The primary goal of this short course is to provide training in the foundations of seismic data processing for the next generation of geoscientists. Our aim is to inspire the participants to become leaders in developing more effective ways to handle data from large seismic datasets, such as the USArray. This year's course will focus on power methods for fetching, processing, analyzing, and visualizing data locally. Attendees are expected to already have some experience with seismological data and scientific computing.
Participants will be selected into each short course by the program's steering committee based on the information provided in their applications. Travel, lodging, and most meal costs for selected applicants will be covered by financial support from NSF through the "Seismological Facilities for the Advancement of Geoscience and EarthScope" award to IRIS. Please note: Selection and financial support will be focused on applicants who have not attended previous USArray short courses and are based at institutions within the U.S. International participants may also apply, but are responsible for their expenses and logistics if coming from outside the U.S.
For more information contact Danielle Sumy.
The course will be held on the campus of Indiana University, 75 minutes southwest of Indianapolis. IRIS-sponsored participants will be expected to share rooms. Information for arranging travel, lodging, and reimbursement will be made available to selected participants.
Recommended Reading Materials
Read the two short Nature articles (under 'Materials' section) on Python.
Software Carpentry Tutorials - Specifically, Unix shell, programming basics with Python, or version control with git
The Art of the Command Line - at least skim
Explain Shell - valuable Unix resource for novices to advanced
Makefiles - good resource for compiling
We'll be using Apple workstations throughout the course, so the Apple shell scripting guide (under 'Materials' section) may also be helpful. (Don't read the whole thing unless you feel inspired, it's...long.)
Pavlis Recommended Reading Materials for USArray Data Processing Workshop 2015
This document contains a set of reference material on the web that will be useful for the workshop. We encourage all students to skim these sources to get a feel for where we are going. After the workshop the hope is these will provide useful background as you move forward. Items with an * preceding them are things we recommend you try to read before the workshop if at all possible. We also encourage you to help us expand this list by recommending sites you find that might be particularly useful.
Database Concepts
*Database concepts (Wikipedia)
Analysis of Earthquake Seismograms - Look at Lesson 1 and 2. You might also look at Lesson 6.
General seismic data concepts
SEED Manual - Do NOT try to read this whole monster. It is a reference you should glance at to appreciate the complexity and teach you to show some respect for the poor schmucks who had to write the various SEED readers and writers.
3D Visualization
USArray Advanced Short Course, August 3-7, 2015
Monday, August 3: Introduction to IRIS and USArray, Data Services TopicsMonday, August 3rd, 2015, 7am–7pm |
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BREAKFAST - State Room East, 2nd floor of Biddle Hotel
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8:15 am |
Welcome and logistics - Gary, Andy, and Danielle
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8:45 am |
Introduction to IRIS and USArray, the facility and the science - Andy
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9:05 am |
Introduction to IRIS Early Career Activities - Danielle
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9:15 am |
Foundational Data Services Topics from the IRIS DMC (Part 1) - Alex
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10:30 am |
BREAK
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10:45 am |
Foundational Data Services Topics from the IRIS DMC (Part 2) - Alex
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12:00 pm |
LUNCH
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1:00 pm |
Introduction to Best Practices for Coding (Part 1) - Chuck and Gary A Selection of software development options and tools
Procedural versus object oriented languages and algorithm design:
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3:00 pm |
BREAK
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3:30 pm |
Introduction to Best Practices for Coding (Part 2) - Chuck
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4:30 pm |
Review and discuss topics covered, expectations, concerns, etc. - Andy/Danielle
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5:00 pm |
Pop-up talk introductions
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6:00 pm |
Meet in lobby of IMU
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7:00 pm |
Welcome Dinner at Casa de Pavlis (catered by Carson's Barbecue)
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Tuesday, August 4: ObsPy and Research Ready DataTuesday, August 4th, 2015, 8:15am–5:45pm |
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7:00 am |
BREAKFAST - Food Court
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8:15 am |
Introduction to Python - Emily
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9:15 am |
Introduction and In-Depth Look at Seismic Data with ObsPy - Tobias
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12:00 pm |
LUNCH
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1:00 pm |
Research Ready Data (Part 1) - Gary
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3:00 pm |
BREAK
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3:30 pm |
Research Ready Data (Part 2) - Gary
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4:30 pm |
Review: Working with Instrument Responses - Chuck
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5:15 pm |
Review and Discuss topics covered, expectations, concerns, etc. - Andy/Danielle
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5:45 pm |
ADJOURN (Dinner on own)
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015: High-Performance Computing and Analysis ExamplesWednesday, August 5th, 2015, 8:15am–5:30pm |
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8:15 am |
High Performance Computing and Parallel Processing - Ray Sheppard and Robert Henschel (Indiana University)
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11:45 am |
Demonstrations by former students of this course:
Both applications are examples of how we hope you will follow up on what you learn from this course.
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12:00 pm |
LUNCH
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1:00 pm |
Large E - Mike
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3:00 pm |
Large N - Mitch
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4:00 pm |
Visualization Concepts and Examples - Chuck
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5:00 pm |
Review and Discuss Topics covered, expectations, concerns, etc.
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5:30 pm |
ADJOURN
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Thursday, August 6, 2015: Scientific Visualization and Project TimeThursday, August 6th, 2015, 8:15am–5:30pm |
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Visualization Concept - Danielle/Chuck
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Paraview and data import software - Gary
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10:15 am |
SpecFem Introduction and Example - Wenjie
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12:00 pm |
LUNCH
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1:00 pm |
Projects and one-on-one interactions
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5:00 pm |
Review and Discuss topics covered, expectations, concerns, etc.
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5:30 pm |
ADJOURN
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6:30 pm |
DINNER - Irish Lion
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Friday, August 7, 2015: Project Work and SummaryFriday, August 7th, 2015, 8:15am–2:00pm |
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Group Presentations (data, methods, observations, analysis, results: 15-20 minutes per group)
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11:00 am |
LUNCH
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12:15 pm |
Surveys - Danielle
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1:00 pm |
Wrap-up Discussion and Summary
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2:00 pm |
DISMISSAL
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Notice The application period for this course closed on Sun, May 31, 2015 - 11:59:00 PM.
