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

这笔赠款用于资助于2007年2月20-22日在佐治亚理工学院萨凡纳校区举办一次国际研讨会。这次研讨会将使研究人员齐聚一堂，讨论并为开发新的方法和工具奠定基础，以处理不确定情况下的工程分析和设计问题，重点关注信息不完整或不准确的问题。研讨会的主题包括不完全信息下的不确定性建模、不精确参数下的工程系统分析和设计以及不精确信息下的基于设计的决策。预计将有来自数学、计算机科学、计算数学和工程学等不同学科的约45名参与者参加。与这次研讨会相关的科学委员会包括来自世界各地的杰出研究人员，这将促进国际社会的参与。这次研讨会的结果将对美国经济产生重要影响。可靠可靠的分析和设计对美国民众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提高我们应对工程和自然系统的危及生命的故障和灾难的能力。这笔赠款将支持这一领域的下一代学者的教育，为参加讲习班的研究生和职业中期教师提供支持。这一讲习班的成果将通过出版会议记录、讲习班网站和一份国际期刊上的期刊出版物广泛传播。总而言之，这笔赠款有可能极大地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.