This event is open to all U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
Risk Analysis - what is it, what can I learn from it, and how do I learn more about it?

Abstract:
This seminar will introduce the field of study of risk analysis. What is it? What does a risk analyst do? What kind of places hire risk analysts? What are the tools of risk analysis? A brief overview of ongoing industry-sponsored risk analysis projects will be given as well. The seminar will be kept informal to allow time for questions.

Bio:
Seth Guikema is a Professor in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. He is also the current President of the Society for Risk Analysis and works as a senior advisor for data analytics with a Silicon Valley start-up that is focused on machine learning for risk and resilience analysis. He has been a risk analyst in both academia and practice for 20+ years, and he is the Area Editor for the Mathematical Modeling section of the journal Risk Analysis. He too once sat in seminars like this one as an early undergraduate trying to figure out what to major in. Please ask questions!