Elisabeth Pate-Cornell
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Marie-Elisabeth Lucienne Paté-Cornell, (born in 1948), is a Stanford University Professor in the Department of Management Science and Engineering and was the Founding Chair of the Department.
Elisabeth Pate-Cornell | |
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Born | Marie-Elisabeth Lucienne Paté-Cornell 1948 |
Alma mater | Aix-Marseille University Grenoble Institute of Technology Stanford University |
Spouse(s) | Late C. Allin Cornell Admiral James O. Ellis (USN ret.) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Risk Analysis |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Pate-Cornell is an expert in engineering risk analysis and management and more generally, the use of Bayesian probability to process incomplete information. Her research and that of her Engineering Risk Research Group have focused on the inclusion of technical and management factors in probabilistic risk analysis models with applications to the NASA shuttle tiles, offshore oil platforms and medical systems. Since 2001, she has combined risk analysis and game analysis to assess intelligence information and risks of terrorist attacks.