COSMOS AT THE 10NCEE!

COSMOS will have a booth at the 10NCEE in Alaska next week. We will be right next to PEER. Please come by and say hello. In conjunction with EERI, we will be hosting a strong-motion forum like we did in Lisbon. This forum is being moderated by Marcia McLaren of PG&E and Jamie Steidl of COSMOS. Details are below:

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
ROOM: Tikahtnu D, FL3 Dena'ina
MODERATOR: Marcia McLaren, Pacific Gas and Electric Company; CO-MODERATOR: Jamison Steidl, COSMOS

This special session will follow on the successful EERI Strong Motion Forum, held at the EERI Annual meeting since the 1990s and the recent COSMOS Strong Motion Forum held in 2012 at the 15WCEE. The session will bring together data users and data providers to improve data awareness and showcase the development of new and innovative user tools to support the application of worldwide ground and structural strong motion data. The EERI Strong Motion Forum has long supported 1) SM instrument deployment in the United States and other strategic locations throughout the world, 2) development of uniform standards for the processing and interpretation of strong motion data, and 3) improved methods for data dissemination to engineers and geoscientists to better inform the public about seismic hazard. COSMOS is a global focal point of international leadership and cooperation for the acquisition, processing, dissemination, and application of the earthquake strong motion data. Topics will include: updates on innovative technologies for data recording in structures and from weak/strong motion networks; improvements in data repositories and dissemination tools; new features of ShakeMap , ShakeCast and Pager using real-time national and global data; international data providers, and international cooperation in strong motion monitoring and data dissemination; updates from international data providers on the current status of their monitoring activities, including any recent enhancements to their networks, and information on access to data. Following the presentations will be an open discussion on the future needs for user tools to help facilitate the use of strong motion data by practicing engineers and the earthquake engineering community in general, and a discussion on removing the barriers to worldwide strong motion data sharing and improving communication and collaboration among data providers and between the providers and data users. Speakers will include:

• PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY: STRONG MOTION DATA PROVIDER AND DATA USER (ID ORAL13A) Marcia Mclaren, PG&E
• INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON STRONG MOTION MONITORING AND DATA DISSEMINATION THROUGH COSMOS ACTIVITIES (ID ORAL13B) Jamison Steidl, UC Santa Barbara
• THE IMPORTANCE OF REAL-TIME STRONG MOTION DATA FOR SHAKEMAP, SHAKECAST, AND PAGER (ID ORAL13C) David Wald, U.S. Geological Survey
• GROUND MOTION RECORDINGS AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS FROM LUSHAN EARTHQUAKE ON APRIL 20, 2013 (ID 721) Ruizhi Wen, Institute of Engineering Mechanics,CEA; Baofeng Zhou, Institute of Engineering Mechanics,CEA; Xutao Huang, Institute of Engineering Mechanics,CEA; Yefei Ren, Institute of Engineering Mechanics,CEA
• USING EXISTING STRONG MOTION SYSTEMS IN NON-SEISMIC STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (ID ORAL13D) Robert Nigbor, UCLA
• REPORT ON PROGRESS AT THE CENTER FOR ENGINEERING STRONG MOTION DATA (ID ORAL13E) Christopher Stephens, U.S. Geological Survey; Anthony Shakal, California Geological Survey; Hamid Haddadi, California Geological Survey; John Parish, California Geological Survey; Moh Huang, California Geological Survey; William Savage, U.S. Geological Survey