School for the Study of Earthquakes: nucleation, triggering, and relationships with aseismic processes

该提案要求资助一些美国研究生和博士后参加将于2014年11月3日至11月10日在法国卡尔吉斯科学学院举办的“地震研究：成核、触发及其与非地震过程的关系”学院。会议网站可在http://isterre.fr/annuaire/pages-web-du-personnel/david-marsan/article/cargese-earthquakes-2014?lang=frThis学校找到，目的是根据数据集的质量和数量以及计算能力方面的最新进展，为集中审查目前对地震相关过程的理解提供一个密切的场所。讲习班的目标是汇聚来自世界各地的地震过程方面的顶尖专家，并提供背靠背的讲座，就其中几个过程提出不同的观点，以便激发更广泛的讨论，探索新的数据集和想法，对这些问题产生更广泛的理解，并最终达成共识，从而改进地震准备和预报。申请的资金用于支付14名美国学生和博士后在校期间的生活费。拟议的资金将有助于新兴地震地震学家的发展，使他们有机会与国内和国际顶尖研究人员见面和互动，对与地震相关的过程有关的问题有更深入的了解和更广泛的视角，并为今后的合作奠定基础。所有获得支持的参与者都需要携带海报并准备简短的演示文稿。美国组委会将利用美国地质勘探局、美国地球物理联盟和美国地球科学研究所内的现有项目，以促进代表性不足的团体的参与。这次会议将讨论的地震科学问题具有重大的社会和经济意义，因为它们对地震灾害具有影响。

This proposal requests funds to help support a number of U.S. graduate students, and postdocs to attend the School of "Study of Earthquakes: nucleation, triggering, and relationships with aseismic processes" to be held at the Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargese in France, from November 3 to November 10, 2014. The conference website can be found at http://isterre.fr/annuaire/pages-web-du-personnel/david-marsan/article/cargese-earthquakes-2014?lang=frThis school aims to provide an intimate venue for a focused review of the current understanding of earthquake related processes in light of the recent advances in quality and quantity of data sets and in computational capabilities. The goal of the workshop is to bring together the leading experts in earthquake processes from around the world, and to provide back-to-back lectures with contrasting views on several of these processes in order to stimulate a broader discussion, to explore new datasets and ideas, to produce a much wider understanding of the issues, and ultimately build consensus thus improving earthquake preparedness and forecasting. Funds are requested to support living expenses during the school for 14 U.S. students and post-docs. The proposed funding will contribute to the development of the emerging earthquake seismologists by providing them with the opportunity to meet and interact with leading national and international researchers, gaining deeper understanding and broader perspective of the issues related to earthquake related processes, and forming the basis for future collaborations. All participants receiving support are required to bring a poster and prepare a short presentation. The US organizing committee will leverage over existing programs within the USGS, the American Geophysical Union, and the American Geoscience Institute in order to promote participations of underrepresented groups. Earthquake science questions to be discussed at this meeting have significant societal and economic implications, because of their implications for earthquake hazards.