Simulation-Based
Engineering and Science (SBE&S) is a key element underpinning
future
progress in science and technology, as has been identified in numerous
government, national academy, and other reports.
In a recent report1,
a panel of experts, convened by the World Technology Evaluation Center,
Inc.
(WTEC)
on behalf of a number of U.S. federal funding agencies, has highlighted
the progress
being made in SBE&S worldwide and the growing competitiveness
of activities
in this area outside the United States.
This
workshop is designed to
bring together
stakeholders in
SBE&S from academia, government agencies, and industry to
address the
following
questions:
Our
goal is to develop a community-driven report on the future of
SBE&S
research in the United States.
1Glotzer, S.C., S.T. Kim, P.T. Cummings, A. Deshmukh, M. Head-Gordon, G. Karniadakis, L. Petzold, C. Sagui, and M. Shinozuka. 2009. WTEC panel report on international assessment of R&D in simulation-based engineering and science. Baltimore: World Technology Evaluation Center, Inc. www.wtec.org/reports.htm.
Theme: Why
is SBE&S crucial to the future success of U.S.
science, engineering, and industry, and how does it
contribute to U.S.
economic
competitiveness?
8:00
AM Welcome
and introduction to the workshop - Peter Cummings, Vanderbilt
University and
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
8:15 AM Objectives
and expected outcomes - Phil Westmoreland, National Science Foundation
(NSF)
8:30 AM Advancing
simulation-based engineering and science in today’s economic
environment - Keynote speaker
9:30 AM Revolutionizing
engineering science through simulation: Summary of NSF Blue Ribbon
Panel Study -
J. Tinsley Oden, University of Texas at Austin
9:45 AM International
assessment of R&D in simulation-based engineering and science -
Sharon
Glotzer, University of Michigan
10:20 AM Integrated
computational materials engineering:
A transformational discipline for improved competitiveness and national
security - John Allison, Ford
10:40 AM Simulation
and modeling at the exascale for energy, ecological sustainability, and
global security - Horst Simon, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
11:00 AM President’s
information technology advisory committee report on computational
science:
Ensuring
1:20 PM
Earthquake
modeling - Greg Beroza, Stanford
University
1:40 PM
Computational
mathematics - Mary F. Wheeler,
University of Texas at Austin
2:00 PM Product design and
development
I - Loren
Miller, Goodyear (ret.)
2:20 PM
Process
design and development - Rex Reklaitis, Purdue University
2:40 PM Econometric
modeling - Gene
Stanley, Boston University
3:00 PM Break (20 min)
3:20 PM Data explosion and complexity in bioinformatics - Brian D. Athey, University of Michigan
3:40 PM Cancer biology -
Larry Nagahara, National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of
Health (NCI/NIH)
4:00 PM Computational
molecular sciences - Teresa
Head-Gordon, University of California Berkeley
4:20 PM Nanomaterials
-
Thomas Schulthess, Swiss
National Supercomputing Center
4:40 PM Computational
reacting flows - Jackie Chen,
Sandia Livermore
5:00 PM High-energy physics/large science projects - TBA
5:20 PM Summary - Peter
Cummings, Vanderbilt
University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
7:00 PM Dinner
Theme: What
research directions in SBE&S should be pursued in
order to achieve the promise of SBE&S?
Four breakout
sessions will be held
in the morning and the afternoon.
Each
session has a moderator and a reporter. Some individuals have been
asked to
provide short perspectives to stimulate discussion.
Sessions
will focus on the strategic directions for SBE&S and the
scientific infrastructure
needed to address these questions.
8:00 AM
Registration and continental breakfast
8:30 AM – 11:00 AM
I. Developing and implementing models: New physical models and algorithms
II. Creating
software for creating models: Languages,
performance analysis, and debugging
III. Extracting
knowledge from models:
Visualization, validation, verification, and uncertainty
quantification
IV. Education and
training for modeling and simulation: Curriculum
changes, minors and degree programs, and workforce
development
V.
Using the
model-data interface: Modeling
paradigms, domains, simulations that require
and/or generate data, and especially large data sets
VI.
Discovery by
simulation and modeling: Success and
future prospects
VII. Innovation and
engineering design: SBE&S
for optimization, design, and multiscale time-critical
adaptive optimization like supply chain management and
optimization
VIII. Multiscale
methods:
General methods for multiscale modeling
4:15
PM Plenary summaries
of topical
sections V-VIII
5:00
PM Adjourn
7:00 PM Dinner
The objective of this workshop is to identify and critically evaluate the most promising research areas and research themes in SBE&S. If you were unable to attend the workshop, we solicit your suggestions to determine the areas (1) that need the most work to overcome barriers to progress and (2) that offer the greatest potential for success. Even if you attended the workshop, you may provide comments and recommendations by visiting http://www.sbes-vision.org.