********************************************************************************************IISEE Newsletter No.89 January 18, 2013********************************************************************************************++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Contents+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. The 18th Global Seismological Observation Course started
2. UNESCO / IPRED: International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disasters
3. IISEE Seminar
4. Synopsis of Master Paper on IISEE website
5. Information from an ex-participant++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++============================================================================[1] The 18th Global Seismological Observation Course started
The 18th Global Seismological Observation Course started on January 16. Eight participants fromthe following seven countries participate in this training course: (in alphabetical order) Armenia,China, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Pakistan, Solomon Islands, and Zimbabwe. We have the first participantfrom Cote d'Ivoire, and the IISEE have participants from 99 countries in its history.
Ms. Vorian Maryssael, Director of the International Monitoring System Division (IMS)/CTBTO andMs. Natalie Brely, Chief of the Monitoring Facilities Support Section of the IMS/CTBTO kindly
attended the opening ceremony, and presented lectures on the CTBT regime and IMS.
Tatsuhiko HARA
Chief Research Scientist, IISEE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2] UNESCO / IPRED: International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disasters
The IISEE is promoting the International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disasters (IPRED) thatwas newly established by UNESCO as a platform for collaborative research, training and educationin the field of seismology and earthquake engineering. IISEE acts as the "Centre of Excellence" ofthis Platform since its establishment in order to formulate an international network and acollaborative system to dispatch experts to an earthquake stricken country in order to carry out
post-earthquake field investigations and draw lessons for future risk reduction. IPRED members act
based on the 15 Action Plans formed at the first meeting in Paris in 2008 and meet every year (2009Turkey, 2010 Indonesia, 2011 Chile, 2012 Japan and this year in Egypt in May).
http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/?p=ipred "Shoichi ANDO
Director, IISEE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[3] IISEE Seminar
IISEE Seminars will be held as follows:
March 5, 9:10-10:10: Prof. Masumi Yamada (Kyoto Univ.)
Topic: The Slapdown Phase in High Acceleration Records of Large Earthquakes
March 7, 9:10-10:10: Dr. Masanobu Shishikura (The National Institute of Advanced IndustrialScience and Technology)
March 22, 9:10-10:10: Prof. Shunichi Koshimura (Tohoku Univ.)
April 1, 9:10-10:10: Prof. Mitsumasa Midorikawa (Hokkaido Univ.)
Topic: Damage of buildings caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake (tentative)
April 5, 15:30-16:30: Prof. Fumihiko Imamura (Tohoku Univ.)
Venue: IISEE Hall
Seminars by these researchers are being arranged:
Dr. Chimed Odonbaatar (Research Center Astronomy and Geophysics Mongolian Academyof Sciences)Prof. Francisco Jose Chavez Garcia(Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)
Dr. Pulido Nelson (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[4] Synopsis of Master Paper on IISEE website
Last September, 23 participants of the 2011-2012 course from 14 countries completed their MasterPapers and were awarded master's degree in Disaster Management. In the following website, thesynopses of their Master Papers have been added.
Website: http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/syndb/Please visit this page and read the synopsis of the fruitful work of each participant.
Hajime KUROSAWA
Head of Administration Division, IISEE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[5] Information from an ex-participant
It has been informed us that an ex-participant has published a book related to seismology andEarthquake engineering. We are very glad to know his activity and expect to get more information
about the activities of the ex-participants.
"Evaluación de la amenaza sísmica en Nicaragua, Conceptos y aplicación" by Mr. Edwin NadirCastrillo(Editorial Académica Española: 49.00 €, June 2012)
Mr. Edwin Nadir Castrillo (Nicaragua, 2006 S-course)
https://www.morebooks.de/store/es/book/evaluaci%C3%B3n-de-la-amenaza-s%C3%ADsmica-en-nicar
agua/isbn/978-3-659-01466-6
Toshiaki YOKOIChief Research Scientist, IISEE============================================================================********************************************************************************************We send this IISEE Newsletter to ex-participants whose e-mail addresses are known, lecturers andother stakeholders. The IISEE send new data and information actively and accept your contribution
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