BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20221214T203951Z UID:6FE17B0C-EED4-44E5-8750-B050CFE19C9E DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20221214T110000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20221214T120000 DESCRIPTION:FREE Webinar\n\nFrom OpenReliability.org:\n\n"Open Reliability is dedicated to the development and use of reliability engineering and ope rations research applications under the open source paradigm.\n\nToo often it is observed that engineers will choose to base decisions on what is be lieved to be the correct result from a shrink-wrapped program without actu ally understanding what has really taken place 'under the hood'. Indeed\, some argue that their analysis may be superior\, simply based on the popul arity\, or even expense\, of the software used to generate a result. The g oal here is to openly present the inner workings of various analytical tec hniques in a way that encourages deeper understanding of the basis for ana lysis. Turning these techniques into useful software may be a beneficial r esult\, but not an end in itself."\n\nThe IEEE Boston Reliability Group pr esentation is expected to include a fast paced perusal of published tutori al type documents and pages. These cover topics from installation of R and acquisition of the relevant R packages to some interesting uses. We can p ause for discussion throughout. However\, it is expected that those intere sted in the topics can circle back to absorb the material on their own tim e. I remain available to handle individual guidance djsilk@openreliability .org\n\nSpeaker(s): David Silkworth\, \n\nAgenda: \n11:00 AM Technical Pre sentation\n\n11:45 AM Questions and Answers\n\n12:00 PM Adjournment\n\nVir tual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/332882 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/332882 ORGANIZER:michael.bannan@ieee.org SEQUENCE:3 SUMMARY:Webinar - OpenReliability Software Tools on R URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/332882 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong><em>FREE Webinar</em></strong></p> \n<p>From OpenReliability.org:</p>\n<p>"Open Reliability is dedicated to t he development and use of reliability engineering and operations research applications under the open source paradigm.<br />&nbsp\;<br />Too often i t is observed that engineers will choose to base decisions on what is beli eved to be the correct result from a shrink-wrapped program without actual ly understanding what has really taken place 'under the hood'. Indeed\, so me argue that their analysis may be superior\, simply based on the popular ity\, or even expense\, of the software used to generate a result. The goa l here is to openly present the inner workings of various analytical techn iques in a way that encourages deeper understanding of the basis for analy sis. Turning these techniques into useful software may be a beneficial res ult\, but not an end in itself."</p>\n<p>The IEEE Boston Reliability Group presentation is expected to include a fast paced perusal of published tut orial type documents and pages. These cover topics from installation of R and acquisition of the relevant R packages to some interesting uses. We ca n pause for discussion throughout. However\, it is expected that those int erested in the topics can circle back to absorb the material on their own time. I remain available to handle individual guidance djsilk@openreliabil ity.org</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>11:00 AM</ strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Technical Presentation</p>\n<p><strong>11:45 A M</strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Questions and Answers</p>\n<p><strong>12:00 PM</s trong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Adjournment</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR