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

这项由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和美国能源部（DOE）联合支持的泛美高级研究所（PASI）奖将于2011年7月10日至23日在厄瓜多尔基多国立理工大学（Escuela Politecnica Nacional） Geofísico研究所举行。这个PASI是美国地震学联合研究机构联合会（IRIS）的Olga Cabello和厄瓜多尔南部美洲地震学区域中心（CERESIS）的合作成果。PASI将聚集早期职业研究人员，以发展对可持续网络操作和地震科学的基本理解，并促进数据交换和合作。它的目的是使那些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地震学研究中进行合作，并促进未来的合作。通过鼓励更多的数据存档、标准化和共享，该项目有可能改变整个美洲地震网络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，包括改进其网络检测到的地震位置和震源机制。美洲各地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，从而使美国地震学界受益。在这些国家，一个项目的成功往往取决于合作者的可用性和获得可靠数据的途径。该PASI的预期成果包括：1)可持续网络运营指南；2)公开分布的美洲网络清单；3)软件的数字索引和门户网站，以促进未来的国际研究。PASI的结果将通过电子设备传播，用于教育目的，其中包括链接、最新资料和后勤资料、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.