From mjadamec at central.uh.edu Wed Aug 2 10:37:15 2017 From: mjadamec at central.uh.edu (Margarete Jadamec) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 12:37:15 -0500 Subject: [CIG-ALL] AGU Abstract Submissions Due Today, Aug. 2nd! Message-ID: Please post - Dear Colleagues, This is a reminder that *Abstract Submissions* for the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting are due Today - *Wednesday,* *August 2nd, @ 23:59 EDT*! More information for *Abstract Submissions *can be found here: *Abstract Submission Guidelines:* - To submit an abstract, go to the Abstract Submissions page, https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2017/abstract-submissions/ , and click on the *Submit Now* button. More information on submission procedures can be found by clicking the links below the* Submit Now* button. - The list of proposed sessions, organized by discipline, can be viewed here: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/programs.html. Click one of the disciplines to see the respective list of sessions. - Please note that there are a range of new session formats being used this year. If you see them during your choices for submission, more information can be found here: http://fallmeeting.agu.org/ 2017/alternate-session-formats/ . These include eLightning digital poster sessions. As a part of introducing this new format, a multidisciplinary eLightning session for Tectonophysics, Seismology, Studies of the Earth's Deep Interior, and Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology can be found here: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session28972 Reminder, the Fall Meeting will be held this year in *New Orleans, LA*, from December 11-15th. The scientific program is community driven, and your participation is what makes such a broad and comprehensive range of scientific contributions possible. We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans! 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URL: From ljhwang at ucdavis.edu Thu Aug 17 07:54:45 2017 From: ljhwang at ucdavis.edu (Dr. Lorraine Hwang) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 07:54:45 -0700 Subject: [CIG-ALL] Fwd: PC members -- help promote Gateways 2017: Registration open until Oct. 12 References: <201708171443.v7HEh2cs022578@easychair.org> Message-ID: <3C2E5430-A39A-4F09-8E1D-F3F979A5E90D@ucdavis.edu> > > GATEWAYS 2017: The 12th Gateway Computing Environments Conference > Monday through Wednesday, October 23–25, 2017 > Hosted at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor > https://sciencegateways.org/gateways2017 > > Science gateways allow science & engineering communities to access shared data, software, computing services, instruments, educational materials, and other resources specific to their disciplines. They are typically a web portal or a suite of desktop applications. > > Gateway developers and users — regardless of their domain area — have a lot in common but have had few venues for exchanging experiences. The expanded Gateways annual conference is an opportunity for gateway creators and enthusiasts to learn, share, connect, and shape the future of gateways. > > Early-bird REGISTRATION is now open through Friday, September 1. (Regular registration closes Thursday, October 12.) Book now for the best rates: https://sciencegateways.org/web/gateways2017/attend/register. > > The conference PROGRAM is already brimming with exciting keynotes, tutorials, and sessions: > https://sciencegateways.org/web/gateways2017/program > > Anyone is welcome to participate in the POSTER SESSION. Submit an abstract for your poster by Friday, Sept. 8: https://sciencegateways.org/web/gateways2017/program/cfp#poster. > > Do you or a colleague offer resources or services that would be of interest to the science gateways community? Consider reserving a space at the RESOURCE EXPO: https://sciencegateways.org/web/gateways2017/program/resource-expo. > > Questions? Email help at sciencegateways.org From ljhwang at ucdavis.edu Thu Aug 31 16:00:04 2017 From: ljhwang at ucdavis.edu (Lorraine Hwang) Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 16:00:04 -0700 Subject: [CIG-ALL] CIG August 2017 Newsletter Message-ID: <8F87B7FD-E235-4230-ACEA-6C4E45A08031@ucdavis.edu> View this email in your browser News Elements August 2017 Volume 6 Issue 3 Research Highlight Compositionally-distinct ultra-low velocity zones on Earth’s core-mantle boundary The Earth’s lowermost mantle large low velocity provinces are accompanied by small-scale ultralow velocity zones in localized regions on the core-mantle boundary. Large low velocity provinces are hypothesized to be caused by large-scale compositional heterogeneity (i.e., thermochemical piles). The origin of ultralow velocity zones, however, remains elusive. Here we perform three-dimensional geodynamical calculations to show that the current locations and shapes of ultralow velocity zones are related to their cause. We find that the hottest lowermost mantle regions are commonly located well within the interiors of thermochemical piles. In contrast, accumulations of ultradense compositionally distinct material occur as discontinuous patches along the margins of thermochemical piles and have asymmetrical cross-sectional shape. Furthermore, the lateral morphology of these patches ... read full article  M. Li et al., 2017 doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00219-x , code: CItcomCU Elections: Nominations Open Nominations are now open for this year's elections - 1 seat is open on the Executive Committee and 3 on the Science Steering Committee. Many thanks to EC member Omar Ghattas and SSC members Jed Brown, David May, and Carl Tape for their contributions to the community. Email the Nominations Committee your nominations for these key governance positions [email ]. link to caption WEBINARS October 12- Teras Gerya November 9 - Max Rudolph February 8 - Gabriele Morra March 8 - Eri Mittelstaedt April 23 - Sabine Stanley May 10 - More info Connect to webinar MEETINGS Sept 18-22: CIG-LLNL Computational Seismology Workshop Dec 11: CIG Business Meeting Dec 11-15: AGU 2018 June 10-14: CGU joint wth CIG NEW RELEASES ASPECT 1.5.0 HC 1.0.7 PyLith 2.2.0 VirtualQuake 3.1.0 click the icon for citation info ALLOCATIONS Stampede: 0/26470 SUs Ranch: 10,000 GB Maverick: 14,993 / 15,000 SUs QUICK LINKS Submit Publications Software CONTACT US contact at geodynamics.org Software Citation as Simple as abc Wondering what those new icons on the CIG software pages are? CIG is slowly rolling out citation information for its repository holdings. Click on these icons to access the citation information for each software packages and their metadata. Navigate directly to the attribution builder for citation home page by clicking on the building block logo above. Remember a x b = c and do not forget to cite. Give your fellow researchers credit for their hard work! 2017-2018 Webinar Series This year our series focuses on Geodynamics in the Classroom. Webinars focus on approaches to teach geodynamical modeling and the tools and methods used. Our first speaker is Taras Geryas, ETH Zurich who uses MatLab in the classroom. Check our website for talk details as the date approaches. 2017 CDM The 2017 Crustal Deformation Modeling Workshop was held June 26–30 at Colorado School of Mines. This continued a series of workshops that began in 2002. 64 participants came together for the week for a combination of PyLith tutorials, science presentations, and discussions. Increasingly we see faculty who participated as graduate students or postdocs in earlier workshops send their own students and postdocs to this workshop. Nearly 80% of the participants had not participated in a previous Crustal Deformation Modeling workshop or PyLith tutorial. Thanks to co-sponsor SCEC and to the workshop organizers Brad Aagaard, Matt Knepley, Eric Lindsey, and Jeanne Sauber. [workshop report ] [presentations ] [tutorial recordings ] 2017 ASPECT Hackathon To further the development of the mantle convection code ASPECT and to grow and foster its user community, 21 users and developers of ASPECT worked side-by-side over a 10 day period this spring in Blue Ridge, Georgia. During the course of the hackathon, every participant contributed source code to the project. Together, users and developers added a total of almost 6000 lines of code, arising from 187 individual contributions, and including 40 new tests. These numbers are a significant increase over the previous hackathon. Many thanks to workshop organizers Wolfgang Bangerth, Timo Heister, Julianne Dannberg, and Rene Gassmoeller. [summary ] [full report ] 2017 CIG Business Meeting CIG will hold its Annual Business Meeting on Monday, December 11 at the Hilton Garden Inn New Orleans Convention Center. The Hilton Garden Inn is just one block west of the convention center. The reception begins at 6pm followed by the business meeting at 7pm. Light hors d’oevres will be served. Results from the 2017 EC and SSC elections will be announced. See our website for more information and directions. [more info ] New AGU Fellows Congratulations to Louis Moresi our newest American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow. Each year AGU elects as Fellows members whose visionary leadership and scientific excellence have fundamentally advanced research in their respective fields. The 61 2017 AGU Fellows will be honored at the upcoming 2017 Fall Meeting in New Orleans. [press release ] Copyright © 2017 Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics All rights reserved. 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