Planning Meeting for NEES/E-DEFENSE Collaboration in Earthquake Engineering

提案标题：NEES/E-DEFENSE地震工程合作计划会议机构：NEES Consortium，Inc.摘要日期：08/10/2004项目摘要乔治E.小布朗美国国家科学基金会（NSF）于1999年下半年启动了地震工程模拟网络（NEES），旨在提高美国开展地震工程研究的能力。有了超过8000万美元用于实验、网络、数据管理和通信的新尖端工具，地震工程领域最优秀的人才将能够挑战和解决最困难的障碍，以减少国家对地震的脆弱性。为了加速实现NEES的目标，避免不必要的重复劳动，美国调查人员需要合作，并在国际上获得数据和设施。一项重要的长期研究计划已经在日本开始，被称为电子防御。该计划由日本国家地球科学和防灾研究所（NIED）代表日本教育，文化，体育，科学和技术部（MExT）管理。这项计划的一个关键组成部分是一个新的大型（20 × 15米）振动台，能够使全尺寸的五层楼高的标本受到比1995年兵库县南部毁灭性地震更大的三维地震激励。此外，一个长期的研究计划，使用这个振动台和其他主要设施的实验和计算机模拟的计划。这一计划需要一个强有力的、但尚未确定的国际合作组成部分。因此，2004年4月6-8日，在日本神户新电子防御系统摇动台设施附近召开了一次计划会议，讨论NEES和电子防御系统之间的合作机会。来自美国和日本的代表性研究人员组成了一个小型但多样化的小组，沿着的还有来自NIED、MExT、NSF、NEES联盟公司的代表。(NCI)，以确定共同感兴趣的研究主题，充分利用电子防御设施的独特能力，发展电子防御科学基金会的机制建议摘要建议：0431490 PI姓名：Buckle，Ian打印自eJacket：2004年10月8日第1页，共2个研究计划和项目，以及在电子商务中实施NEESgrid和相关服务所需的步骤。国防部，以便参与NEES合作实验室和电子国防之间的合作的全部潜力可以实现。这次会议的成果将被广泛分发给日本和美国的潜在赞助者和研究人员。智力上的优点：日本的电子防御计划为发现和创新提供了在目前的NEES组合中不可能实现的真正惊人的机会。通过集中合作努力，利用美国和日本的资源，有可能加快发现和创新的步伐，以减轻大地震造成的灾难性损失。NEES/E-Defense预计将为整个美国地震工程界提供丰富的数据集。拟议活动产生的更广泛影响：明确的NEES/E-Defensecolliance将为国际合作提供更大的机会。这包括开展合作研究项目，共享独特的研究资源，制定国际标准和能力，记录，存档和共享信息，以及人员交流。NEES/E-Defense项目的参与者预计将包括地震工程和IT研究界的初级研究人员、妇女和代表性不足的团体的成员，以及高级成员。

Proposal Title: Planning Meeting for NEES/E-DEFENSE Collaboration inEarthquake EngineeringInstitution: NEES Consortium, Inc.Abstract Date: 08/10/2004Project SummaryThe George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)initiatedby the US National Science Foundation (NSF) in late 1999 is intended to transform thenation.s ability to carry out earthquake engineering research. With over $80 million innewcutting-edge tools for experimentation, networking, data curation and communication,thebest minds in earthquake engineering will be able to challenge and solve the mostdifficultimpediments to reducing the nation's vulnerability to earthquakes. To accelerateattainmentof NEES's goals, and avoid unnecessary duplication of effort, US investigators need tocollaborate and have access to data and facilities internationally.A major long-term, research initiative has begun in Japan known as .E-Defense.. Thisinitiative is managed by the National Research Institute for Earth Science and DisasterPrevention (NIED) on behalf of the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,Scienceand Technology (MExT). A key component of this initiative is a new, large (20 by 15 m)shaking table capable of subjecting full-scale, five-story tall, specimens tothree-dimensionalseismic excitations larger than those experienced in the devastating 1995 Hyogo-kenNanbuearthquake. In addition, a long-term research program using this shaking table andothermajor facilities for experimentation and computer-based simulation is planned. Thisprogramcalls for a strong, but as yet undefined, component of international collaboration.As such, a Planning Meeting is being convened in Shin-Kobe, Japan, near theE-Defenseshaking table facility, during April 6-8, 2004 to discuss opportunities for collaborationbetween the NEES and E-Defense. A small, but diverse group of representativeresearchersfrom the US and Japan are meeting, along with representatives from NIED, MExT, NSF,theNEES Consortium, Inc. (NCI), to identify research topics of mutual interest that fully takeadvantage of the unique capabilities of the E-Defense facilities, mechanisms fordevelopingNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONProposal AbstractProposal:0431490 PI Name:Buckle, IanPrinted from eJacket: 08/10/04 Page 1 of 2research plans and projects, and steps needed to implement NEESgrid and relatedserviceswithin E-Defense so that the full potential of collaboration between those involved in theNEES Collaboratory and E-Defense can be realized. The findings of the meeting arebeingdistributed widely to potential sponsors and researchers in Japan and in the US.Intellectual Merit: The E-Defense program in Japan provides truly phenomenalopportunities for discovery and innovation not possible within the current NEESportfolio.By leveraging US and Japanese resources through focused collaborative effort, it ispossibleto accelerate the pace of discovery and innovation needed to mitigate catastrophiclosses dueto large earthquakes. NEES/E-Defense is expected to provide the overall USearthquakeengineering community access to rich sets of data.Broader impacts resulting from proposed activity: Explicit NEES/E-Defensecollaboration will provide heightened opportunities for international cooperation. Theseinclude conduct of collaborative research projects, sharing of unique researchresources,development of international standards and capabilities for documenting, archiving andsharing information, and exchange of personnel. Participants in NEES/E-Defenseprojectsare expected to include junior researchers, women and members of underrepresentedgroups,as well as senior members, of the earthquake engineering and IT research communitiesNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONProposal AbstractProposal:0431490 PI Name:Buckle, Ian