Community Workshop On Computational Simulation and Visualization Environment for NEES

NEES联盟公司将在2003年11月举办一个研讨会，为George E. Brown, Jr.地震工程模拟网络（NEES）开发一个基于社区的地震工程计划，用于计算建模、模拟和可视化终端用户软件和硬件需求。本次研讨会填补了目前正在进行的2000 - 2004年度NEES重大研究设备建设（MREFC）项目的空白。NEES MREFC范围不包括为计算机模拟提供特定的NEES用户级应用程序所需的广泛软件开发，也不包括处理和可视化来自测试和分析的数字数据或视频和其他非数字信息。NEES将从2005财政年度开始进行为期10年的研究和教育。本次研讨会的目标是在十年的运行期间为NEES建立一个计算模拟和可视化环境的计划。该研讨会将在堪萨斯州劳伦斯市的堪萨斯大学举行，约有40名与会者，其中包括结构、岩土工程和海啸工程以及高性能和基于网络的计算（包括数据库）方面的专家。研讨会将通过AccesGrid举行，以便远程参与。本次研讨会将讨论的主题包括：通过高附加值的软件应用来激励人们参与NEES合作实验室，实验和数值模拟的集成，如何在NEES MREFC下提供的中间件和模拟资源以及公共/政府领域的软件基础上构建，以及硬件（例如，计算机平台）要求。关于这次讲习班的信息以及讲习班的报告将在www.nees.org和NEES财团公司的第二届年会上提供。

The NEES Consortium, Inc., will run a workshop in November 2003 to develop an earthquake engineering community-based plan for computational modeling, simulation, and visualization end-user software and hardware needs for the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). This workshop addresses a void in the current NEES Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) project underway during FY 2000 - FY 2004. The NEES MREFC scope does not include the extensive software development needed to make available specific NEES-user level applications for computer simulation nor for processing and visualization of numerical data from tests and analyses or video and other non-numerical information. NEES will open for ten-year operation for research and education starting in FY 2005. The goal of this workshop is to establish a plan for the Computational Simulation and Visualization Environment for NEES during that ten-year operating period. This workshop will be held at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas and host approximately 40 participants, with experts in structural, geotechnical, and tsunami engineering as well as in high performance and network based computing, including databases. The workshop will be held via the AccesGrid to enable remote participation. Topics to be addressed at this workshop include the following: motivating participation in the NEES collaboratory through high value added software applications, integration of experimental and numerical simulation, how to build upon enabling middleware and simulation resources provided under the NEES MREFC as well as software in the public/government domain, and hardware (e.g., computer platform) requirements. Information about this workshop, as well as the report from this workshop, will be available at www.nees.org and the second annual meeting of the NEES Consortium, Inc.