Focussed workshop on Model Quality, Gaps & Accuracy 15-16 June

The following topics are in focus:

o Model gaps - identification and remedies

o Accuracy and accuracy assessment

o The roles of software developers and translators in these efforts

o Economic impact of modelling

Remembering that "Gap = Need ‒ Capability", we will discuss what is lacking in terms of materials models capabilities, and best ways to remedy these gaps, perform quality assessments and enhance the relevance of modelling in industry. Together with a number of invited experts, we will thus discuss modelling accuracy, obstacles, validation procedures etc.

The economic impact of modelling (Benefit ‒ Investment) is also on the agenda, as the awareness of the economic impact of modelling needs to be strengthened to promote the appreciation for, and the investments in, the use of modelling as well as model development and quality assessment. What investments are actually needed in terms of hardware/software requirements, human resource time, level of expertise, level of training, etc to be able to make efficient use of different computational models?

===> Please consult the pre-meeting discussion notes and questions before the meeting (link). <====

A written report will be produced from the talks and discussion and made publicly available from the EMMC webpage. The time table (a link will appear here soon) will consist of a mix of presentations, in plenum discussions and panel dicussions. Thus a number of experts will give context and inspiration to our discussions. Invited speakes are listed below (the titles are subject to change):

o Dr. James A. Warren (Director, Materials Genome Program, NIST, USA)

“The Materials Genome Initiative and the role of model quality - and more” 

o Professor Seungwu Han (Seoul National University, South Korea, Member of the EMMC international board)

“Industrial demands of materials modelling: examples in electronic applications”

o Dr. Simon Middleburgh (Westinghouse Electric, Sweden)

“Industrial demands of materials modelling - perspectives from an electric industry” 

o Dr. Volker Eyert (Materials Design S.A.R.L.)

"Challenges and benefits of industrial materials modelling - perspectives from a software company"

o Dr. Anthony Reilly (Dublin City University , Ireland)

“Modelling-based crystal structure prediction - report from a worldwide blindtest”

o Prof. Dr. Hans Hasse - (Lehrstuhl für Thermodynamik (LTD) Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany)

“Accuracy: The human error, the systematic error and the statistical error”

o Prof. Pietro Asinari (Politecnico di Torino)

"Training and translation where it is most needed."

o Dr. Sivaprasad Palla, Sandvik Materials Technology AB

"Industrial applications and economic impact of modelling"

Here is the detailed schedule.