Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program III (PSAAP III) Bidder's Conference Announcement

Summary: The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) will hold a Pre-Proposal Conference on March 14-15, 2018 at the Airport Marriott in Minneapolis, MN. The conference is for The conference is for interested U.S., Ph.D.-granting institutions to learn about the next ASC academic program, which is a follow-on to the present ASC Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program II (PSAAP II) (see http://www.sandia.gov/psaap and http://www.sandia.gov/NNSA/ASC/univ/psaap.html). The three major focus areas of the new ASC Alliance program will be: I. Development and demonstration of technologies and methodologies to support effective Exascale computing in the context of science/engineering applications; II. "Predictive Science" based on verification and validation and uncertainty quantification (V&V/UQ) for large-scale simulations; III. Discipline-focused research needed both to further predictive science and enable Exascale computing. Dates: March 14-15, 2018 Tentative Agenda: The meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 and will conclude at noon on Thursday, March 15. NNSA ASC program managers will present the new scope and requirements of the next ASC Alliance program and articulate the technical areas of interest that will form the basis for the new program. In addition, the meeting will afford academic institutions an opportunity to provide oral comments and feedback on the upcoming Request for Information (RFI). Location: Minneapolis Airport Marriott, Bloomington, MN For Registration and Hotel Reservation Details visit: http://www.sandia.gov/psaap/PSAAP_III_PPM.html For Further Information: Contact David Etim, NNSA ASC program manager, at [email protected]; or Anthony Lewis at [email protected]