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 "Mathematical Modelling for
Tsunami Early Warning Systems. An International
Conference" is a joint activity of the
University of Malaga (UMA), the
Mathematics-Industry Spanish Network (MATH-IN) and the Spanish Society
of Applied Mathematics (SEMA), under the
framework of The International Year for the Earth
Planet MPE 2013. More than 100 scientific
societies, universities, research institutes and other
research institutions from all over the world have
agreed to launch the initiative of the MPE 2013, on the
understanding that Mathematics have a fundamental role
facing major challenges posed for our planet and our
civilization.
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One of these challenges is the early
prediction of natural hazards, in order
to minimize their sometimes catastrophic
impacts, through effective plans for
disaster prevention, evacuation and aid.
Among these natural disasters feature
prominently, for their destructive
power, the tsunamis. The development of
mathematical and technological tools for
the early detection of these large
tsunami waves and the numerical
simulation of their devastating coastal
effects in far shorter times (extremely
much shorter) than the real time is,
currently, an area of very active
research.
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The conference is aimed at bringing
together scientists from around the
world with expertise or interest in
Tsunami Early Warning Systems (TEWS) but
with special emphasis on the
North-Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
and connected seas region (NEAMTWS), in
order to assess the current state of
fast tsunami computation for rapid
faster than real time
forecasting. The scope
includes not only mathematical
modelling and numerical simulation
of generation, propagation, and
coastal amplification processes in
the basis of a TEWS, but also
monitoring, detection, operational
forecasting, source inversion,
educational policies, and
information exchange, and warning
issues, tsunami hazard assessment,
and social science issues related to
preparedness, training, insurance,
and the development of structural
and societal mitigation strategies
and policies.
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