Your input requested: SimCenter State-of-Art Report on computational simulation

[announce at designsafe-ci.org]

*April 29, 2020**Dear members of the Natural Hazards Engineering Community*,

In 2019, the NHERI SimCenter developed and released a report
<https://simcenter.designsafe-ci.org/knowledge-hub/simcenter-reports/> on
the state of art in computational simulation in natural hazards
engineering. The report has been an important resource for the SimCenter to
prioritize development of simulation tools and for NHERI researchers in
general.

The SimCenter is in the process of updating the State-of-Art report to
highlight key capabilities and gaps related to the simulation needs and
research objectives outlined in the 2020 update of the NHERI Five-Year
Science Plan <https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/nco/science-plan/> and
from other sources. To reflect the experiences and preferences of the broad
community, your input is being sought for this update. Specifically, your
feedback is requested on the content of last year’s report and
recommendations on topics or tools to include in the upcoming version.

In addition to revising existing chapters, the report will be expanded to
include new chapters that cover: (i) the use of Machine Learning and
Artificial Intelligence to harvest, enhance and process data; and (ii)
modeling the Socioeconomic Consequences of disasters, including recovery
simulation and optimization of policies. Four topics and corresponding
questions below are provided as guidance to formulate your suggestions:

*1. Chapters*
Do the existing four and two new chapters include all major areas of
background knowledge required for computational simulation in natural
hazards engineering?

*2. Content*
Do the existing chapters provide an accurate overview of the key
capabilities of computational simulation in each area, as related to
natural hazards engineering?

*3. Tools*
Are there significant software systems for natural hazards engineering that
should be included in the report? Please keep in mind that the main
emphasis is on open source software that is generally accessible to and
utilized by a significant number of researchers in natural hazards
engineering.

*4. Research Gaps*
Are there important research questions or gaps that are missing and should
be highlighted in the corresponding sections?

*The SimCenter provides two avenues for feedback:*

*A. Questionnaire*
A questionnaire with the above four questions and additional space for
other suggestions is available online: https://forms.gle/ienngbcdQmSQoW7m6

*B. Message board*
The SimCenter message board has a "State of the Art in Computational
Simulation" section that allows you to post your feedback and discuss it
with others:

   - Chapters
   <http://simcenter-messageboard.designsafe-ci.org/smf/index.php?board=13.0>
   - Content
   <http://simcenter-messageboard.designsafe-ci.org/smf/index.php?board=14.0>
   - Tools
   <http://simcenter-messageboard.designsafe-ci.org/smf/index.php?board=15.0>
   - Research Gaps
   <http://simcenter-messageboard.designsafe-ci.org/smf/index.php?board=16.0>

The NHERI SimCenter appreciates your suggestions and looks forward to
enhancing the report with the community’s feedback. To be included in the
updated report, submissions to either mechanism are *needed by May 30, 2020*.
Thank you!

On behalf of the SimCenter team:




*Greg DeierleinAdam Zsarnóczay*

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