Seventh International Scientific School "Modeling and analysis of safety and risk in complex systems" (MASR-2008), in SAINT-PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, June 2

Authors who wish to participate in the School should send a paper to risk@sapr.ipme.ru or kvv@cards.lanck.net, before March 25, 2008 as Microsoft Word file (not more 6 pages, type 11pt). Prior publication all papers will be peer refereed.

We will send the invitation to authors of accepted papers till April 25, 2008 by E_mail. Please, download the rules of paper's writing for publication in MA SR - 2008 Proceedings (MS WORD file, 26.0 kb).

Please, fill in and send us registration form (MS WORD file, 26.0 kb).

AREAS of INTEREST

1. The consideration of methods and models for quantitative measurement and analysis of risk in economic, financial and social systems;
2. The consideration of methods and models for quantitative measurement and analysis of risk in complex technical systems (nuclear power, gas and petroleum production and transportation, space, aviation, navy, etc.);
3. Transformation of statistical data base (DB) into knowledge base (KB) in problems of risk;
4. Logic-and-probabilistic (LP) risk models in banking, security portfolio, quality and efficiency, risk management of company, bribes and corruption;
5. Introduction of risk attributes in multi-component systems;
6. The development of relations between different areas of risk theory application.

VENUE
Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering of Russian Academy of ScienceIntelligent Integrated Systems of Automated Designing Laboratory (IISAD )

IPME RAS, Bolshoi pr., 61. V.O.199178, St.Petersburg, RUSSIA

Tel.: 7(812)3214766;

Fax.: 7(812)3214771

E-mail: risk@sapr.ipme.ruhttp://www.ipme.ru

Mathematical Methods in Reliability (MMR-2009), June 22-27, 2009

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS

Gubkin Russian State Oil&Gas University,
IMB, University Bordeaux 2, France,
Institute for Management Problems RAS,
Russian Peoples’ Friendship University

Under support: Russian Academy of Science (RAS), Russian Ministry for Education,
Ministry for Nuclear Power, Mathematical Institute RAS, Department of Probability Theory Moscow State University, Novosibirsk State Technical University (Novosibirsk).

And Sponsors: Gasprom, Promgas, Transneft'
Organize the Sixth Conference

“Mathematical Methods in Reliability” (MMR-2009)
Theory. Methods. Applications
Moscow, June 22-27, 2009

Steering Committee:

N. Limnios (France), M. Nikulin (France, Russia), B. Lindqvist (Norway), Sally Mc Nulty (USA), T. Bedford (UK), V. Rykov (Russia)

Program Scientific Committee:

Co-chairmen
Prof. Vladimir Rykov (Gubkin Russian State Oil&Gas University)
Prof. Mikhail Nikulin (IMB,University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2)

1. A. Andronov – Latvia,
2. A. Antonov - Russia,
3. N. Balakrishnan - Canada,
4. T. Bedford - UK,
5. Yu. Belyaev – Sweden, Russia
6. D. Cox – UK
7. B. Dimitrov - USA
8. M. Finkelstein – South Africa, Russia
9. I. Gertsbakh - Israel,
10. W. Kahle - Germany,
11. V. Korolyuk – Ukraine,
12. V. Kashtanov – Russia
13. I. Kovalenko – Ukraine,
14. H. Lauter – Germany,
15. M.L.Lee -USA
16. A. Lehmann - Germany,
17. B. Lemeshko – Russia,
18. N. Limnios - France,
19. B. Lindqvist – Norway,
20. A. Lisnianski – Israel,
21. W.Q. Meeker – USA,
22. M. Mesbah - France
23. M. Nikulin – France, Russia
24. Yu. Prokhorov – Russia,
25. D. Silvestrov – Sweden, Ukraine,
26. N. Singpurvala - USA
27. V. Solev – Russia,
28. K.Suzuki -Japan
29. P. Ulmeanu – Romania,
30. I. Ushakov - USA, Russia

Organizing Committee:
Chair: Rector Gubkin Oil and Gas University
Co-chairs:
Technical director: A.Lopatin
Members: I. Ushakov – The Main Editor of Gnedenko Forum Journal,
A. Bochkov

The main topics for the Conference and their supposed organizers (sessions organizers):

• Aging in engineering and biological systems (M. Finkelstein).
• Analysis of rare events in reliability (???)
• Applications of reliability theory in science and engineering (I. Ushakov)
• Artificial intelligence in reliability engineering (G. Levitin)
• Reliability and Warranties (K.Suzuki)
• Computer intensive methods in statistical inference on System Reliability (A. Andronov, E. Chepurin)
• Computer tools for statistical analysis of data on reliability (B. Lemeshko)
• Reliability in Rail Transport Industry (P. Dersin)
• Reliability approaches in biology and medicine ( C. Huber, F.Vonta)
• Reliability approach in carcinogenesis studies (H-D.I.Wu)
• Recent Advances in Lifetime Data Analysis (M.L. Lee)
• Reliability in nuclear industry (A. Antonov, M. Yastrebenetsky)
• Reliability in oil and gas industry (M. Sukharev)
• Reliability and related financial models (B. Dimitrov)
• Reliability Centered Maintenance, Risk Based Maintenance, Risk Based Inspection(G.Zwingelstein)
• Probabilistic models for fatigue, wear and degradation (B. Kharlamov, I. Gertsbakh, Yu Paramonov)
• Reliability and quality control (V. Kashtanov)
• Reliability in oil aircraft industry (Yu. Paramonov)
• Reliability, safety, risks (V. Rykov, N. Singpurvalla, T. Bedford)
• Symmetries of a reliability system and their applications (F. Spizzichino)
• Statistical methods in reliability theory (V. Bagdonavichcius, M. Nikulin)
• Statistical service and consulting in reliability (L.Denis)
• Survivability and defense against external impacts (G. Levitin)
• Dependability and quality management (???)
• Empirical Byesian approach in reliability problems (I. Volodin)
• Fuzzy Information in Reliability Analysis (R. Viertl)
• Light traffic analysis of complex systems reliability (I. Kovalenko)
• Markov processes and reliability analysis of complex systems (V. Korolyuk, N. Limnios)
• Mathematical problems in reliability theory (V. Solev)
• Modeling of degradation and failure time data (A.Lehmann)
• Multi-state and continuous- state models in reliability (A. Lisnianski)
• Non-parametric problems in reliability (H. Lauter, H. Liero)
• Ordered and extremal statistics in reliability (V. Nevzorov)
• Degradation models (W. Kahle,)
• Order statistics (V.Nevzorov)
• Planning of accelerated trails (L. Gerville-Reache)
• Simulations and Computations in Reliability and Survival Analysis (V.Couallier)
• Statistical methods for quality control in reliability theory (?)
• Statistics for accelerated trails (W.Q. Meeker)
• Reliability approaches in the Quality of Life (M.Mesbah)
• Methods of Survival analysis in Reliability (Yu. Belyaev)
• Unbiased estimation in reliability theory (Ya. Lumelskii).

Invited speakers:

V.Anisimov, T. Aven, T.Bedford, Yu.Belyaev, V.Bagdanavicius, N.Balakrishnan, P.Dersin,
T.Duchesne, L.Escobar, M.Finkelstein, I.Gertsbakh, U.Jensen, C.Huber, W.Kahle, B.Kharlamov, V.Korolyuk, I.Kovalenko, N.Limnios, B.Lindqvist, H.Lauter, M.L.Lee, A.Lehmann, A. Lisnianski, M.LuValle, W.Meeker, M.Mesbah, T.Duchesne, M.Nikulin, M.Newby, N.Singpurvala, V.Solev, F. Spizzichino, K.Suzuki, I.Ushakov, R.Viertl, F.Vonta, Z.Ying,

It is supposed:

• Plenary sessions (invited speakers): 2-3, 1-hour talk,
  Review presentation (invited speakers): 30-45 min. talk on sections.
  Exhibitions on Reliability and risk analysis software

Organizers of sessions (session is supposed to include 3-4 20-25 min. presentation) in the framework of given or additional section as well as participants in Exhibitions of software for Reliability and Risk analysis are welcome.

Venue: Gubkin Russian State Oil&Gas University (Moscow)