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OPENQUAKE ENGINE CERTIFICATION Promoting global professional standards in seismic hazard and risk modelling and building a community of certified OpenQuake Engine users committed to transparency and collaboration. OQ-engine Certified User badge Share Facebook LinkedIn Certification Information Certified OQ Users List Who it’s for At present, the certification programme is for analysts, researchers, modellers, engineers and DRR practitioners who run scenario analyses with the OpenQuake Engine and need a recognised, skills-based credential. Additional certification tracks (e.g., hazard-PSHA, risk-PSRA) are planned. This webpage will list timelines and any updates. Current pathway Certification is currently available through the annual GEM-EGU Summer School in Aveiro, Portugal (launched 2025) and the GEM course offered as part of the ROSE Masters and PhD programmes at the IUSS Pavia, Italy. Online options are planned and may be introduced if there is sufficient demand in the future. Contact us if you are interested in a remote certification option. Contact Us How certification works (step-by-step) 1. Enrol/Register in one of the two approved courses mentioned above 2. Complete the course and take the assessment test. The assessment has two parts: a. Knowledge check – short questions on input models, scenario hazard and risk concepts and OQ calculators. b. Practical task – build and run an OQ scenario; submit inputs, config, logs, and outputs (damage/loss maps/tables). 3. Evaluation and result Submissions are marked against a published rubric (correctness, reproducibility, interpretation, communication). Candidates meeting the competency threshold are awarded certification. 4. Credential and validity Successful candidates receive a digital certificate and badge, valid for three (3) years. 5. Directory and verification (Opt-in) Appear in GEM’s public registry of certified OQ users; organisations can verify certificates via a unique ID or through LinkedIn’s Certifications and Licenses. 6. Recertification Before expiry, renew by either: a. completing a short recertification exercise/quiz; b. demonstrating continuing professional development (e.g., attendance to OQ training workshops/webinars) plus a brief competency check. c. attend again one of the certification courses. Full details will be posted on this webpage soon. What you’ll be certified to do Configure and run OpenQuake Engine scenario analyses (covering ground shaking and earthquake-triggered liquefaction and landslide hazards, as well as damage and loss metrics). Create reproducible outputs (maps/tables) and explain input models, assumptions, and limitations to decision-makers. OpenQuake Engine Certified Users This section will feature the list of individuals who have completed the OpenQuake Certification Programme for Scenario Analyses. Each certified user has demonstrated competence in running and interpreting scenario risk analyses using the OpenQuake Engine. The list is currently under construction and will be updated as new certifications are awarded. List of Certified OpenQuake Engine Users Name Certification Track Status Completed Course Alexander Koelzer Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Alexandru Tiganescu Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Annisa Rizqilana Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Atefe Darzi Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Aurora Lambiasse Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Binaya Kumar Lamichhane Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Daniel Alejandro Caicedo Diaz Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Daniel Dreier Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Daniel Tomic Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Houda Delleci Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Jarod Domenge Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Khatereh Saghatforoush Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Maaike Fonteijn Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Octavi Gómez Novell Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Rachel Preca Trapani Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School S Vishal Gupta Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School Abdelhamid Allaoui Scenario Assessment Valid EGU-GEM Summer School

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News Field Missions Enhance Earthquake Risk Assessment - GEM Foundation By: Mar 27, 2024 Mar 14, 2024 Share Facebook LinkedIn March 14, 2024. In a webinar hosted by EEFIT and SECED in collaboration with the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation, GEM engineers shed light on the pivotal role of field missions in advancing earthquake risk assessment methodologies. The webinar titled 'Earthquake Loss Modelling for Disaster Risk Management: Linking Field Missions to Probabilistic Risk' featured Vitor Silva, Head of Risk Engineering, and Anirudh Rao, Senior Seismic Risk Modeller at GEM. Field missions emerged as a foundation for refining existing risk models and preparing for future seismic events. Vitor underscored the significance of field missions in updating exposure models, crucial components of earthquake risk assessment. He cited an instance following an earthquake in Turkey where field data uncovered that some modern buildings collapsed, challenging assumptions about adherence to seismic design standards. This revelation prompted revisions to the exposure model, highlighting the need to align models with real-world scenarios. Anirudh underscored the importance of field missions in calibrating vulnerability models by providing essential data on the damage sustained by different building classes. Collaborations such as GEM's partnership with Netanya after the Gorkha earthquake in Nepal allowed for the refinement of risk models through extensive damage data analysis, enhancing forecasting accuracy. Moreover, field missions contribute to improving ShakeMaps. Vitor illustrated this point with a case study from New Zealand, where incorporating macroseismic intensity data post-earthquake led to significantly improved loss calculations compared to scenarios without such data, underlining the critical role of field data in refining scenario hazard assessments. In conclusion, the webinar's Q&A session highlighted the indispensable nature of field missions in gathering data essential for enhancing earthquake risk assessment methodologies. By validating exposure models, calibrating vulnerability models, and refining scenario hazard maps, field missions pave the way for more accurate risk assessments, ultimately improving preparedness for future seismic events. With approximately 160 online participants, the webinar was a success and served as a forum for knowledge exchange and collaboration, furthering efforts towards global earthquake resilience. If you missed the webinar, watch the recording on YouTube: No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News GEM News Briefs September 2023 By: Sep 29, 2023 Share Facebook LinkedIn Oasis Insight Conference 2023 GEM's Secretary General, Helen Crowley, and Andres Abarca, GEM Product Manager attended the Oasis Insight Conference 2023, in partnership with the Swiss Re Institute, which took place in Zurich, Switzerland, on September 6, 2023. A significant highlight of the event was Helen's participation in a panel discussion centred on the pivotal role of Open data and Science in advancing earthquake risk assessment, particularly within the European context. Drawing from her extensive leadership experience with the European Facilities for Earthquake Hazard and Risk (EFEHR) and her current role as Secretary General of the GEM Foundation, Helen shared the critical contributions of these initiatives in curating and upholding essential data and resources for comprehensive risk assessment. OpenQuake Engine Documentation Survey results OpenQuake team is currently working to improve the existing documentation, aiming at consolidating information previously spread across separate locations. The goal is to have an effective manual that will serve as the definitive, centralised source guiding users in the use of OpenQuake. To this end we did a survey in July 2023 with funding from Google Season of Docs initiative, aimed to support the efforts to enhance GEM's OpenQuake Engine Documentation. A total of 45 respondents participated in this survey. They primarily use the OpenQuake engine for research, with self-learning being the common method of acquisition. Users access information from sources including the user manual, GitHub Repository, and OpenQuake Forum. Documentation is rated as fair to good in user-friendliness, organisation, and sufficiency/completeness. Overall, respondents are willing to participate in future surveys after the ongoing documentation improvements, which are expected to be completed by December. Looking ahead, we plan to conduct a follow-up survey to gauge the effectiveness of these enhancements and gather feedback on user satisfaction. Enhanced User Experience: GEM Website Updates GEM's website is getting an exciting makeover! Our enhanced product page is set to launch on October 13, 2023, showcasing global products including hazard, risk, exposure, country seismic risk profiles, and vulnerability models. For now, stay tuned for further updates, including details about past and upcoming events, like the Global Products release event, the previous GEM Conference: Are we making a difference, and an upcoming METIS project seminar-workshop. Explore our revamped Homepage with interactive maps and global products, along with an improved Latest Updates section and a convenient Downloadable Resources area. Don't miss out - more updates coming soon! No images found. GALLERY PXL_20230906_141803085.jpg PXL_20230906_141832426.jpg PXL_20230906_142018246.jpg PXL_20230906_141803085.jpg 1/3 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

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Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in East Asia Project Name Products East Asia Exposure Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in East Asia Share Facebook LinkedIn Description The Global Exposure Model is a mosaic of local and regional models with information regarding the residential, commercial, and industrial building stock at the smallest available administrative division of each country and includes details about the number of buildings, number of occupants, vulnerability characteristics, average built-up area, and average replacement cost. The dataset is developed and maintained by the GEM Foundation, using a bottom-up approach at the global scale, using national statistics, socio-economic data, and local datasets. This model allows the identification of the most common types of construction worldwide, regions with large fractions of informal construction, and areas prone to natural disasters with a high concentration of population and building stock. The East Asia region of the model includes information pertaining to the following countries/territories: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macao, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. How to cite this work Yepes-Estrada, C., Calderon, A., Costa, C., Crowley, H., Dabbeek, J., Hoyos, M., Martins, L., Paul, N., Rao, A., Silva, V. (2023). Global Building Exposure Model for Earthquake Risk Assessment. Earthquake Spectra. doi:10.1177/87552930231194048 Available Versions An open version (v2023.1) of the model, aggregated at Administrative Level 1, is available for direct download under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Users interested in this version can click the "Open Repository" button in the right panel to access the information. The full version for any country/territory, at the highest resolution available, can be requested by clicking on the "License Request", where a specific license will be provided, depending on the use case. License information The open version is available under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license, which requires: *Attribution (you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made) *Non-commercial (you may not use the material for commercial purposes) *ShareAlike (derivatives created must be made available under the same license as the original) Any deviation from these terms incur in license infringement. For commercial use of the model, a specific license agreement must be made tailored to your use case, in such instance please click on "License Request". 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News GEM-USGS Project to Enhance Earthquake Load Assessments Worldwide By: Sep 29, 2023 Share Facebook LinkedIn In a significant collaborative effort between the Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), funded by the U.S. Department of State (DoS) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the ASCE Earthquake Loads Overseas (AELO) project is making steady progress in providing updated global assessments of seismic actions for design. The primary objective of the project is to create a web service capable of calculating design ground motions, both on rock and soil, in adherence to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) guidelines. These guidelines include ASCE 7-16, ASCE 41-17, ASCE 7-22, and ASCE 41-23. This web service heavily relies on the hazard models that are part of GEM’s global mosaic and the OpenQuake Engine. The project's planned activities span four years and include various critical components: Calculation of design values for peak ground acceleration (PGA), Ss, and S1 under rock site conditions, in accordance with ASCE 7-16 and ASCE 41-17. Development of a web service for computing design ground motions based on ASCE 7-16 and ASCE 41-17. Computation of ground motions for soil conditions across the entire spectrum, following ASCE 7-22 and ASCE 41-23, for the same 500 global locations. Development of web service for computing design ground motions based on ASCE 7-22 and ASCE 41-23. The project's accomplishments to date include the calculation of a set of Maximum Considered Earthquake (MCE) ground motions for around 500 global sites. To achieve these results, several updates and improvements were made to the GEM global seismic hazard mosaic, particularly regarding the definition of the ground-motion characterization (GMC) and the homogenisation of models (e.g. definition of the minimum magnitude). In the first half of 2023, the project focused on developing an Application Programming Interface (API) for end-to-end calculations. This API facilitates the retrieval of probabilistic and deterministic hazard results, as well as governing ground-motion values, based on site coordinates. While the emphasis has been on the probabilistic aspect, progress is already evident in the later stages of the assessment. With a joint effort from the USGS and GEM IT and hazard teams, the project continues to evaluate its results by comparing them with site-specific reports where significant differences are noted. This diligent approach ensures the accuracy and reliability of the earthquake load assessments. Future work will encompass a broader spectrum of soil conditions, aligning with the updated ASCE7-22 and ASCE41-23 guidelines. No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

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News Earthquake Risk Assessment: Current Challenges & Future Trends By: Mar 26, 2021 Share Facebook LinkedIn In this webinar organized by UCL EPICentre, London, GEM’s Vitor Silva discussed the current challenges in existing risk models, as well as how big data and machine learning can be incorporated in the risk assessment process to improve the current practice. With close to a hundred online participants, Vitor presented and discussed the current practice of earthquake hazard assessment, exposure modelling, and data collection using various methods – from mobile apps to satellite imagery. He also touched on validating risk models and scenario modelling. In his presentation, Vitor emphasized how cities around the world have expanded at a rapid rate within just 30 years or less explaining that there are several factors that can influence future exposure modelling such as proximity to major roads and to other cities, population, land value, and many other factors. Presenting a simulation of San Jose, Costa Rica urban growth , Vitor pointed out that “Rapid urbanization and increasing population are sources of epistemic and aleatory uncertainty that can be introduced in the model to get a range of trajectories of how the risk is expected to vary in the future.” He further added that the real importance of being able to incorporate uncertainties in the model “is not so much predicting the risk but introducing risk mitigation measures.” “What if we start retrofitting 10 000 buildings per year in the country? What if we improve the design regulation? What if we start discouraging certain building classes? What if we start making sure that people do not build on soft soils or close to active faults?,” Vitor asked to emphasize his point on risk mitigation measures against risk prediction. All of this information, according to Vitor, can be introduced in the model to see different trajectories of risk that can help a modeler pinpoint which one is going to lower the risk to an acceptable value. The Earthquake Risk Assessment: Current Challenges & Future Trends webinar was organized by the University College London (UCL) EPICentre as part of its Online Seminars series. For more information, visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epicentre . No images found. GALLERY 1/0 Gallery VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS