{"id":13,"date":"2012-09-17T12:19:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T16:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pasi-tsunami\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2012-12-01T13:46:59","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T18:46:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pasi-tsunami\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program (PASI) is a joint funding initiative of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE). The PASIs are instructional events of several days duration aimed at the advanced graduate, post-doctoral and junior faculty level.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This PASI, titled\u00a0<strong>\u201cThe science of predicting and understanding tsunamis, storm surges, and tidal phenomena\u201d<\/strong>, was submitted to NSF in early 2012, and selected for funding in August. \u00a0It will be held on\u00a0<strong>January 2 &#8211; 13, 2013 <\/strong>at Universidad T\u00e9cnica Federico Santa Mar\u00eda, in Valpara\u00edso, Chile.<\/p>\n<p>The principal investigator and main organizer of this PASI is <a href=\"http:\/\/about.me\/lorenabarba\">Professor Lorena A Barba<\/a>, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University.<\/p>\n<p>The awarded funding of <strong>US$ 99,945<\/strong> will permit 8 distinguished scientists to take part in the instruction of PASI participants and interact with the local scientific community in Valpara\u00edso, Chile; \u00a0it will also award travel grants to 25 scholars to attend as general participants.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for travel grants were received online via this website, and selected participants are announced on our <a title=\"News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pasi-tsunami\/news\/\">News<\/a> section.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Additional funding<\/h2>\n<p>The Scientific and Technological Center of Valpara\u00edso,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cctval.usm.cl\/\" target=\"_blank\">CCTVal<\/a>, has awarded supplementary funding of almost US$10,000 to offer hosting (labs, AV equipment and staff, coffee breaks, speaker recognition dinner) and support for students coming from other Chilean cities to help with lodging in Valpara\u00edso.<\/p>\n<h2>Organizing Committee<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof Lorena A Barba, Boston University, US (committee chair and PI)<\/li>\n<li>Prof Andr\u00e9 Nachbin, Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<\/li>\n<li>Prof Ridgway Scott, Depts. of Computer Science &amp; Mathematics, University of Chicago, US<\/li>\n<li>Dr Augustus Vogel, Office of Naval Research Global, Santiago, Chile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Local Organizing Committee<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof Luis Salinas, Department of Informatics, UTFSM<\/li>\n<li>Prof Patricio Catal\u00e1n, Department of Civil Engineering, UTFSM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5327&amp;org=OISE\" target=\"_blank\">Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Science Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energy.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">US Department of Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utfsm.cl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Universidad T\u00e9cnica Federico Santa Mar\u00eda, Chile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hpc.cl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Technological Innovation in High-Performance Computing, CTI HPC, Chile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmm.uchile.cl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM), Chile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program (PASI) is a joint funding initiative of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE). 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