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Title:
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHALLENGES IN VERIFICATION & VALIDATION

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Organizers:
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Len Schwer  (Len@Schwer.net)
6122 Aaron Court, Windsor CA 95493  
707.837.0559

Bill Oberkampf (wloberk@sandia.gov) 
Sandia National Labs
Mail Stop 0828, Dept. 9133
Albuquerque, NM  87185-0828
505.844.3799

Wayne Chen  (wchen@ecn.purdue.edu) 
Purdue University 
AAE School, 315 N. Grant Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2023, USA
765.494.1788

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Minisymposium description:
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Critical decisions based on simulations require an assessment of how well
the simulations represent the reality of interest. The processes of
Verification and Validation provide a framework for establishing
confidence, via collection of evidence, that the simulation tools and their
results are sufficiently accurate and appropriate for the desired
predictions.

This Mini-Symposium will attempt to address many aspects of Verification
and Validation based upon the contributed abstracts. All Verification and
Validation related topics are welcomed, but the organizers hope to
emphasize:

 * Verification Techniques
 * Manufactured Solutions
 * Validation Experiments
 * Validation Metrics
 * Measuring Progress in V&V
 * Uncertainty Quantification in V&V
 * Constitutive Model V&V
 * V&V Case Studies