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

这个泛美高级研究所（PASI）奖，由美国国家科学基金会和能源部（DOE）联合支持，将于2011年7月10日至23日在厄瓜多尔基多的Escuela Politecnica Nacional的Instituto Geofisico举行。 这个PASI是由美国地震学联合研究机构（IRIS）的Olga Cabello和厄瓜多尔的Centro Regional de Sismologia帕拉America del Sur（CERESIS）共同努力的结果。 PASI将聚集早期职业研究人员，以发展对可持续网络运营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知识方面具有深厚背景的研究生和博士后能够开始在地震学研究方面进行国际合作，并促进未来的合作，该项目有可能通过鼓励更大程度的数据存档、标准化和共享，改变整个美洲地震网络和科学家的工作文化。 参与者将获得实施现代地震方法的能力，包括改进地震位置和由其网络检测的震源机制。 美洲地震台网的能力建设将使美国地震界受益，因为它增加了与其他国家进行科学合作的可能性，而在这些国家，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。 这一PASI的预期成果包括：1）可持续网络运营指南; 2）按地理分布的美洲网络清单; 3）软件数字索引和促进未来国际研究的门户网站。 PASI的结果将通过电子设备传播，用于教育目的，包括链接、更新和后勤信息、网络操作指南以及提供研究问题最新数据的清单。

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.