Validation Challenge Workshop Confirmed Speakers and Abstracts

The list below contains all confirmed speakers and abstracts.
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AUTHOR NAMES	ABSTRACT TITLE (click on title to view abstract)	AFFILIATION
Prof. Sankaran Mahadevan	Model Validation Metrics for the Thermal Challenge Problem	Vanderbilt University
Prof. Jerome Sacks	A Bayesian Analysis of the Thermal Challenge Problem	Duke University
Dr. David Higdon	Another Bayesian Analysis of the Thermal Challenge Problem	Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dr. Scott Ferson	Model Validation, Calibration and Predictive Capability	Applied Biomathematics

Prof. Gerhart Schuëller	Contribution to the Validation Static Frame Challenge Problem by using Maximum Likelihood estimators and Monte Carlo simulation	Leopold-Franzens University
Dr. Ramesh Rebba	Probabilistic Assessment Of a Static Frame Model	General Motors R&D Center
Dr. Francois M. Hemez	A Decision-centric Analysis of the Sandia Structural Mechanics Validation Challenge Problem	Los Alamos National Laboratory
Prof . Mircea Grigoriu	Probabilistic models for material properties	Cornell University

Prof. Roger Ghanem	The Structural Dynamics Validation Challenge Problem: An approximation-theoretic approach	University of Southern California
Prof. David Ewins	On the Validation of Models for Structural Dynamic Analysisand the Sandia 2006 Workshop Challenge	Imperial College London
Dr. Tim Hasselman	A Top-Down Approach to Calibration, Validation, Uncertainty Quantification and Predictive Accuracy Assessment	ACTA Inc.
Dr. Lucas Horta	NASA Langley’s Approach towards a Solution of the Sandia’s Structural Dynamics Challenge Problem	NASA Langley