Caltech, USGS Dedicate Dell-Powered Earthquake Media Center; National Media Attend Earthquake Workshop to Prepare for the Next 'Big One'.PASADENA, Calif. -- The California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. will host an "Earthquakes 101" workshop here today for media from across the U.S., part of the dedication of Caltech's new Dell-powered Earthquake Media Center. The media center, housed in Caltech's Geosciences Computational Facility, uses some of the latest technology to translate complex earthquake data into 2-D graphics -- an advance that will help the media report earthquake news in a timely, easy-to-understand manner. "Seismological seis·mol·o·gy n. The geophysical science of earthquakes and the mechanical properties of the earth. seis technology has vastly improved to the point that within less than an hour we can now create a 2-D animation of seismic waves radiating out from the epicenter on a topographical map See under Cadastral. - Topographical surveying. See under Surveying. See also: Topographic ," said Dr. Jeroen Tromp tromp v. tromped, tromp·ing, tromps Informal v.intr. 1. To walk heavily and noisily; tramp. 2. , director of the Caltech Seismological Laboratory and McMillan Professor of Geophysics. "We call these animations 'ShakeMovies' and they will be one of the new offerings that the lab is introducing to the media at this event." In a video statement, Dell Chairman Michael Dell Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965, in Houston, Texas) is the founder and CEO of Dell, Inc. Biography Early life and education The son of an orthodontist, Dell was born in to an upper-class Jewish family and attended Herod Elementary School in Houston, will explain how simulations and findings enabled by the facility's 1,024-node Dell supercomputing cluster are fed into two Dell Precision(TM) workstations, and then projected onto a custom visualization wall in the media center. "We are excited to see the positive impact this high-performance cluster and new media center will have on helping the public better understand and visualize the impact of earthquakes," Mr. Dell says. Speakers from Caltech and the USGS USGS United States Geological Survey (US Department of the Interior) will also discuss what might happen to Los Angeles' tall buildings in a major quake, real-time Earth science, and how Caltech can provide the media with information and graphics immediately after a quake. The Geosciences Computational Facility's supercomputing cluster is made up of 1,024 Dell PowerEdge(TM) dual-processor servers. Dell pre-assembled the cluster for easy implementation, and Dell Services worked on campus to complete the installation. About Dell Dell Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. Uniquely enabled by its direct business model, Dell sells more systems globally than any computer company, placing it No. 25 on the Fortune 500. Company revenue for the past four quarters was $56.7 billion. For more information, visit www.dell.com. To get Dell news direct, visit www.dell.com/RSS. |
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