ASME Symposium to Focus on Verification and Validation in Computational Modeling and Simulation

Engineers and scientists from a wide variety of fields that use computational modeling and simulation will convene this May at the ASME Verification and Validation (V&V) Symposium in Las Vegas, Nev., to discuss and share ideas and methods for the verification and validation of codes and solutions, simulation validation, and assessment of uncertainties in mathematical models, computational solutions, and experimental data. Organizers of the event will be accepting abstracts of presentations for the three-day symposium through Feb. 9.

The ASME V&V Symposium, now in its fifth year, provides engineers, computational scientists, software developers, analysts and other stakeholders who use computational modeling and simulation with a venue for showcasing and exchanging ideas, methods and solutions in verification, validation and uncertainty quantification. This year’s symposium, which will address the theme “Connecting the Computational Modeling and Simulation Community,” will take place from May 18 to 20 at the Westin Las Vegas Hotel.

Luis G. Crespo (left) and Mark D. Benedict will be two of the keynote speakers at the ASME Verification and Validation (V&V) Symposium.

Attendees of this year’s symposium will have the opportunity to meet and interact with V&V specialists from a number of leading international organizations, including Los Alamos National Laboratory, ANSYS, Westinghouse Electric Co., Dassault Systems, Bechtel National Inc., Sandia National Laboratories, Southwest Research Institute, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, the Federal Aviation Administration, Kinectrics Inc., the Medical Device Innovation Consortium, and VEXTEC Corp., to name just a few organizations, as well as a number of universities.

Several keynote presenters have already been confirmed to speak during the symposium. Scheduled keynoter speakers include Luis G. Crespo, Ph.D., senior research engineer for the Dynamic Systems and Controls Branch of NASA Langley Research Center; Mark D. Benedict, Ph.D., computational materials scientist and program manager in the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Manufacturing Technology Division; Chris Rumsey, Ph.D., senior research scientist at NASA Langley Research Center; and Sankaran (Maha) Mahadevan, Ph.D., the John R. Murray Sr. Professor of Engineering and co-director of the Laboratory for System Integrity and Reliability at Vanderbilt University.

Chris Rumsey (left) and Sankaran (Maha) Mahadevan will also speak during the keynote presentation at the V&V Symposium in Las Vegas, Nev.

Individuals who are interested in presenting during one of the symposium’s many technical sessions should submit an abstract of up to 400 words addressing formal aspects of verification, validation and uncertainty qualification in a variety of fields, including aerospace, advanced manufacturing (additive and subtractive), applied mechanics, bioengineering, defense applications, robotics, medical devices, nanotechnology, and nuclear engineering, among others. Abstracts should be submitted by February 9 through the V&V Symposium’s web page at www.asme.org/events/vandv.

Three two-day ASME Training and Development seminars will be offered concurrently on May 16 and 17, prior to the start of the V&V Symposium. One of the seminars, a new course titled “Probabilistic and Uncertainty Quantification Methods for Model Verification and Validation,” will be led by David Riha and Ben Thacker of Southwest Research Institute. A second seminar, “Verification and Validation on Scientific Computing,” will be presented by engineering consultant William Oberkampf and Prof. Chris Roy of Virginia Tech. The third course, “Beyond V&V: Simulated-Based Decision Making,” will be led by Charles Farrar and François Hemez of Los Alamos Dynamics LLC.

In addition, five ASME standards development meetings to discuss V&V practices for solid mechanics, fluid dynamics, nuclear power, medical devices, and advanced manufacturing will also be offered on May 17.

For more information on the ASME Verification and Validation Symposium, or to register, visit www.asme.org/events/vandv. For information on sponsorship opportunities for individuals or companies that are interested in having a higher profile at the conference, contact James Pero, advertising and sponsorship sales representative, at peroj@asme.org.