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应12博BET官方网站分布式航天器系统技术研究所的邀请，1月14日下午2时，德国汉诺威莱布尼兹大学Michael Beer教授在宇航楼415会议室为12博BET官方网站师生做了题为“Uncertainty Quantification: Challenges and Approaches”的学术报告。报告由毕司峰老师主持，12博BET官方网站部分师生参加了此次交流活动。
此次报告中，Michael Beer教授，从一个宏观的角度，进行了不确定分析这一学科的综述汇报。主要讲解了不确定分析的学科内容、在工程领域的应用和未来的发展方向，让在场的师生们对不确定分析有了一个更加深入的了解。
报告结束后，参会师生均表示受益匪浅，并结合自身的研究方向提出了很多相关的问题，对于报告的内容进行深入交流，教授对大家所提问题逐一解答。此次报告拓宽了师生们的视野，拓展了师生们对于不确定分析的知识面，对于日后的科研工作有很大的帮助。
Michael Beer教授简介：
Michael Beer is Professor and Head of the Institute for Risk and Reliability, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany, since 2015. He is also part time Professor at the University of Liverpool and at Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He obtained a doctoral degree from Technische Universität Dresden and pursued post-doctoral research at Rice University. From 2007 to 2011 Dr. Beer worked as an Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore. In 2011 he joined the University of Liverpool as Chair in Uncertainty in Engineering and Founding Director of the Institute for Risk and Uncertainty and established a large Doctoral Training Center on Quantification and Management of Risk & Uncertainty. Dr. Beer’s research is focused on uncertainty quantification in engineering with emphasis on imprecise probabilities. Dr. Beer is Editor in Chief (joint) of the Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering, Associate Editor of the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Associate Editor of the International Journal of Reliability and Safety, and Member of thirteen Editorial Boards including Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Computers & Structures, Structural Safety, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, and International Journal for Uncertainty Quantification. He has won several awards including the CADLM PRIZE 2007 – Intelligent Optimal Design and a Certificate for Highly Cited Research in Structural Safety. His publications include a book, several monographs and a large number of journal and conference papers. He is a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, Chair of the C(PS)2 of the Bernoulli Society and Member of ASCE (EMI), ASME, IACM, ESRA, EASD, and GACM.
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