Organizers:P. Martin Mai, Morgan Page, Danijel Schorlemmer
Location: Horizon Ballroom, Hilton Palm Springs Resort, Palm Springs, CA

Detailed knowledge about the kinematics of the earthquake source process is critical for inferring rupture dynamics, for building source models for ground-motion simulation, and for studying earthquake mechanics in general. However, source-inversion results for past events exhibit large intra-event variability for models developed by different research teams for the same earthquake. Also, the reliability, resolution, and robustness of the inversion strategies and the obtained rupture models have not received their due attention.

This workshop is a follow-up on two workshops in the past year during which the Source Inversion Validation (SIV) project for earthquake rupture imaging was discussed. We thus particularly invite researchers working in earthquake source inversion and statistical analysts interested in developing a "testing platforms" for the SIV-project. The first part of this workshop will be dedicated to invited lectures. This will be followed by presentations and discussions on the first "testing models", and in particular results from initial Green's function testing. The second part of the workshop will feature presentations and discussions on the infrastructure and implementation of the testing center. Future funding for participating groups will also be discussed. We hope for many dedicated scientists who will devote time and energy into the SIV-project, but we also invite users of source-rupture models and those genuinely interested in earthquake source inversion.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th

PART A: Methods
08:00 - 08:15 Introduction and Review of SIV Activities (Martin Mai, Morgan Page)
08:15 - 08:45 Uncertainty Assessment in Source Inversions (Ralph Archuleta)
08:45 - 09:15 Bayesian Inference of Kinematic Rupture Parameters (Damiano Monelli)
09:15 - 09:45 Kinematic Inversion of Physically Plausible Earthquake Source Models Obtained from Dynamic Rupture Simulations (Ozgun Konca)

09:45 - 10:15 Break

10:15 - 10:45 Resolution of Source Inversion Problems and the Use of Inhomogeneous and Multi-Scale Source Models (Takahiko Uchide)
10:45 - 11:15 What Did We Learn From the Exercise of the SIV Blind Test I? (Guangfu Shao)
11:15 - 12:00 OPEN DISCUSSION ON METHODS

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

PART B: SIV Implementation
13:30 - 13:45 CSEP: Experience with a Scientific Testing Center (Danijel Schorlemmer)
13:45 - 14:15 Implementational Aspects of CSEP (Masha Liukis, Danijel Schorlemmer)
14:15 - 15:00 OPEN DISCUSSION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SIV

15:00 - 15:30 Break

OPEN SESSION: Planning the Next Steps
15:30 - 17:00
Expectations for the Forward-Modeling Problems
- Point-Source Green's Function
- Finite-Fault with Known (and Simple) Inhomogeneous Rupture
Expectations for Inverting for a Simple, But Inhomogeneous Rupture
Workshop in March 2010
- Date, Location, and Duration
- Source of Future Funding
- Commitment to Participation of the Modeling Groups

17:00 Adjourn