CARRE: 2026 Alliance Strategy Team Annual Peer Review Meeting

15-16 October 2026

with Optional Pre-meeting CARRE Hackathon

14 October 2026

Meeting Venue

Accommodations

  • A hotel block has been reserved at the The Royal Sonesta Portland Downtown, 506 SW Washington St, Portland, OR 97204.
    • The link above defaults to a 3-night stay for Oct 13-16. Please review and adjust the reservation dates to your needs.
    • The group code is: G101326CARR
    • Book by September 28 to ensure the group rate of $109/night + taxes.
      • Destination fee is waived.
      • Parking in the garage beneath the hotel is available for $25/night. The parking entrance is adjacent to the hotel, drive down the ramp to the valet station.
      • Questions about the hotel block? Please contact erin.jones@sonesta.com.
  • OSU Portland Center also has partnerships and special rates with a number of other local hotels, please see their website for additional options.

Ground Transportation

  • From PDX to the OSU Portland Center and Royal Sonesta
    • It is easy to take the MAX Redline (light rail) from PDX Airport to the Pioneer Square North stop, which is one block from the OSU Portland Center, and three blocks from the Royal Sonesta.
    • Rideshare (Uber & Lyft)
      • Estimated Cost: $35+ (varies by demand)
      • Pickup Location: Follow airport signs to the designated rideshare pickup area outside of baggage claim.
      • Travel time: 20+ minutes (depending on time of day)
  • From the OSU Portland Center to the Thursday night dinner location, the Dough Zone Dumpling House
    • The restaurant is located about one mile from the OSU Portland Center on the Portland waterfront, 1910 S River Dr, Portland, OR.
    • Walk to the restaurant or travel by Portland Street Car or MAX Orange Line
    • Link to a trip planner map showing both Street Car and MAX options
    • For the Street Car, depart from SW 11th and Taylor, on either the NS Line to South Waterfront, or the B Loop to Lloyd via OMSI. Get off at the S River Pkwy & Moody stop.
      • Travel time: 20 minutes
      • Fare: $2.00

Registration

Please register for the meeting by October 1 to help us with our meeting preparations.

  • CARRE AST 2026 registration link
  • Your registration will help us plan for the correct number of attendees and prepare name tags. Thank you!
  • For questions about registration, or other event details, please reach out to Maria Wright

Agenda

  • All meeting sessions will be held at the OSU Portland Center.

Wednesday, October 14, 2026:

9:00 am - 4:45 pm - Optional CARRE hackathon for CARRE researchers and students, OSU Portland Center, Morrison Room. Please see the hackathon planning sheet on CARRE slack for more details about this event. This event will be held Classroom 2039.

Thursday, October 15, 2026:

Private meetings for the RT, AST, and other NNSA personnel will take place in the Morrison Room. Whole group meetings and presentations will take place in Classroom 2047. The poster session will take place in the hallway outside of Classroom 2047. The Fireside Room will also be available for small group gathering and conversation.

Start Time End Time Session Description Presenter  
8:00 AM 9:10 AM Private breakfast meeting for RT, AST, and other NNSA personnel in the Morrison Room. Registration, coffee and morning snacks for CARRE Team and other guests, outside of Classroom 2047.    
9:10 AM 10:10 AM Center Overview Todd Palmer, CARRE Director, Oregon State University (OSU)  
10:10 AM 10:20 AM Discussion    
10:20 AM 10:30 AM Break    
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Annual Prediction Status Kyle Niemeyer, OSU  
11:00 AM 11:45 AM Integration James Trippe, Vanderbilt University (VU)  
11:45 AM 12:00 PM Discussion    
12:00 AM 12:45 PM Lunch, including private lunch and caucus for Review Team.    
12:50 PM 1:50 PM Computer and Data Science (including AI/ML) Lizhong Chen (OSU) and Braxton Cuneo (Seattle University)  
1:50 PM 2:00 PM Discussion    
2:00 PM 2:50 PM V&V/UQ Sankaran Mahadevan (VU)  
2:50 PM 3:00 PM Discussion    
3:00 PM 3:15 PM Break    
3:15 PM 5:15 PM Poster Session. Session begins with 1-minute flash talks.    
5:15 PM 6:30 PM Review Team private caucus    
6:30 PM 8:30 PM Group dim sum dinner at the Dough Zone Dumpling House - see directions above    

Friday, October 16, 2026:

Start Time End Time Session Description Presenters
8:00 AM 8:45 AM Private breakfast for Review Team in the Morrison Room; coffee and morning snacks for CARRE Team outside of Classroom 2047.  
8:45 AM 9:45 AM Science Highlights Dmitriy Anistratov(NCSU), Daniel Siefman (UCB), Joseph Farmer (OSU), and James Trippe (Vanderbilt)
9:45 AM 10:30 AM Center Response to questions raised the previous day.  
10:30 AM 10:45 AM Discussion  
10:45 AM 11:00 AM Break  
11:00 AM 11:30 PM Plans for the upcoming year & beyond. Todd Palmer, OSU
11:30 AM 12:30 PM Lunch, including private lunch and caucus for Review Team.  
12:30 PM 3:00 PM Review Team Caucus, including discussion with Center management (PI and co-PIs) to be held sometime between 1-3 pm.  
3:30 PM 4:00 PM Review Team summary of findings for Center management and NNSA.  
4:00 PM   Review Ends