1. quest-itn.org QUEST: QUantitative estimation of Earth‘s seismic sources and STructure H. Igel, LMU Munich and the QUEST Team www.quest-itn.org

2. quest-itn.org Challenges: waveform inversion

3. quest-itn.org Challenges: Passive imaging

4. quest-itn.org Challenges: earthquake sources

5. quest-itn.org QUEST - S&T Objectives

6. quest-itn.org QUEST – The Partners

7. quest-itn.org QUEST – The Associated Partners

8. quest-itn.org ITN – QUEST fact sheet 18 PhD positions 8 postdoc positions Budget 5 MEuro Project runs until end of 2013 6 scientific work pakages 2 visiting scientists (Tromp, Pratt)

9. quest-itn.org Open QUEST Workshops  2010 Sardinia – Wave propagation, parallel algorithms  2011 Iceland – Focus on High- Performance computing  2012 Slovak Republic – Focus on Waveform Tomography  2013 France – Focus on Passive Imaging

10. quest-itn.org QUEST - EPOS  Enabling data access across disciplines (seismology, crustal deformation, geology, geochemistry, oceanography, volcanology, etc.)  Development of sustainable computer applications  Enabling access and use of high-performance computing infrastructure (supercomputers, the GRID) -> VERCE  Training the generation of scientists that will use the EPOS infrastructure