[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47868-47869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15693]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Nuclear Security Administration


Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program (PSAAP) IV Pre-
Proposal Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security 
Administration (NNSA).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the NNSA PSAAP IV Pre-Proposal Meeting. 
This announcement is necessary to engage U.S. Ph.D.-granting 
institutions to shape the future of predictive science and seek their 
collaboration and feedback. The intended effect is to establish a 
significant academic and applied research program focused on driving 
advancements in computational simulations and the prediction of complex 
systems with quantified uncertainties.

DATES: Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Wednesday, August 
9, 2023, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in-person at the Houston Airport 
Marriott at George Bush International, located at 18700 John F. Kennedy 
Blvd., Houston, TX 77032. Please register by email at [email protected] to receive future communications about this meeting, 
including the agenda and information on how to purchase optional 
continental breakfast and lunch service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical/programmatic questions, 
please contact Tim Germann at [email protected] or (505) 665-
9772. For logistics questions, please contact Kathy Loeppky at 
[email protected] or (505) 844-2376.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Purpose of the Meeting

    The NNSA Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) Predictive Science 
Academic Alliance Program (PSAAP) IV will offer five-year cooperative 
agreements to U.S. Ph.D.-granting institutions to establish validated, 
large-scale, multi-disciplinary, and simulation-based ``predictive 
science'' as a major academic, applied research program. ``Predictive 
Science'' is the application of verified and validated computational 
simulations to predict properties and dynamics of complex systems with 
quantified uncertainties. During this pre-proposal meeting, the NNSA 
ASC program will present the new scope, requirements, and technical 
areas of interest for the next round of PSAAP Centers. Academic 
institutions will be encouraged to provide oral comments and feedback 
on the upcoming Request for Information.

Tentative Agenda

 Introduction to PSAAP IV
 Technical Areas of Interest, including:
    [cir] Computational Science and Engineering disciplines
    [cir] Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification
    [cir] Scientific Machine Learning
    [cir] Computer Science
    [cir] Data Science
 PSAAP IV Process and Timeline
 Characteristics and Management of PSAAP IV Centers
 Questions & Answers

Public Participation

    This meeting is open to the public. All U.S. Ph.D.-granting 
institutions with unique perspectives on simulation and computing 
research are encouraged to attend the meeting in-person to help shape 
the future of the predictive science discipline. Attendees can register 
to attend by emailing [email protected]. If you require special 
accommodations due to a disability, please include that information in 
your email. Following the in-person meeting, all NNSA presentations 
will be publicly posted on the PSAAP website (https://psaap.llnl.gov/). 
Attendance at the meeting is not a prerequisite for responding to the 
subsequent Request for Information.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on July 19, 
2023, by Dr. Marvin Adams, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, 
National Nuclear Security Administration, pursuant to delegated 
authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original 
signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes 
only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal 
Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been 
authorized to sign and submit the document in an electronic format for 
publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This 
administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this 
document upon publication in the Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on July 20, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-15693 Filed 7-24-23; 8:45 am]
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