"It is clear that much more could be done to quantify existential risks even with current methods, but the case has not been made for the need to do so. Nevertheless, there is a need for additional specialized methods and technology to analyze global and existential threats."
B. John Garrick
Read MorePSAM 14 Conference will be the major international event in probabilistic safety assessment and management (PSAM) for 2018.
Read MoreA 5-member delegation from Indonesia visited the Institute on October 13th, to discuss earthquake research.
Read MoreIn this edited Q&A, three experts talked to UCLA Engineering about how to realistically think about these risks and how to provide sound information to policy makers.
Read MoreThis summer, the B. John Garrick Institute hosted presentations and roundtable discussions from two international Visiting Professors in the risk sciences field.
Read MoreHourly schedule for Monday March 27th, 2017 - Wednesday March 29th, 2017.
Read MoreOn March 27-29, 2017, the B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences will sponsor an international colloquium on catastrophic global risks that could threaten human existence - existential risk.
Read MoreAt the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), some 40 distinguished philosophers, physicists, engineers, lawyers, social scientists, administrators, students and writers are spending two and a half days at an event sponsored by the B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences, examining the issue of catastrophic risks facing humans, including risks that threaten the entire future of humanity – that is ‘existential risks.’ Click to see full list of attendees.
Read MoreWill humans make it through the next century?
It's not a frivolous question. A surprising number of futurists give us a good chance of not making it - as there is no shortage of existential risks..
Read MoreThe chair of the UCLA civil and environmental engineering department, Jonathan P. Stewart, is leading a U.S. team traveling to Italy to investigate geotechnical and geological aspects of the earthquake sequence.
Read MoreDirector John Garrick gave a lecture at the International Symposium on Science, Engineering, and Strategy for Risk Based Maintenance at Waseda University, Japan.
Read MoreInstitute Director, Professor Ali Mosleh, gave the keynote speech in Kuwait for the Japan Joint International Conference RISK MANAGEMENT For Integrity Of Oil Production And Refining Facilities
Read MoreThe B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences signed a collaboration MoU with the College of Engineering at Kyung Hee University, Korea.
Read More"UCLA Engineering launches the B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences to improve resilience and prevent failures of complex natural and man made systems and processes."
Read MoreDistinguished Professor Ali Mosleh, the Evalyn Knight Chair in Engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named the first director of the B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences at UCLA.
Read MoreUCLA Engineering alumnus B. John Garrick and his wife, Amelia Garrick, have committed $9 million to launch the B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Read MoreB. John Garrick, a pioneer in the risk sciences, was the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science 2014 Alumnus of the Year
Read MoreDeveloped by the EPA’s Risk Assessment Forum, this report and accompanying Frequently Asked Question document responds to recommendations that the agency should incorporate probabilistic analysis into its decision making.
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