Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research--A Vision for NEES Experimental Facilities and Cyberinfrastructure Tools

小乔治·布朗地震工程模拟网络（NEES）将在2014财年末完成美国国家科学基金会（NSF）对其运行和研究的十年支持。为了制定下一代地震工程研究议程和2014年后的研究基础设施需求，由美国国家研究委员会（NRC）地球与生命研究部、地球科学与资源委员会召集的国家研究委员会（NRC）委员会将组织一次关于地震工程研究的重大挑战的社区研讨会。本次研讨会将汇集专家来解决(1)需要地震工程实验设施和网络基础设施网络的基础地震工程研究中的高优先级大挑战，以及(2)应对这些大挑战所需的网络地震工程实验能力和网络基础设施工具。研讨会与会者将被要求根据需求描述实验基础设施能力和网络基础设施工具，而不是参考任何现有或预期的未来设施，并将考虑可能影响未来地震工程研究方向的新兴技术和概念进展，如预警系统、新材料、可持续性、高性能计算和网络。建模和仿真、传感器和监测技术，以及车间指导委员会确定的其他因素。研讨会将于2010年秋季在加州欧文的国家科学院贝克曼中心举行，NRC委员会将准备一份研讨会报告，总结网络设施和网络基础设施的重大挑战和需求。研讨会报告将于2011年初完成。本次研讨会将定义基础地震工程研究的大挑战的最终目标是减轻未来地震的影响并降低社会风险。该奖项是国家减少地震灾害计划（NEHRP）的一部分。

The George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) will complete ten years of National Science Foundation (NSF) support for operations and research at the end of fiscal year (FY) 2014. To develop the next-generation earthquake engineering research agenda and research infrastructure needs beyond 2014, a National Research Council (NRC) committee, convened by the NRC's Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, will organize a community workshop on the Grand Challenges for earthquake engineering research. This workshop will bring together experts to address (1) the high-priority Grand Challenges in basic earthquake engineering research that require a network of earthquake engineering experimental facilities and cyberinfrastructure, and (2) the networked earthquake engineering experimental capabilities and cyberinfrastructure tools required to address these Grand Challenges. Workshop attendees will be asked to describe the experimental infrastructure capabilities and cyberinfrastructure tools in terms of requirements, rather than by reference to any existing or anticipated located future facilities, and will consider emerging technical and conceptual advances with the potential to influence future earthquake engineering research directions, such as early warning systems, new materials, sustainability, high performance computing and networking, modeling and simulation, sensor and monitoring technologies, and other factors identified by the workshop steering committee. The workshop will be held in fall 2010 at the National Academies Beckman Center in Irvine, CA. The NRC committee will prepare a workshop report summarizing the Grand Challenges and the requirements for networked facilities and cyberinfrastructure. The workshop report will be completed in early 2011. The ultimate goal of the Grand Challenges in basic earthquake engineering research that will be defined by this workshop is to mitigate the effects of future earthquakes and decrease societal risk. This award is part of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP).