Events

The COST-sponsored 25th Mini EURO Conference will be held in Coimbra (Dept. Mathematics) from 15 to 17 April 2010, on the theme "Uncertainty and Robustness in Planning and Decision Making." In this conference, organized by MIT-Portugal and EfS-UC faculty member Carlos Henggeler Antunes, two sessions will be devoted to Energy and Sustainability issues:

Friday, April 16, 14h00-16h00, Room 3 (Sala 2.3)

Confronting Uncertainty in LCA - Organized and chaired by Fausto Freire (EfS-UC)

* André, Lopes - On the Use of Possibility Theory in Uncertainty Analysis of Life Cycle Assessment
* Malça, Freire - A comprehensive framework for incorporating uncertainty in the LCA of biodiesel
* Castanheira, Freire - GHG Emissions Assessment of Palm Oil: uncertainty and scenario analysis for increased production
* Dias, Arroja, Capela - Uncertainty in the carbon footprint of eucalyptus wood

Friday, April 16, 16h30-18h00, Room 2 (Sala Pedro Nunes)

Applications: Energy - Chaired by Manuel Matos (FEUP)

* Lourenço, Santos - Short-term load forecasting using a Gaussian Process Model - The influence of a derivative term in the input regressor
* Bessa, Matos - Dealing with Wind Power Forecast Uncertainty
* Kligerman, Ribeiro - A bi-criteria decision support system for the Brazilian hydrothermal operation planning

Read the University of Coimbra "Student in focus" profile of MPP Sustainable Energy Systems PhD student Erica Castanheira