Calculating Catastrophe by Gordon Woo

An interview with Gordon Woo, catastrophe expert and author of
Calculating Catastrophe.

Dr. Gordon Woo was trained in mathematical physics at Cambridge, MIT and Harvard, and has made his career as a calculator of catastrophes. His diverse experience includes consulting for IAEA on the seismic safety of nuclear plants and for BP on offshore oil well drilling. As a catastrophist at Risk Management Solutions, he has advanced the insurance modelling of catastrophes, including designing a model for terrorism risk.

More information about the book is available
at http://www.icpress.co.uk/mathematics/p786.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Tsunami
• Hacking
• Catastrophe
• Finance
• Earthquakes
• Terrorism
• Disasters
• Mathematics
• Nuclear
• BP
• offshore oil well
• Risk
• Insurance
• Management