Reminder: SSA Abstract Deadline Today, and one final Special Session announcement

Dear SCEC Community,

This is a final reminder that abstracts for the SSA 2014 Annual Meeting are due TODAY, Friday, January 10, 2014. Abstracts can be submitted at:

http://www.seismosoc.org/meetings/2014/absub/

If you’re still looking to contribute, please consider the following special session, relayed by Luis Dalguer (ETH Zurich):

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Dear Colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to the Special Session (description below) we are organizing in the SSA 2014 meeting that will take place 30 April – 2 May, 2014, Anchorage, Alaska.  The topic of the session moves in the direction to integrate Earthquake Scientists and Earthquake Engineers, with strong emphasis placed on practical applications, characterised by a successful integration of seismological and engineering advancements, tailored to the mitigation of seismic risk. The session will be supported by invited talks specially dedicated to it, such as Norm Abrahamson (UC Berkeley/Pacific Gas & Electric Co), Ralph Archuleta (UCSB), Nicolas Luco (USGS), Muneo Hori (ERI, Uiniversity of Tokyo), Sinan Akkar (KOERI). We encourage contributions from any aspect related to this topic. We are looking forward to your submission and an exciting session.

Luis Dalguer

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Tittle: From the Earthquake Source to Damage of Buildings: Bridging the Gap between Seismology and Earthquake Engineering

Summary:
Seismologists and engineers with the capability to understand the scientific and technical features of physical and numerical models including the physics of earthquake source, wave propagation effects, site specific ground motion predictions and seismic vulnerability of structures, are key professional figures within the framework of seismic risk assessment and mitigation studies. Building these professional skills requires seamless cooperative efforts between earthquake scientists and earthquake engineers, and this expertise is routinely employed and optimised nowadays by a number of governmental, academic and industrial stakeholders. With the aim of gathering and promoting the discussion amongst the aforementioned scientists and engineers, we welcome in this session innovative studies on the topics mentioned above, with strong emphasis placed on practical applications, characterised by a successful integration of seismological and engineering advancements, tailored to the mitigation of seismic risk.

Conveners:
Luis A. Dalguer (ETH-Zurich, Switzerland. E-mail: dalguer@sed.ethz.ch)
Carlo Cauzzi (ETH-Zurich, Switzerland. E-mail: carlo.cauzzi@sed.ethz.ch)
Aysegul Askan (METU, Turkey. E-mail: aaskan@metu.edu.tr)
Philippe Gueguen  (ISTerre, France. E-mail: philippe.gueguen@ujf-grenoble.fr)