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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><b><span lang=EN-US>Please join the final workshop of the project</span></b></span><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN-US> “<b>VESTEC” - Interactive supercomputing for urgent decisions in emergency situations</b></span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US> </span></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><b><span lang=EN-US>Online final workshop on February 23 and 24, 2022</span></b></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US> </span></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN-US>The European-funded H2020 project VESTEC (Visual Exploration and Sampling Toolkit for Extreme Computing) will be completed in 2022 after a successful project duration of 3.5 years. At a two-day closing event on February 23-24, 2022, the international project partners from research and industry will present the software solutions they have developed for the assessment and management of acute crisis scenarios. Keynotes of domain experts will invite for intensive discussions. A panel will conclude the workshop. We cordially invite you to this online event.</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US> </span></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN-US>Participation in the online workshop is open to all interested. Please register at </span></span><a href="mailto:vestec@dlr.de" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0563C1'>vestec@dlr.de</span></span></a><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN-US>. </span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US> </span></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><b><span lang=EN-US>VESTEC<br></span></b></span><span lang=EN-US><br><span class=normaltextrun><b>VESTEC develops end-to-end software solutions that support decision makers of the European Union in making urgent decisions in various crisis scenarios. This is done on the basis of simulations on supercomputers to create multiple variations of possible scenarios for urgent decision support in real time. VESTEC makes it possible to combine multiple data sources and extract essential features efficiently. Through interactive supercomputing, flexible and situation-dependent planning is always possible. Exploiting 3D visualizations of the evaluated data, time-critical phenomena can be accurately mapped.</b></span><span class=eop> <br><br></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><b><span lang=EN-US>Final workshop presents test scenarios</span></b></span><span class=scxw256220100><span lang=EN-US> </span></span><span lang=EN-US><br><span class=normaltextrun>Three different test scenarios have been selected for the development of a flexible and comprehensive tool: forest fire monitoring and prediction, mosquito-borne disease risk analysis, and the impact of space weather on Earth. These three pilot scenarios will be presented and discussed in the final workshop with presentations and live demos. Exciting keynotes and a panel discussion will round out the two-day workshop. You can find the program here: </span></span><a href="https://www.dlr.de/sc/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-7631/1638_read-76494/" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.dlr.de/sc/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-7631/1638_read-76494/</span></span></a><span class=normaltextrun> </span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US> </span></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN-US>We look forward to your participation!</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US> </span></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The VESTEC Team<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:dimgray;mso-fareast-language:DE'>————————————————————————————</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:dimgray;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Prof. Dr. <b>Andreas Gerndt</b> <br><br><b>University of Bremen</b><br>Center for Industrial Mathematics (ZeTeM) | High-Performance Visualization | Bibliothekstraße 5 | MZH | 28359 Bremen | Germany</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'><br></span><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:dimgray;mso-fareast-language:DE'><a href="mailto:gerndt@uni-bremen.de"><span style='color:dimgray'>gerndt@uni-bremen.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:dimgray;mso-fareast-language:DE'><a href="https://www.uni-bremen.de/ag-high-performance-visualization"><span style='color:dimgray;text-decoration:none'>https://www.uni-bremen.de/ag-high-performance-visualization</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'><br></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:dimgray;mso-fareast-language:DE'>German Aerospace Center (DLR)</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:dimgray;mso-fareast-language:DE'><br>Institute for Software Technology | Software for Space Systems and Interactive Visualization | Lilienthalplatz 7 | 38108 Braunschweig | Germany</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:dimgray;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Deputy Director of Institute | Head of Department<br>Telephone +49 531 295-2782 | Mobile +49 172 235-6701 | Telefax +49 531 295-2767 | </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><a href="mailto:andreas.gerndt@dlr.de"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:dimgray'>andreas.gerndt@dlr.de</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>