Subject: letter from YIN From: "X. C. Yin" Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:16:52 +0800 To: CC: "John Rundle" Dear Professor Fox: I am pleased to support your proposal, “Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and the International Solid Earth Research Virtual Observatory (iSERVO)”, which is being submitted to the US National Science Foundation’s Partnerships for International Research and Education program ( www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05533/nsf05533.pdf ). This effort addresses critical research on issues of societal importance involving earthquakes and tsunamis, and is of great interest to us. As part of our commitment to the iSERVO effort we will: 1. Participate in geoscience research, especially in earthquake physics and earthquake prediction 2. Work with you on developing the iSERVO framework compatible with our national cyber-infrastructure. 3. Participate in the visiting scholars program through exchange of students and scientists between our campuses. 4. Participate in developing and using new curricula 5. Participate in workshops, meetings, etc. 6. Contribute data, software, and computer cycles. 7. Install one or two iSERVO compatible nodes We wish you the best of luck with your proposal and our fruitful cooperation Yours Sincerely, Xiang-chu YIN Professor of LNM (State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics), Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute if earthquake Prediction, Chinese Earthquake Administration Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Earthquake Administration Graduate School, University of Sciences and Technology China, ISB member of ACES (APEC Cooperation for Earthquake Simulation) Tel: 86-10-88015574(O); Fax: 86-10-62528760 Email: xcyin@public.bta.net.cn Address: LNM, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences No.15 BEI-SI-HUAN-XI Rd, Beijing 100080, China 0228 Fox.doc Content-Type: application/msword Content-Encoding: base64