo.edu |
| Grant Reinman | Pratt and Whitney | grant.reinman (at) pw.utc.com |
| Jerry Sacks | NISS | sacks (at) niss.org |
| Tom Santner | Ohio State | santner.1 (at) osu.edu |
| Randy Sitter | Simon Fraser University | sitter (at) stat.sfu.ca |
| Curtis Storlie | N.C. State | storlie (at) stat.ncsu.edu |
| Laura Swiler | Sandia | lpswile (at) sandia.gov |
| Matt Taddy | UC-Santa Cruz | taddy (at) ams.ucsc.edu |
| Shih-Chung Tsai | GM | shih-chung.tsai (at) gm.com |
| Gentry White | N.C. State | white (at) stat.ncsu.edu |
| Henry Wynn | LSE | h.wynn (at) lse.ac.uk |
| Thanasis Kottas |
UCSC |
thanos (at) ams.ucsc.edu |
| Bruno Sanso | UCSC | bruno (at) ams.ucsc.edu |
| Dorin Drignei | Oakland University | drignei (at) oakland.edu |
| Blaza Toman | NIST | toman (at) nist.gov |
| Zhiguang Qian | Univ. Wisconsin | zhiguang (at) stat.wisc.edu |
| Shane Reese | Brigham Young University | reese (at) hannibal.byu.edu |
| Jason Kao | University of Georgia | jasonkao (at) uga.edu |
| Peter Reichert | EAWAG (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) | reichert (at) eawag.ch |
| Angela Dean | Ohio State University | amd (at) stat.ohio-state.edu |
| Lisa Moore | Los Alamos National Labs | lmoore (at) lanl.gov |
| David Steinberg | Tel Aviv University | dms (at) post.tau.ac.il |