SMSMEO 2012 - Third International Workshop on Surrogate Modelling and Space Mapping For Engineering Optimization (SMSMEO 2012)

Third International Workshop on

Surrogate Modelling and Space Mapping
For Engineering Optimization
(SMSMEO 2012)

August 9-11, 2012
Reykjavik University, Iceland
A three-day workshop on surrogate modeling and space mapping for engineering optimization will be held at Reykjavik University, August 9-11, 2012. The focus will be on techniques and practical applications suited to physically-based design optimization of computationally expensive engineering devices and systems through fast, inexpensive surrogate models, as well as space mapping technology.

The objective is to provide a forum to review and discuss the state of the art in the theory and practice of engineering optimization using surrogates. The workshop will feature several lectures by leading experts in the field as well as a number of technical sessions.

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Workshop Topics
Companion models of engineering devices: ideal, coarse and fine
The concept of space mapping for modeling and optimization
Space mapping and response correction techniques
Surrogate-based modeling and optimization
Optimization methods for CPU-intensive engineering problems
Multi-fidelity analysis and optimization
Function-approximation-based and physics-based surrogate models
Approximation, interpolation and response surface methodologies
Engineering optimization through managed surrogates
Development of surrogate models and surrogate approximations
Approximation, interpolation and response surface methodologies
Artificial neural network modeling of devices and systems
Simulation-driven design
Adjoint sensitivities in simulation-driven design
Multidisciplinary design and optimization
Knowledge-based methods
Design with tolerances and yield-driven design
Trust region methodologies for robust algorithms
Issues of model parameter extraction
Convergence issues
Software architectures for optimization-oriented design
Software frameworks
Application case studies
Robust design and optimization with uncertainties
Numerical experiments and results

Prospective speakers are encouraged to submit their proposals including the talk title and abstract to the organizers (Slawomir Koziel, John W. Bandler, Qingsha S. Cheng and Leifur Leifsson).