[Forum SIS] SAMSI WORKSHOP on Games and Decisions in Reliability and Risk: May 16-20, 2016

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      Games and Decisions in Reliability and Risk Workshop

                       May 16-20, 2016

            SAMSI, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

                  http://www.samsi.info/games


      CALL FOR PARTECIPATION AND CONTRIBUTED TALKS/POSTERS

We invite, especially Ph.D. students and young researchers,
to register and submit a contributed talk/poster by 
             
              March, 28th, 2016 

Please note that only 60 participants will be allowed and SAMSI
(Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute) might 
offer limited financial support to U.S. based students and young 
researchers.

Abstracts for contributed talks/posters can be uploaded when 
registering online at http://www.samsi.info/games. 

Workshop Organizers:

Fabrizio Ruggeri, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy 
Refik Soyer, George Washington University, USA

SAMSI Liason:

Sujit Ghosh, North Carolina State University, USA

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The objective of the workshop is to present novel use of Game and 
Decision Theory in Reliability and Risk Analysis and to bring together 
researchers from diverse disciplines such as Economics, Engineering, 
Finance, Mathematics, Medical Sciences, Probability and Statistics 
who find themselves working with, and contributing to, this theme. 

The first two days will be devoted to courses:

- Introduction to Decision Analysis
  Rene van Dorp, George Washington University, USA

- Reliability
  Fabrizio Ruggeri, CNR-IMATI, Italy

- Introduction to Game Theory
  David Rios Insua, ICMAT-CSIC, Spain

- Decision Analysis in Reliability
  Refik Soyer, George Washington University, USA

- Adversarial Risk Analysis
  David Banks, Duke University, USA

- Risk in Engineering, Finance, Health, and Environmental Sciences
  Thomas A. Mazzuchi, George Washington University, USA
  and Jason Merrick, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

The following 3 days will be devoted to invited and contributed talks,
posters and discussions aimed to foster cooperation among participants.

Confirmed speakers include: Melike Baykal-Gursoy, Philippe Delquie, 
Kathy Ensor, Seth Guikema, Joseph Halpern, Aparna Huzurbazar, Lurdes
Inoue, Suleyman Ozekici, Tao Pang, Nicholas Polson, Nalini Ravishanker, 
Kimberley Sellers, Ehsan Soofi, Canan Ulu, Mike West, Simon Wilson, 
Emmanuel Yashchin.

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