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2008 Summer Program at KITP
Past Meetings
2004 Draft CIDER proposal to NSF |
"Boundary Layers in the Earth: a multidisciplinary view" The third CIDER Summer Program will take place at the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara, June 22 - August 08, 2008. The organizers of the 2008 program are Barbara Romanowicz (UC Berkeley), Michael Manga (UC Berkeley), Louise Kellogg (UC Davis), Stan Hart (WHOI) and Adam Dziewonski (Harvard Univ.). Weeks 1-3 of this seven week program will provide the opportunity for groups of scientists to interact freely and will take advantage of concurrent KITP programs on Dynamo Theory. Weeks 4-7 (July 13th-August 8th) will feature a tutorial program for about 35 advanced graduate students and post-docs. For more information, go to the tutorial information webpage The 2008 summer program will focus on multidisciplinary issues concerning the core-mantle boundary region, the transition from upper to lower mantle as well as the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary Building upon the successful Summer'04 and Summer'06 CIDER programs, this program will focus on the seismological, geodynamical, mineral physics and geochemical constraints on the nature and dynamics of major boundary layers in the earth. It will provide an overview of the state of each discipline as well as a venue for initiating and advancing new research in situ. The 2008 summer program will address multidisciplinary issues concerning the core-mantle boundary region, the transition from upper to lower mantle as well as the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary. We anticipate that the following broad questions - but not exclusively - might provide some initial focus: Senior participants (beyond the post-doc level) are encouraged to apply for any length of time, up to 7 weeks, starting before, during or after the tutorial part of the program. Travel (for US participants) and on-site expenses (for all) will be covered for participants willing to stay for at least two weeks. Applicants from outside of the US are welcome. This program is funded by the EAR-CSEDI program of the NSF, with facilities provided by KITP, including office space and access to computers for participating scientists. Read the report on the 2006 summer program as well as the participant evaluations. For further enquiries concerning, please contact one of the five organizers. More specifically, for inquiries about the tutorial program, contact Prof. Barb ara Romanowicz (barbara@seismo. berkeley.edu. Application for the Summer 2008 program is now open!!!! .
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