THE 4TH ANNOUNCEMENT

Workshop

Numerical Modeling of Earthquake Motions:
Waves and Ruptures

June 23 - 27, 2024
Smolenice Castle near Bratislava, Slovakia


The aim of the workshop is to share recent advances in the numerical modeling and understanding of earthquake rupture, earthquake ground motion, and ambient seismic noise. Better understanding of physics of these phenomena based on available seismic data and efficient numerical modelling should eventually help to progress in predicting earthquake ground motion.





Topics and aspects

Main topics
 Earthquake source dynamics
Earthquake ground motion
Main aspects
 Numerical methods for rupture propagation
Numerical methods for seismic wave propagation in complex media
        in relation to earthquake motion and seismic noise
Analysis of earthquake source dynamics
Analysis of earthquake ground motion
Methods for predicting earthquake ground motion

Co-chairpersons

 
Pierre-Yves Bard ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, France
Eric Dunham Stanford University, USA
Alice-Agnes Gabriel UC San Diego, USA
Hiroshi Kawase DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan
Peter Moczo Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia

Scientific Committee
Jean-Paul Ampuero GéoAzur, France
Jozef Kristek Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
P. Martin Mai King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Arben Pitarka Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Francisco J. Sánchez-Sesma    UNAM, Mexico
Wei Zhang Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Dates of the Workshop

Arrival at the Castle: June 23   2024 Sunday
Workshop Sessions: June 24 - 26   2024 Monday - Wednesday
Departure: June      27        2024 Thursday




Workshop Venue

The venue is the Smolenice Castle near Bratislava, Slovakia (50 km from downtown Bratislava, i.e., approximately 1 hour drive). The Castle, owned by the Slovak Academy of Sciences, was converted into a unique conference center. Because of its very nice setting, picturesque architecture, history-evoking interior and pleasant atmosphere, the Castle is a very popular conference venue.

Useful links

Transportation

Participants may conveniently use the Bratislava Airport or Vienna International Airport (Austria), which is located only 46 km from Bratislava. There is at least one bus connection each half an hour from the Vienna airport to the Bratislava. The bus stop at the airport is located directly in front of the arrival hall.

Alternatively participants may arrive in Wien Hauptbahnhof and use one of many train connections to Bratislava.

More information about how to reach Bratislava.

We organize transportation from Bratislava - Bus Station Nivy to the Smolenice Castle.
The bus pick-up places and schedule will be specified later.

Participants preferring individual transportation to the Smolenice Castle will be provided with detailed information on how to reach the Castle.

Accommodation and Food

Registration fee
This includes transport Bratislava-Smolenice-Bratislava, full board (lunches, dinners), coffee breaks, workshop dinner, ice-breaker, garden party, social program, abstract book on a USB stick, conference badge.

Full board
Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served in two dining halls in the Castle. Special requirements (e.g. vegetarian diet) can be met.

Cancellation and refund
A written notification of cancellation must be received (by email or mail) from an applicant. Refund will be made through bank transfer.


  Date of cancellation Deducted amount
  Before April 30, 2024 none
  Before June 1, 2024 30% of the registration fee
  After May 31, 2024 70% of the registration fee

Accommodation in the Smolenice Castle
Accommodation will be paid directly in the Castle. Cash and major payment cards are accepted.


  Room Rate per person per night
  Single 79.00 EUR
  2-bed 49.50 EUR
  3-bed 41.00 EUR
  4-bed 33.00 EUR

Due to the limited capacity of the Castle, 80 participants, and due to the configuration of the rooms (single, 2-bed, 3-bed, 4-bed), some participants may be required to share rooms. The type of room is a subject of confirmation by LOC.

Program and Information for Presenters

Preliminary program of the workshop is available as PDF  pdf.gif.
Online program is available for devices with large screen as well as devices with small screen.

Talks

Talks are scheduled as 20-minute-long, with 15-17 minutes for the presentation itself and 5-3 minutes for questions and discussion.

A laptop running MS Windows 11 with MS PowerPoint and Adobe Reader will be available.
Native aspect ratio of the projector is 16:9.
If you have any special requirements, please contact us at NMEM2024@nuquake.sk.

Posters

Poster panels at the castle have PORTRAIT format with dimensions 100cm x 130cm (width x height). Note that posters wider than 100cm will overlap with posters at neigboring panels!


Code of Conduct

All participants are required to abide by the Code of Conduct.


Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

Peter Moczo, Jozef Kristek, Martin Galis, Miriam Kristeková, Andrej Cipciar,
Lucia Fojtíková, Jaroslav Valovčan, Peter Pažák, Eva Rutšeková, Róbert Kysel,
Kristián Csicsay, Helena Simić, Pramod Kumar Vyas


Host Organizations


 Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
Comenius University Bratislava
Earth Science Institute
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
 

The technical organizer is SeisCon s.r.o., Bratislava

Further Information

NMEM2024@nuquake.eu

Previous Workshops in the Smolenice Castle

NMEM 2019 Workshop on Numerical Modeling of Earthquake Motions:
Waves and Ruptures
June 30 - July 4, 2019
NMEM 2015 Workshop on Numerical Modeling of Earthquake Motions:
Waves and Ruptures
July 5 - 9, 2015
ESD 2010 Workshop on Earthquake Source Dynamics:
Data and Data-constrained Numerical Modeling
June 27 - July 1, 2010
NMESD 2007 Workshop on Numerical Modeling of Earthquake Source Dynamics
September 2 - 6, 2007
NMESD 2003 Workshop on Numerical Modeling of Earthquake Source Dynamics
September 1 - 3, 2003


Published: June 11, 2024
Updated:
June 19, 2024 - online program available