Special Session on Computationally Efficient Simulation-Driven Engineering Design Optimization and Modeling - SDDOM 2012

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Conference name: Special Session on Computationally Efficient
Simulation-Driven Engineering Design Optimization and Modeling -

SDDOM 2012

In conjunction with the 2nd International Conference on Simulation and
Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications -

SIMULTECH 2012



Venue: Rome, Italy


Conference date: 28 - 31 July, 2012


Co-Chairs:

Slawomir Koziel
Reykjavik University
Iceland

Leifur Leifsson
Reykjavik University
Iceland


SCOPE
The use of computer simulations is ubiquitous in contemporary
engineering design. High-fidelity numerical models are very

accurate but, at the same time, computationally expensive and
inherently noisy. Depending on the structure complexity and

required accuracy level, evaluation time for a single design can take
hours, days or even weeks. Therefore, direct use of high-

fidelity simulations in the optimization loop may be prohibitive. On
the other hand, in many cases, simulation-driven design is

the only option due to complexity of the structure under consideration
and the lack of analytical models and/or systematic

design procedures. In such instances, computationally efficient design
can be performed using surrogate-based optimization

(SBO), where the high-fidelity model is replaced by its
computationally cheap but still reasonably accurate representation, a

surrogate. The surrogate model can be created using various
approximation schemes. The surrogate can also be knowledge-based,

i.e., constructed from the low-fidelity model that enjoys the same
physics as the high-fidelity one. One of the important goals

of SBO procedures is to reduce the number of high-fidelity model
evaluations, and, consequently, to lower the overall

optimization cost. The special session will focus on reviewing state-
of-the-art and promoting new directions of surrogate-based

and knowledge-based design optimization and modeling methodologies
exploiting computer simulations as well as their applications

in various fields of science and engineering.
This is the second edition of the SDDOM. The first edition, SDDOM
2011, took place during SIMULTECH 2011 and attracted a large

number of high-quality speakers.

Topics of interest

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Computationally Efficient Optimization of Expensive Objective
Functions
* Simulation-driven Design
* Function-approximation-based and Physics-based Surrogate Models
* Surrogate-based Modeling and Optimization
* Multi-fidelity and Variable-resolution Analysis and Optimization
* Knowledge-based Methods
* Response Surface Approximation, Space Mapping, and Response
Correction Techniques
* Multidisciplinary Design and Optimization
* Adjoint Sensitivities in Simulation-driven Design
* Software Architectures for Optimization-oriented Design
* Application Case Studies

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission: May 28, 2012
Authors Notification: June 13, 2012
Final Paper Submission and Registration: June 22, 2012


PAPER SUBMISSION

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics
listed above.
Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats)
are available at: Paper Templates
Please also check the Submission Guidelines.
Papers should be submitted electronically via the web-based submission
system at: http://www.insticc.org/Primoris

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted papers (full, short and posters) will be published in a
special section of the conference proceedings book - under

an ISBN reference and on CD-ROM support - and submitted for indexation
by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index

(ISI), INSPEC, DBLP and EI (Elsevier Index).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the
SciTePress Digital Library

(http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/). SciTePress is member of
CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).
Extended versions of accepted papers presented at the Workshop will
appear in as a Springer book chapter. A selection of high

quality papers will be proposed to be submitted as an extended version
for a special issue of an international journal to be

specified later.
Selected papers will be considered for publication in the British
Journal of Educational Technology and other selection of high

quality papers will be proposed to be submitted as an extended version
for a special issue of the international journal Journal

of Universal Computer Science J.UCS

SECRETARIAT CONTACTS

e-mail: simultech....@insticc.org
Website: http://www.simultech.org/SDDOM.aspx