Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on New Frontiers in Seismological Research: Sustainable Networks, Earthquake Source Parameters, and Earth Structure; Quito, Ecuador

泛美高级研究院(PASI)奖由美国国家科学基金会和能源部(DOE)共同支持，将于2011年7月10日至23日在厄瓜多尔基多的Escuela Politecnica国家学院Geofísico学院举行。这项PASI是由美国地震学研究机构联盟(IRIS)的Olga Cabello和厄瓜多尔的区域地震研究中心(CERESIS)共同努力的。PASI将聚集职业生涯早期的研究人员，以发展对可持续网络运行和地震科学的基本理解，并促进数据交换和合作。该项目旨在使在地震学基础方面有很强背景的研究生和博士后能够开始在国际上开展地震学研究方面的合作，并促进未来的合作。该项目有可能通过鼓励更多的数据归档、标准化和共享来改变整个美洲地震台网和科学家的运作方式。参与者将获得实施现代地震方法的能力，包括改善他们的网络探测到的地震位置和震源机制。美洲地震台网的能力建设将增加与其他国家进行科学合作的潜力，从而使美国地震界受益。在其他国家，项目的成功往往取决于合作者的可用性和可靠数据的获取。这项PASI的预期成果包括：1)可持续网络运作指南；2)公开分发的美洲网络清单；3)软件数字索引和促进未来国际研究的门户网站。PASI的结果将通过用于教育目的的电子设备传播，其中包括链接、最新情况和后勤信息、网络操作指南以及提供有关研究问题的最新数据的清单。

This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place July 10-23, 2011, at the Instituto Geofísico of the Escuela Politecnica Nacional in Quito, Ecuador. This PASI is a collaborative effort by Olga Cabello of the Incorporated Research Institutions of Seismology Consortium (IRIS) in the United States, and the Centro Regional de Sismologia para America del Sur (CERESIS) in Ecuador. The PASI will gather together early-career researchers to develop a basic understanding of sustainable network operations and earthquake science, as well as to facilitate data exchange and collaboration. It is designed to enable graduate students and post-docs who have a strong background in the fundamentals of seismology to begin collaborating in seismological research internationally and to facilitate future collaboration.This project has the potential to transform the culture of how seismic networks and scientists operate throughout the Americas by encouraging greater data archiving, standardization and sharing. Participants will gain the ability to implement modern seismic methods, including improving earthquake locations and source mechanisms detected by their network. Capacity building for seismic networks across the Americas will benefit the U.S. seismological community by increasing the potential for scientific collaboration with other countries where success of a project often depends on the availability of collaborators and access to reliable data. Expected outcomes for this PASI include: 1) a guide to sustainable network operations; 2) a publically distributed inventory of networks in the Americas; and, 3) a digital index of software and a portal to facilitate future international research. The PASI results will be disseminated through electronic devices for educational purposes with links, updates and logistic information, guides to the network operations, and an inventory to provide the latest data on research problems.