The Swiss Graduate Program FoMICS "Foundations in Mathematics and Informatics for Computer
Simulations in Science and Engineering" is pleased to announce a winter school for graduate/PhD
students in the fields of modern mathematics and computer science:
FOMICS Winter School on Uncertainty Quantification
December 15-19, 2016
The Institute of Computational Science (ICS) at the University of Lugano announces a combined winter school and workshop on Uncertainty Quantification from December 15th to 19th in Lugano, Switzerland.
The winter school is supported and organized by the Swiss Graduate School FOMICS - "Foundations in Mathematics and Informatics for Computer Simulations in Science and Engineering”, which is located at ICS.
Speakers
Mark Girolami (Uni Warwick)
Helmut Harbrecht (Uni Basel)
Phaedon-Stelios Koutsourelakis (TUM)
…and more during the workshop
Topics
Probabilistic numerics
Bayesian inverse problems
Riemann-manifold Markov chain Monte Carlo
PDEs with random data, coefficients, and domains
Multilevel quadrature
Design under uncertainty
Approximate models for UQ
Program
| Thursday | 15/12: | Probabilistic numerics and Riemann-manifold MCMC |
M. Girolami |
| Friday | 16/12: | Workshop |
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| Saturday | 17/12: | PDEs with random data, coefficients, and domains |
H. Harbrecht |
| Sunday | 18/12: | Workshop |
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| Monday | 19/12: | Bayesian methods for UQ, inverse problems, and design |
P.-S. Koutsourelakis |
ECTS
Upon request, a certificate for the course can be provided.
Fee
School + workshop 120 CHF
Only workshop 100 CHF
(the fee includes lunches and coffee breaks)
Registration
To register, please click here: https://secure.usi.ch/fomics2016/reg.php
Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano.
A google maps link to USI is here.
A link on how to reach Lugano Campus is here.
Classes will take place in rooms 250 and 355 (main building) on Thursday and Friday (15-16th).
The morning of the last day (19th) will take place at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre CSCS (map).
UPDATE: Classes will take place in room A12 (red building) on Saturday and Sunday (17-18th).
Accommodation
Participants are kindly requested to make their own arrangements for accommodation.
Organizers:
Alessio Quaglino (USI-ICS)
Rolf Krause (USI-ICS)
Olaf Schenk (USI-ICS)
Antonietta Mira (USI-IDIDS)
Alessandro Lomi (USI-IDIDS)
Handouts:
