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Multiple Announcements: USGS ShakeAlert Job, MCS RCN Workshop, GSA Session on Ridgecrest Sequence

Date: 07/22/2019

Dear SCEC Community,

Please see below for the following announcements:

1. USGS hiring Geoph & CompSci for the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning project
2. MCS RCN Megathrust Modeling Workshop - Application Available
3. Late-breaking session at the National GSA meeting (Phoenix, Sept. 22-25) on the Searles earthquake sequence

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1. USGS hiring Geoph & CompSci for the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning project:
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The US Geological Survey is seeking Computer Scientists and Geophysicists to join the team that is developing and operating the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system. ShakeAlert a mission-critical, distributed system that rapidly detects earthquakes and generates and issues alerts to institutional users and the public on the West Coast of the U.S. These positions are at the project’s central location in Pasadena, CA. Applicants who have experience in scientific development and operations projects in a real-time Linux environment will receive consideration for this opportunity. Languages used include C++, Python and Java. Experience with Puppet, Active MQ, Git, and Perl is also desirable.

* This is a Permanent, Full-Time position
* Level is GS-13 with a starting salary of $100,820 annually
* Two people may be hired under this announcement
* Applicants must be U.S. Citizens and a background investigation will be required
* More information and qualification follow the link below.
* Closing date is 12:00pm EDT, August 2, 2019. Please apply early and carefully follow the instructions and resume guidelines.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

For more details or to apply go to USAJOBS:

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/539253200

Announcement number: SAC-2019-0305

2. MCS RCN Megathrust Modeling Workshop - Application Available:
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Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of workshop organizers Amanda Thomas (Univ. of Oregon) and Eric Dunham (Stanford Univ.), I’d like to invite you to apply to participate in the MCS RCN’s Megathrust Modeling Workshop here: https://forms.gle/TL8AkvUw9SdQhen59.

The workshop is part of an NSF-funded Research Coordination Network (RCN) program, “Planning for a Modeling Collaboratory for Subduction Zone Science (MCS).” The objective of the program is to formulate a plan to develop an integrative modeling framework for both earthquake and volcano systems through three workshops and a series of webinars.

The Megathrust Modeling Workshop will focus on assessing the critical aspects of faulting, earthquake sequences and aseismic slip, and megathrust rupture dynamics that should be included in the future integrative community modeling framework for subduction zones.

Our three main sessions will focus on:
· Modeling earthquake sequences and aseismic slip
· Modeling dynamic ruptures and tsunamis
· Geodynamic and surface processes

Confirmed speakers include: Alice Gabriel, Shuoshuo Han, Shuo Ma, Tatsuhiko Saito, Ylona van Dinther, Camilla Cattania, Victor Cruz-Atienza, Jessica Hawthorne, Jean-Arthur Olive, Noah Finnegan, and Kelin Wang.

The main workshop will be held at the University of Oregon in Eugene, October 7-9, 2019, ending with a half-day session on the final morning. There will be a special session focused toward early career scientists (ECS) on October 6, with presentations by Jean-Philippe Avouac, Eric Dunham, and Thorsten Becker.

Some funding will be available for travel support. More information is available at our website.

Gabriel Lotto, PhD
Program Manager
Modeling Collaboratory for Subduction RCN
Institute for Geophysics
The University of Texas at Austin
gabriel@ig.utexas.edu

3. Late-breaking session at the National GSA meeting (Phoenix, Sept. 22-25) on the Searles earthquake sequence:
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Ten-million years of deformation along the Eastern California Shear Zone: context and characterization of the July 2019 Searles Earthquake Sequence

The recent M 6.4 and M 7.1 earthquakes in Searles Valley, California occurred along a little-studied fault system within the Eastern California Shear zone. This late-breaking session of the GSA National Meeting (Phoenix, AZ, Sept. 22-25) will bring together studies of the geologic, seismologic, and geodetic characteristics of the rupture with ongoing studies of the active tectonics of distributed deformation along this shear zone. We welcome late-breaking contributions that are focussed on the seismology of the earthquake sequence, geodetic deformation due to the events, field and remote characterization of the surface rupture, and potential interactions with nearby faults and geothermal systems.

This session will have a hybrid format, with talks ranging from keynote overviews of the event and its significance, as well as "lightning talks" and posters. The session will be linked with theme session T52, Quaternary Tectonics of the Eastern California Shear Zone, and will be live-streamed and recorded on video.

Because this is a late-breaking session, we only require talk titles and author information. Submissions to this session are not subject to the author limitation for the GSA Annual Meeting. To submit a presentation for consideration, please send a title and list of coauthors and author information to Andrew Cyr at acyr@usgs.gov by 5 pm (Pacific TIme) on July 22nd.

Sincerely
Andy Cyr, Eric Kirby, Vicki Langenheim, Frank Monastero, and Mike Oskin

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