Extreme value theory in the analysis of environmental events (original) (raw)

WELCOME to the 12th Workshop on Statistics, Mathematics and Computation! We celebrate this meeting in Honour of Professor Carlos Braumann, for his brilliant career and outstanding contribution to the field of Statistics in Portugal and abroad, and to whom we are deeply grateful for all the support, kind and precious collaboration in our meetings! We are delighted to have this celebration fostering strong interaction between national and international researchers, leading to a successful commitment and enthusiasm on promoting research in and between the broad areas of Statistics, Mathematics and Computation. It is a great pleasure to receive all our guests and contributors from 9 to 10 th November in UBI-Universidade da Beira Interior, expressing our huge gratitude to the University Coordinators for kindly accepted to embrace this challenge of receiving us again! The WSMC was successfully organized in several places along these last 12 years and we believe that our meetings have been creating very nice opportunities for showcasing the growth and development of the focused main areas, at a time when so many new technologies are available and huge challenges are emerging. The idea exchanges between participants are always helpful for generating positive impact on propelling the advancement of science and technology and some of these results have been published in high standard Journals, special issues and Springer Series Books. Also in this 12th WSMC edition the participants will have several journal opportunities for papers submission. Selected papers, after review, will appear in Journal of Applied Statistics, Biometrical Letters, Biometrics & Biostatistics International Journal (BBIJ) and in a new Springer volume of the Series Contributions to Statistics. We are hightly grateful to all the participants, Invited Speakers, Session Organizers and Authors who submitted abstracts, for their valuable contribution and for the enthusiastic way how they assume their participation. We also acknowledge all the sponsors and contributors who made this meeting a reality. Furthermore, we acknowledge the Rector of Universidade da Beira Interior, the Rector of Universidade Aberta, the Coordinator of the Centro de Estatística e Aplicações da Universidade de Lisboa and the President of the Committee on Risk Analysis of International Statistical Institute, for v vi Preface their support. We are most grateful to all the members of the Organizing Committee and of the Scientific Committee for their crucial help and suggestions. We address a deeply thanks to the Local Chair, Sandra Ferreira, and also to Amílcar Oliveira, Célia Nunes, Dário Ferreira and Luís Grilo for their invaluable contribution on organizing the Webpage, the final programme, the Book of Abstracts and so many details in a such incredible short time! Finally, the venue adds an important attraction to the meeting. The destination city, Covilhã, is a fantastic place close to beautiful and highest mountain in Portugal, Serra da Estrela.