Computational Solid Earth Science Initiative Coordination Meeting

Program

Day 1 – June 28, 2022

https://utexas.zoom.us/j/97679300808

(all times in MDT, GMT-6)

Introduction to community efforts

9:00a Welcome / What is SZ4D?  (Mark Behn)

SZ4D Working Group Science Goals

9:10a Magmatic Drivers of Eruptions (Matt Haney (remote))

9:20a Landscapes & Seascapes (Sean Gallen)

9:30a Faulting & Earthquake Cycles (Roland Burgmann)

9:40a Building Equity & Capacity in the Geosciences (Mike Brudzinski (remote))

9:50a Questions / General Discussion of SZ4D

10:00a CIG Overview (Lorraine Hwang)

10:15a CSDMS Overview (Greg Tucker)

10:30a VICTOR Overview (Einat Lev)

11:30a Coffee Break

MCS software development goals

11:35a MCS Overview (Thorsten Becker)

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12:30a Breakout Session 1: Groups focused on FEC, L&S, MDE science questions, and modeling goals

Group discussion on software development goals

1:30p Reports from Breakout 1 and discussion

Perspectives on best practices for science and community engagement in collaborative code development

2:40p Mantle and Lithospheric cross-scale modeling and ASPECT (Juliane Dannberg)

2:55p Surface process and tectonics modeling and Landlab (Katy Barnhart)

3:15p Discussion

• Collaboration in code development 

• How to incorporate community feedback and define coding objectives

• How to balance coding and science, community engagement, and PI career objectives

3:55p Coffee Break

Design and management structures within centers

4:00p Breakout 2: Groups focused on successes, lessons learned, and identified gaps

• Opportunities for coordination and collaboration between centers

• Code development and capacity building

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6:30p Dinner

 

Day 2 – June 29, 2022

https://utexas.zoom.us/j/94471682714

9:00a Reports from Breakout 2 and general discussion

MCS Implementation

9:30a Draft implementation plan for MCS discussion (Eric)

• Organizational structure of the MCS and integration with SZ4D

• Synergies and co-design with CIG, CSDMS, VICTOR, and other community activities (Critical Zone, …)

• Science and community goals for the MCS

• MCS capacity-building activities

  • Integration and coordination with BAJEDI goals of BECG

9:45a Breakout 3: Phase 1 goals for MCS.  What exactly would go into an initial MCS-centric proposal? 

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10:45a Coffee Break

11:00a Reports from Breakout 3 and final discussion

12:00p End