Subject: Ebisuzaki From: Dave Yuen Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 16:21:12 -0600 (CST) To: gcf@indiana.edu it is coming here is what i got from him last night >> Dear Dave >> >> Is it OK? Then, we will send it to FOX >> >> Toshi >> >> >> Dear Proffesor Geoffrey Fox >> CC: Prof. Marlon Pierce >> >> I am writing to express my strongest support for your iSERVO >> proposal as part of the APEC=20 Cooperation for Earthquake Simulations >> (ACES). This will be of great importance to my country Japan because of >> the societal impact of earthquakes. I for my part will work on >> constructing a specialized computer devoted to the earthquake >> forecasting problem. >> >> The proposed iSERVO international collaboration will provide an >> important infrastructure for the research. Accessbility to data world >> wide is cruitical in earth science study. The reserach >> >> Much human suffering and disaster will be eliminated when we are >> successful in this effort. In the ACES collaborations over the past 5 >> years, we have shown a strong capability to effectively cooperate among >> our countries for the common good, and it is clear that by doing so, we >> will solve this critcally important problem. >> >> My best wishes for your continued success, and I look very much to workin g >> with you on this project and offer you my technical assistance and >> computational resource in my laboratory. >> >> With my best wishes as always, >> >> Dr. Toshikazu Ebisusaki