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On Simulating Ground Motions and Using Them in Seismic Collapse Assessment Studies

314W, PAB

About the Event: Despite continuous increase in the number and geographical spread of seismic recording stations, recordings of strong ground motions that are most damaging to structures (e.g., from large magnitude earthquakes and at short distances from the rupture) are still rather limited. The availability of strong ground motions is important in seismic assessment studies […]

French-Armenian Novels from 1928-1960

Alex and Marie Manoogian Hall, PAB 40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave, Yerevan, Armenia

About the Event:   In this unique lecture, renowned writer Krikor Beledian will discuss how the novel became the main art form for documenting and expressing the fragile Armenian diasporan reality after the Genocide. Among the important writers of that period are Vorpuni, Shahnur, and Sarafian. This lecture will incorporate the cultural, literary, and historical […]

Predicting Game Results with Distributions and Models

314W, PAB

About the Event: We are going to look at the baseline models for sport game result predictions. We will look at the Poisson distribution and Poisson regression for football, normal distribution for NBA games, Bradley-Terry model for NFL. These modeling techniques will give you some baseline prediction on the game outcome. The very basic knowledge […]