Final Agenda & Presentations
Theme: To explore emerging instrumentation technologies that provide solutions for key technical challenges in observational seismology. Symposium will highlight operator perspectives on these challenges as well as emerging technologies in the thematic areas of communications, power, and timing. The symposium will focus on creating and facilitating a dialog between academia, industry, and others.
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| Time | Thursday, June 16, 2011 | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 a.m. | Breakfast (Salon F) | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Welcome (Salon E) | |
| Bob Nigbor, University of California - Los Angeles | ||
| John Collins, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | ||
| Session #1 - Operator Perspective (25 min talks, plus questions) | ||
| 8:15 a.m. | Observatory Seismology | Download |
| Lind Gee, U.S. Geological Survey | ||
| Bob Hutt, U.S. Geological Survey | ||
| 8:45 a.m. | Large-scale, Temporary Networks | Download |
| Bob Busby, IRIS Consortium | ||
| 9:15 a.m. | Engineering Seismology | |
| Jameson Steidl, University of California - Santa Barbara | ||
| 9:45 a.m. | Portable Broadband Seismology - PI Perspective | Download |
| Matt Fouch, Arizona State University | ||
| 10:15 a.m. | Break - Lobby | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Portable Broadband Seismology - PIC Perspective | |
| Tim Parker, PASSCAL Instrument Center | Download | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Timing | |
| Frank Vernon, University of California - San Deigo | Download | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Challenges of Operating Modern Instrumentation in a Regional Network Focusing on Challenging Environments. | Download |
| Roger Hansen, University of Alaska | ||
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch (Salon F) | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Active Source | Download |
| Randy Keller, University of Oklahoma | ||
| 1:30 p.m. | Defense Applications I | Download |
| Gunnar Radel, Department of Defense | ||
| 2:00 p.m. | Rapid Response - Ground Motion | Download |
| Jameson Steidl, University of California - Santa Barbara | ||
| 2:15 p.m. | Rapid Response - Building | Download |
| Bob Nigbor, University of California - Los Angeles | ||
| 2:30 p.m. | BREAK (Lobby) | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Rapid Response Seismic | |
| George Slad, PASSCAL Instrument Center (On behalf of Anne Meltzer, Lehigh University) | Download | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Early Warning | Download |
| Tom Heaton, California Institute of Technology | ||
| 4:00 p.m. | Wrap-Up for Session #1 | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Session #2 Vendor Introductions (Salon E) | Download Download Download Download |
| (5 min. each, product line, latest innovations, looking forward, invitation to discussion at poster) | ||
| 6:00 p.m. | - Posters with cash bar and hors d'oeuvres (starts after vendor talks) - Salons A-D |
| Time | Friday, June 17, 2011 | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 a.m. | Breakfast (Salon F) | |
| 8:00 a.m. | - Session #3 - Emerging Technologies Introduction (Salon E) | |
| John Collins, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | ||
| Bob Nigbor, University of California - Los Angeles | ||
| 8:15 a.m. | Communications - Leveraging Existing Infrastructures (RUDICS Iridium SBD) | |
| Derek Inglis, XEOS Technologies Inc. | Download | |
| 8:45 a.m. | Wireless LAN/Mesh Networking for Seismic Arrays in Buildings | Download |
| Bob Nigbor, University of California - Los Angeles | ||
| 9:15 a.m. | Satellite Communications - Deploying Application-Specific Infrastructure | Download |
| John Beattie, Wild Blue Communications | ||
| 9:45 a.m. | Break (Lobby) | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Power/Batteries - Lithium Batteries and Controllers | Download |
| Alex MeVay, Genasun LLC | ||
| 10:45 a.m. | Oil Industry Seismic Technology | Download |
| Scott Williams, Guralp Systems Ltd | ||
| 11:15 a.m. | Oceans & Atomic Clocks | Download |
| John Collins, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | ||
| 12:15 p.m. | Adjourn |
Important Dates
Hotel Reservation Deadline:
May 17, 2011