FACS Evening Seminar -- joint event with the SCSC -- by Prof. Robin Bloomfield, 14 April, Birkbeck College: Interdependencies and Resilient Infrastructure
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From: Paul.Boca on 17 Mar 2010 19:15 (Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement) BCS-FACS Evening Seminar Series joint event with the Safety Critical Systems Club Interdependencies and Resilient Infrastructure Professor Robin Bloomfield (CSR City University London and Adelard) 14 April 2010 5.45pm Room B36 Birkbeck College Main Building Malet Street London WC1E 7HX http://www.bbk.ac.uk/maps/centrallondon.pdf Interdependencies are central to delivering resilience and also a potential source of vulnerability and risk. This talk will examine the challenges posed by the need to understand and evaluate the resilience of infrastructures. The talk will draw on a study on interdependencies for the TSB, CPNI and EPSRC in which we consulted a wider range of Critical National Infrastructure stakeholders and reviewed research specific to modelling, analyzing and understanding dependencies. The study identified the state-of-the-art and the government and industry requirements for tools and services. It concluded with a strategy aiming to bridge the gaps between the capabilities and requirements, where this was identified as currently feasible. CSR was also a partner in the EU IRRIIS project and we have been building and experimenting with a range of models based on deterministic service models and stochastic activity nets. I will summarise some of the lessons from developing a model of central Romes power and telecommunications infrastructures and, in the light of the policy and strategy context, discuss the importance of intangible soft infrastructures and the potential contribution from the safety and computer science communities in the interdisciplinary challenges. Refreshments will be served from 5.15pm in Room B04 (Birkbeck College) The seminar is free of charge and open to everyone. If you would like to attend, please email Paul Boca [Paul.Boca(a)googlemail.com] by >>>12 April<< . Pre-registration is required. BCS-FACS Website: http://www.bcs-facs.org Location of venue: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/maps/centrallondon.pdf |