Multi-scale seismic hazard assessment

正如我们在最近几个月所看到的，地震会对社会造成毁灭性的影响。可靠、准确、高效地评估地震危险性是有效地做好地震准备和应对、拯救生命的关键。最终目标是实时地震灾害评估。理想情况下，一个地震仪网络将实时向地震警报中心传输数据，然后该中心可以有效地计算出该地区准确的地面震动地图。然后，这些地图和早期预警将被传输到移动设备，以及紧急服务，以便可以优先考虑搜索和救援工作。不幸的是，这离目前的计算能力和方法还有一段距离，但我们相信，通过这个博士项目，我们可以在这个方向上迈出有意义的一步。

As we have seen in recent months, earthquakes can have devastating impacts on society. Reliably, accurately, and efficiently estimating seismic hazard is key to effective earthquake preparation and response, and saving lives. The ultimate goal is real-time seismic hazard assessment. Ideally, a network of seismometers would transmit data in real-time to earthquake alert centres, which could then efficiently calculate accurate ground shaking maps for the area. These maps and early warnings would then be transmitted to mobile devices, as well as emergency services so that search and rescue efforts could be prioritised. Unfortunately, this is still someway away from current computational capabilities and methods, but we believe that through this PhD project we can take meaningful steps in this direction.