Multiple Announcements: USGS Job Opportunity, ERI Professor/Post-doc position, AGU Sessions and Abstract Calls, and GSA Session Announcement

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Please see below for the following announcements:

1. Call for 2021 Visiting Professor/Post-doc position at ERI (due Aug 14)
2. Invitation to the AGU 2020 session S016 - Modeling and imaging complex earthquake ruptures
3. “Developments in Earthquake Ground Motion Modeling and Advancements Towards Fault-to-Structure Simulations” (2020 AGU fall meeting call for abstracts)
4. AGU Session T014 - Integrating Related Earthquake Datasets: How to combine Geodesy, Seismology, and Geology in Informative Ways
5. Session announcement for AGU 2020: S014 - How do earthquakes start?
6. AGU Session on Supershear Earthquakes
7. GSA session announcement: “The Multidisciplinary Approach of Seismotectonics as a Key Tool to Expand Horizons on Faulting Process Understanding and to Address Effective Seismic Hazard Assessment” - (T.1)
8. Job opportunity for a computer scientist in the USGS ShakeAlert project

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1. Call for 2021 Visiting Professor/Post-doc position at ERI (due Aug 14):
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The Earthquake Research Institute (ERI), the University of Tokyo, invites applications for Visiting Professor / Post-doctoral fellow positions in the research fields of earthquakes, tsunamis, their engineering, volcanoes, and physics of the earth’s interior. The period of each position will be from four* to twelve months between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022. (* Three months is also possible, if candidates cannot leave their institutions for more than three months.)

Successful candidates are expected to carry out research at ERI as an employee of the University of Tokyo. Monthly salary, ancillary expenses including partial housing costs and commuting allowance will be paid following the rules of the University and ERI.

While priorities are given to the first-time visitors, we also consider second-time applications if he/she is willing to contribute to education by teaching a course or co-tutoring graduate students with our faculty members.

Candidates are requested to submit online application form and the following set of documents at:
https://erikokusai.confit.atlas.jp/en (Please create your account first.)

(1) Title of research and research proposal at ERI (300-500 words)
(2) Summary of research that the candidate has conducted (300-500 words)**
(3) Desired length of stay: from four to twelve months
(4) Desired host at ERI and correspondence (if any)
(5) CV with birthdate and detailed account of academic activity
(6) List of academic publications (identify a few papers relevant to the proposal) **Second-time applicants can also submit education proposals, lecture series, etc.

For information on host researchers at ERI, visit http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/.
Prior contact to an ERI faculty member is desirable.
The deadline for this application is Friday, 14 August 2020 (Japan standard time).

For further information regarding this position, please visit
http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kokusai/english/forresearchers/visiting/lon...
or feel free to contact the address below.
It would be appreciated If you could also share the information with your colleagues.

2. Invitation to the AGU 2020 session S016 - Modeling and imaging complex earthquake ruptures:
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Dear colleagues,

We would like to invite you to consider submitting an abstract to our AGU 2020 session.
Abstract submission deadline is 29 July, 2020 (11:59PM, ET)

S016 - Modeling and imaging complex earthquake ruptures
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/prelim.cgi/Session/103131
Our collective understanding of earthquake source processes has been improved through modeling efforts across multiple temporal and spatial scales, investigations of diverse datasets, understanding of potential modeling uncertainties and biases, and comparative validations of numerical models and laboratory experiments. Numerical modeling and imaging of the co-seismic rupture and the related pre- or post-seismic phenomena play a key role in illuminating earthquake source physics and regional tectonics, and assessing seismic and tsunami hazards.
This session welcomes contributions related to kinematic and dynamic earthquake rupture that resolve recent significant events and/or advance current theories or methods. We welcome studies investigating individual earthquakes or sequences, and rupture complexities due to fault geometry, roughness, fluids and crustal heterogeneity. We solicit contributions exploring the impact of modeling uncertainties and resolution limitations on interpretations of earthquake rupture processes, as well as how to synergize results from numerical models, laboratory experiments, and seismic and geodetic observations.

Invited presenters:
Alan Juarez (University of Southern California)
Valère Lambert (California Institute of Technology)

Conveners:
Théa Ragon (California Institute of Technology)
Ryo Okuwaki (University of Tsukuba)
Wenyuan Fan (University of California, San Diego)
Dara Goldberg (U.S. Geological Survey)

3. “Developments in Earthquake Ground Motion Modeling and Advancements Towards Fault-to-Structure Simulations” (2020 AGU fall meeting call for abstracts):
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Dear colleagues and friends,

Please consider submitting an abstract to our session :
“Developments in Earthquake Ground Motion Modeling and Advancements Towards Fault-to-Structure Simulations” at the 2020 AGU fall meeting.
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/gateway.cgi
Advancements in high-performance computing (HPC) platforms and computational ecosystems, coupled with new understanding of the physics of earthquake processes, are creating an ability to simulate earthquake ground motions and the response of major infrastructure at regional scale. An HPC simulation capability to augment limited observational data and inform the spatial variation of earthquake ground motions and the manner in which complex earthquake waveforms interact with infrastructure systems can support significant advances in performance-based earthquake engineering. This session, with a strong multidisciplinary earthquake-science/earthquake-engineering focus, will highlight recent research and state-of-practice advancements towards fault-to-structure simulations. Topics will include computational developments and advanced algorithms and workflows, coupling of geophysics and engineering codes for fault-to-structure simulations, strategies for verification and validation of regional-scale simulations and pathways for transition of advanced simulations to practical assessment of earthquake hazard and risk. Interested attendees include the research and practitioner communities, and federal, state and local infrastructure stakeholders.

Conveners:

David McCallen, University of Nevada, Reno and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Arben Pitarka, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Mehmet Celebi, United States Geological Survey

4. AGU Session T014 - Integrating Related Earthquake Datasets: How to combine Geodesy, Seismology, and Geology in Informative Ways:
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Hello Everyone,

We invite you to submit an abstract to our session T014: Integrating Related Earthquake Datasets: How to combine Geodesy, Seismology, and Geology in Informative Ways. We encourage submissions from geodesy, seismology, and earthquake geology that explore active fault systems and tectonic strain at multiple scales, from one earthquake to millions of years and one fault segment to an entire plate, as well as contributions with novel approaches to integrating these datasets.

Session: T014 - Integrating Related Earthquake Datasets: How to combine Geodesy, Seismology, and Geology in Informative Ways
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/prelim.cgi/Session/103700
Conveners: Nadine Reitman, Alex Hatem, and Eileen Evans
Description: Integrating geologic, seismologic, and geodetic datasets to quantify strain accumulation and release in continental crust poses theoretical and practical challenges because these datasets measure deformation over disparate spatial and temporal scales. Geodetic techniques record regional strain accumulation over decades, while paleoseismology and tectonic geomorphology measure site-specific strain release over thousands to millions of years. Regional analyses of stress and strain sometimes differ from faulting rates and mechanisms, and field, InSAR, and image-correlation measurements can result in varying quantifications of slip from large earthquakes. Reconciling rates and patterns of crustal deformation may improve time-dependent seismic hazard analysis and understanding of spatiotemporal transients in earthquake cycles.
We welcome submissions from geodesy, seismology, and earthquake geology that explore active fault systems and tectonic strain at multiple scales - from one earthquake to millions of years and one fault segment to an entire plate - and contributions with novel approaches to integrating these datasets.

Invited speakers: Zoe Mildon (University of Plymouth) and Yihe Huang (University of Michigan)

We look forward to receiving your contributions!

5. Session announcement for AGU 2020: S014 - How do earthquakes start?:
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Dear colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to the following session being organized by the Seismology section at the upcoming 2020 AGU Fall meeting:

S014 - How do earthquakes start?

Session Description:
While a number of physical processes and properties, such as fault frictional/structural heterogeneity, the presence of fluids, thermal effects, aseismic deformation, as well as static and dynamic stress changes, have been proposed to play a role in the nucleation and triggering of earthquakes, their relative significance and relevant spatial and temporal scales remain uncertain. We welcome experimental, theoretical and observational studies that explore and provide constraints on the mechanisms and conditions that are critical for understanding how ruptures begin, including but not limited to the following questions: (1) To what degree and at what spatio-temporal scales does heterogeneity impact nucleation? (2) Under what conditions do fluids induce unstable slip? (3) What role do static/dynamic stress changes play in promoting seismicity? (4) What is the relationship between aseismic deformation and earthquake nucleation? (5) Why do some ruptures accelerate and become large dynamic events while others remain small or aseismic?

Conveners:
Valère Lambert, California Institute of Technology
Camilla Cattania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Heather Savage, University of California, Santa Cruz
Zachary Ross, California Institute of Technology

As a reminder, the abstract submission deadline is Wednesday, July 29 at 23:59 EDT.

6. AGU Session on Supershear Earthquakes:
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Dear colleagues,

The annual AGU Fall Meeting will be held virtually from 7-11 December 2020. We welcome those interested in supershear earthquakes to submit an abstract to the session below.
 
Session Title: Supershear Earthquakes: Recent Observational, Experimental, and Theoretical Developments
Section: Seismology (S026)
Session Link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/meetingapp.cgi/Session/101102
Conveners: Haiyang Kehoe (University of Arizona), Han Bao (University of California, Los Angeles), Kurama Okubo (Harvard University)
 
Session Description: Supershear earthquakes, rupturing faster than the earth’s shear wave velocity, have captivated seismologists for decades, in part due to their ability to transfer high-amplitude ground motion to far distances from the source location. Research efforts have focused on the physical mechanisms and fault properties that control supershear ruptures but are limited by the relative infrequency of supershear earthquakes. Advances in source-imaging techniques have improved our ability to routinely image earthquake ruptures in high spatiotemporal detail and have subsequently revealed previously unknown supershear earthquakes. Recent laboratory experiments and numerical models, benefitting from new techniques and emerging technologies, illuminate key earthquake rupture dynamics and provide further constraints on the conditions in which supershear earthquakes occur. This session aims to combine observations, laboratory experiments, numerical models, and seismic theory to further our understanding of supershear earthquake ruptures and their associated hazards.

Confirmed Invited Presenters:
David Oglesby (UC Riverside)
Vito Rubino (Caltech)

The abstract submission deadline is Wednesday, 29 July 2020 (23:59 EDT). Submit an abstract here: https://www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting/2020/Present/Abstracts. Please remember that the first author must be an AGU member.

We look forward to seeing your contributions! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us directly at the emails below.
 
Sincerely,
 
Haiyang Kehoe (hlkehoe@email.arizona.edu)
Han Bao (hbrandon@ucla.edu)
Kurama Okubo (kurama_okubo@fas.harvard.edu)

7. GSA session announcement: “The Multidisciplinary Approach of Seismotectonics as a Key Tool to Expand Horizons on Faulting Process Understanding and to Address Effective Seismic Hazard Assessment” - (T.1)
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Dear all,
We would like to draw your attention to our session “The Multidisciplinary Approach of Seismotectonics as a Key Tool to Expand Horizons on Faulting Process Understanding and to Address Effective Seismic Hazard Assessment” - (T.1) - which will be hosted at the GSA 2020 in Montreal (26-30 October 2020).
The session aims to gather scientific advances in seismotectonics as the discipline that relies upon multidisciplinary approaches. We encourage contributions from a broad spectrum of subjects, over diverse geological and tectonic settings, and at broad spatial and temporal scales of investigation. Particularly welcomed are multidisciplinary approaches, tools and new data and observations that have been successful in identifying active faults, characterizing their geometry and seismogenic behavior as well as understanding the faulting processes and their linkage with the dynamics of the Earth’s crust (see the rationale below).
We also encourage early career scientists to submit!
You may want to submit an abstract at https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2020/program/technical/topical
The session will be honored to host the speakers:
Giusy Lavecchia (CRUST - University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti , IT)
Alessandro Vuan (National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, IT)
To embrace the safety and well-being of the scientific community, the GSA will host a 100% online meeting. The sessions will consist of a combination of live presentations (keynotes) and pre-recorded live sessions (technical sessions with live Q&A). For more details, we encourage you to browse the 'GSA 2020 Connects Online’ at https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2020/home
We hope to meet your enthusiastic participation.
Thank you for your consideration.
The Session Chairs,
Federica Ferrarini (f.ferrarini@unich.it)
DiSPUTer - University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti, Italy
Rita de Nardis (rita.denardis@unich.it)
DiSPUTer - University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti, Italy
J Ramón Arrowsmith (ramon.arrowsmith@asu.edu)
SESE – Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Sponsors: CRUST – Interuniversity Center for 3D Seismotectonics with territorial applications, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division.
RATIONALE:
Earthquakes are a major natural hazard and understanding the relationship between their occurrence, active tectonics and individual faults strictly derives from the vulnerability of growing populations exposed to seismic risk. The seismotectonics classically relies upon the integration of different geoscience disciplines converging together to better understand the link between earthquake occurrence and characteristics, and its relation to the tectonics of a region. Nevertheless, defining the seismotectonic model of a region is often not straightforward. Unveiling active faults is sometimes challenging. Deep geological processes can be associated to clear surface expressions of active faulting or, not infrequently, they can give rise to weak geomorphic expressions in case of peculiar geological settings (e.g. low slip rate faults, high erosion or sedimentation rates). Compounding issues may manifest where relevant anthropogenic modifications, or vegetation cover, challenge the assessment of fault activity. Moreover, structural complexities (e.g. structural barriers, fault interaction in earthquake rupture process, etc.) and the intrinsic uncertainties characterizing all the geophysical measurements may further contribute to multiple interpretations with different implications for seismic hazard. In recent years the growing quantity and quality of geological, geophysical, geodetic and remote sensing measurements allows us to observe in depth the tectonic processes and shows that only multidisciplinary approaches can effectively improve our knowledge on the parameters controlling the earthquake/fault interaction. This session aims to gather scientific advances in seismotectonics as a discipline also meant to focus on and to address seismic hazard assessment. We encourage contributions from a broad spectrum of subjects, over diverse geological and tectonic settings and at broad spatial and temporal scales of investigation. Particularly welcomed are multidisciplinary approaches and new data and observations that have been successful in identifying active faults, characterizing their geometry and seismogenic behavior as well as understanding the faulting processes and their linkage with the dynamics of the Earth’s crust.

8. Job opportunity for a computer scientist in the USGS ShakeAlert project:
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Job opportunity with the USGS
Applications are due 07/27/2020!

The USGS Earthquake Science Center has an open position for a Computer Scientist supporting ShakeAlert

The Earthquake Science Center (ESC) of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program is seeking a Computer Scientist with systems administration experience and fluency in programming languages, to support our real-time seismic monitoring projects. This position is being offered in Menlo Park, CA.

The successful applicant will be responsible for systems administration of on-premises, cloud-based and virtualized computing environments, along with contributing to ancillary activities of maintaining and contributing to the development of software for automated data acquisition, processing and quality control. Primary duties will be to operate and maintain the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning (shakealert.org) system, a mission-critical, distributed system that rapidly detects earthquakes and generates and issues alerts. Secondary responsibilities will be to contribute in the engineering and development of new software applications, new features for deployed applications and enhancing existing functions and coding defect repairs to deployed applications.

As a Computer Scientist within the Earthquake Science Center, some of the specific duties will include:

* Serves as the lead system administrator for systems used in the earthquake monitoring computing environment.

* Operates, troubleshoots, and maintains computer systems for the development, testing, integration, production, and distribution of rapid automatic earthquake products in an on-call, 24/7 operational environment.

* Participates in leading and contributing to implementations and management of virtualized and cloud-based computing environments from inception to completion and serve as the subject matter expert for emerging cloud services and architectures.

* Contribute to the development of seismic data process and analysis applications and their integration into the workflow including adaptations for future hardware architectures.

* Employs modern software engineering principles and system design techniques to the next generation of software.

Apply online at

Open to all US citizens:
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/572965200

Open to current & former federal employees with status:
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/572964900

Please be sure to submit all the requested materials, including complete transcripts by July 27th – and please do not wait until the last minute to apply. Please carefully follow the instructions and resume guidelines when applying. The resumes MUST include detailed information for current and past positions: job title, name of company/agency, month/yr to month/yr, (e.g., March 2012 – June 2013), number of hours worked per week, supervisor’s name and # (and you may specify: “can call/do not call/contact me before calling,”) and narrative (not bullet list) of duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

If you have questions about the application process, please call 916-278-9399 or email pacsac1@usgs.gov. It is highly recommended that you e-mail the contact person in the vacancy announcement to confirm that your documents uploaded correctly. Sometimes the documents submitted are blurry and hard to read or the file is corrupt and can't be accessed. No late documents are accepted.

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