One of the talks we went to today was about how supercomputers are used to visualise maps of the effects of earthquakes. Thomas H. Jordan, University Professor and the W. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Southern California was the speaker. He talked about how over the last few years they have increased the power of the programs and can now simulate on multiple levels, including sedimentary basins and all fault lines. The place they had simulated was the San Andreas fault line, they showed a really cool visualisation map with the waves and Richter scale. It was cool to see how supercomputers are being used to help in real life areas.
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