Publications and Presentations

Journal Articles

1. -M. McKerns, D. Meyer, H. Owhadi, M. Ortiz, T.J. Sullivan, F. Theil, “Uncertainty quantification for legacy data observations of Lipschitz functions”, (in preparation).
   

2. -M. Adams, A. Lashgari, B. Li, M. McKerns, J. Mihaly, M. Ortiz, H. Owhadi, A.J. Rosakis, M. Stalzer, T.J. Sullivan, “Rigorous model-based uncertainty quantification with application to terminal ballistics – part II. systems with uncontrollable inputs and large scatter”, Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids (submitted 2011).
   

3. -A.A. Kidane, A. Lashgari, B. Li, M. McKerns, M. Ortiz, H. Owhadi, G. Ravichandran, M. Stalzer, T.J. Sullivan, “Rigorous model-based uncertainty quantification with application to terminal ballistics – part I. systems with controllable inputs and small scatter”, Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids (submitted 2011).
   

4. -T.J. Sullivan, U. Topcu, M. McKerns, H. Owhadi, “Uncertainty quantification via codimension-one partitioning”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 85, 1499 (2011).
   

5. -C.W. Li, M.M. McKerns, B. Fultz, “A Raman spectroscopy study of phonon anharmonicity of zirconia at elevated temperatures”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 94(1), 224 (2011).
   

6. -H. Owhadi, C. Scovel, T.J. Sullivan, M. McKerns, M. Ortiz, “Optimal uncertainty quantification”, SIAM Review (submitted 2010).
   

Proceedings

1. -M.M. McKerns, L. Strand, T. Sullivan, A. Fang, M.A.G. Aivazis, “Building a framework for predictive science”, Proceedings of the 10th Python in Science Conference, (submitted 2011).
   

2. -T.J. Sullivan, M. McKerns, U. Topcu, H. Owhadi, “Uncertainty quantification via codimension-one domain partitioning and a new concentration inequality” Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2(6), 7751 (2010).
   

Technical Reports

1. -M. McKerns, M. Aivazis, M. Stalzer, “Exploring the CACR Scientific Engineering Pipeline”, Caltech CACR Technical Report (in preparation).
   

2. -M. McKerns, H. Owhadi, C. Scovel, T.J. Sullivan, M. Ortiz, “The optimal uncertainty algorithm in the mystic framework”, Caltech CACR Technical Report (August, 2010).
   

Invited Talks

1. -H. Owhadi, C. Scovel, T. Sullivan, M. McKerns, M. Ortiz, “Optimal uncertainty quantification”, PSAAP Tri-Lab Sponsor Team Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2011).
   

2. -M. McKerns, “A massively-parallel framework for optimization and parameter sensitivity analysis”, DANSE Developer’s Workshop, Pasadena, CA (2011).
   

3. -M. McKerns, “A massively-parallel heterogeneous computing framework for optimization and parameter sensitivity analysis”, IPAM Workshop on Optimization, Search and Graph-Theoretical Algorithms for Chemical Compound Space, Los Angeles, CA (2011).
   

4. -H. Owhadi, C. Scovel, T. Sullivan, M. McKerns, M. Ortiz, “Bridging scales with incomplete information – optimal uncertainty quantification”, BIRS Workshop, Banff, Alberta, Canada (2011).
   

5. -M. McKerns, “Component-based distributed parallel optimization”, Mantid / DANSE Collaboration Workshop, Oak Ridge, TN (2011).
   

6. -M. McKerns, J. Lin, P. Juhas, “Analysis software available from DANSE”, Mantid / DANSE Collaboration Workshop, Oak Ridge, TN (2011).
   

7. -M. McKerns, “Component-based distributed parallel optimization”, Mantid / DANSE Collaboration Workshop, Didcot, England (2011).
   

8. -M. McKerns, J. Lin, P. Juhas, “Analysis software available from DANSE”, Mantid / DANSE Collaboration Workshop, Didcot, England (2011).
   

9. -H. Owhadi, M. Ortiz, M. McKerns, C. Scovel, A. Lashgari, B. Li, L. Lucas, T. Sullivan, U. Topcu, F. Theil, “UQ protocols with legacy data”, PSAAP Site Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2010).
   

10. -M. McKerns, “Component-based distributed parallel optimization”, DANSE Developer’s Workshop, Pasadena, CA (2010).
    

11. -M. McKerns, “Mystic and pathos: what’s new?”, DANSE Developer’s Workshop, Pasadena, CA (2010).
    

12. -M. McKerns, “Status and future of: frameworks for optimization & high-performance computing”, DANSE Developer’s Workshop, Oak Ridge, TN (2010).
    

13. -M. McKerns, L. Strand, M. Aivazis, “The DANSE distributed service framework”, DANSE Developer’s Workshop, Pasadena, CA (2010).
    

14. -M. McKerns, J. Trater, S. Miller, “DANSE high-performance and distributed computing at the SNS”, NSSD Cybersecurity Policy Meeting, Oak Ridge, TN (2010).
    

15. -H. Owhadi, M. Ortiz, M. McKerns, C. Scovel, T. Sullivan, U. Topcu, A. Lashgari, B. Li, “Optimal uncertainty quantification”, PSAAP Tri-Lab Sponsor Team Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2010).
    

16. -M. McKerns, “DANSE project plan & progress”, DANSE Developer’s Workshop, Pasadena, CA (2010).
    

17. -M. McKerns, “The mystic optimization framework”, DANSE Developer’s Workshop, Pasadena, CA (2010).
    

18. -H. Owhadi, M. McKerns, M. Ortiz, L. Lucas, A. Lashgari, B. Li, T. Sullivan, U. Topcu, M. Adams, L. Lambertson, J.M. Mihaly, A.J. Rosakis, “UQ: past, present, and future directions”, PSAAP Site Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2009).
    

19. -M. McKerns, “Optimization and parameter sensitivity”, DANSE Developer’s Workshop, Pasadena, CA (2009).
    

20. -M. McKerns, “DANSE distributed framework services”, DANSE Developer’s Workshop, Oak Ridge, TN (2009).
    

Contributed Presentations

1. -M.M. McKerns, L. Strand, T. Sullivan, A. Fang, M.A.G. Aivazis, “Building a framework for predictive science”, the 10th Python in Science Conference, Austin, TX (2011).
   

2. -M. McKerns, A. Fang, S. Brunett, T. Sullivan, M. Aivazis, “Software infrastructure of Caltech’s uncertainty quantification pipeline” [Poster], PSAAP Tri-Lab Sponsor Team Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2011).
   

3. -T. Sullivan, M. McKerns, D. Meyer, M. Ortiz, H. Owhadi, F. Theil, “Optimal uncertainty quantification using legacy data” [Poster], PSAAP Tri-Lab Sponsor Team Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2011).
   

4. -T. Sullivan, D. Balzani, M. McKerns, M. Ortiz, H. Owhadi, C. Scovel, “Optimal uncertainty quantification and certification of material response”, Second Annual Caltech Solid Mechanics Symposium, Pasadena, CA (2011).
   

5. -T. Sullivan, M. McKerns, M. Ortiz, H. Owhadi, C. Scovel, “Optimal uncertainty quantification”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Vancouver, BC (2010).
   

6. -M. McKerns, A. Fang, S. Brunett, T. Sullivan, M. Aivazis, “Software infrastructure of Caltech’s uncertainty quantification pipeline” [Poster], PSAAP Site Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2010).
   

7. -M. Aivazis, S. Brunett, B. Li, M. McKerns, “UQ pipeline operational performance considerations for OTM model” [Poster], PSAAP Site Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2010).
   

8. -T. Sullivan, D. Meyer, M. McKerns, H. Owhadi, F. Theil, M. Ortiz, “Certification using legacy data McDiarmid diameter estimation and optimal bounds” [Poster], PSAAP Site Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2010).
   

9. -T. Sullivan, U. Topcu, M. McKerns, H. Owhadi, “Uncertainty quantification via codimension one domain partitioning and a new concentration inequality”, the 6th International Conference on Sensitivity Analysis of Model Output, Milano, Italy (2010).
   

10. -T. Sullivan, U. Topcu, M. McKerns, H. Owhadi, “Uncertainty quantification via codimension one domain partitioning and a new concentration inequality”, the 2010 SIAM Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA (2010).
    

11. -M. McKerns, “Mystic: a framework for optimization & uncertainty quantification”, the 9th Python in Science Conference, Austin, TX (2010).
    

12. -M. McKerns, M.A.G. Aivazis, K.W. Herwig, B. Fultz, “New analysis software available from DANSE”, American Conference on Neutron Scattering, Ottawa, ON (2010).
    

13. -M. McKerns, L. Strand, P. Kienzle, M.A.G. Aivazis, “Mystic: a framework for global optimization and heterogeneous computing” [Poster], American Conference on Neutron Scattering, Ottawa, ON (2010).
    

14. -M. McKerns, S. Brunett, M. Aivazis, “Caltech’s uncertainty quantification pipeline” [Poster], PSAAP Tri-Lab Sponsor Team Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2010).
    

15. -A. Lashgari, B. Li, M. McKerns, M. Ortiz, H. Owhadi, T. Sullivan, U. Topcu, C. Scovel, “Optimal uncertainty quantification” [Poster], PSAAP Tri-Lab Sponsor Team Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2010).
    

16. -M. McKerns, S. Brunett, M. Aivazis, “Caltech’s uncertainty quantification pipeline” [Poster], Advanced Simulation and Computing Principal Investigators Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (2010).
    

17. -M. McKerns, H. Owhadi, T. Sullivan, U. Topcu, “Adaptive subdivision in uncertainty quantification” [Poster], Advanced Simulation and Computing Principal Investigators Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (2010).
    

18. -S. Brunett, J. Cummings, M. McKerns, “Virtual test facility scaling & performance” [Poster], PSAAP Site Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2009).
    

19. -M. McKerns, T. Sullivan, U. Topcu, “Refinements of McDiarmid’s inequality using partitioning: application to uncertainty quantification” [Poster], PSAAP Site Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2009).
    

20. -M.M. McKerns, M.A.G. Aivazis, K.W. Herwig, B. Fultz, “DANSE: extending the scientific toolkit for the neutron community”, International Conference on Neutron Scattering, Knoxville, TN (2009).
    

21. -M. McKerns, M.A.G. Aivazis, “A software framework for uncertainty quantification” [Poster], PSAAP Tri-Lab Sponsor Team Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2009).
    

22. -M. McKerns, M.A.G. Aivazis, “A software framework for distributed services” [Poster], NSF IMR-MIP: DANSE CONST Annual Review, Pasadena, CA (2009).
    

23. -M. McKerns, M.A.G. Aivazis, “Engineering design for the UQ pipeline” [Poster], International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, Austin, TX (2008).
    

24. -M. McKerns, M.A.G. Aivazis, “Engineering design for the UQ pipeline” [Poster], PSAAP Site Visit Meeting, Pasadena, CA (2008).