The Cabot Institute will be holding a summer school in July 2012.  The school will provide advanced training in risk and uncertainty in natural hazards from the Cabot Institute's leading academics.

The school is open to postgraduates, early career researchers and scientists from industry and government agencies.

• Date: 16 - 20 July 2012
• Venue: Engineers' House, Bristol

Programme

The full programme is now available.  [PDF, 204.4 KB] (PDF, 220kB)

Topics

• Introduction to risk and uncertainty in natural hazards
• Quantifying and visualising uncertainty
• Model checking and calibration
• Working with spatial data
• Expert elicitation of uncertainties

Tutors

• Dr Jonathan Rougier - Reader in Statistics, Director of the Bristol Environmental Risk Research Centre (BRISK)
• Prof Steve Sparks FRS - Professor of Volcanology
• Dr Li Chen - expert in spatial statistics with application in environmental and geophysical sciences
• Prof Willy Aspinall - Cabot Professor in Natural Hazards and Risk Science

Fees

• £300 Course fees for students
• £500 Course fees for non-students

Cost includes all course materials & lunch.

Accommodation is not provided but we can provide a list of suitable venues for all budgets. 

Please contact cabot-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk for an accommodation list or for more information about the event.

Apply

To apply for a place at the Cabot Summer School, please fill in the online application form.  The closing date for applications will be Friday 22 June 2012.

 

Download the poster (PDF, 285kB)

Download the leaflet (PDF, 766kB)