CIG welcomes Louise Kellogg as our new Director, at our new UC Davis home

It is now official! CIG has a new home and a new Director. On February 5 of this year, Louise H. Kellogg formally accepted the Directorship of CIG, succeeding Michael Gurnis, who had ably served since 2005 as our organization's first Director. As you know, Louise is an acknowledged leader in the U.S. geodynamics research community and is currently Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Geology at University of California, Davis, as well as serving as director of the KeckCAVES visualization facility there. She brings a broad level of expertise to the job, not only in Geophysics but also in the areas of high performance computation and high performance visualization. Please join me in extending a hearty welcome and our best wishes to Louise. - Peter Olson, CIG Executive Committee Chair

NSF funds CIG's Next Phase

The National Science Foundation is preparing the Cooperative Agreement that will serve as the contractual basis for CIG II, the second round of our activities. In the meantime, CIG is in the process of moving its headquarters from Pasadena to Davis, CA. Our new facility will be located in the new Earth and Physical Sciences Building at UC Davis, and will include access to high-performance computing, visualization, and networking facilities. We are also in the process of hiring technical staff members; recruiting announcements will go out soon. We are looking forward to starting on Round II projects, once these staff hires are completed. I am pleased to welcome CIG to its new location, and I want to extend my deep appreciation to Mike Gurnis and all the CIG staff who have worked to ensure a smooth transition for CIG. - Louise Kellogg, Director

CIG Software Releases

Bug-Fixes

CIG's TeraGrid Time Renewed; Use it to Try Out Codes

Starting April 1, CIG received a renewal of its TeraGrid allocation, and once again encourages U.S. researchers from the geodynamics community to apply for blocks of time on TeraGrid machines. Sign up for an allocation to benchmark codes or to try out CIG codes to see if the TeraGrid can work for your research. To apply for some of CIG's TeraGrid time, send in the application at Community Software Area on TeraGrid.

CIG Seismology Web Portal Processor Capacity Expanded

The number of processors one can select when configuring runs on the CIG Seismology Web Portal has been increased to 1014, as the portal now uses TACC Lonestar's "hero" queue. The portal provides automated and on-demand simulations, e.g., seismic wave propagation and synthetic seismograms. This web site launches a simulation on remote TeraGrid supercomputers using data gathered from various web sites and databases, and returns the results to the user. Create an account and login at SPECFEM3D GLOBE Web Portal to run default and customized seismology simulations (click "Accept this certificate..." when prompted).

Upcoming Workshops

EC and SSC Committee Updates

New EC and SSC Members - We are pleased to announce that the following people will be CIG's new officers filling 3-year terms:

In addition, EC members elected a new chairman, Peter Olson (Johns Hopkins), and SSC members elected Bruce Buffett (Berkeley) as their new chairman.

Thanks to all who agreed to stand for election, and thanks also to the outgoing members of the EC and SSC for their service to CIG: to Marc Spiegelman for his work on behalf of the CIG community, especially during this time of transition from CIG-I to CIG-II; Louise for chairing the SSC and agreeing to lead CIG-II into the future; and Laurent Montesi for his valuable contributions to the SSC. We also appreciate the efforts of the Nominating Committee, Wolfgang Bangerth, Laurent Montesi, and Shijie Zhong, for their fine work putting together the slate of candidates.

Committees, Staff, Etc.

Administration: Louise Kellogg, (530) 752-3690, , Director

CIG Administration, contracts, travel, etc.: cig-admin@geodynamics.org

Equation solvers (PETSc) and PyLith development: Matt Knepley, 

CitcomS, Gale, and Magma development: Walter Landry, (626) 395-4621, 

SVN software repository and systems administration: Bill Broadley, 

Science Steering Committee: contact Chair Bruce Buffett (Berkeley), 

Executive Committee: contact Chair Peter Olson (Johns Hopkins),