Broadband Platform Meeting - 7 March 2012

SCEC Broadband Platform Development Meeting

Meeting Date

• Date: Wednesday 7 March 2012
• Time: 9am PST - 4pm PST

Meeting Location

• Southern California Earthquake Center Headquarters - SCEC Boardroom
• University of Southern California
• 3651 Trousdale Parkway #167
• Los Angeles, CA 90089-0871
• (213) 740-5843
• For a map, go to: http://www.scec.org/aboutscec/maps/room169psa.html

Shared Presentation URL

• http://breeze.usc.edu/scec
• https://usccollege.na4.acrobat.com/scecconnect/

Agenda

• Introduction and Goals (Jordan) (9am - 9:15)
• Broadband Platform Development Goals (Abrahamson) (when available)
• Review of Existing Broadband Platform Modules (9:30am - 11am)
  • Platform Overview (10 min) (Maechling)
  • URS (Paul Somerville/Jeff Bayless) 20 min
  • UCSB (Ralph Archuleta/Jorge Crempien) 20 min
  • SDSU (Kim Olsen) 20 min
• Break (11am - 11:15am)
• Discussion (11:15am - 11:30am)
• Potential New Broadband Modules (11:30pm - 12:30pm)
  • Stochastic High Frequencies (20 min) (Gail Atkinson - U of O)
  • Discussion (10 min)
  • High Frequency Source Module (20 min) (John Anderson - UNR)
  • Discussion (10 min)
• Lunch Break (12:30pm - 1:30pm) (lunch provided)
• Current Broadband Research Simulations (1:30pm - 2pm)
  • NGA East planning (Kim Olsen) (15 min)
  • NGA West 2(Albert Kottke) (15 min)
• Discussion (2:00pm - 2:15pm)
• Broadband Platform Modification Priorities (2:15pm - 2:45pm)
  • Current Broadband "batch" capabilities (15 min) (Maechling)
  • Faster processing (Parallel Broadband) (15 min) (Mats Rynge)
• Discussion (2:45pm - 3pm)
• Design of Broadband Validation (3pm - 3:30) (Luco)
• Discussion and Next Steps (3:30pm - 4pm) (Jordan)
• Adjourn (4pm PST)

Summary of Meeting Goals

Goals for this broadband platform meeting include:

1. Review of current Broadband Platform Capabilities
2. Plan implementation on the BB platform of new ground-motion prediction modules
   1. Improved understanding of Zeng module
   2. Improved undestanding of Irikura module
   3. Improved understanding of Atkinson EXSIM module
3. Improving BB computational performance.
4. Improving BB ease of use and portability

Remote Participation Information

We are using Adobe Connect for web conferencing. It has voice-over-IP capabilities, which we will use for audio (like a Skype call). All you need is an internet connection. If you have a headset to connect to your laptop, it will improve the sound on your end. We can walk you through the process before the meeting starts at 9am on March 7. You can call directly into the SCEC Boardroom (213) 821-2274 if there are still issues.

Related Entries

• Broadband Platform
• CME