Support for US Participants in the USA/South American Symposium on Stochastic Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification in Complex Systems; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; August 1-5, 2011

该基金将为2011年8月1日至5日在巴西里约热内卢举行的“不确定性量化应用于预测工程与科学”科学研讨会提供部分资金支持。它旨在促进北美和南美在该领域的研究合作。会议的形式旨在促进针对新出现的不确定性量化领域以及基础和技术相关问题的科学讨论。行业专家将参与，展示他们对相关主题的看法。研讨会包括两个关于不确定性量化的随机和统计方面的短期课程，大约35个受邀演讲，以及足够的自由时间让参与者之间进行互动和合作。短期课程将使参与的研究生和年轻研究人员了解不确定性量化的基本数学和统计方面。它将提供曝光和允许讨论主要的工程主题，其中不确定性在分析和设计中起着关键作用。本次研讨会将促进来自美国和南美的杰出参与者之间的合作努力。它将向年轻的科学家和研究生介绍一个对预测科学具有重要意义的领域。参与者的科学报告将在同行评议的期刊上发表。这次会议将导致研究人员围绕联合工作计划和加强美国和巴西的科学技术基础进行持久的整合和合作。一个全面的网站允许广泛获取会议资源，例如短期课程笔记，演示文稿和邀请论文-参见URL: http://mpdc.mae.cornell.edu/Conferences/RioUQ2011

This grant provides partial funding to support a scientific symposium on Uncertainty Quantification applied to Predictive Engineering and Sciences to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 1-5, 2011. It aims at fostering research collaboration between North and South American groups in the field. The format of the meeting is designed to stimulate scientific discussions targeting emerging uncertainty quantification areas and problems of fundamental and technological relevance. Industrial specialists will participate to expose their perspectives on related subjects. The symposium consists of two short courses on stochastic and statistical aspects of uncertainty quantification, about thirty five invited presentations and sufficient free time to allow interactions and collaborations between the participants. The short courses will allow participating graduate students and young researchers to understand fundamental mathematical and statistical aspects of uncertainty quantification. It will provide exposure and allow discussions on major engineering topics where uncertainty plays a key role in analysis and design.This symposium will foster collaborative efforts between distinguished participants from the USA and South America. It will introduce young scientists and graduate students to an area of significant importance to predictive science. The scientific presentations of the participants are to be published in a peer reviewed journal. This meeting will lead to a lasting integration and collaboration of researchers around joint work-programs and in the strengthening of scientific and technological basis of the USA and Brazil. A comprehensive web site allows the meeting resources to be widely available, such as short course notes, presentations and invited papers - see URL: http://mpdc.mae.cornell.edu/Conferences/RioUQ2011