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She is involved with the <a href="http://www.cs.sandia.gov/DAKOTA/">DAKOTA </a>software project, and currently works in computational statistics.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Laura's research interests include uncertainty and sensitivity analysis, optimization under uncertainty, and model calibration.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Current research projects involve uncertainty quantification and calibration for engineering design problems. Laura has been investigating Bayesian methods to calibrate model parameters in a framework that explicitly accounts for model uncertainty as well as experimental uncertainty.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She has also been working on epistemic uncertainty approaches, primarily Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence to propagate epistemic uncertainty in computational models.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>Laura spent many years working in applied reliability analysis. She developed an optimization algorithm for reliability improvement that was incorporated in Sandia's Reliability Modeling and Analysis Program, WinR. She analyzed a variety of diagnostic and experimental systems. Laura was PI for a project involving vulnerability analysis of computer networks by generating attack graphs. She led a research effort developing prognostic algorithms for health monitoring and predictive maintenance applications, with a specific focus on the F-16 Accessory Drive Gearbox.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <h2><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>Publications<o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>Some of Laura s publications may be found at the CCIM Publications page, <a href="https://cfwebprod.sandia.gov/cfdocs/CCIM/main.cfm" target="_blank">CCIM Publications and Presentations</a>, or the DAKOTA publications page, <a href="http://www.cs.sandia.gov/DAKOTA/publications.html" target="_blank">Recent and Upcoming Publications</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <h2><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span style='mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>Education</span></span></a><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>Laura received her B.S. in Applied Mathematics from </span><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><ns0:PlaceName><span style='color:#333333'>Yale</span></ns0:PlaceName></span></st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'> </span><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><ns0:PlaceType><span style='color:#333333'>University</span></ns0:PlaceType></span></st1:PlaceType><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'> in 1987, her M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford in 1989, and her Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><ns0:place><ns0:PlaceName><span style='color:#333333'>Carnegie</span></ns0:PlaceName></ns0:place></span></st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'> </span><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><ns0:PlaceName><span style='color:#333333'>Mellon</span></ns0:PlaceName></span></st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'> </span><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><ns0:PlaceType><span style='color:#333333'>University</span></ns0:PlaceType></span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'> in 1994. She is currently a Principal Member of the Technical Staff in the <a href="http://www.cs.sandia.gov/optimization">Optimization and Uncertainty Quantification Department </a>at Sandia National Laboratories. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <h2><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>Contact Information<o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>Voice: (505) 844-8093 <br> Facsimile: (505) 284-2518<br> <a href="mailto:lpswile@sandia.gov">lpswile@sandia.gov </a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>Mailing Address:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#333333'><br> PO Box 5800, MS 1318<br> Sandia National Laboratories<br> Albuquerque, NM 87185-1318 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>FedEx Address:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#333333'><br> MS 1318<br> Sandia National Laboratories<br> 1515 Eubank Blvd. SE<br> Albuquerque, NM 87123 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>Office: CSRI/214</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#333333'><span style='mso-field-code:" HYPERLINK \0022\0022 "'><span class=MsoHyperlink><!-- end content area --><!-- "Top of page" anchor may be removed if not needed -->Top of page</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <!-- Right column: Place your logo, images, contacts and related links here --><!--your logo or images should be no wider than 160 pixels--><!-- "<td class="right_border">" is essential, DO NOT REMOVE --> <td width=160 valign=top style='width:120.0pt;border:inset 1.0pt;border-left: dotted #BAA588 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:inset windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt: dotted #BAA588 .75pt;padding:11.25pt 0in 0in 7.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:#333333'><img border=0 width=200 height=200 id="_x0000_i1026" src="images/laura.bmp" alt="Laura's Photo"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>Laura Swiler</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'><br> <strong><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Contact</span></strong><br> <a href="mailto:lpswile@sandia.gov">Laura P. 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