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<p class="MsoNormal">SZ4D Modeling Collaboratory for Subduction RCN
- <b>Kickoff Meeting Webinar</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sunday, Dec 9, 2018, 9:15am - 3:00pm EST</b><br>
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</b><i>Full meeting program and registration available here</i>: <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rOqTxs7v1Lf00tLXQaToTVUHBIcDvHjJbg_IfpkvqaY/edit?usp=sharing">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rOqTxs7v1Lf00tLXQaToTVUHBIcDvHjJbg_IfpkvqaY/edit?usp=sharing</a>
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On behalf of Dr. Thorsten Becker and our steering committee, we
invite our colleagues to
<a
href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gjtkvuQeTPmvdcOZm6Cw8Q">join
us via zoom webinar</a> for the Modeling Collaboratory for
Subduction Planning RCN kickoff meeting.
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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
<b>analysis of earthquake and volcanic processes in subduction
zones, including the decadal-scale forecasting of hazards and
interpretation of transients</b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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).
<b>We invite participation from all interested stakeholders,
commencing with this kickoff meeting</b>.<br>
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<i>Our objective is to ask the following questions</i>:</p>
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<li><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span>What
should an MCS achieve, and how can we best serve the range of
communities engaged in subduction zone science?</li>
<li>What are the key problems and observations that should
motivate and inform the MCS?</li>
<li>What are the major challenges in building earthquake and
volcano physics into our models, and how can we best couple them
together?</li>
<li><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font-style: normal;
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strategy for the RCN? Are our workshops aligned to answer these
questions?</li>
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For questions, or to <b>sign up for our email list</b>, please
get in touch at <a href="mailto:contact@sz4dmcs.org">
contact@sz4dmcs.org</a>.<br>
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Best,</p>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Gabriel Lotto, PhD<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Program Coordinator<br>
Modeling Collaboratory for Subduction RCN<br>
Institute for Geophysics<br>
The University of Texas at Austin<br>
<a href="mailto:gabriel@ig.utexas.edu"><span style="color:blue">gabriel@ig.utexas.edu</span></a></span>
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