Schedule for: 18w2232 - Advancement of Stochastic and Statistical Techniques for Natural and Environmental Simulation

Beginning on Friday, August 17 and ending Sunday August 19, 2018

All times in Banff, Alberta time, MDT (UTC-6).

Friday, August 17
16:00 - 19:30 Check-in begins (Front Desk – Professional Development Centre - open 24 hours)
Note: the Lecture rooms are available after 16:00.
(Front Desk – Professional Development Centre)
19:30 - 22:00 Lectures (if desired) or informal gathering in 2nd floor lounge, Corbett Hall (if desired)
Beverages and a small assortment of snacks are available in the lounge on a cash honour system.
(TCPL or Corbett Hall Lounge (CH 2110))
Saturday, August 18
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
A buffet breakfast is served daily between 7:00am and 9:00am in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building. Note that BIRS does not pay for meals for 2-day workshops.
(Vistas Dining Room)
08:45 - 09:00 Welcome Talk by BIRS Staff
A brief introduction to BIRS with important logistical information, technology instruction, and opportunity for participants to ask questions.
(TCPL 201)
09:00 - 09:30 Yulei Xie: Dr.
An inexact stochastic-fuzzy optimization model for agricultural water allocation and land resources utilization management under considering effective rainfall
(TCPL 201)
09:30 - 10:00 Xiaoyue Zhang: Ms.
A Fuzzy-Stochastic Power System Planning Model: Reflection of Dual Objectives and Dual Uncertainties
(TCPL 201)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
10:30 - 11:00 Yurui Fan: Dr.
Risk analysis for water resources management under dual uncertainties through factorial analysis and fuzzy random value-at-risk
(TCPL 201)
11:00 - 11:30 Cong Chen: Dr.
A production-emission nexus based stochastic-fuzzy model for identification of urban industry-environment policy under uncertainty
(TCPL 201)
11:30 - 13:00 Lunch
A buffet lunch is served daily between 11:30am and 1:30pm in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building. Note that BIRS does not pay for meals for 2-day workshops.
(Vistas Dining Room)
13:00 - 13:20 Group Photo
Meet in foyer of TCPL to participate in the BIRS group photo. The photograph will be taken outdoors, so dress appropriately for the weather. Please don't be late, or you might not be in the official group photo!
(TCPL Foyer)
13:30 - 14:00 Ping Guo: Dr.
A stochastic rough-approximation water management model for supporting sustainable water-environment strategies in an irrigation district of arid region
(TCPL 201)
14:00 - 14:30 Zhong Li: Dr.
Resources and Environmental Systems Management under Synchronic Interval Uncertainties
(TCPL 201)
14:30 - 15:00 Jiapei Chen: Dr.
CVaR-based factorial stochastic optimization of water resources systems with correlated uncertainties
(TCPL 201)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
15:30 - 16:00 Michael Wu: Dr.
Municipal Solid Waste Management Planning for Xiamen City, China: A Stochastic Fractional Inventory-Theory-Based Approach
(TCPL 201)
16:00 - 16:30 Xiuquan Wang: Dr.
Risk aversion based interval stochastic programming approach for agricultural water management under uncertainty
(TCPL 201)
16:30 - 17:00 Xiong Zhou: Dr.
PRECIS-projected increases in temperature and precipitation over Canada
(TCPL 201)
17:30 - 19:30 Dinner
A buffet dinner is served daily between 5:30pm and 7:30pm in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building. Note that BIRS does not pay for meals for 2-day workshops.
(Vistas Dining Room)
Sunday, August 19
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast (Vistas Dining Room)
09:00 - 09:30 Gordon Huang: Dr.
A copula-based flexible-stochastic programming method for planning regional energy system under multiple uncertainties
(TCPL 201)
09:30 - 10:00 Peng Zhang: Dr.
An Interval Fuzzy-Stochastic Chance-Constrained Programming Based Energy-Water Nexus Model for Planning Electric Power Systems
(TCPL 201)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
10:30 - 11:00 Hua (Marie) Zhu: Dr.
Monte Carlo simulation based interval chance-constrained programming for regional ecosystem management
(TCPL 201)
11:00 - 11:30 Tangnyu Song: Ms.
Investigation of Changes in Extreme Temperature and Humidity over China through a Dynamical Downscaling Approach
(TCPL 201)
11:30 - 12:00 Checkout by Noon
2-day workshop participants are welcome to use BIRS facilities (Corbett Hall Lounge, TCPL, Reading Room) until 15:00 on Sunday, although participants are still required to checkout of the guest rooms by 12 noon. There is no coffee break service on Sunday afternoon, but self-serve coffee and tea are always available in the 2nd floor lounge, Corbett Hall.
(Front Desk – Professional Development Centre)