Vol. 157, 2000 spanning across disciplines and national boundaries gives
cause for optimism. New participation in ACES to extend its existing
synergies is welcomed. We wish to thank the scientific participants of
The APEC Cooperation for Earthquake Simulation (ACES) and the
contributors to this book. We express appreciation to the Australian,
Chinese, Japanese and USA governments for supporting the establishment
of ACES. We gratefully acknowledge funding support by the Australian
government's Department of Industry, Science and Resources, The
University of Queensland, Japan's Science and Technology Agency through
its Research Organisation for Information Science and Technology, the
Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, and the National Science
Foundation of China. We acknowledge with appreciation additional
workshop sponsorship pro- vided by SGI (Silicon Graphics). Special
thanks to QUAKES team members (Tracy Paroz, David Place, Steffen Abe,
Dion Weatherley and Steven Jaume) and Kim Olsen who provided assistance
to the Editors. Peter Mora would also like to thank Evelyne Meier.
REFERENCES I-st ACES Workshop Proceedings (1999), ed. Mora, P. (ACES,
Brisbane, Australia, ISBN 1 86499 121 6), 554 pp. APEC Cooperation for
Earthquake Simulation: http: //quakes. earth. uq. edu. au/ACES ACES
Inaugural Workshop: http: //quakes. earth. uq. edu. au/ACES_ WS Raul
Madariaga Peter Mora QUAKES Laboratoire de Geologie Department of Earth
Sciences Ecole Normale Superieur The University of Queensland 24 Rue
Lhomond 4072 Brisbane, Qld F-75231 Paris, Cedex 05 Australia France
mora@earth. up. edu. au madariag@geologie. ens.
