ALERT Doctoral School 2014
2^nd-4^th October 2014, Aussois, France
“Stochastic Analysis and Inverse Modelling”
Coordination: Michael A. Hicks, Cristina Jommi

Day 1, Thursday, October 2

• Introduction to the Course (M.A. Hicks, C. Jommi)
• Review of Probability Theory (G.A. Fenton)
• Random Variables (G.A. Fenton)
• Common Distributions (G.A. Fenton)
• Functions of Random Variables (A.-H. Soubra)
• Reliability Analysis Methods (A.-H. Soubra)

Day 2, Friday, October 3

• Random Fields: Modeling Soil Properties (G.A. Fenton)
• Estimation of Random Field Parameters (G.A. Fenton)
• Best Linear Unbiased Estimation and Kriging (G.A. Fenton)
• Basics of Simulation and RFEM (G.A. Fenton)
• Random Finite Element Method (M.A. Hicks)
• Advanced Reliability Analysis Methods (A.-H. Soubra)

Day 3, Saturday, October 4

• Geotechnical back analysis using a maximum likelihood approach (A. Ledesma)
• Calibration of soil constitutive laws by inverse analysis (M. Calvello)
• Analysing time dependent problems (C. Jommi)