PUBLIC BRIEFING ON NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION NEES PROGRAM The National Science Foundation will hold a public briefing on Thursday, February 10, 2000, from 8:30am till 5:00pm on the NSF Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Program and NSF Funded Research on Networked Collaboration in Science and Engineering. The NEES Program briefing will highlight the program solicitation, NSF 00-7, "Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES): System Integration." The briefing will be followed by presentations by NSF Grantees on technologies that support networked collaboration in science and engineering relevant to solicitation NSF 00-7. The goal of the NEES program is to provide a networked, national resource of geographically-distributed, shared-use next generation experimental research equipment installations, with teleobservation and teleoperation capabilities, which will shift the emphasis of earthquake engineering research from current reliance on physical testing to integrated experimentation, computation, theory, database, and model-based simulation. The advanced experimental capabilities provided through NEES will enable researchers to test and validate more complex and comprehensive analtical and computer numerical models that will improve the seismic design and performance of our Nation's civil and mechanical systems. The meeting will be held at the National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, Room 110. Additional information is available at 703-306-1234, or e-mail at info@nsf.gov, or visit the NSF website at <http://www.nsf.gov/home/visit/start.htm>. WEB: Click here to access the NSF website, http://www.nsf.gov/. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the NSF Point of contact, http://www.eng.nsf.gov/nees. Posted 01/11/00 (W-SN414972).

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