Technical Division




Probabilistic Methods Committee


 

Purpose: To promote and foster research in uncertainty analysis, model validation methods, and risk-informed decision-making, and to stimulate its understanding and use in science and engineering applications to benefit society.

Sankaran Mahadevan, M.ASCE, Chair

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Student Paper Award for Probabilistic Methods Papers at ASCE/EMI  Engineering Mechanics Conferences

The EMI Board of Governors recently approved the request of the Probabilistic Mechanics Committee to approve the rules it proposed for a Student Paper Award for Probabilistic Mechanics Papers.  The rules for forming the Awards Sub-Committee, judging papers, and making a student paper award for the best paper incorporating probabilistic methods at the annual engineering mechanics conference sponsored by the Engineering Mechanics Institute of ASCE can be found here.

 

CONFERENCES

 

ICOSSAR'09

The 10th International Conference and Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR'09) will be held at Kansai University in Osaka, Japan, September 13-19, 2009. The abstract submission deadline has been extended until May 31. Please submit abstracts and session or symposium proposals prior to May 31, 2008 to the conference. More information can be found at: http://www.sc.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp/icossar2009/

4th Biot Conference on Poromechanics

The 4th Biot Conference on Poromechanics will be held at Columbia University June 8-10, 2009. Single page abstracts are due by May 31, 2008 and can be submitted to the conference via e-mail: biot@civil.columbia.edu. More information can be found at http://www.civil.columbia.edu/biot/