CSEDI: Development of a Cooperative Institute for Deep Earth Research

未来4年拟议的工作范围主要集中在更好地确定未来充分发展的cider研究所（深部地球研究合作研究所）的作用和组织（详情见：www.deep-earth.org/）。继2004年7月13日至8月6日在加州圣巴巴拉市Kavli理论物理研究所成功举办CIDER夏季项目之后，该研究所将分别在2006年、2007年和2008年举办三届CIDER夏季项目。每个课程将持续3周，包括重叠的“教程”和“研究研讨会”部分。指导部分将包括30名研究生和博士后，他们将在整个项目期间停留，10名导师将在项目中停留2至3周。研究研讨会部分还将涉及约15名以上的高级参与者。每个暑期项目将围绕一个特定的跨学科主题组织，并将在学术机构或附近举行。2006年的项目将在加州圣巴巴拉的kavli理论物理研究所（KITP）举行，主题是：“对地幔中质量、热量和化学物质通量的限制，特别关注上地幔和过渡带”。后续两次研讨会的地点和主题将与CIDER指导委员会协调确定。

The proposed scope of work for the next 4 years is focused primarily onbetter defining the role and organization of a future fully developed CIDERInstitute (Cooperative Institute for Deep Earth Research) (seehttp://www.deep-earth.org/ for further details).Following on the successful CIDER summer program held at the Kavli Institute ofTheoretical Physics in Santa Barbara, CA from July 13 to August 6, 2004,the institute will hold three CIDER summer programs, in 2006, 2007 and 2008 respectively. Each program will last 3 weeks and comprise overlapping "tutorial" and"research workshop" parts. The tutorial part will involve 30 graduate students and post-doc's, who will stay for the whole duration of the program, and 10instructors, who may stay for 2 or 3 weeks. The research workshop part willalso involve about 15 more senior participants. Each summer program will beorganized around a specific interdisciplinary theme and will be held at orclose to an academic institution. The 2006 program will be held at theKavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) in Santa Barbara, CA, on thetheme: "Constraints on the fluxes of mass, heat and chemicals in the mantle, with aparticular focus on the upper mantle and transition zone". Location andthemes for the subsequent two workshops will be determined in coordinationwith the CIDER Steering Committee.