<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">CIG will host a full-day workshop at the EarthScope National Meeting in Monterey on March 27, 2007, entitled "CIG Training Session for Modeling of Long-Time Scale Geodynamics." Hosted by Dr. Michael Gurnis, the workshop instructors will be Walter Landry and Eh Tan. Here's the description of the workshop:<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>The EarthScope program and data from the US Array and PBO allow an extraordinary opportunity to better understand Earth dynamics. An important component of interpreting such data is the use of computational methodologies to simulate tectonic processes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In this training session, the Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG), an NSF center, will focus on open-source software that simulates tectonic and geodynamics processes on long-time scales.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Specifically, we will provide training in the use of the Gale and CitComS software packages.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Gale is a 2D/3D parallel code that solves problems in orogenesis, rifting, and subduction with a variety of boundary conditions, including free surfaces and coupling to surface erosion models. CitComS is a finite-element code designed to solve thermal convection problems relevant to Earth's mantle, and runs on a variety of parallel processing computers, including shared and distributed memory platforms. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>During the session, participants will be given background theory, an overview of the codes including their strengths and weaknesses for solving geodynamic problems, and instruction on downloading and running these codes (including running them on the NSF TeraGrid), and post-processing (visualizing) the results. As time permits, the workshop will also cover how to implement new rheologies and custom surface processes in Gale.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Some financial support is available for graduate students and post-docs who participate in this training session. For additio<FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">nal </FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">information, see </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"> <SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><A href="http://www.geodynamics.org/cig/fin-support-request">http://www.geodynamics.org/cig/fin-support-request</A></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV>Descriptions of all workshops are at <A href="http://www.iris.edu/earthscopenationalmeeting/workshops.php">http://www.iris.edu/earthscopenationalmeeting/workshops.php</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Register for EarthScope 2007 at <A href="http://www.iris.edu/earthscopenationalmeeting/form.php">http://www.iris.edu/earthscopenationalmeeting/form.php</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Sue Kientz</DIV><DIV>---------------------------</DIV><DIV>Technical Writer/Web Manager</DIV><DIV>Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG)</DIV><DIV> <A href="http://www.geodynamics.org">http://www.geodynamics.org</A>/</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:sue@geodynamics.org">sue@geodynamics.org</A></DIV><DIV>ofc: (626) 395-1694</DIV><DIV> ~Metaphors Be With You~</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>