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=========================== FIRE ===============================
Formal and Interdisciplinary methods in
Resilience Engineering
23-25 May 2011
A research School organised by
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Computational and
Dynamical Analysis (CICADA)
University of Manchester, UK
Part of MaDe: Manchester
Dependability Week
http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/Manuela.Bujorianu/MaDe.html
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“Safety is the sum of events that do not occur. While accident research has
focussed on that occurred and
try to understand why, safety research should focus on the accidents that did
not occur and try to understand why”
`` Resilience
Engineering: concepts and precepts"
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=========================== Structure ===============================
1 Course + 5 tutorials + 2 lectures:
Course on ``Probabilistic Model Checking”
By Prof. Joost-Pieter Katoen ; Duration: 4 hours
Tutorial on ``Probabilistic Models and Tools for Information Security Decisions”
By Prof. Aad van Moorsel ; Duration: 2 hours,
Tutorial on ``Introduction to object-oriented Modeling and Simulation with
Modelica using OpenModelica”
By Dr. Mohsen Torabzadeh-Tari ; Duration: 2 hours,
Tutorial on ``Solving discrete time control systems under severe uncertainty
using imprecise probabilities”
By Prof. Matthias Troffaes ; Duration: 2 hours,
Tutorial on ``Algorithmic Game Theory”
By Prof. Anna Philippou ; Duration: 2 hours,
Lecture on ``The Road to Resilience: Autonomy, Fault Tolerance, Verification”
By Dr. Manuela Bujorianu ; Duration: 1 hour,
Lecture on ``Resilience Engineering: A Quick Tour”
By Dr. Manuela Bujorianu ; Duration: 1 hour,
Tutorial on ``Steering Computer Simulation Of Physical Systems”
By Prof. John Brook ; Duration: 2 hours,
=========================== Organisation ===============================
Contact: Manuela Bujorianu, John Brooke and Helen Harper - CICADA;
Place and time:
9.30 am - 5.00 pm
Frank Adams rooms, Alan Turing Building, Manchester University
Registration
Registration website will be open soon. Registration fee will be around
30GBP. Payment can be also made at the site. The phD students can apply for fee
waiving grant. If you would like to register your interest in the event, please
contact Helen Harper (Helen.Harper at Manchester.ac.uk) in the first instance.
Accommodation
There are several hotels near to the Alan Turing Building. Please consult
the school webpage for details.
