Uncertainty Quantification Training Course
4th - 6th May 2016
Hartree Centre STFC Laboratory Sci-Tech Daresbury, Warrington UK
In collaboration with the Institute for Risk and Uncertainty (UK) and Institut für Risiko und Zuverlässigkeit (Germany), we are offering a 3-day training course on Uncertainty Quantification using COSSAN Software.
Structure of the training programme
Each day focuses on a specific topic. This allows the participants to attend a specific training day.
Aims and Learning outcomes
You will learn the main techniques available for dealing with Risk Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification through an easy to use, yet powerful computational software.
Main Concepts and techniques
- Random Variables and Random Variables Sets
- Monte Carlo simulation and advanced simulation techniques (Subset simulation, Line Sampling, Importance Sampling, Latin Hypercube Sampling)
- Global and Local Sensitivity analysis
- Global optimization techniques
- Surrogate Models (Artificial Neural Networks, Response surface, Kriging)
- Reliability based and robust design
Details:
| Location: | STFC, Hartree Centre, Sci-Tech Daresbury, Keckwick Lane, Warrington, Warrington WA4 4DA, United Kingdom. Free transportation from and to the Institute for Risk and Uncertainty will be provided. |
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| Registration: | Registration is now closed Fees: Students £90; Academics £120; Industrial attendee £250 Includes: Lunch and Tea/Coffee Breaks for 3 days and transportation from and to Liverpool |
Programme
Day 1 - 4th May 2016
| Time | Activity Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Intruduction | Welcome, aim and structure of the course. Getting started: basic linux commands and remote connection |
| 10:30 | Lecture | Introduction to Uncertainty Quantification and modelling of the uncertainties (random variables, random variable sets, stochastic processes and Gaussian mixture distributions) |
| 11:00 | Lecture | UQ tools and Monte Carlo simulation and advanced Monte Carlo methods (Importance sampling, Line Sampling, Subset Simulation) for UQ and reliability analysis. |
| 11:30 | Lecture | Meta-models (Response surface, Artificial Neural Networks, Polyharmonic lines), Optimisation (Gradient based methods and stochastic optimisations) and Robust/Reliability Design optimisation |
| 12:00 | Visit | Demonstration at Virtual Engineering of Engineering Cloud, Visualization techniques and virtual prototypes. |
| 12:30 | Lunch break | |
| 13:30 | Lecture | Introduction to High Performance Computing (Hartree Centre) |
| 14:30 | Pracical session | Practical session and exercises on HPC |
| 16:30 | Wrapping up | Summary of the day |
Day 2 - 5th May 2016
| Time | Activity Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Lecture | Introduction to COSSAN-X (Main features and capabilities, toolboxes and wizards) |
| 10:30 | Demonstration | Getting started and familiarisation with the software. Define Random Variables and construct a stochastic model |
| 11:00 | Practcal session | Basic Tutorial: UQ and Sensitivity analysis of a simple Cantilever Beam |
| 11:30 | Practical session | Applications and Exercises |
| 12:30 | Lunch break | |
| 13:30 | Practical session | Connect COSSAN-X with 3rd party solvers (ABAQUS, NASTRAN, LS_DYNA, etc) and job submission to cluster |
| 14:00 | Practical session | Meta-models, Robust Optimization and Reliability Based Optimization |
| 15:30 | Pracical session | User defined model and advanced simulations methods |
| 16:30 | Wrapping up | Summary of the day |
Day 3 - 6th May 2016
| Time | Activity Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Lecture | Introduction to OpenCossan (Main features and capabilities, toolboxes and wizards) |
| 10:30 | Lecture | Basic Matlab concepts and Object Orienting Programming |
| 11:00 | Practical session | Code and use simple objects in Matlab |
| 11:30 | Demonstration | OpenCossan structure, Tutorials and Unit Test |
| 11:45 | Practical session | Uncertainty Quantification of simple models and advanced simulation methods |
| 12:30 | Lunch break | |
| 13:30 | Demonstration | Interaction with 3rd party solver and job submission to cluster |
| 14:00 | Practical session | Advanced Monte Carlo methods |
| 15:30 | Pracical session | User defined solution, loops and advanced methods |
| 16:00 | Lecture | OpenCossan 2.0 - upcoming features and collaborative development |
| 16:30 | Wrapping up | Summary of the day |