[OBSIPtec] Webinar Invitation: Modeling Collaboratory for Subduction RCN - Kickoff Meeting

[Kasey Aderhold]

SZ4D Modeling Collaboratory for Subduction RCN - *Kickoff Meeting Webinar*

*Sunday, Dec 9, 2018, 9:15am - 3:00pm EST*
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*/Full meeting program and registration available here/: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rOqTxs7v1Lf00tLXQaToTVUHBIcDvHjJbg_IfpkvqaY/edit?usp=sharing 


On behalf of Dr. Thorsten Becker and our steering committee, we invite 
our colleagues to join us via zoom webinar 
<https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gjtkvuQeTPmvdcOZm6Cw8Q> for the 
Modeling Collaboratory for Subduction Planning RCN kickoff meeting.

This research collaboration network (RCN) was funded by NSF in September 
of this year to support a range of community building efforts leading 
toward a possible Modeling Collaboratory for Subduction Zone Science 
(MCS). This MCS will serve to integrate the constraints from global 
subduction zone observatories as well as field and laboratory work into 
a physics-based, systems-level modeling framework that allows *analysis 
of earthquake and volcanic processes in subduction zones, including the 
decadal-scale forecasting of hazards and interpretation of transients*.

This RCN seeks to move toward establishing an MCS through a number of 
efforts, including a series of in-person workshops in 2019 and 2020, and 
a webinar series on cyberinfrastructure needs and capabilities. We will 
proceed in partnership with government agencies, our international 
colleagues, and other community centers such as the Southern California 
Earthquake Center (SCEC) and the Computational Infrastructure for 
Geodynamics (CIG). *We invite participation from all interested 
stakeholders, commencing with this kickoff meeting*.

/Our objective is to ask the following questions/:

  * What should an MCS achieve, and how can we best serve the range of
    communities engaged in subduction zone science?
  * What are the key problems and observations that should motivate and
    inform the MCS?
  * What are the major challenges in building earthquake and volcano
    physics into our models, and how can we best couple them together?
  * What is the best strategy for the RCN? Are our workshops aligned to
    answer these questions?


For questions, or to *sign up for our email list*, please get in touch 
at contact at sz4dmcs.org <mailto:contact at sz4dmcs.org>.

Best,

Gabriel Lotto, PhD
Program Coordinator
Modeling Collaboratory for Subduction RCN
Institute for Geophysics
The University of Texas at Austin
gabriel at ig.utexas.edu <mailto:gabriel at ig.utexas.edu>
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