Workshop on Modeling Errors and Uncertainty in Engineering Computations; Savannah, Georgia; February 22-24, 2006

在工程的所有分支中，计算方法都需要可靠的结果。只有考虑到所有的误差、近似值和不确定性的来源，才能达到可靠性。该研讨会由格鲁吉亚理工学院的可靠工程计算中心（REC）组织，将邀请来自各个工程领域以及数学和计算机科学的参与者分享确保工程模型可靠性的方法。讲习班将于2006年2月在格鲁吉亚的萨凡纳举行。重点将是研究方法，以整合工程计算中的建模误差和不确定性的处理。据我们所知，可靠的工程计算要求分析和设计程序适应几个不确定性来源。该研讨会的目的是促进跨学科的研究领域的建模误差和参数的不确定性及其缓解工程软件的处理。这样一个共同的论坛将为可靠的工程计算中持续的跨学科研究提供基础。将计算的可靠性作为工程分析/设计的一部分，将不断加强近似、不确定性和可靠性的重要性，从而改变工程师和工程专业学生的设计方式。更广泛的影响：除了上述智力贡献外，本次研讨会的成果将对社会产生更广泛的影响。可靠和可靠的分析和设计对美国人口的健康和安全至关重要。更可靠的结构系统将有助于减少危及生命的故障和灾害。建立强大和可靠的系统的能力将有助于美国经济的持续发展。本次研讨会的成果将有助于加强美国的研究和教育基础设施。

Across all branches of engineering, computational methods share the need for reliable results. Reliability can be achieved only if all sources of errors, approximations, and uncertainty are accounted for. This workshop, organized by the Center for Reliable Engineering Computing (REC) at Georgia Tech, will bring participants from various engineering fields as well as mathematics and computer science to share methods for ensuring reliability of engineering models. The workshop will be held in Savannah, Georgia in February 1006. The focus will be on research methods to integrate the treatment of modeling errors and uncertainty in engineering computations. Reliable engineering computing, as we understand it, requires that analysis and design procedures accommodate several sources of uncertainty. The objective of the workshop is to promote cross-disciplinary research in the area of treatment of modeling errors and parameter uncertainty and their mitigation in engineering software. Such a common forum will provide a foundation for continuing cross-disciplinary advisements in reliable engineering computations. Presenting reliability of computations as a part of an engineering analysis/design will change the way practicing engineers and engineering students design by continuously reinforcing the importance of approximations, uncertainty and reliability.Broader Impact: In addition to the intellectual contribution cited above, the results of this workshop will have a broader impact on society. Reliable and dependable analysis and design are crucial for the health and safety of the U.S. population. More reliable structural systems will contribute into the reduction of life threatening failures and disasters. The ability to construct robust and dependable systems will aid the continuing economic development of the United States. The results of this workshop will contribute to the enhancement of the infrastructure for research and education in the US.