Programme

21/6/2010

9:00

Registration

9:30

Opening address: L Pendrill (SP, Sweden, Chairman EURAMET)

9:45

Introduction: M Bär (PTB, Germany)

Session 1:

Measurement Uncertainty (Chair: C Elster)

10:00

A Possolo (NIST, USA)
Copulas for Uncertainty Analysis

10:30

I Lira (Santiago University, Chile)
Uncertainty of Measurement based on Calibration Functions: Uninformative Priors, Bayes' Theorem and GUM Supplement 1

11:00

E v Collani (Würzburg, Germany)
Uncertainty as a Universal Aspect and an Advanced Approach for its Mathematical Handling

Session 1:

Measurement Uncertainty (Chair: A Forbes)

13:00

C Elster (PTB, Germany)
Supplement 1 to the GUM and Bayesian Inference

12:00

F Pavese (Torino, Italy)
Development of Methods for Detection of Systematic Effects in Measurements of Quantities realised by SI Standards

12:30

A Possolo (NIST, USA)
Calibration and Uncertainty Assessment for Certified Reference Gas Mixtures

Session 2:

Measurement Uncertainty – Applications (Chair: W Wöger)

15:00

A Forbes*, B Hughes, W Sun (NPL, UK)
Weighting Observations from Multi-Sensor Coordinate Measuring Systems

15:30

S Demeyer (LNE, France)
Bayesian Approach to assign Consensus Value in PT Comparisons

16:00

K Klauenberg*, B Ebert, J Voigt, C Elster  (PTB, Germany)
Bayesian Concentration Estimation from ELISA Measurements

Discussion & Closing Day 1

17:00-17:30

Possibilities and Perspective for International Collaboration in Mathematics in Metrology
(F Pavese (IMEKO TC 21),
M Bär (EURAMET Focus Group Mathematics & IT)

22/6/2010

9:00

Registration

Session 2:

Measurement Uncertainty – Applications (Chair: A Possolo)

9:30

N Fischer (LNE, France)
Statistical Tools to perform Sensitivity Analysis in the context of the Evaluation of Measurement Uncertainty

10:00

J P Hessling (SP, Sweden)
Unscented Propagation of Measurement Uncertainty

10:30

G Wübbeler* (PTB, Germany) , P M Harris, M G Cox (NPL, UK), C Elster (PTB, Germany)
Evaluation of Measurement Uncertainty using Adaptive Monte Carlo Methods

Session 3:

Modelling (Chair: L Pendrill)

11:30

M Bär (PTB, Germany)
Modelling with Partial Differential Equations in Metrology

12:00

L Chapman, C Matthews, S Roberts, L Wright* (NPL, UK)
Inverse Modelling for Determination of Thermal Conductivity of Layered Samples

12:30

M A Henn (PTB, Germany)
A Statistical Approach to the Inverse Problem in Scatterometry

Session 3:

Modelling (Chair: N Fischer)

14:00

R Emardson (SP, Sweden)
Measurement Uncertainty in Sensor Fusion through Nonlinear Kalman Filtering

14:30

A Chunovkina (VNIIM, Russia)
Modelling in Measuring Devices Calibration Procedures

15:00

H Rabus* and H Nettelbeck (PTB, Germany)
Mathematical Challenges Linking Simulations of Nanodosimetric Track Structures and Radiation Transport

Session 3:

Modelling (Chair: M Bär)

16:00

K D Sommer*, M Krystek (PTB, Germany), U D Hanebeck (Karlsruhe University, Germany)
Modelling of Measurements for Uncertainty Analysis

16:30

T Esward (NPL, UK)
Metrology of Sensor Networks: Uncertainty Evaluation, Self-Validation, Timing and Data Fusion

17:00

Closing workshop