Workshop: International Workshop on Imprecise Probability in Engineering Analysis and Design; held at Georgia Institute of Tech; Feb. 20-22, 2008

这笔赠款为2007年2月20日至22日在格鲁吉亚理工学院萨凡纳校区举办国际讲习班提供资金。该研讨会将汇集研究人员，以解决，讨论和奠定基础，为开发新的方法和工具，以处理工程分析和设计问题的不确定性，重点是问题，有不完整或不精确的信息。研讨会的主题包括不完全信息的不确定性建模，不精确参数的工程系统分析和设计，以及不精确信息的设计决策。预计将有来自数学、计算机科学、计算数学和工程等不同学科的约45名与会者参加。与这次讲习班有关的科学委员会包括来自地球仪各地的杰出研究人员，这将促进国际社会的参与，这次讲习班的成果将对美国经济产生重要影响。可靠和可靠的分析和设计对美国人口的健康和安全至关重要。对我们的系统进行更可靠的分析和设计将有助于我们应对工程和自然系统危及生命的故障和灾难的能力。这笔赠款将支持下一代学者在这一领域的教育，为研究生和在职教师参加研讨会提供支持。讲习班的成果将通过出版会议记录、一个讲习班网站和在一份国际期刊上发表期刊来广泛传播。总之，这笔赠款有可能大大加强美国的研究和教育基础设施。

This grant provides funding to conduct an international workshop February 20-22, 2007 at the Savannah campus of Georgia Institute of Technology. This workshop will bring together researchers to address, discuss and lay the groundwork for the development of new methods and tools to handle engineering analysis and design problems under uncertainty with a focus on problems that have incomplete or imprecise information. Topics of the workshop include uncertainty modeling with incomplete information, analysis and design of engineering systems with imprecise parameters and design-based decision making with imprecise information. A group of approximately 45 participants from various disciplines including mathematics, computer science, computational mathematics and engineering, are expected to attend. The Scientific Committee associated with this workshop includes distinguished researchers from around the globe which will facilitate participation from the international community.Results from this workshop will have important implications for the economy of the United States. Reliable and dependable analysis and design are crucial for the health and safety of the U.S. population. More reliable analysis and design of our systems will contribute to our ability to respond to life threatening failures and disasters of engineered and natural systems. This grant will support the education of the next generation of scholars in this area by providing support for graduate students and mid-career faculty to attend the workshop. The results of this workshop will be disseminated broadly through the publication of the proceedings, a workshop web site and journal publications in an international journal. In summary, this grant has the potential to greatly enhance the infrastructure for research and education in the United States.