World Forum on Collaborative NEES Research

由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）于1999年底发起的小乔治·e·布朗地震工程模拟网络（NEES）旨在提高美国开展地震工程研究的能力，该网络投入了8000多万美元用于实验、网络、数据管理和通信的新尖端工具。地震工程领域最优秀的人才将能够挑战和解决最困难的障碍，以减少国家对地震的脆弱性。NEES将从根本上改变地震工程研究的启动和实施过程，加速基础知识的产生和传播，促进有效教育计划的发展，最大限度地减少知识发展与应用之间的滞后，加速实现国家减少地震损失的目标。为了加速实现NEES的目标，避免不必要的重复工作，美国调查人员需要能够访问国际上可用的数据和设施，并且能够与世界各地的专家或相关领域的专家合作和共享数据。美国地震工程界已经在国际合作方面取得了卓越的成就，这将通过NEES得到加强。为了促进国际合作，NEES联盟公司正在召开地震工程合作研究世界论坛。国家科学基金会期望NEES联盟成为有关NEES的国际联系的中心，并鼓励它建立必要的联系和协议，以促进国际合作。世界论坛的目的是在美国召集一个具有代表性的国际研究人员和研究管理人员小组，讨论与NEES项目合作的机会以及促进这种合作所需的必要联系。世界论坛将重点确定(1)主要的国际研究项目和设施；(2)促进国际合作研究所需的政策或协议；(3)促进国际合作所需的基础设施资源和标准。智力优势：NEES所代表的人才、背景、经验和学科关注的多样性为智力探究和教育提供了无与伦比的刺激。国际合作是实现这一愿景的关键方面。拟议活动产生的更广泛影响：NEES计划将为国际合作提供更多机会。这些与各种活动有关，包括国际合作和合作研究计划的实施，独特研究设施和资源的共享，国际标准和记录、存档和共享信息的能力的发展，以及人员交流。美国参与者将包括初级研究人员、女性和代表性不足群体的成员，以及/或研究生或本科生。

The George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) initiated bythe US National Science Foundation (NSF) in late 1999 is intended to transform the nation's ability to carry out earthquake engineering research, With over $80 million in new cutting-edge tools for experimentation, networking, data curation and communication, the best minds in the earthquake engineering field will be able to challenge and solve the most difficult impediments to reducing the nation's vulnerability to earthquakes. NEES will fundamentally change the processes by which earthquake engineering research isinitiated and performed, accelerate the generation and dissemination of basic knowledge, facilitate the development of effective educational programs, minimize the lag between knowledge development and its application, and hasten the attainment of the nation's goals for earthquake loss reduction.To accelerate attainment of NEES' goals, and avoid unnecessary duplication of effort, US investigators need to have access to data and facilities available internationally, and to be able to collaborate and share data with experts in their or related fields around the world. The US earthquake engineering community has already achieved a distinguished record of international collaboration, which will be heightened through NEES. To promote international collaborations, a World Forum on Collaborative Research inEarthquake Engineering is being convened by the NEES Consortium, Inc. The NEES Consortium is expected by NSF to be a central focal point for international contacts regarding NEES, and has been encouraged to establish linkages and agreements necessary to facilitate international collaboration. The purposes of the World Forum are to convene in the US a representative international group of researchers and research administrators to discuss opportunities for collaboration with the NEES program as well as necessary linkages necessary to facilitate this collaboration. The World Forum will focus identifying (1)major international research programs and facilities; (2) policies or agreements needed to facilitate international collaborative research; and (3) infrastructure resources and standards needed to facilitate international collaboration.Intellectual Merit: The diversity of talents, backgrounds, experience and disciplinary concerns represented within NEES provides an unparalleled stimulus to intellectual inquiry and education. International collaboration is a key aspect of realizing this vision. Broader impacts resulting from proposed activity: The NEES program will provide heightened opportunities for international cooperation. These are associated with various activities, including conduct of international cooperative and collaborative research programs, sharing of unique research facilities and resources, development of international standards and capabilities for documenting, archiving and sharinginformation, and exchange of personnel. The pool of U.S. participants will include junior researchers, women and members of underrepresented groups, and/or graduate or undergraduate students.