ACES Symposium, Chengdu, China, August 10-16, 2015

亚太经合组织地震模拟合作项目（ACES）是亚太经合组织（APEC）的一项具有重大挑战性的多边科研合作项目。ACES最初的建立是为了开发真实的超级计算机模拟模型，用于完整的地震生成过程，并将观测结果同化到这些模型中。随后的会议也扩大了主题，包括海啸，野火，火山爆发，地幔对流和其他地球动力学有趣的主题的模拟。ACES的创始成员是澳大利亚、中国、日本和美国。其后，另外三个经济体系已申请成为ACES的成员，包括加拿大、新西兰和中国台北。这次会议将延续尖端科学支持减少地震风险的传统。对美国科学家的旅行支持，特别是对早期职业和代表性不足的群体，将有助于这一关键领域的智力发展。这项研讨会的支持将使美国学生和参与者能够前往ACES地震，海啸和其他多重灾害研讨会，将于8月10日至14日在中国成都举行，并实地参观5月12日，2008年8月15日至16日，中国汶川发生8级地震。这次会议是由亚太经合组织许多经济体参加的多边会议，与会者是对地震和其他自然灾害的计算机建模和模拟感兴趣的科学家和技术人员。美国的参与得到了NASA的共同支持。专题讨论会的成果将包括一卷同行审查的论文，类似于前几次会议产生的许多出版物，潜在影响的一个例子是美国航天局提议的全球国家卫星系统海啸预警系统项目。ACES现在正在发挥领导和实施该项目的关键作用，通过其作为APEC科学，技术和创新政策伙伴关系的批准科学活动的作用。

The APEC Cooperation for Earthquake Simulation (ACES) is a multi-lateral grand challenge science research cooperation of APEC (the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation). ACES was originally founded to develop realistic supercomputer simulation models for the complete earthquake generation process and to assimilate observations into such models. Subsequent meetings have also broadened the topics to include simulations of tsunamis, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, mantle convection, and other geodynamically interesting topics. The founding member economies of ACES are Australia, China, Japan and the United States. Subsequently, three other economies have requested and attained membership in ACES, including Canada, New Zealand, and Chinese Taipei. This meetingwill continue the tradition of cutting-edge science in support of earthquake risk reduction. Travel support for US scientists, in particular for early career and under-represented groups, will contribute to the intellectual development of this critical field.This workshop support will allow US students and participants to travel to the ACES Symposium on Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and other Multihazards, to be held in Chengdu, China, August 10-14, with a field trip to visit the site of the May 12, 2008 M8 Wenchuan, China earthquake during August 15-16. The meeting is a multilateral meeting of many APEC economies, whose participants are scientists and technologists interested in computer modeling and simulation of earthquake and other natural disasters. US participation is jointly supported with NASA. Products from the symposium will include a proceedings volume of peer-reviewed papers, similar to the many publications volumes produced from the previous meetings.An example of potential impact is the Global National Satellite System Tsunami Early Warning System project proposed by NASA. ACES is now playing a critical role in the leadership and implementation of this project, through its role as an approved scientific activity of the APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation.