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CIMMS Focused Workshop on Uncertainty Management in Engineering
Design
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The
Center for Integrative Multiscale Modeling and Simulation is pleased to
present the CIMMS Focused Workshop on Uncertainty Management in Engineering
Design.
One of the objectives of CIMMS is the development of fundamental tools
for the analysis of multiscale systems. It includes, for example, geometric
multiscale modeling, multiscale algorithm development and hierarchy based
algorithms.
CIMMS provides a forum in which workers in the physical modeling aspects
of multiscale systems and those from the computational community can interact
with researchers from industry.
Some considerations that are relevant for this endeavor are as follows.
When one is simulating complex multiscale systems, it is critical to develop
methods for validating the computation. Since experience shows that one
scale can dramatically influence other scales, the checking of the validity
is a basic and important question. The resolution of these problems is
expected to involve tools such as error analysis and interval arithmetic
across scales. Part of the complication is that often the answer will
depend on the measure of validation one uses; a model may predict some
gross quantities very well but fail at another scale of fidelity, so that
a systematic way of passing through scales and keeping measures of validation
is important.
In addition, realistic models of systems must take into account the fact
that the models themselves as well as the parameters that are used may
be uncertain. The uncertainties can be one of neglected details at a certain
scale as well as stochastic effects. Techniques from linear control theory
have made considerable progress on such methods and another objective
of CIMMS is to encourage the development of such methods for nonlinear
systems and their application to both modeling across scales as well as
to computational analysis and concrete problems of industrial importance.
Theme
The theme of the workshop is the role of uncertainty, computation and
dynamics in engineering design, the development of emerging tools and
the inclusion of uncertainty in descriptions of physical systems.
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Winnett
Lounge
Thursday, May 23, 2002
8:00 am-5:00 pm
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Schedule
(pdf) Abstracts
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MAY, THURSDAY
Morning Session:
Moderator, Jerrold Marsden, Caltech / CIMMS Director
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8:55
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Welcome, Opening Remarks
Jerrold Marsden, Director |
9:00
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Erik Antonsson, Caltech
Trade-Offs, Strategies and Negotiation in Engineering Design
(talk)
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9:45
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Coffee and Discussion |
Quantum information and computation: |
10:00
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Clas Jacobson, UTRCA
Innovation and Uncertainty Systems Engineering
and R & D Management: A Manifesto for Industrial Change
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10:45
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Coffee and Discussion
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11:00
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Igor Mezic, UC Santa Barbara
Modeling of Complex Systems
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11:45
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Bob
Lust,
General Motors
Uncertainty Management in Automobile Design
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12:30
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Lunch and Poster Sessions |
Afternoon
Session:
Moderator, Richard Murray Caltech / EAS Division Chair |
2:00
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Dan Thunnissen, Caltech
Uncertainty and Design Margins in Space Systems Design
(abstract),
(talk)
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2:45
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Coffee
and Discussion |
3:00
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Peter Schröder, CS/ACM, Caltech
Subdivision Surfaces for Multiresolution Modeling,
Simulation, and Design
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3:45
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Coffee
and Discussion |
4:00
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Dave Polidori, Entelos, Inc.
Uncertainty in Modeling Diabetes
(abstract),
(talk)
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4:45
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Coffee
and Discussion |
Panel
Discussion: Richard Murray, Moderator |
5:00
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All
participants will spend 3-5 minutes, giving their impression of opportunities
and needs in the broad area, with particular emphasis on what would
have an impact on industry.
Open Floor: Questions and Answers from audience.
Panelists:
Kaushik Bhattacharya, AM/ME, Caltech
J. Donndelinger, General Motors
Alex Fax, Northrop Grumman NSD
Mark Alber, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Mark Myers, UTRC Martin Lo / Joel Sercel JPL
Patrick Antony, The Boeing Co.
Mark Green, IPAM, UCLA
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6:00
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Closing, Jerrold
Marsden |
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Posters
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- Mark Alber, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
- Mark Green, The Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Los Angeles, California
- Eitan Grinspun, CS, Caltech, Pasadena, California
- Daniel Hill, The Boeing Company, Anaheim, California
- Wang Sang Koon, CDS, Caltech, Pasadena, California
- Shane Ross, CDS, Caltech, Pasadena, California
- Takao Suzuki, ME, Caltech, Pasadena, California
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Participants
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[ * = posters ]
- Mark Alber, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
- Erik Antonsson, ME, Caltech
- Kaushik Bhattacharya, AM/ME, Caltech
- Kumar Manoj Bobba, Aero, Caltech
- Larry Burriesci, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co.
- Maria Caponi, TRW Inc.
- Joe Donndelinger, General Motors
- Alex Fax, Northrop Grumman NSD
- Don Flaggs, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
- Mory Gharib, Aero, Caltech
- James Glazier, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
- Mark Green*, IPAM, UCLA
- Eitan Grinspun,* CS, Caltech
- Daniel Hill, The Boeing Co.
- Clas Jacobson, United Technologies
- Kenneth Johnson, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems Corp.
- Raymond Leopold, Motorola
- Wang Sang Koon*, CDS, Caltech
- Ferit Kurtkan, Boeing-Anaheim
- Rich Leamon , Motorola
- Feng-Li Lian, Caltech
- Linda Lin, The Boeing Co.
- Martin Lo, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- David Luippold, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems Corp.
- Bob Lust, General Motors
- Jerrold Marsden, CDS, Caltech
- Igor Mezic, UC Santa Barbara
- Richard Murray, CDS/ME, Caltech
- Mark Myers, UTRC
- Dave Polidori, Entelos, Inc.
- Gene Rogers, Boeing Information Space and Defense System
- Shane Ross*, CDS, Caltech
- Peter Schröeder, CS, Caltech
- Rich A. Schmidt, The Boeing Co.
- Joel Sercel, JPL
- Sadas Shankar, Intel
- Takao Suzuki*, ME, Caltech
- Dan Thunnissen, ME, Caltech
- Kelvin Yuen, TRW
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Special
Invitation (directions)
We are pleased to invite you (or your delegate)
to attend a one-day, CIMMS-sponsored workshop on May 23, 2002, from 8:55
am to 6:00 pm. CIMMS (The Center for Integrative Multiscale Modeling and
Simulation) is a Caltech research center intended to focus, nurture, and
develop research activities in a wide range of topics in multiscale phenomena
ranging from physical and mathematical modeling to computational algorithms.
The invitational workshop, "Uncertainty Management in Engineering Design,"
will be held on the Caltech campus in the Winnett Student Center, which
is located on the second floor of building 51.
Participants in the workshop will focus on the role of uncertainty in
engineering design, what types of tools are under development, and how
we might include uncertainty in descriptions of physical systems. We have
invited speakers from both academia and industry who will present the
full scope of current problems and current solution methods.
Caltech faculty from the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Applied
and Computational Mathematics, Control and Dynamical Systems, Aeronautical
Engineering, BioEngineering, Physics, Applied Physics, and Computer Science
will participate.
Speakers will present overviews in several different research topics that
include but are not limited to:
Academia:
Subdivision
methods, other topics from Opaal
Materials modeling, scientific computation,
Fluids modeling, dynamics.
Industries:
Building
HVAC
Fuel cells
Flight systems
Satellite systems
Materials
Design
Computer aided design
Through
both the presentations and informal discussion opportunities, we hope
to identify areas of mutual research objectives. This workshop should
ultimately serve as a springboard for further discussion, association,
and long-term interaction with Caltech.
We invite participation from you and your colleagues for this prestigious
event. If you cannot personally attend, please recommend a representative
from your group. We will send out more information regarding the event
as we get closer to it so please watch for details in upcoming announcements.
If you have any questions or would like to R.S.V.P., please contact Jill
Andrews, 626.395-6254 or jandrews@caltech.edu.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Jerrold E. Marsden, Director, CIMMS
(626) 395-4176
marsden@cds.caltech.edu
Richard Murray Division Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Caltech Engineering & Applied Science
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