Speaker:Grey Batie, University of California at Berkeley

Statistics and probability are integral components of radiation detection: from the stochastic nature of radioactive decay, to nuclear cross sections and the types of radiation interactions in matter. By leveraging these concepts, radiation detectors are fabricated to maximize how efficiently we can detect, quantify and even localize radioactive material. This presentation will briefly discuss these topics and how it relates to the author’s research in nuclear safeguards and national security. For more information, http://web.sonoma.edu/math/