Disaster Risk Reduction, Hazard Assesment, and Risk Analysis
Martin Franz (PhD student in our group) explains in the La Côte newspaper his researches about tsunami in lakes. Please find the article in the “Media” section.
Media: Geneva Lake victim of a tsunami? Read MoreThe 12th international congress of the International Association of Engineering Geology (IAEG) took place in Torino (Italy) from 15 to 19 September 2014. Several members of the risk group attended …
XII International IAEG Congress, Torino Read MoreA new approach for semi-automatic rock mass joints recognition from 3D point clouds Riquelme, A., Abellan, A., Tomás, R., Jaboyedoff, M (2014). A new approach for semi-automatic rock mass joints …
New publication in Computer and Geosciences Read MoreThe Institute of Earth Sciences is monitoring erosion dynamics in a study site in Draix (SE France), in cooperation with several other research groups, as part of Benjamin Rudaz’ PhD …
Erosion monitoring – Project Roubinette is operational Read Moreby Pierrick Nicolet, Loris Foresti, Olivier Caspar and Michel Jaboyedoff: “Shallow landslide’s stochastic risk modelling based on the precipitation event of August 2005 in Switzerland: results and implications” Due to …
New publication in NHESS about landslide risk modeling Read MoreTo celebrate the publication of a book on natural hazards in Switzerland, a conference entitled “Meteorites: from genesis to catastrophe” will be held at the University of Lausanne (Géopolis, room …
“Les météorites : de la genèse aux catastrophes” Conference by Prof. Ph. Gillet, EPFL (in French) Read MoreAbellán, A., Oppikofer, T., Jaboyedoff, M., Rosser, N. J., Lim, M. and Lato, M. J. (2014), Terrestrial laser scanning of rock slope instabilities. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.3493 This …
New publication: ESPL state of science (terrestrial LiDAR on rock slopes) Read MoreInternational Workshop – 02-04 December 2013 The goal of this workshop is to contribute to identify emerging issues and linkages between sustainable development, global migration, climate change and disaster risk …
International Workshop “Linking sustainable development, global migration, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction-Identifying emerging issues” Read Moreby Jérémie Voumard, Olivier Caspar, Marc-Henri Derron and Michel Jaboyedoff: “Dynamic risk simulation to assess natural hazards risk along roads”. Risk generated by natural hazards on roads is usually calculated with …
New publication in NHESS about dynamic risk computation along roads Read Moreby Clément Michoud, Sara Bazin, Lars Harald Blikra, Marc-Henri Derron and Michel Jaboyedoff: “Experiences from site-specific landslide early warning systems”. Landslide early warning systems (EWSs) have to be implemented in …
New publication in NHESS about landslide early-warning systems Read MoreThe conference (www.unil.ch/vgc14) will focus on remote sensing of ground surface and digital processing to support 3D geological modeling and interpretation in various fields of the geosciences (non-exhaustive list): Digital …
Vertical geology conference 2014 Read MoreThe risk analysis group has a new website to provide more information on its activities. This new platform provides details on our projects, PhD, events, softwares, … The risk analysis …
New website Read More