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2025
- Reliability-based geotechnical design (Gordon Fenton, Timo Schweckendiek). 3rd TC304 (pre-conference) short course, ISGSR 2025, 25 August 2025, Oslo, Norway.
- An introduction to Bayesian analysis (Nezam Bozorgzadeh, Iason Papaioannou). Pre-conference short course, ISGSR 2025, 25 August 2025, Oslo, Norway.
- TC304: Engineering practice of risk assessment and management - The benefit of a probabilistic design framework (Michael Hicks, Zi-Jun Cao, Suzanne Lacasse). International Interactive Technical Talk (with ISSMGE President Marc Ballouz), 19 September 2025.
2024
- Why is a reliability-based design framework beneficial for industry? (Michael Hicks, Timo Schweckendiek, Bak Kong Low, Zhongqiang Liu, Burt Look). 1st TC304 (pre-conference) short course, ECSMGE 2024, 25 August 2024, Lisbon, Portugal.
- Probabilistic reliability analysis: theories, methods and algorithms (Jianye Ching, Jian Ji, Te Xiao, Peng Zeng, and Jie Zhang). 2nd TC304 short course, 2FOMLIG, 11-13 October 2024, Chengdu, China.
2020
- DV Griffiths will deliver short courses at the following cities:
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA, for the Pittsburgh G-I Chapter, April 2020 (postponed due to Covid-19)
- Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland, for the New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS), May/June 2020
- Perth, Australia, for the Western Australia Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS), August 2020
- Durham and Glasgow, UK, for the British Geotechnical Association (BGA), October 2020
2019
- Uncertainty and Reliability in Engineering (Iason Papaioannou & Daniel Straub), Munich, Germany, March 11-12, 2019
- Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering (DV Griffiths), ISGSR2019, Taipei, Taiwan, December 11-13, 2019
- Bayesian method and tools for geotechnical practice (Timo Schweckendiek & Yu Wang), ISGSR2019, Taipei, Taiwan, December 11-13, 2019
- Geotechnical reliability-based design examples to improve partial factor design methods (BK Low & KK Phoon), ISGSR2019, Taipei, Taiwan, December 11-13, 2019
2018
- Statistical estimation of soil properties (KK Phoon & J Ching), June 1 2018, 6ISRERM, Singapore
- Use of Bayesian statistical methods in geotechnical engineering (Jinsong Huang), July 31 2018, Sydney, Australia
- Probabilistic methods in geotechnical engineering (D. V. Griffiths), August 6 2018, Sydney, Australia
- Quantitative risk assessment in geotechnical engineering (D. V. Griffiths), NZGS, May 28 2018, Wellington, NZ; NZGS, June 5 2018, Christchurch, NZ; CGSE, August 6 2018, UTS Sydney, Australia
- Limit states design (probabilistic aspects) (Dennis Becker & Gordon Fenton), Sep 23 2018, Geo-Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Quantitative risk assessment in geotechnical engineering and RFEM Workshop (D. V. Griffiths), Escuela Ingenieria de Colombia, October 12-13 2018, Bogota, Colombia
- Reliability and risk analysis in geotechnical practice (in Dutch) (Wim Kanning and Timo Schweckendiek) for 20 Dutch practicing engineers, October 7-8 2018, The Netherlands
- Probabilistic methods in geotechnical engineering and RFEM Workshop (D. V. Griffiths), 1-5 days for a major geotechnical consultancy, December 11-12 2018, Sydney, Australia
2017
- Short course (2-days) on Reliability and risk in geotechnical engineering practice, Deltares Academy, Oct 23-24 2017, Delft, Netherlands (T. Schweckendiek & W. Kanning)
- Short course on Understanding geotechnical reliability-based design and its complementary role to partial factors design approach, Geo-Risk 2017 conference, 4 June 2017, Denver, Colorado, USA (BK Low & KK Phoon)
2016
- Short course "Statistics and Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering - the Fundamentals" at Recent Trends in Geotechnical Engineering and Education, Workshop No. 3, Sep 15-16 2016, Brisbane, Australia (D.V. Griffiths)
2014
- Short course on "Risk assessment in geotechnical engineering", Geo-Congress 2014, Atlanta, USA, 23 February 2014 (Vaughan Griffiths & Gordon Fenton)
2013
- Short course on "Reliability analysis and design in Geotechnical Engineering", Midrand, South Africa, 26 July 2013 (KK Phoon)
2012
- Fourth ISSMGE webinar on "Risk assessment in geotechnical engineering", 24 February 2012 at 15h00 UTC (Zenon Medina-Cetina & Marco Uzielli)
- Short course on "Reliability analysis and design in geotechnical engineering", Geocongress 2012, Oakland, USA, 25-29 March 2012 (KK Phoon & J Ching)
- Short course on "Risk assessment in geotechnical engineering", New York City, USA, 8-9 Nov 2012 (DV Griffiths & GA Fenton)
2011
- Short course on "Reliability analysis and design in geotechnical engineering", Munich, Germany, 1 June 2011 (KK Phoon)
- Short course on "Risk assessment in geotechnical engineering", Atlanta, USA, 26 June 2011 (Vaughan Griffiths & Gordon Fenton)
- Short course on "Risk assessment in geotechnical engineering", San Diego, 24-25 March 2011; Chicago, 5-6 May 2011 (Vaughan Griffiths & Gordon Fenton)
- Short course on "Risk and reliability of levees and dams", Atlanta, USA, 26 June 2011 (GB Baecher, RB Gilbert & M McCann)
2007
- GeoDelft Risk Management course, Oct 2007 (M van Staveren & D Pereboom)
