Cabot Institute/CREDIBLE summer school - Risk and uncertainty in natural hazards

Organizer(s) Cabot Institute University of Bristol National Environment Research Council

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Format

In person

Venue

Engineers House, The Promenade, Clifton Down

Date

15 July 2013 - 19 July 2013

The school will provide advanced training in risk and uncertainty in natural hazards from the Cabot Institute's leading academics plus some special guest lecturers.

Programme

Introduction - Professor Thorsten Wagener
Forward propagation of uncertainty - Dr Tamsin Edwards
Sensitivity analysis - Professor Thorsten Wagener
Expert elicitation - Professor Willy Aspinall

There will also be guest lectures from:

Professor Steve Sparks FRS, CBE - Hazard and risk assessment for aviation safety from volcanic ash
Dr Jonty Rougier - Assessing the value of information in hazard assessment
Ken Mylne (Met Office) - Improving decision-making with uncertain forecasts

Source

http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/events/2013/244.html

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