[Imsa-hpc-list] Fwd: Daily SMARTS Output for 11/06/2009

[Steve Stevenson]

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For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple,  
and wrong. H. L. Mencken.



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> From: SMARTS <smarts at infoed.org>
> Date: 6Nov 2009 06:30:36
> To: steve at cs.clemson.edu
> Subject: Daily SMARTS Output for 11/06/2009 - 4 hit(s)
>
>
>
> *********************************************************************************
> Program Number:   05669
> Title:            Extreme Events: Modeling, Analysis and Prediction
>
> Sponsor:          VolkswagenStiftung Foundation
>
> SYNOPSIS:
> The sponsor invites applications for projects by a group of
> researchers, who deal with the modeling of extremes in complex
> systems.
>
> Deadline(s):      12/01/2009
> Established Date: 11/05/2009
> Follow-Up Date:   10/04/2010
> Review Date:      11/05/2009
>
> Contact:          Dr. Ulrike Bischler
>
> Address:          Kastanienallee 35
>                  30519 Hannover,
>                  Germany
> E-mail:           bischler at volkswagenstiftung.de
> Web Site: http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/funding/thematic-impetus/new-conceptual-approaches-to-modeling-and-simulation-of-complex-systems.html?L=1
> Program URL: http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/fileadmin/downloads/merkblaetter/MB_82d_e.pdf
> Tel:              49 (0)511 8381-350
> Fax:              49 (0)511 8381-4350
> Deadline Ind:     Receipt
> Deadline Open:    No
>                  *See Restrictions for further information.
>
> DEADLINE NOTE
> The deadline for receipt of mandatory pre-proposals is 1 December
> 2009.  Full applications, if invited will be due by 1 July 2010.
>
> Award Type(s):    Research Grants/R & D
>                  Collaborative Project
>
>
> Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution:
>                  Any/No Restrictions
>
> Locations Tenable:    Any/No Restrictions
>
>
> Appl Type(s):     Researcher/Investigator
>
>
> Target Group(s):  NONE
> Funding Limit:    $0   NOT PROV
> Duration:         3 YEAR(s)
> Indirect Costs:   Unspecified
> Cost Sharing:     No
> Sponsor Type:     Industrial Organisation
>
>
> Geo. Restricted:  NO RESTRICTIONS
>
> CFDA#:
>
> OBJECTIVES:
> The new call Extreme Events: Modeling, Analysis, and Prediction
> aims at
> projects by a group of researchers, who deal with the modeling of
> extremes
> in complex systems. The object of investigation may be any extreme
> event in
> natural, technical, or socio-economic systems – e.g. earthquakes,
> landslides, avalanches, tsunamis, flooding, tropical storms, extreme
> precipitation, material failure, stock market crash or the sudden
> regime shifts of ecosystems, to name but a few. The research projects
> may address: new methodological approaches for computer simulations
> and for the
> multivariate data analysis of extreme events; concepts which improve
> the fundamental understanding of extremes and their consequences in
> complex systems and which contribute to the identification of any
> precursors of extreme events; improved numerical schemes for the
> calculation of probabilistic predictions; and data-based analysis of
> the occurrence probability (risk) of extreme events. The above
> mentioned research desiderata are exemplary and do not predefine the
> only possible issues. Other urgent scientific questions on the
> modeling, the analysis and the prediction of extreme events are
> welcome, too.
>
> ELIGIBILITY
> Joint projects by problem-oriented und methodological disciplines
> are particularly welcome. Likewise, concepts combining methodological
> know-how from various fields of research are desirable. Single
> investigator
> applications will not be funded.
>
> FUNDING
> Projects can span a maximum duration of three years. The research
> projects can be supported through personnel, supplies, and travel
> costs. Travel and subsistence costs for project-related temporary
> exchange of personnel among the contributing teams (up to one year) or
> for external guest researchers might be included. The Foundation
> expects that non-scientific personnel and computing equipment is
> provided by the participating institutes.  (kww)
>
> KEYWORDS:         Disasters
>                  Data Analysis
>                  Computer Simulation/Modeling
>                  Computer Modeling
>                  Analysis & Functional Analysis
>                  Probability
>                  Complex/Intelligent Systems
>
>