UPCOMING WEBCAST: Rare Events – That Happen All the Time - Wednesday, Mar. 18th (2:00pm EDT)

The NESC and NEN will be hosting the following webcast on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 @ 2:00 pm EDT. GNC/NESC Lecture Series presents:  Title:                    Rare Events – That Happen All the Time Speaker:              Dr. Cynthia H. Null Date/Time:           March 18, 2015 (2:00 pm EDT) Abstract: There have been several books published recently related to understanding the probabilities of everyday and rare events. Dr. Null will provide a variety of examples of events that are misperceived as having a low probability or being surprising. She will discuss some reasons for these misperceptions, and the implications for engineering. For more information, and to register for the live webcast, please visit the NEN page listed below: https://nen.nasa.gov/web/gnc/webcast/-/webcast/detail/1601 This webcast is available to NASA Civil Servants and Contractors only. Registration is easy.  Please click the “Sign In to Register” button and you will be redirected to LaunchPad to enter your user name and password.  After a successful authentication, click the “Register Now” button.  You will receive a confirmation email.  If you can't attend the live webcast, please register anyway and we will notify you when the recorded (on-demand) version is available online.  If you haven't done so already, please take a moment to view the following short video - Tour the Silverlight Player. Doing so will confirm that your browser is properly configured to view the webcast while also providing an overview of the webcast player. Should you experience any difficulties, please email the NESC Academy Online team atlarc-dl-support-nescacademy@mail.nasa.gov. Please visit the NESC Academy site to view all upcoming or previously recorded webcasts at http://nescacademy.nasa.gov/#features=0&webcast=1 . To hear about future webcasts, please join the NEN community of practice in your area of interest:https://nen.nasa.gov.