Name: CTBT Science and Technology Conference 2021 (SnT2021)
Start: 2021-06-28T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2021-07-02T19:00:00+02:00
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CTBT Science and Technology Conference 2021 (SnT2021)

from Monday 28 June 2021 (08:00) to Friday 2 July 2021 (19:00)

Monday 28 June 2021
10:00 High Level Opening
High Level Opening
10:00 - 12:30
Room: Festsaal
Contributions

10:00 SNT21@25th anniversary of the CTBT: Ceremonial Opening and Political Remarks update alex 4

11:20 Facilitated dialogue on CTBT@25 years: Evolution of the CTBT, the Organization and its technologies & CTBT’s model function of inclusion and science cooperation
13:00 Evolution of the SnT conferences: CYG dialogue with Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo
Evolution of the SnT conferences: CYG dialogue with Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo
13:00 - 13:45
Contributions

13:00 Evolution of the SnT Conference: CTBTO Youth Group dialogue with Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo
14:00 High Level Opening
High Level Opening
14:00 - 16:30
Room: Festsaal
Contributions

14:00 Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Transform Nuclear Explosion Monitoring and Verification: Thoughts on Opportunities and What It Might Take to Get There. - Dimitri Kusnezov (Deputy Under Secretary for AI and Technology at the US Department of Energy)

14:55 Space science and technology for global sustainable development, peace, and security
16:30 Interlude
Interlude
16:30 - 16:45
16:45 Securing a nuclear test-free world for Youth and the next generations
Securing a nuclear test-free world for Youth and the next generations
16:45 - 17:45
Contributions

16:45 Securing a nuclear test-free world for Youth and the next generations
Tuesday 29 June 2021

09:00 e-poster round table - T1.1 & T1.3
e-poster round table - T1.1 & T1.3
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Stage 1

T1.1 - The Atmosphere and its Dynamic
T1.1 - The Atmosphere and its Dynamic
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T1.1 - The Atmosphere and its Dynamic
e-poster session - T1.1 - The Atmosphere and its Dynamic
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Observing military aircraft activity with the Romanian infrasound arrays - Daniela Ghica (National Institute for Earth Physics (NIEP), Magurele, Romania)

09:15 Graphic User Interface "Infrasound event analyzer" - Chourouk Mejri ep Boukari (Centre National de la Cartographie et de la Teledetection (CNCT), Tunis, Tunisia)

09:30 The Global and Coherent Infrasound Wavefield: Recent Advances in Reprocessing the Full International Monitoring System Infrasound Data - Patrick Hupe (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover, Germany)

09:45 The state of the atmosphere throughout the seasons: comparison of numerical weather prediction models for infrasound observations at regional distances - Karl Koch (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR))

10:00 Location of multi-infrasonic pulse sources based on acoustic momentum of propagation - Wei Cheng (Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

10:15 Detection and properties of local artillery infrasound - Quentin Brissaud (NORSAR)

10:30 Microbarometer arrays for the monitoring of extreme weather in a changing climate - Jelle Assink (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI))

10:45 On the use of dense seismo-acoustic network to provide timely early warning of volcanic eruptions - Alexis Le Pichon (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), France)

11:00 Comparison of forward and backward source-receptor sensitivities for atmospheric inverse modeling using the HYSPLIT model with the Cross-Appalachian Tracer Experiment (CAPTEX) field experiment measurements - Tianfeng Chai (University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA)

11:15 Deep-learning for converting noise into knowledge - Christophe Millet (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))

11:30 Characterization of diurnal cycle of rainfall over peanut basin in Senegal - Cheikh Modou Noreyni Fall (University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, High Polytechnic School of Dakar, Dakar Senegal)

11:45 InfraPy, InfraGA/GeoAc, and stochprop: open-source software tools for infrasound signal analysis and propagation modeling at Los Alamos National Laboratory - Philip Blom (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL))

11:45 A Synthetic Study to Determine Adequate Infrasound Network Configurations for Resolving Source Directionality - Alexandra Iezzi (University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB))

11:45 Assessment of seasonal forecasts using North American Multimodels Ensemble (NMME) in Central Africa (CA). - Ossenatou Mamadou (University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Porto-Novo, Bénin)

11:45 Construction and Evaluation of a Statistical Model of Seasonal Forecasts in Cameroon. - Hermann Nana (University of Yaounde I, Cameroon)

11:45 Validating infrasound signal-parameter models using a global ground truth data set - Alexandra Nippress (AWE Blacknest, Reading, UK)

11:45 A novel approach for the reconstruction of microbarom soundscapes - Olivier Frederik Constantinus Den Ouden (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands)

11:45 Rapid automated detection, association, and location of remote volcanic infrasound using 3D ray-tracing and empirical climatologies - Rodrigo De Negri (University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA)

11:45 Study of Some Thermodynamic Parameters during Pre-Monsoon in Bangladesh - Md Momenul Islam (Bangladesh Meteorological Department, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

11:45 Characterization of the 4 August 2020 Beirut explosion from the infrasound component of the IMS network - Julien Vergoz (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))

11:45 Research on infrasound location method based on wide area monitoring network - Hao Yin (Chemical Defense Institute, Beijing, China)

11:45 Nyepi Day Impact on Weather Parameters Measurement at Synoptic Observation Stations in Bali - I Putu Dedy Pratama (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Jakarta, Indonesia)

11:45 Assessing convection schemes sensitivity for predict Congo Basin future drought severity - Steve Yvan Nono Noutchie (University of Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon)

11:45 Characterisation of the coherent infrasound sources recorded by the infrasound International Monitoring System station I48TN in Tunisia (Mines & Quarries) - Gerard Rambolamanana (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Unusual infrasound observations from the August 2020 Beirut explosion - Jelle Assink (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI))

11:45 Long-range infrasound detections from explosions occurred in the Mediterranean area in 2020 as tools to evaluate the IMS network detection capability - Sandro Matos (Instituto de Investigação em Vulcanologia e Avaliação de Riscos (IVAR))

11:45 A vespagram-based approach to assess microbarom radiation and propagation models - Sven Peter Nasholm (NORSAR)

11:45 Infrasound propagation simulations using atmospheric fields from high-resolution global models resolving gravity waves - Constantino Listowski (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))

11:45 I-131 and Be-7 analysis around RN22 in Guangzhou 2016-2020 - Wanliang Chen (Guangdong Environmental Radiation Monitoring Center, China)

11:45 Infrasound analysis associated with the Beirut explosions recorded on 4 August 2020 - Atef Blel (Centre National de la Cartographie et de la Teledetection (CNCT), Tunis, Tunisia)

11:45 Infrasound from meteorological fronts and its possible generation mechanism. - Igor Chunchuzov (Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Moscow, Russian Federation)
T1.2 - The Solid Earth and its Structure
T1.2 - The Solid Earth and its Structure
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T1.2 - The Solid Earth and its Structure
e-poster session - T1.2 - The Solid Earth and its Structure
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Lithospheric Structure of Africa and Surrounding Regions Revealed by Earthquake and Ambient Noise Surface Wave Tomography - Adebayo Ojo (Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada)

09:15 Triggering Mechanisms of Gayari Sector Avalanche, Pakistan - Mohammad Tahir (Centre for Earthquake Studies (CES), Islamabad, Pakistan)

09:30 Seismic and aseismic observations and self-similar theory - Mohamed Alwahedi (National Center of Meteorology, United Arab Emirates)

09:45 Attenuation of seismic waves in the northern Appalachians of southeastern Canada - Amir Mansour Farahbod (Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada)

10:00 Identifying suspect instrument intervals using midnight noise time histories - William Scott Phillips (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL))

10:15 Towards building a ground motion data base to improve the seismic hazard assessment In Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Gonzalo Antonio Fernandez (Observatorio San Calixto)

10:30 International Data Center Magnitudes and Their Relation to International Seismological Center Magnitudes Using Data for Ethiopia and Eritrea Regions - Khalda Yassin Ibrahim Ali (Seismological Research Institute, Khartoum, Sudan)

10:45 How reliable are moment tensors of small earthquakes? - Lucia Fojtikova (Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences)

11:00 Analysis, Processing and Interpretation of the Gravity data between latitudes 15N-17N (Sudan) - Naila Mohamed Osman Babiker (National Center for Research, Khartoum, Sudan)

11:15 The EOS’s broadband seismic network in Myanmar: installation, site classification, local seismicity reports and velocity structure studies - Phyo Maung Maung (Nanyang Technological University, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore)

11:30 Seismicity along the seismogenic zone of Algarve region (southern Portugal) - Assia Dib (Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumedien, Algiers, Algeria)

11:45 Updates to the Regional Seismic Travel Time (RSTT) tomography model: tomography and path-dependent uncertainty - Michael L. Begnaud (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL))

11:45 How reservoir loading could change the seismic behavior and how should be managed? - Vahid Gholami (Geopersian Company, Iran)

11:45 Seismic Microzonation of DKI Jakarta Indonesia Using HVSR Method - Bayu Pranata (Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia (BMKG))

11:45 Development of Local Magnitude Scale and Determination of Station Magnitude Corrections for Northern Thailand - Tanongsak Taothong (Thai Meteorological Department, Bangkok, Thailand)

11:45 Investigating seismic radial anisotropy beneath the Zagros belt - Ramin Movaghari (International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran)

11:45 Estimation of Mantle Transition Zone seismic discontinuities beneath northwestern South America from P-wave Receiver Function Analysis - Jorge Enrique Cubillos Gordillo (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia)

11:45 Effect of soft soil on frequency content of waveform and its application on seismic site selection - Vahid Gholami (Geopersian Company, Iran)

11:45 Occurrence And Extent of Earth Fissures: Preliminary Findings From Chikwawa District, Southern Malawi - Patrick Rafiki N. Chindandali (Geological Survey of Malawi, Malawi)

11:45 Beni Illmane Earthquake Of May 14, 2010 - Aftershock Sequence Location Using A Dense Seismic Network - Moad Chikh (Centre National de Recherche Appliquee en Genie Parasismique (CGS), Algiers, Algeria)

11:45 Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) Method to Reconstruct the Subsurface of Sumatra and West Java Using the New InaTEWS Seismic Network - Agustya Adi Martha (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Jakarta, Indonesia)

11:45 Updating seismic hazard models for Kuwait - Abdelaziz Khairy (Kuwait institute for Scientific Research (KISR))

11:45 About Regularities of Seismicity of Western and Central Uzbekistan - Makhira Usmanova (The Institute of Seismology of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

11:45 Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Map for Bolivia (PSHBO) - Gonzalo Antonio Fernandez (Observatorio San Calixto)

11:45 Seismic Hazard Estimates for State of Uttarakhand Himalaya in terms of Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) - Daya Shanker (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India)

11:45 Shear wave velocity structure of upper mantle along the Zagros collision zone - Habib Rahimi (Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)

11:45 United Arab Emirates Strong Motion Network - Mohamed Al Afeefi (National Center of Meteorology, United Arab Emirates)

11:45 Analysis of foreshock sequences in the Iranian plateau - Mania Sabouri (Engineering Seismology, IIEES, Montreal, Canada)

11:45 Upper crustal structure at the KTB drilling site from ambient noise tomography - Ehsan Qorbani (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

11:45 3D tomography of the crustal structure of the central part of Madagascar - Ramarolahy Rina Andrianasolo (Institute and Observatory of Geophysics of Antananarivo (IOGA), Madagascar)

11:45 Statistical assessment of seismicity level of the central part of the Baikal rift zone - Larisa Tcydypova (Geological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GIN SB RAS), Russian Federation)

11:45 Modern Seismological Network of Nepal - Lok Bijaya Adhikari (National Seismological Centre, Department of Mines and Geology, Kathmandu, Nepal)

11:45 National network data contributions to seismic studies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Rengin Gok (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL))

11:45 The use of Seismological, Geodetic and Infrasound techniques for novel integrated monitoring scheme in Nigeria - Umar Afegbua Kadiri (Ministry of Science and Technology, Abuja, Nigeria)

11:45 Regional tectonic activity and its impact on increasing level earthquakes in Iraq - Saif Kadhim Gatea Al-Behadili (Iraqi National Monitoring Authority, Iraq)
T1.3 - The Oceans and their Properties
T1.3 - The Oceans and their Properties
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T1.3 - The Oceans and their Properties
e-poster session - T1.3 - The Oceans and their Properties
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 A self-consistent estimate of the CTBT IMS hydrophone locations using scientific airgun data from the CEVICHE trial (Chile) - Peter Louring Nielsen (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

09:15 Global hydroacoustic simulations on high-performance computers - Noriyuki Kushida (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

09:30 Modeling of hydroacoustic propagation based on the normal mode-parabolic equation method - De Nan (CTBT Beijing National Data Center, Beijing, China)

09:45 Remote detection of hydroacoustic signals potentially associated with the sinking of SS El Faro using CTBT IMS hydrophone data - Dirk Metz (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC))

10:00 Capability of the IMS hydrophone stations network to characterize low level underwater seismicity, underwater volcanism and iceberg events - Julien Vergoz (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))

10:15 Recording of T-phases from the M7.4 Kermadec Trench earthquake in 2020 at the CTBT IMS HA03 hydrophone station - Tiago Oliveira (University of Aveiro)

10:30 Anthropogenic ocean noise: Mediterranean gateways versus open oceans - Ingo Grevemeyer (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany)

10:45 A theoretical formulation of a 3D acoustic propagation model for stratified oceanic media based on an indirect BEM approach. - Juan D. Gonzalez (Argentinian Navy Research Office, Ministry of Defence, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

11:00 IMS hydroacoustic hydrophone station detections associated with volcanic eruptions at Kadovar Island, Papua New Guinea - Hiroyuki Matsumoto (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC))

11:15 An inverse problem approach for acoustic Transmission Loss estimation from the analysis of signals generated by seismic air-gun arrays. - Igor Prario (Argentinian Navy Research Office, Ministry of Defence, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

11:30 Modular nodes: Design and development of a novel mechanism which enables the repair of individual underwater components in IMS hydrophone stations - Mario Zampolli (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Could short duration broadband signals identified in IMS hydrophone recordings be Right Whale vocalizations? - Mario Zampolli (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

11:45 Acoustic Energy Propagation in the Ocean Along Areas of Strong 4-Dimensional Sound Speed Variability - Emanuel Coelho (Applied Ocean Sciences, LLC)

11:45 Observed laterally reflected hydroacoustic signals generated by underwater impulsive sound sources - Ivana Jukic (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
T5.3 - Capacity Building, Education, Communication and Public Awareness
T5.3 - Capacity Building, Education, Communication and Public Awareness
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T5.3 - Capacity Building, Education, Communication and Public Awareness
e-poster session - T5.3 - Capacity Building, Education, Communication and Public Awareness
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Building effective awareness networks in XXI Century. - Mariana Elizabeth Gordillo (Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

09:15 Improvements of data analysis and capacity building by NDC - Costa Rica using IMS stations and advances in updating NDC-in-box programs - Hairo Villalobos (Observatorio Vulcanologico y Sismologico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI))

09:30 Communication and Public Awareness - Jenifer Mackby (Federation of American Scientists (FAS), USA)

09:45 Nuclear Education and Training of Young Professionals with CTBTO Content. - Grigory Zinovyev (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow, Russian Federation)

10:00 Converging Knowledge and Technology Role on University’s Non-Proliferation Culture - Artur Buzdugan (Technical University of Moldova, Chrisinau, Moldova)

10:15 Summer School in old Nuclear Test site - Meirzhan Temirbayev (Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan)

10:30 Joint Seismic Monitoring Activities In Central Asia - Johannes Schweitzer (Norwegian Seismic Array (NORSAR), Kjeller, Norway)

10:45 CTBT 2026: Scaling up Youth Initiatives - Milana Ozerina (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow, Russian Federation)

11:00 Seismic Hydraulic Diffusivity a tool for Geothermal Exploration - Magdalene Wangui Wanyaga (Marimant Geoexperts Ltd., University of Nairobi, Kenya)

11:15 Challenges toward building a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan - Kuralay Muratbekova (Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan)

11:30 MEPhI Science Diplomacy Club: Building Bridges - Anastasia Kulikova (Institute of International Relations, Moscow, Russian Federation) Varvara Belikova (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhi), National Research Nuclear University, Moscow, Russian Federation)

11:45 OSI Exercises and Training – an Effective Way to Enhance Global Nonproliferation Efforts - Anastasia Shavrova (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

11:45 A book showing the importance of an NDC in Brazil for its better participation in the verification regime of the CTBT - Lucas Barros (Seismological Observatory, University of Brasilia, Brazil)

11:45 Nuclear Harms & Slow Violence: Storytelling as Tool for Change - Lindsey Palmer

11:45 Teaching Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons as Part of CTBT Education: Case of Kazakhstan - Dauren Aben (Eurasian Research Institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan)

11:45 Scientific Promotion Programme for IMS data in Chile - Christopher Celis Huaiquilaf (Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission (Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear))

11:45 Study of Perception of Pacific Islander’s students at Otago University New Zealand about CTBTO - Muhammad Qasim (University of Otago, New Zealand)

11:45 Comparisons between the interactive seismological analysis softwares SEISAN and Geotool: advantages and disadvantages from the Venezuelan NDC perspective - Alejandra Martinez Gonzalez (Fundación Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismológicas (FUNVISIS), Caracas, Venezuela)

11:45 Baseline studies of environmental radioactivity in Nigeria to improve on-site inspection capabilities in regions with elevated radiation levels - Edemanwan Patrick Duke (Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Abuja, Nigeria)

11:45 Nepal in the arena of the CTBT - Deepak Raj Shah Shah (Tribhuvan University, Nepal)

11:45 Pathways Forward: Positioning the CTBT Among Other Arms Control Treaties - Brenna Gautam (Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA)

11:45 15 years achievements as NDC-TN - Noureddine Triqui (Centre National de la Cartographie et de la Teledetection (CNCT), Tunis, Tunisia)

11:45 Analysis of the CTBTO scientific communication using network visualizations - Flor Elisa Trillo-Tinoco (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Environmental consequences of nuclear disaster: 10 years of Fukushima Daiichi meltdown and the role of CTBTO in nuclear emergency response - Sweta Basak (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India)

11:45 CTBTO Youth Group Communications Model - Valeriya Korotchenko (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow, Russian Federation)

11:45 Outreach and Education through Museums and Cultural Centers - Cristopher Allan Cruz Colorado (Santa Monica College, CA, USA)

11:45 Importance of the National Data Centers (NDC) in the ratification of the CTBTO treaty. - Didier Birimwiragi Namogo (Goma Volcano Observatory, Democratic Republic of Congo)

11:45 The Impact of Capacity Building Project on Jordan NDC - Murad Alhomaimat (Jordan Seismological Observatory (JSO), Amman, Jordan)

11:45 CTBTO Youth Academy of Sciences - Kseniia Pirnavskaia (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea)

11:45 Open Day at IMS stations PS19 GERES and IS26 in the Bavarian Forest - J. Ole Ross (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR))

11:45 CTBTO Youth Group as a prime model of track 2 diplomacy: united in science - Marzhan Nurzhan (Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND), Czech Republic)

11:45 Introduce nuclear to the common people culturally by keris - Arief R. Ismuharto (Indonesia Nuclear for Sustainable Benefits Promotor (INSuBP), Indonesia)

11:45 ESD, DRR and SDGs: Finding synergies, creating opportunities - Simon Herteleer (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva, Switzerland)

11:45 Determinants of Public Support for Nuclear Proliferation - Matias Spektor (Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil) Guilherme Fasolin (Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil)

11:45 Integrating realtime CTBTO and local seismic data using SEISAN - Peter Henrik Voss (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS))
10:00 e-poster round table - T1.2 & T5.3
e-poster round table - T1.2 & T5.3
10:00 - 11:00
Room: Stage 1
11:00 Special talk
Special talk
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Location 1
Contributions

11:00 New applications at the IDC for SHI Expert Technical Analysis - Ivan Kitov (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
11:30 Panel discussion
Panel discussion
11:30 - 13:00
Room: Location 1
Contributions

11:30 Lessons from historic nuclear test explosions and value of recorded signals for monitoring science - Rong Song Jih (U.S. Department of State, USA)
Event
Event
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Stage 3
Contributions

11:30 Event 1 on Resilience of the CTBT monitoring regime, including lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis - Thomas Ludwig Hoffmann (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
13:30 Highlight talk
Highlight talk
13:30 - 14:30
Room: Stage 1
Contributions

13:30 Imaging the Earth's Deep Interior using seismic waves - Barbara Romanowicz (University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA)
Oral session
Oral session
13:30 - 15:30
Room: Stage 2
Contributions

13:35 Six months of radioxenon detections by the SPALAX New Generation system near Paris in 2019 - Pascal Achim (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))

13:50 Statistical study of the IMS 133Xe data distributions, using both a parametric and a non-parametric method - Giuseppe Ottaviano (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Italy)

14:05 Statistical study of the Cs-137 detections at RN43 station - Mohamed Mahmoud Mounja (Mauritania National Authority of Radiation, Safety and Nuclear Security (ARSN), Nouakchott, Mauritania)

14:20 First observations of environmental 125Xe, 127Xe, and 129mXe - James Ely (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

14:35 Results of the 3rd ATM-Challenge 2019 - Christian Maurer (GeoSphere Austria)

14:50 Production of Mo-99 without Use of Uranium - James Harvey (NorthStar Medical Technologies, LLC, Beloit, USA)

15:05 3-D electrical imaging of mesoscale rock damage patterns from underground chemical explosions - Tim Johnson (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))
Oral session
Oral session
13:30 - 15:15
Room: Location 3
Contributions

13:34 Role-play simulations as effective participatory learning techniques in science diplomacy education - Elena Tsyvkunova (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow, Russian Federation)

13:49 Scientist and Diplomats On Site! - Gustavo Gonzalez (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile)

14:04 Utilization of CTBT-NDC data in geoscience education of Bangladesh - Mohammad Rajib (Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

14:19 CTBTO Link to the ISC Database as a Tool for Capacity Building and Education - Dmitry Storchak (International Seismological Centre (ISC))

14:34 Knowledge Management in the Context of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) Science and Technology - Marija Sejmenova-Gichevska (Former CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

14:49 Banning Nuclear Tests: The Role of Public Opinion Research - Stephen Herzog (Yale University, CT, USA)
14:30 Invited 25th anniversary talk
Invited 25th anniversary talk
14:30 - 15:30
Room: Stage 1
Contributions

14:30 Challenges and Achievements of Monitoring for Nuclear Test Explosions in the Context of the CTBT - Paul Granston Richards (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University)
15:45 Invited 25th anniversary talk
Invited 25th anniversary talk
15:45 - 16:45
Room: Location 1
Contributions

15:45 The IMS radionuclide network- a unique machine not yet fully exploited - Anders Ringbom (Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI),Stockholm, Sweden)
Oral session
Oral session
15:45 - 17:30
Room: Location 2
Contributions

15:50 Monitoring sub-seafloor deformation in plate subduction zone - Shuichi Kodaira (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC))

16:05 [NO SHOW] Velocity structure of the uppermost mantle beneath the tanzanian craton and the surrounding proterozoic mobile belts from pn tomography - Nada El Tahir (University of Khartoum, Sudan)

16:20 A crustal P-wave velocity model for Israel to improve IMS capabilities in the Middle East - Lewis Schardong (Tel-Aviv University)

16:35 3D Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Simulations In The Sea Of Marmara - Yasemin Korkusuz Öztürk (Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey)

16:50 Teleseismic depth determination, techniques and uncertainties : an Himalayan case study - Marine Laporte (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), France)

17:05 P-wave arrival-time tomography of the Middle East - Ebru Bozdag (Colorado School of Mines, CO, USA)
Oral session
Oral session
15:45 - 17:15
Room: Location 3
Contributions

15:50 Beta-Gamma coincidence radioxenon spectra classification using the convolution neural network (CNN) technique - Sepideh A. Azimi (Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Tehran, Iran)

16:05 Markov Chain Monte Carlo Estimate of Origin Error for Seismic, Hydroacoustic, Infrasound Events in NET-VISA - Nimar Arora (Bayesian Logic, CA, USA)

16:20 Emulation of seismic-phase travel times using the Deep Learning Travel Time (DeLTTa) method - Stephen Myers (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL))

16:35 Identification of repeating seismic events using non-linear dimensionality reduction - Yuri Bregman (Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne, Israel)

16:50 Using machine learning to detect and characterize long-range infrasound signals from high explosives - Alex Witsil (University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA)
16:45 Special talk
Special talk
16:45 - 17:15
Room: Location 1
Contributions

16:45 Advancements in Atmospheric Transport Modelling (ATM) at the CTBTO PTS during the past two decades and plans for the future. - Jolanta Kusmierczyk-Michulec (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
17:15 Panel discussion
Panel discussion
17:15 - 18:45
Room: Location 1
Contributions

17:15 Innovation affecting CTBT: pertinent to IMS monitoring system (sensors) - Nurcan Meral Ozel (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
Event
Event
17:15 - 18:15
Room: Stage 3
Contributions

17:15 Event 2 on Resilience of the CTBT monitoring regime, including lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis - Stefka Stefanova (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
17:30 Oral session
Oral session
17:30 - 18:30
Room: Stage 2
Contributions

17:35 Analysis Of Historical Seismograms Of Central Asia Stations To Precise The Parameters Of Nuclear Tests At Lop Nor Test Site - Kevin Mackey (Michigan State University (MSU))

17:50 Using historical data to improve analysis of nuclear testing - Stephanie Neuscamman (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL))

18:05 Overview on historic atmospheric radionuclide monitoring data associated with nuclear test explosions conducted between 1964 and 1996 - Martin B. Kalinowski (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
18:15 CTBTO Youth Group SnT 2021 Fireside Chats 1
CTBTO Youth Group SnT 2021 Fireside Chats 1
18:15 - 19:15
Room: Stage 3
Contributions

18:15 CTBTO Youth Group SnT 2021 Fireside Chats 1
18:30 Special talk
Special talk
18:30 - 19:00
Room: Stage 2
Contributions

18:30 Review and outlook of radionuclide screening methods for discriminating nuclear explosion signals from normal radioactivity background in the atmosphere - Theodore Bowyer (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))
Wednesday 30 June 2021

09:00 e-poster round table - T2.4
e-poster round table - T2.4
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Stage 2

e-poster round table - T2.1 & T2.5
e-poster round table - T2.1 & T2.5
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Stage 1

T2.1 - Characterization of Treaty-Relevant Events
T2.1 - Characterization of Treaty-Relevant Events
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T2.1 - Characterization of Treaty-Relevant Events
e-poster session - T2.1 - Characterization of Treaty-Relevant Events
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Lessons from OSI field tests and exercises for the development of contextualized geophysical survey strategies and methods - Sam Toon (Arete Services Ltd, Newcastle, United Kingdom)

09:15 Discrimination of seismic events (2006 to 2020) in North Korea using P/Lg amplitude ratios from regional stations and a bivariate discriminant function - Rigobert Tibi (Sandia National Laboratories (SNL))

09:30 Event Analysis of CTBT Relevant Radionuclides Detected in the Nordic Region 2020 - Ian Hoffman (Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada) Pawel Mekarski (Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada)

09:45 Forensic Event Analyses at the Turkish NDC - Korhan Umut Semin (Bogazici University)

10:00 Data-based kernel density equations for probability distributions of CTBT-relevant radioxenon isotopes at IMS stations in normal background from nuclear facilities and as simulated from underground nuclear explosions - Martin B. Kalinowski (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

10:15 Improving the Resolution of the Isotropic Seismic Moment Tensor using Rotational Ground Motions - Stefanie Donner (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR))

10:30 UK National Data Centre: Radionuclide Event Analysis - Matthew Goodwin (Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston)

10:45 Atmospheric Transport Modelling for potential releases and detections possibly connected with announced DPRK nuclear tests - J. Ole Ross (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR))

11:00 Rapid and automated full seismic source characterization: seismic monitoring application for the North Korean region - Aurelie Guilhem Trilla (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))

11:15 Simulations of the long-term evolution of Ar-39 produced in an underground nuclear explosion - Justin Lowrey (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

11:30 Using publicly available non-seismic constraints to estimate the yield of a large explosion in Beirut, Lebanon - Ileana Tibuleac (Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC))

11:45 An array of noble gas samplers suspended at various heights from light gas-filled balloons hard wired to the ground to bolster the efforts of an On-Site Inspection team - Ankit Mishra (Ministry of Science & Technology, New Dehli, India)

11:45 Nuclear Debris Characterization by Fission Isotope Assessment - Andrius Puzas (Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania)

11:45 Three-dimensional space analysis of radioxenon isotopic activity ratios for characterizing a nuclear event in comparison to civilian releases from fission and activation - Kassoum Yamba (Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) Martin B. Kalinowski (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

11:45 Connecting underground nuclear explosion gas-release ranges as aggregated from a set of scenarios with IMS radioxenon observations for evaluating isotopic activity ratios as indicators of a nuclear test - Martin B. Kalinowski (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)
T2.2 - Challenges of On-Site Inspection
T2.2 - Challenges of On-Site Inspection
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T2.2 - Challenges of On-Site Inspection
e-poster session - T2.2 - Challenges of On-Site Inspection
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Application of visualized 3-D simulation platform to OSI operation management and decision making support - Peng Li (Hope Investment Development Corp. Ltd., Beijing, China)

09:15 Unfolding Directional Aerial Radiation Survey Maps to enable Extrapolation and Improved Precision - Laurel Sinclair (Canadian Hazards Information Service, Natural Resources Canada)

09:30 Operations Support Centre during Preparations for an On-Site Inspection - Julius Kozma (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

09:45 Radiation hardened RFID solution to OSI samples Chain-of-Custody - Peng Li (Hope investment Development Corp. Ltd., Beijing, China)

10:00 COVID-19 Protocols, preventive measures, and recommendations for On-Site Inspection. - Marcelo Alejandro Fernandez (Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (ARN))

10:45 Update on the OSI airborne techniques simulator - Aled Rowlands (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria) Kornél Szalay (NAIK Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Gödöllő, Hungary)

11:00 A Compact Portable Cognitive Satellite Communication System for OSI - Peng Li (Hope investment Development Corp. Ltd., Beijing, China)

11:15 EIMO - the equipment and instrumentation management system for OSI - Aled Rowlands (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

11:30 Combined Ground Magnetic and Very Low Frequency Electromagnetic (VLF-EM) Investigations for Gold Exploration around Ihale in Bunnu-Kabba Area of Kogi, north-central Nigeria - Olawale Osinowo (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)

11:45 Geophysical Characterizations of Unconsolidated Sediments for Geotechnical Studies at Bhadrapur Municipality Area of South-east Nepal - Rajendra Prasad Bhandari (Department of Mines and Geology (DMG), Kathmandu, Nepal)

11:45 OSI Hybrid Power Integration for Base of Operations - Alana Campbell (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Improving environmental radioactivity monitoring by the use of shielded portable HPGe detector - Antonietta Rizzo (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA))

11:45 Radioactive signs at tunnel portals after underground nuclear tests at Semipalatinsk Test Site - Yurii Dubasov (Khlopin Radium Institute, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)

11:45 Commercially used ground penetrating radar’s customized application to OSI - Peng Li (Hope investment Development Corp. Ltd., Beijing, China)
T2.3 - Seismoacoustic Sources in Theory and Practice
T2.3 - Seismoacoustic Sources in Theory and Practice
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T2.3 - Seismoacoustic Sources in Theory and Practice
e-poster session - T2.3 - Seismoacoustic Sources in Theory and Practice
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Seismo-acoustic analysis of Mw 4.2 mining induced earthquake nearby Kiruna, Sweden - Antoine L. Turquet (NORSAR)

09:15 An Integrated Study of Seismic and Infrasound for Detecting Non-Tectonic Earthquakes in Indonesia - Aldilla Damayanti Purnama Ratri (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Jakarta, Indonesia)

09:30 Identifying and tracking regional storms with infrasound data - Marcell Pasztor (Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary)

09:45 Infrasonic Signatures of 1001 Rocket Launches for Space Missions - Peter Gaebler (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR))

10:00 Infrasound Records And Data Analysis For The South Indian Ocean Fireball On March 4, 2020 - Murad Alhomaimat (Jordan Seismological Observatory (JSO), Jordan)

10:15 High frequency events detected by I33MG - Tahina Rakotoarisoa (Institute and Observatory of Geophysics of Antananarivo (IOGA), Madagascar)

10:30 Near ground explosion - monitoring with a mobile infrasound array and seismic sensors - Ulrike Mitterbauer (Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), Vienna, Austria)

10:45 Seismoacoustic measurements of surface explosions in Sweden - Carl Fredrik Hellesen (Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI),Stockholm, Sweden)

11:00 Stromboli volcano eruption 2019-07-03 and atmospheric influence on the detection capability on the infrasound stations. - Abdelouaheb Agrebi (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:15 Negative isotropic seismic moment tensors, migrating and cyclic seismicity during the 2018 summit collapse at Kilauea caldera - Celso Alvizuri (University of Lausanne)

11:30 Seismoacoustic observations using a seismic array on an ice floe - Dmitriy Presnov (Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Moscow, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation)

11:45 QSDA (Quality Seismic Data Assessment): On line Web Base of Power Spectral Density for Seismic Noise Quantification - Supriyanto Rohadi (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Jakarta, Indonesia)

11:45 Infrasound at Costa Rica - Ronnie Quintero (Observatorio Vulcanologico y Sismologico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI))

11:45 Finding repeating mining events using waveform cross correlation at seismic and infrasound IMS stations - Ivan Kitov (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Use of small-aperture, near-source seismoacoustic arrays in characterizing low-yield chemical explosive sources - Claire Perry (Canadian National Data Centre, Natural Resources Canada)

11:45 Events Location Using Spectrum From Seismoacoustic Data Of Telesiesmic Stations - Uchenna Onwuhaka Madu (Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, Abuja, Nigeria)

11:45 Infrasound Bulletin from local and regional sources by the NDC of Costa Rica between 2018 and 2020 and integration of data from I20EC, I51GB, I08BR, I09BR (IMS) infrasound stations with local volcanic infrasound monitoring networks and portable array I69CR (CTBTO) - Hairo Villalobos (Observatorio Vulcanologico y Sismologico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI))

11:45 Discrimination of quarry blasts using a complex of seismic and infrasound data in Kazakhstan - Alexandr Smirnov (Institute of Geophysical Research, Almaty, Kazakhstan)

11:45 Air and ground vibrations from explosions on the Earth’s surface - Michelle Grobbelaar (Council for Geoscience)

11:45 Armenian Seismic Network and Earthquake Catalogue - Sos Margaryan (Armenian National Survey for Seismic Protection (NSSP), Armenia)

11:45 The 7th July 2011 Abadan, Turkmenistan explosions: A seismoacoustic analysis - Stuart Nippress (Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Blacknest)

11:45 Generation of S-waves by scattering and conversion revealed by large-N array data - Arben Pitarka (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL))

11:45 Microseismic Activity in Armenian Upland - Sos Margaryan (Armenian National Survey for Seismic Protection (NSSP), Armenia)

11:45 Bulletin of Iraqi NDC events analysis - Yasameen Hameed Shamkhi (Iraqi National Monitoring Authority, Iraq)

11:45 Characteristics Review for Underwater Explosions based on Depth and Source Types - So Gu Kim (Korea Seismological Institute, Republic of Korea)

11:45 Remote hydroacoustic and infrasonic detection and characterization of eruptive activity leading to, during, and following the December 2018 major flank collapse and tsunami at Anak Krakatau - Kaelynn Rose (University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB))

11:45 Source Detection and Risk Evaluation of Ru-106 Event of 2017 in Europe - Efem Bilgic (Dokuz Eylul University)

11:45 Understanding mb Variations: The Implications of a Global IMS - Jessica Keeble (AWE Blacknest, Reading, United Kingdom)

11:45 Examples from data analysis integrating IMS/IDC data with local seismic data in SEISAN - Tine Larsen (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark)

11:45 ThunderSeis: Seismic analysis of thunder signals recorded at the Gaisberg mountain, Austria - Artemii Novoselov (University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
T2.4 - Atmospheric and Subsurface Radionuclide Background and Dispersion
T2.4 - Atmospheric and Subsurface Radionuclide Background and Dispersion
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T2.4 - Atmospheric and Subsurface Radionuclide Background and Dispersion
e-poster session - T2.4 - Atmospheric and Subsurface Radionuclide Background and Dispersion
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 An investigation on the IMS noble gas stations network coverage: 2015-2019 - Hamed Abdollahnejad (Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Tehran, Iran)

09:15 Isotopic transport variation as a function of environmental conditions - Michael Foxe (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

09:30 NPE19 source term reconstruction based on radionuclide monitoring result - Yungang Zhao (CTBT Beijing National Data Centre and Beijing Radionuclide Laboratory)

09:45 Characterization of radioxenon global background between 2015 and 2020 - Mohammed Yehia Taha Ahmed Elbahrawy (National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Helwan, Egypt)

10:00 Source reconstruction from dry and wet deposition measurements - Max Schönlank (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), Mol, Belgium)

10:15 Preliminary analysis results of ongoing temporary radioxenon background measurement campaign in Japan - Jonathan Bare (CTBTO Preparatory Commission) Jana Meresova (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

10:30 Global radioxenon emission inventory 2014 from all types of nuclear facilities - Martin B. Kalinowski (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

10:45 Non-parametric study of the radioxenon data distribution, measured at the noble gas stations of the International Monitoring System of the CTBTO - Giuseppe Ottaviano (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA))

11:00 Sub soil measurements in Sweden of radioxenon and radioargon - Mattias Aldener (Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI),Stockholm, Sweden)

11:15 How to Use the FLEXPART Model in Atmospheric Transport Modelling Challenges - Petra Seibert (University of Vienna)

11:30 Atmospheric and Subsurface Radionuclide Background and Dispersion - Aliaksei Pazdniakou (Sorbonne Université, Paris, France)

11:45 Atmospheric Transport Model Applied to the Design of Nuclear Facilities - Mariana Alessi (INVAP (Investigaciones Aplicadas) S.E.)

11:45 Modeling of atmospheric dispersion and radiation dose for a hypothetical accident in a radioisotope production facility - Hesham Elkhatib (Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt)

11:45 Shielding of radiation from atmospheric dispersion resulting from a radiological accident - Rodrigo Curzio (Military Engineering Institute, Brazil)

11:45 Applications in CFD in nuclear emergency response decisions - Carlos Eduardo Santos Bonfim (CBRN Defence Institute (Brazilian Army), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

11:45 Simulating Xe-133 concentrations at IMS noble-gas-stations, using operational stack emission data from the medical isotope production facility of Fleurus - Andy Delcloo (Royal Meteorological Institute, Belgium)

11:45 Development of New Methods for Measuring Concentration Activities I-131 Using Direct and Indirect Methods in Radioisotope Production Stacks, in the Environment and in Settlements (Indoor and Outdoor) - Gatot Suhariyono (Indonesia National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN), Jakarta, Indonesia)

11:45 Source-Term Estimation of the CTBT relevant radionuclides using EgNDC-SRC and Webgrape Software. - Sayed Mekhaimer (National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Cairo, Egypt)

11:45 Evaluating the added value of multi-input atmospheric transport ensemble modeling for applications of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) - Christian Maurer (GeoSphere Austria)

11:45 Radionuclides Cs137 and Sr90 in mussel population from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. - Flavio Da Costa Fernandes (Admiral Paulo Moreira Marine Research Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

11:45 How can we determine the origin of radionuclide observations? Presenting the Bayesian source reconstruction algorithm "FREAR" - Pieter De Meutter (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN))

11:45 Comparative study of the transient and steady state thermal hydraulics analysis of the Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) core of Ghana Research Reactor-1 (GHARR-1) - Prince Amoah (Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Ghana)

11:45 Modeling plume dispersion for near ground explosion scenarios in the framework of a decision support system - Alexander Hieden (GeoSphere Austria)

11:45 Investigation of Xe-135 observations at IMS noble gas systems generated by neutron activation and its relevance for nuclear explosion monitoring - Martin B. Kalinowski (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Search for small temporal modulations of half-lives of radionuclides in the IMS Quality Control data - Gabor David (Brookhaven National Laboratory (SNARE), Upton, NY, USA )

11:45 STAX Project – Data data analysis and interactive data access - Matthias Auer (Instrumental Software Technologies Inc. (ISTI), Saratogo Springs, NY, USA)

11:45 Baseline assessment of radionuclides and heavy metals in groundwater, surface water and soil along with their potential human health risk in the vicinity of Rooppur nuclear power plant, Bangladesh - Tasrina Rabia Choudhury (Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

11:45 XENAH: Xenon Environmental Nuclide Analysis at Hartlepool - Brian Milbrath (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

11:45 Spatial and Temporal Variation of the Anthropogenic Radionuclides Cs-137 and Cs-134 in Ground-Level Air Samples by IMS Stations Located on the African Continent - Dorice Rashid Seif (Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission (TAEC), Arusha, Tanzania)

11:45 Characterizing the background variability of radionuclides at International Monitoring System stations - Donald Lucas (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL))

11:45 Devices to reduce the emission of radioactive noble gases into the environment - Eduardo Carlos Carranza (Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica de Argentina, Argentina)

11:45 A study of the radioxenon background and potential sources at the IMS station SEX63, Sweden - Mattias Aldener (Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Stockholm, Sweden)

11:45 Parametric study of the radioxenon data distribution, measured at the noble gas stations of the International Monitoring System of the CTBTO - Giuseppe Ottaviano (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA))

11:45 Effect of 2020 Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Wildfires on the IMS Radionuclide Stations Network - Seokryung Yoon (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Analysis of Atmospheric Radioxenon Detections in the UK - Matthew Goodwin (Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston)

11:45 Ultra-sensitive gamma-spectrometry measurements of environmental samples from the Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station - Jonathan Burnett (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

11:45 Comparison of modelled atmospheric radionuclides from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident with CTBTO station measurements. - Theodoros Christoudias (The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus)

11:45 First results with INVAP STAX monitor - Federico Fernandez Baldis (INVAP (Investigaciones Aplicadas) S.E.)
T2.5 - Historical Data from Nuclear Test Monitoring
T2.5 - Historical Data from Nuclear Test Monitoring
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T2.5 - Historical Data from Nuclear Test Monitoring
e-poster session - T2.5 - Historical Data from Nuclear Test Monitoring
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Digitization of Soviet Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Seismograms - Kevin Mackey (Michigan State University (MSU))

09:15 Seismicity of the Caucasus region: a comprehensive, revised catalog for 1951-2019 - Barbara Czecze (Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary)

09:30 Producing High Quality Digitizations from Historical Analog Seismograms of Nuclear Explosions - Kaitlynn Burkhard (Michigan State University (MSU))

09:45 Applying calibrations to digitized historical analog seismograms of nuclear explosions and other important events - Kevin Mackey (Michigan State University (MSU))

10:00 70-years contribution of “Borovoye” Geophysical Observatory into nuclear explosions monitoring - Dilyara Bekbulatova (National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan)

10:15 Quantitative research using digitized historic short-period nuclear explosion seismograms - Luis Bernardo Martinetti (Michigan State University (MSU))

10:30 Large chemical explosions of the Soviet period on the territory of Kazakhstan as ground truth events - Inna Sokolova (Institute of Geophysical Research, Almaty, Kazakhstan)

10:45 The Travel-Time Curve For The Region Of The East Tien Shan By The Records Of Historical Seismograms Of UNE From The Lop Nor Test Site Area - Irina Aristova (National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan)

11:00 A Unified Seismic Bulletin of Central Asia Using Legacy Data - Anna Berezina (Institute of Seismology, National Academy of Science, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)

11:15 A comprehensive earthquake catalog in Central Asia - Istvan Bondar (Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences)

11:30 Reconstructing nuclear events from annually laminated lake sediments in Northern Finland - Ari-Pekka Leppanen (Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK))
10:00 e-poster round table - T2.2 & T2.3
e-poster round table - T2.2 & T2.3
10:00 - 11:00
Room: Stage 1
11:00 Oral session
Oral session
11:00 - 12:45
Room: Location 2
Contributions

11:05 Impact of environmental backgrounds on atmospheric monitoring of nuclear explosions: selected results - Harry Miley (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA, USA)

11:20 Radioxenon isotopic ratios from activation of stable xenon in releases from nuclear facilities in relation to fission sources visualized in multi-isotope-ratio plots - Pouneh Tayyebi (Iran Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Tehran, Iran)

11:35 Novel IDC software applications for Radionuclide data analysis - Abdelhakim Gheddou (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:55 Multicomponent seismic arrays: demonstrating their potential for improved event detection and characterisation - Claire Labonne (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), France )

12:10 Regional waveform-correlation detection and location, for seismic events in and near Mongolia - David P. Schaff (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University)

12:25 Comparing three-dimensional velocity models for seismic location accuracy using a consistent travel time framework - Michael L. Begnaud (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL))
Oral session
Oral session
11:00 - 12:15
Room: Location 1
Contributions

11:06 Performance of the Global Seismographic Network (GSN) During COVID: Challenges and Opportunities - Katrin Hafner (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS))

11:21 Seismic Monitoring in Canada During COVID - David McCormack (Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada)

11:36 Maintaining Operational Capability During COVID-19 - Noor Al-Alami (General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS))

11:51 Operation of the IMS network during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Challenges and Solutions - Thomas Ludwig Hoffmann (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
11:30 Invited 25th anniversary talk
Invited 25th anniversary talk
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Stage 3
Contributions

11:30 The CTBT Hydroacoustic Network at 25 years - Martin Lawrence (Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Sydney, Australia)
13:15 Panel discussion
Panel discussion
13:15 - 14:15
Room: Location 1
Contributions

13:15 Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis as a Resilience of the CTBT monitoring regime - Stefka Stefanova (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
13:30 International Gender Champions - CTBTO Youth Group
International Gender Champions - CTBTO Youth Group
13:30 - 14:30
Room: Stage 3
Contributions

13:30 International Gender Champions and Youth - Collaboration for Successful Outcomes
Oral session
Oral session
13:30 - 14:45
Room: Location 2
Contributions

13:35 Potential Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for On-Site Inspection - Dmitrii Sagaradze (All-Russian Scientific Research Institute Of Technical Physics (VNIITF), Russian Federation)

13:50 Provisioning and updating distributed software systems in network-isolated environments - Oleksandr Shabelnyk (Technische Universität, Vienna, Austria)

14:05 [NO SHOW]Geophysical modeling mathematical software - Sofya Bukhalina (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow, Russian Federation)

14:20 Electrical Resistivity Tomography Geophysical Technique for Mapping Base Metal and Gold Mineralization Potential in Iperindo, Ilesha Schist Belt, Southwestern Nigeria - Olawale Osinowo (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
14:15 Special talk
Special talk
14:15 - 14:45
Room: Location 1
Contributions

14:15 Machine learning prospects for automatic SHI processing - Christos Saragiotis (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
14:30 Oral session
Oral session
14:30 - 16:15
Room: Location 3
Contributions

14:35 Update on Xe adsorbent development at CEA/DAM - Gabriel Couchaux (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))

14:50 Radiation Detection for OSI – The Influence of Firmware on Detector Performance - Monika Risse (Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis (INT))

15:05 Detecting underground nuclear explosion-related dynamic phenomena using time-lapse seismic surveying - Shaji Mathew (Heriot-Watt University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom)

15:20 Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing and its Potential Application for IMS Hydroacoustic Stations - Geoffrey Cram (University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA)

15:35 An external calibrator system for the Hyperion Sensors - Carrick Talmadge (National Center for Physical Acoustics (NCPA), University of Mississippi)

15:50 Innovative on-site infrasound metrology conducted in 2019 and 2020 - Paul Vincent (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))
14:45 Panel discussion
Panel discussion
14:45 - 16:15
Room: Location 1
Contributions

14:45 Innovation affecting CTBT: pertinent to IDC data analysis; needs, ideas and implementation pathways - Megan Slinkard (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
Oral session
Oral session
14:45 - 16:15
Room: Location 2
Contributions

14:49 Signal injection as a means to exercise the entire CTBT monitoring regime - Steven Kreek (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL))

15:04 National Data Centre Preparedness Exercise (NPE) 2019 - Scenario Design and Expert Technical Analysis - J. Ole Ross (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR))

15:19 Seismic Network Geometry Optimization Using a Fully Automated Stochastic Method - Saeed Soltani Moghadam (International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran)

15:34 Bayesian localization of infrasound events with propagation metamodels - Christophe Millet (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))

15:49 Metrology for low-frequency sound and vibration: A introduction to the Infra-AUV project. - Thomas Bruns (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany)
16:30 Special talk
Special talk
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Location 1
Contributions

16:30 Advancements in hydroacoustic signal processing at CTBT IDC during the past two decades and plans in the future - Ronan Le Bras (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
Oral session
Oral session
16:30 - 19:15
Room: Location 2
Contributions

16:35 Modeling atmospheric transport and dispersion over complex terrain - David Wiersema (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL))

16:50 Multi-disciplinary characterization of the June 2019 eruptions of Raikoke (Kuril Islands) and Ulawun (Papua New Guinea) volcanoes using remote technologies - Kathleen McKee (Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, USA)

17:05 Reflection on the importance of IMS-like infrasound stations in volcanologically active areas - Benoit Taisne (Nanyang Technological University, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore)

17:20 Global microbarom patterns: infrasound ambient noise modelling vs IMS observation database - Marine De Carlo (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France)

17:35 The Coherent Infrasound Wavefield: New IMS Broadband Bulletin Products for Atmospheric Studies and Civilian Applications - Patrick Hupe (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR))

17:50 Obtaining the infrasound bulletin for IS08 - Gonzalo Antonio Fernandez (Observatorio San Calixto) Bastien Joly (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), France)
Oral session
Oral session
16:30 - 18:15
Room: Location 3
Contributions

16:35 [NO SHOW]Role of CTBTO in strengthening preparedness for Disaster Risk Mitigation: A Study of Prospects and Challenges - Sweta Basak (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Dehli, India)

16:50 CTBTO to manage earthquake short-term risks - Farzad Azima (Earling Ltd, London, United Kingdom)

17:05 [WITHDRAWN] Recent Seismicity of the West African Region - Paulina Ekua Amponsah (Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Accra, Ghana)

17:20 The 2015 Earthquake Swarm of Fentale Volcano: Multi-hazard Threat for Ethiopia’s Access to the Coast - Atalay Ayele (Addis Ababa University (AAU))

17:35 The sound of melting glaciers in Greenland in a changing climate - Läslo Evers (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI))

17:50 The Value of Open Data from Globally Distributed Geophysical Instrumentation Networks - Robert Woodward (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS))
17:00 Highlight talk
Highlight talk
17:00 - 18:00
Room: Location 3
Contributions

17:00 Improving ocean monitoring through the expansion of the global seismographic network on the seafloor - John Orcutt (University of California, San Diego, CA, USA)
18:00 CTBTO Youth Group – Group of Eminent Persons Mentoring Session (by invitation)
CTBTO Youth Group – Group of Eminent Persons Mentoring Session (by invitation)
18:00 - 19:15
Contributions

18:00 Group of Eminent Persons - CTBTO Youth Group Mentoring Session - Maria Chepurina (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)
Thursday 1 July 2021

09:00 e-poster round table - T3.1
e-poster round table - T3.1
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Stage 1

T3.1 - Design of Sensor Systems and Advanced Sensor Technologies
T3.1 - Design of Sensor Systems and Advanced Sensor Technologies
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T3.1 - Design of Sensor Systems and Advanced Sensor Technologies
e-poster session - T3.1 - Design of Sensor Systems and Advanced Sensor Technologies
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 The Swedish Radioxenon CUBE Array – operational experience and first data - Anders Ringbom (Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Stockholm, Sweden)

09:15 Investigation of the sorption and separation characteristics of materials for argon extraction and processing - Roman Alexandrov (All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics named after N.L. Dukhov (VNIIA), Moscow, Russian Federation)

09:30 Commercial Automatic Weather Station Solution to IMS/OSI - Peng Li (Hope investment Development Corp. Ltd., Beijing, China)

09:45 Large Surface Detector System for the Contamination Evaluation of Air Filters - Erica Fanchini (CAEN (Costruzioni Apparecchiature Elettroniche Nucleari) S.p.A.)

10:00 Combination of “Open source architecture” and “Compress Sensing” makes next generation of geophysical equipment - Ali Seif Pour Abolhassani (Geopersian Company, Iran)

10:15 CalxPy: a software for the calibration of geophysical systems against a reference - Benoit Doury (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

10:30 Thermal equilibration of Hyperion infrasound sensors - Bion John Merchant (Sandia National Laboratories (SNL))

10:45 Ukrainian infrasound network - current state and short-term perspective - Oleksandr Liashchuk (Main Centre of Special Monitoring, State Space Agency of Ukraine, Godorok, Ukraine)

11:00 Levels of background seismic noise in Venezuela with an emphasis in the AS117 and AS118 IMS stations - José Tomás Del Castillo (Fundación Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismológicas (FUNVISIS), Caracas, Venezuela)

11:15 Fiber-optic gyroscope to catch ground motion: a short review of blueSeis use - Frédéric Guattari (iXblue)

11:30 Current PTS Activities Related to Low-Cost Infrasound Sensors - Alfred Kramer (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Past and future developments of noble gas detection systems at CEA/DAM - Sylvain Topin (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))

11:45 The second generation of precision small-sized temperature sensors: measurement and take in account the internal temperature of seismic instruments - Valentin Gravirov (Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation)

11:45 Design of Wind Noise Reduction System and Technique Application - Clement Bednarowicz (Enviroearth)

11:45 The second generation of precision small-sized temperature sensors: investigation of thermal fields near the Elbrus volcano on the basis of the North Caucasus Geophysical Observatory - Valentin Gravirov (Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation)

11:45 Analysis and Design of Wide Spectral Imaging Spectrometer for CTBT OSI - Peng Li (Hope investment Development Corp. Ltd., Beijing, China)

11:45 Upgrading the Detection System of the MIKS (TKAS6) Xenon Isotope Monitoring Complex during Preparation for the International Certification - Mikhail Chernov (All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics named after N.L. Dukhov (VNIIA), Moscow, Russian Federation)

11:45 Hydroacoustic observations using Distributed Acoustic Sensing technology on a fiber-optic submarine cable - Hiroyuki Matsumoto (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC))

11:45 Tests and Performances of a Special Identifier of Nuclear Threats and SNM in Realistic Scenarios - Giacomo Mangiagalli (CAEN (Costruzioni Apparecchiature Elettroniche Nucleari) S.p.A.)

11:45 Xenon International Acceptance Test Phase 1 - James Hayes (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

11:45 FSUE VNIIA contribution to the development of CTBT related technologies - Gleb Zasimov (All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics named after N.L. Dukhov (VNIIA), Moscow, Russian Federation)

11:45 Design and production of Shaking Table for testing velocity meter and accelerometer in Iran - Ali Masihi (Geopersian Company, Iran)

11:45 Timing Board: a new module for very low-consumption timing applications - Jean-Christophe Lictevout (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))

11:45 Development of a first-look cadmium zinc telluride detector for the Radionuclide Aerosol Sampler Analyzer - Jonathan Burnett (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

11:45 Infrasound and electromagnetic sensor array in several configurations for monitoring active volcanoes in Ecuador - Wilson Enriquez Lopez (Instituto Geofísico de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional (IGEPN))

11:45 Technology For Disaster Resilience: Low-Cost Weather Station - Hemu Kafle (Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences (KIAS), Nepal)

11:45 Resolving complex infrasound wavefields using a dense array - Jacob Anderson (Boise State University, USA)

11:45 Development of an ultra-sensitive gamma-gamma coincidence system for radionuclide measurements at International Monitoring System stations - Manish Sharma (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

11:45 Study of materials for improved adsorption of xenon at IMS radionuclide stations - Christophe Gueibe (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN))

11:45 Low-level 140Ba measurements on high-volume air filters using gamma coincidence systems - Judah Friese (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

11:45 An approach for determination of suspended mass displacements in seismometry - Anooshiravan Ansari (International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran)

11:45 Development of a radioxenon detector with a high-resolution beta detector - Michael Foxe (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

11:45 Measurement of gaseous fission products on an electron-photon coincidence detector system - Matthew Goodwin (Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston)

11:45 4-Mode GNSS Solution to OSI - Fuliang Chen (Space Star Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing, China)

11:45 Added value of low-cost seismic and infrasound sensors to local monitoring - Maria-Theresia Apoloner (Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), Vienna, Austria)

11:45 A new damping system for seismic sensors based on the eddy currents - Shamseddin Esmaeili (Razi University of Kermanshah)

11:45 Maintaining IMS particulate radioactivity measurement capabilities – integration of a next generation automated air sampler – Cinderella G2 - Aleksandr Tarasov (CTBTO Preparatory Commission) Richard Britton (CTBTO Preparatory Commission) Nikolaus Helmut Hermanspahn (CTBTO Preparatory Commission) Bernd Wernsperger (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

11:45 Microbarometer for infrasound monitoring systems - Oleg Indrishenok (All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics named after N.L. Dukhov (VNIIA), Moscow, Russian Federation)

11:45 Ice geo-hydroacoustic buoy: first field test results - Valentin Gravirov (Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation)

11:45 Electrostatic Precipitator Integration into RASA 2.0 for Radionuclide Particle Collection - Michael E. Swanwick (Creare LLC)

11:45 Metrology of rotational seismometry - Konstantin Kislov (Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics (IEPT RAS), Moscow, Russian Federation)

11:45 Making the best use of pixel silicon detector for radioxenon traces measurement: a simulation study - Olivier Delaune (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))

11:45 Major Upgrade of the I31KZ: Learning the Lessons of the Past and Keeping up with the State of the Art - Alexandr Smirnov (Institute of Geophysical Research, Almaty, Kazakhstan)

11:45 Design Scientist - Cansun Guralp (Gaiacode Ltd)

11:45 A comparison of gamma spectrometry detectors for analysis of IMS samples. - Jeaneth Thokozile Kabini (South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA), South Africa)

11:45 A coherent gas-combustion infrasound source - Chad Smith (Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA)

11:45 Coincidence Detector System Configurations for Particulate Stations of the IMS Network - Richard Britton (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
T3.2 - Laboratories Including Transportable and Field Based Facilities
T3.2 - Laboratories Including Transportable and Field Based Facilities
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T3.2 - Laboratories Including Transportable and Field Based Facilities
e-poster session - T3.2 - Laboratories Including Transportable and Field Based Facilities
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Modification of OSI radioxenon processing system - Chongyang Zhou (Peking University)

09:15 Proficiency Test Exercises (PTE) : Bringing Certainty into Uncertainty - Nikolaus Helmut Hermanspahn (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

09:30 Design considerations and layout of the new OSI Field Laboratory - Robin Riedmann (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

09:45 Introducing Mobile SPALAX NG version - Axelle Gourgues (CEGELEC Defense)
T3.3 - Remote Sensing, Imagery and Data Acquisition Platforms
T3.3 - Remote Sensing, Imagery and Data Acquisition Platforms
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T3.3 - Remote Sensing, Imagery and Data Acquisition Platforms
e-poster session - T3.3 - Remote Sensing, Imagery and Data Acquisition Platforms
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Remote sensing monitoring of earthquakes in Sudan with Land Surface Temperature - Hanan Mohammed Elawad Elhassan (Sensing and Seismology Authority, National Center for Research, Khartoum, Sudan)

09:15 Detecting nuclear activities using geospatial systems platforms - Okhala Muacanhia (National Institute of Mines, Mozambique)

09:30 Use of Remote Sensing Technologies for Strengthening Verification Regime - Syed Muhammad Ayub Shah (National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan)

09:45 Study of Ionospheric Total Electron Content (TEC) Variations before The 2019 M 6.9 Sunda Strait Earthquake in Indonesia - Ali Azimi (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Jakarta, Indonesia)

10:00 Commercial Nano Satellite Constellation’s application to Multilateral Arms Control Verification - Peng Li (Hope investment Development Corp. Ltd., Beijing, China)

10:15 Change Detection in Satellite Image using the Pixel Subtraction Method for Event Verification - Prince Larbi Akor (Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), Accra, Ghana)

10:30 Deformation Identification Using DinSAR Multi Temporal Analysis and Gravity Method in Supporting Infrastructure Development - Aprilia Puspita (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Jakarta, Indonesia)

10:45 Extending the infrasonic array from the stratosphere with multi-member ensemble, long duration, high altitude balloon constellation - Nick Craine (Stratodynamics Inc., ON, Canada)

11:00 Commercial Cost-Efficiency UAV for OSI Trainings and Exercises - Peng Li (Hope investment Development Corp. Ltd., Beijing, China)
T3.5 - Data Analysis Algorithms
T3.5 - Data Analysis Algorithms
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T3.5 - Data Analysis Algorithms
e-poster session - T3.5 - Data Analysis Algorithms
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Automatic Classification of Particulate Radionuclide Spectra - Tryggvi Edwald (Independent Researcher, Vienna, Austria)

09:15 ARMD-a suite of Analysis System for CTBT Radionuclide Monitoring Data - Xinjun Zhang (CTBT Beijing National Data Centre and Beijing Radionuclide Laboratory)

09:30 The on-site inspection area coordinate determination method - Igor Rybin (Special Monitoring Service (SMS), Ministry of Defence, Moscow, Russian Federation)

09:45 Development of a processing toolkit for in-depth radionuclide data analysis: Case study for the period of 2017-2020 IMS detections - Mohammad Javad Safari (Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Tehran, Iran)

10:00 Event Simulation using Augmented Reality and Progressive Data Fusions - Syed Muhammad Ayub Shah (National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan)

10:15 On the requirements for validation data sets in potential future scientific projects for enhancing and developing methods to highlight possible nuclear explosion signatures in radionuclide monitoring - Martin B. Kalinowski (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

10:30 A new method of denoising seismic signals using blind source separation - Hicham Saylani (Faculté des Sciences d'Agadir)

10:45 Quality Control source analysis using a rotating frame of reference - Matthew Cooper (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA, USA)

11:00 Recent algorithm developments on methods for the analysis of radioxenon beta/gamma coincidence spectrum - Antoine Cagniant (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), France )

11:15 An envelope-based approach for seismic signal discrimination - Driss Agliz (Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco)

11:30 Technique to mitigate effects of detector gain drifts through use of larger regions of interest - Michael Mayer (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA, USA)

11:45 Performance monitoring of beta-gamma detectors using quality control data - Michael Mayer (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA, USA)

11:45 An Alternative Proposal for Estimation of Body Wave Magnitude Taking Account of Noise Magnitudes - David Steinberg (Tel-Aviv University)

11:45 A semi-automatic cepstral method for seismic event depth estimation - Daniel Stayt (Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC), FL, USA)

11:45 Recovery of the largest aftershock sequences using waveform cross correlation - Ivan Kitov (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Integration of a Generalized-F Detector at the IDC and US NDC - Thomas VanDeMark (Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC)) Jeffrey Given (Leidos)

11:45 Method for calculating radon activity and radon rejection - Michael Mayer (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA, USA)

11:45 Improving the sensitivity for radioxenon beta-gamma measurements by optimizing the ROI limits for each sample - Anders Ringbom (Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Stockholm, Sweden)

11:45 Automatic radioxenon data validation for increased measurement reliability - Jennifer Mendez (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA, USA)

11:45 The Coda Calibration and Processing Tool: Java-based Freeware for the Geophysical Community - Kevin Mayeda (Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC), FL, USA)

11:45 Classification of seismic events using a time-frequency based approach - Abderrahman Atmani (Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco)

11:45 A new algorithm for processing beta-gamma coincidence spectra based on the maximum likelihood estimation - Nikolay Sidorov (All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics named after N.L. Dukhov (VNIIA), Moscow, Russian Federation)

11:45 Combining IMS and non-IMS seismic stations using CTBTO distributed software (NDC-in-a-Box) - Haijun Wang (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Accounting for radioxenon interferences - Matthew Cooper (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA, USA)

11:45 Method for assessing 37Ar emissions from nuclear reactors - Martin B. Kalinowski (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 IMS Data Fusion and the Possibilities of Dempster-Schafer Theory - Ian Hoffman (Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada)

11:45 Automatic quality checks of the Calibration files for RN Particulate Stations - Andreas Wiens (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Is there a potential for further enhancing IDC spectrum analysis methods of CTBT radionuclide measurements after 25 years of progressive development? - Boxue Liu (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 An algorithm for determining the moment of occurrence of changes in the environment that are non-linear and / or non-Gaussian in nature - Miodrag Vracar (Faculty of Maritime Academic Studies, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)

11:45 The application of a dynamic correlation processor for IMS detection screening - Ana Aguiar (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA, USA)

11:45 Distributed detection and fusion of multi-signature explosion-sourced waveforms: predictive capability, quantitative performance, and experimental demonstration - Joshua Carmichael (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM, USA)

11:45 Multivariate analysis of fission product ratios to determine the history of nuclear fuel - Carl Fredrik Hellesen (Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI),Stockholm, Sweden)

11:45 Massive earthquake detection techniques: Matched filter and fingerprinting - Guillermo Gonzalez (Instituto de Geofisica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico)

11:45 A data visualisation tool for radionuclide detection events - Daniel Chester (Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston)

11:45 A new automatic first arrival picking algorithm based on a mathematical approach with considering the fractal dimension - Shamseddin Esmaeili (Razi University of Kermanshah)

11:45 Spot check of seismic and infrasound data and products at the IDC using waveform cross correlation and the REB historical events - Ivan Kitov (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Using waveform correlation and template event metadata to reduce analyst workload - Amy Sundermier (Sandia National Laboratories (SNL))

11:45 Phases Analysis of the Las Gonzalez Mérida, seismicity burst 2015-16, implementing SeisComp3 tool - Keyla Ramirez (Fundación Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismológicas (FUNVISIS), Caracas, Venezuela)

11:45 Monte-Carlo Calculations of Isotopic Ratios of Fission Products Detected at IMS Radionuclide Stations - Boxue Liu (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Testing the Forensic Radionuclide Event Analysis and Reconstruction Tool (FREAR) - Ian Hoffman (Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada)

11:45 The algorithm of infrasound signals network selection efficiency estimation - Andrey Rogovoi (Special Monitoring Service (SMS), Ministry of Defence, Moscow, Russian Federation)
T3.6 - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
T3.6 - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T3.6 - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
e-poster session - T3.6 - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Understand the vulnerabilities of machine learning systems in adversarial settings - Mohamed Serrhini (Mohamed First University, Oujda, Morocco)

09:15 Automatic Radionuclide Detection Using Deep Neural Networks - Rezky Mahardika Saryadi (Indonesia National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN), Indonesia)

09:30 The Optimised Local Renyi Entropy-Based Shrinkage Algorithm for Sparse TFD Reconstruction - Victor Sucic (University of Rijeka, Croatia)

09:45 BazNet: A Deep Neural Network for Confident Three-component Backazimuth Prediction - Joshua Dickey (Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC), FL, USA)

10:00 Simulation of operational results of NET-VISA on a three-month historical data set - Ronan Le Bras (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

10:15 Deep learning denoising applied to regional distance seismic data in Utah - Rigobert Tibi (Sandia National Laboratories (SNL))

10:30 On using self-sustained events for stochastic waveform modelling with deep neural networks - Xavier Cassagnou (Ecole Nationale Superieure (ENS))

10:45 Application of Deep Neural Networks to seismic signal recognition - El Hassan Ait Laasri (Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco)

11:00 ArrNet: A Deep Neural Network for Confident Arrival Time Estimation - Raul Pena (U.S. Air Force Technical Applications Center)

11:15 A neural network architecture for detecting repeating events using seismic arrays - Steffen Maeland (Norwegian Seismic Array (NORSAR), Kjeller, Norway)

11:30 Global Scale Discrimination of Explosions and Earthquakes with Deep Learning - Rayna Arora (CTBTO Youth Group)

11:45 AI Enabled System for OSI IT/ISP Living/Working Area Management - Peng Li (Hope investment Development Corp. Ltd., Beijing, China)

11:45 Analyzing radioxenon spectra with machine learning algorithms to predict Activity Concentration of Each Isotope - Sepideh A. Azimi (Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Tehran, Iran)

11:45 Domain Informed - a better approach to regularization and semi-supervised learning for seismic event analysis - Lisa Linville (Sandia National Laboratories (SNL))

11:45 On filtering regional turbulence noise in infrasound data with interpretable neural networks - Cyril Nefzaoui Blanchard (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))

11:45 Unsupervised deep learning for identifying seismic event classes in signal-rich records for environmental monitoring - Andreas Köhler (Norwegian Seismic Array (NORSAR), Kjeller, Norway)

11:45 Application of a Paired Neural Network to Aftershock Identification - Andrea Conley (Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, USA)

11:45 Machine learning based earthquakes-explosion discrimination for Sea of Galilee seismic events of July 2018 - Yuri Bregman (Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne, Israel)

11:45 AI/ML vision technology application to OSI search logic supporting - Peng Li (Hope Investment Development Corp. Ltd., Beijing, China)

11:45 Discrimination between Earthquakes and Quarries Blasts Using Committee Machine - Ahmed Lethy (National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG))

11:45 Research on Local Event Detection Method Based on Deep Convolutional Neural Network - Jian Li (CTBT Beijing National Data Center)
T5.2 - Experience with and Possible Additional Contributions to Issues of Global Concern such as Disaster Risk Mitigation, Climate Change Studies and Sustainable Development Goals
T5.2 - Experience with and Possible Additional Contributions to Issues of Global Concern such as Disaster Risk Mitigation, Climate Change Studies and Sustainable Development Goals
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T5.2 - Experience with and Possible Additional Contributions to Issues of Global Concern such as Disaster Risk Mitigation, Climate Change Studies and Sustainable Development Goals
e-poster session - T5.2 - Experience with and Possible Additional Contributions to Issues of Global Concern such as Disaster Risk Mitigation, Climate Change Studies and Sustainable Development Goals
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:15 Strengthening of Indonesian Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Centre - Ajat Sudrajat (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Jakarta, Indonesia)

09:30 CTBT in Changing Global Context - Gulnara Omarova (Fesenkof Astrophysical Institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan)

09:45 High Resolution Satellite Study Of Multiple Stressors In Arctic Marine Systems & Correlation Of Ocean-Atmosphere-Cryosphere Interactions With Climate Variability To Develop Arctic-Ocean Climate Predicting Models (AOCPM) - Virendra Goswami (Environment and Peace Foundation, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India)

10:00 Trending Discussion on Indonesian Tsunami of September 28, 2018 - Daya Shanker (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India)

10:15 Seismic harmonic tremors and their origins from cryosphere dynamics in the Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica - Masaki Kanao (National Institute of Polar Research)

10:30 Anomaly of Radon Gas Concentration Before The Deadly Earthquake on 28 September 2018 In The Central Sulawesi Region - Agustya Adi Martha (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Jakarta, Indonesia)

10:45 CTBTO’s contribution in improving education and research quality, and mitigating climate change - Asad Ur Rehman (National Defence University Islamabad, Pakistan)

11:00 Current status and perspectives of the French Tsunami Service Provider operated in France since 2012 - Aurélien Dupont (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))

11:15 Use of the seismic moment tensor to recognize the genesis of seismic events in the East Baltic region - Valerijs Nikulins (Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center)

11:30 Integrated management of natural disasters and resilience to climate change - Issa Habou (Protection Civile Niger, Niamey, Niger)

11:45 Costa Rica Tsunami Preparedness - Hernan Porras (National University, Heredia, Costa Rica)

11:45 Seismic Vulnerability assessment of building structures.( A case study at Nyanyano, Ghana). - Ahmed Amponsah Fordjour (University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana)

11:45 Integrating the CTBTO IMS and NDC into the NNREP as a tool for enhancing radiological emergency response and preparedness in Nigeria - Abdulmajeed Ibrahim (Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Abuja, Nigeria)

11:45 The 2010 Haiti earthquake revisited: an acoustic intensity map from remote atmospheric infrasound observations - Shahar Shani-Kadmiel (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI))

11:45 CTBTO IMS Contribution to SDG:14 Life Below Water "Extended" - Andriamendrikaja Jaona Andriamampandry (Institute and Observatory of Geophysics of Antananarivo (IOGA), Madagascar)

11:45 Analysis on earthquake databases of the Sabah region and its application for seismic hazard assessment using the IMS data of the CTBTO - Muhammed Zulfakar Zolkaffly (Malaysia Nuclear Agency)

11:45 Hypocenter Determinations Of Volcanic Earthquakes Prior To The 2006 And 2011 Eruptions At Volcano Nyamuragira, Virunga Volcanic Area - Rusangiza Rigobert Bizimana (Goma Volcano Observatory, Democratic Republic of Congo)

11:45 Application of Kazakhstan monitoring network data for the safety of nuclear facilities - Irina Aristova (National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan)

11:45 Seismic monitoring and IMS collaboration - Belinda Waokahi (Seismological Observatory Section, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Rural Electrification, Solomon Islands)

11:45 Tsunami Hazard Map for Cilacap District, Indonesia based on Numerical Modelling Data - Setyoajie Prayoedhie (Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia (BMKG))

11:45 Climate Adaptation – Developing A Geospatial Technique For Quantifying Wind Hazards Using A Case Study In Bogor City, West Java - Indonesia - Ahmad Agus Widodo (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Jakarta, Indonesia)

11:45 Change mitigation and nuclear weapon testing/Explosion reduction: steps towards achieving sustainable development goals - Zile Huma (Ministry of Human Rights, Pakistan)

11:45 Monitoring Tsunami Treat for Suriname? - Mohamed Firozali Amierali (Meteorologische Dienst Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname)

11:45 CTBTO data for the achievement of the UN Development Goals in the central Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger). - Abdrahamane Ali Soumana (Haute Autorite Nigerienne a l'Energie Atomique (HANEA), Niamey, Niger)

11:45 The 2020 Taal Volcano (Philippines) Eruption as Recorded by the International Monitoring System - Aaron Joseph Gutierrez Jimenez (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Carbon Dating. Ruined by Nuclear Testing? - Abdelmonem Khalifa (MISR - American College, Cairo, Egypt) Elbaz Karim (The American Univerisity in Cairo, Cario, Egypt)

11:45 Arctic region as an example of mutual and beneficial cooperation on combating the problem of radioactive pollution between states - Dasha Gerasimenko (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow, Russian Federation)

11:45 Seismicity And Seismic Hazard Assessment In West Africa - Umar Afegbua Kadiri (Centre for Geodesy and Geodynamics, Ministry of Science and Technology, Abuja, Nigeria)

11:45 Identification of Palu-Koro Fault mechanism based on Fault slip and earthquake focal mechanism data - Jimmi Nugraha (Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia (BMKG))
10:00 e-poster round table - T5.2
e-poster round table - T5.2
10:00 - 11:00
Room: Stage 2

e-poster round table - T3.2, T3.3, T3.5 & T3.6
e-poster round table - T3.2, T3.3, T3.5 & T3.6
10:00 - 11:00
Room: Stage 1
11:00 Panel discussion
Panel discussion
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Stage 1
Contributions

11:00 Regional data for treaty monitoring - Christos Saragiotis (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
11:30 Oral session
Oral session
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Stage 2
Contributions

11:35 Seismoacoustic observation of surface explosions in Israel region. - Yochai Ben-Horin (Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne, Israel)

11:50 Seismo-acoustic data fusion: determining the best acquisition designs for multi-phenomenological monitoring campaigns - Sarah Albert (Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, USA)

12:05 Correlating shear content in seismic source functions to scaled depth-of burial for a series of buried chemical explosions - Ryan Modrak (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL))
13:30 Highlight talk
Highlight talk
13:30 - 14:30
Room: Stage 1
Contributions

13:30 Progress and Challenges in Atmospheric Sciences - Guy Brasseur (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany)
Oral session
Oral session
13:30 - 15:45
Room: Stage 2
Contributions

13:35 Implications of underground nuclear explosion cavity evolution for radioxenon isotopic composition - Charles Carrigan (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL))

13:50 Detecting Underground Cavities Due to UNE Using Seismic Ambient Noise - Jozef Kristek (Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia)

14:05 Matching Electromagnetic Measurements to Infrasound Signals - Maayan Ainas Kahlon (Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne, Israel)

14:20 Detections at IMS hydrophone stations of Primary and Tertiary phases from the sixth announced DPRK underground nuclear test - Mario Zampolli (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

14:40 Source parameters estimation of the 4th august Beirut explosion using 3D seismic modelling - Laurent Guillot (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), France)

14:55 Yield Estimation of the Aug 4, 2020 Beirut Explosion Using Seismic and Shockwave Data - Chandan Saikia (Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC), Patrick, FL, USA)

15:10 Yield estimation of the 2020 Beirut explosion using open access waveform and remote sensing data - Christoph Pilger (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover, Germany)

15:25 Seismo-Acoustic signature of Beirut Port Explosion - Mohamed Nabil Mohamed ElGabry (National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG))
Oral session
Oral session
13:30 - 14:30
Room: Location 3
Contributions

13:35 Seismic-Hydroacoustic-Infrasound (SHI) in the Sky: benefits and pitfalls of NDC-in-a-box in the Cloud - Gordon MacLeod (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL))

13:50 Next-generation IMS Power Systems: Current status and the way forward - Marian Jusko (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

14:05 Presentation of containerized solution and optimized power supply system - Leopold Riom (Enviroearth, Saint-Cannat, France)
14:30 Invited 25th anniversary talk
Invited 25th anniversary talk
14:30 - 15:30
Room: Stage 1
Contributions

14:30 Status of Preparations for the Support of On-site Inspections - Peter Labak (Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia)
Oral session
Oral session
14:30 - 15:45
Room: Location 3
Contributions

14:35 Activities to improve Data Availability by the IMS Maintenance Unit - Nicholas Mascarenhas (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

14:50 Advanced algorithms and prognostics for monitoring the Radionuclide Aerosol Sampler/Analyzer (RASA) - Reynold Suarez (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

15:05 [WITHDRAWN] AFTAC’s Approach to Evaluating Sustainment Variance Impacting Mission Performance - Stephen Poindexter (Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC), FL, USA)

15:20 Operating temporary seismic array during modernization of IMS station - Gernot Hartmann (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR))
15:30 Special talk
Special talk
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Stage 1
Contributions

15:30 Development of the first comprehensive draft list of equipment for use during OSIs - Gregor Malich (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
16:00 test contri - Pierrick Mialle (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
test contri
- Pierrick Mialle (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
16:00 - 16:05
test
16:15 Invited 25th anniversary talk
Invited 25th anniversary talk
16:15 - 17:15
Room: Stage 1
Contributions

16:15 25 years of infrasound monitoring: achievements and new challenges - Elisabeth Blanc (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA))
Oral session
Oral session
16:15 - 17:45
Room: Location 3
Contributions

16:19 Seismic ocean thermometry using CTBTO hydrophone data - Wenbo Wu (California Institute of Technology)

16:34 Using ambient noise at hydroacoustic stations for passive ocean sensing - Karim Sabra (Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA)

16:49 Investigation of trends in ocean noise determined from the CTBTO hydroacoustic stations, including during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown period - Stephen Robinson (National Physical Laboratory (NPL))

17:04 Long-term observations of a potential great whale call from the central Indian Ocean during 2002-2019 - Nikita R. Pinto (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India)

17:19 SMART Subsea Cables for Observing the Ocean and Earth: An Update - Bruce Howe (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Oral session
Oral session
16:15 - 17:15
Room: Location 2
Contributions

16:20 Long-term verification of radionuclide laboratory gain and efficiency stability - Michael Foxe (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

16:35 A high-resolution laboratory-based beta-gamma coincidence spectrometry system for radioxenon measurement - Matthew Goodwin (Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston)

16:50 Installation for the measurement of low activities of 37Ar based on the detection of liquid argon scintillation - Sergei Pakhomov (Khlopin Radium Institute, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
17:15 Preceding talk
Preceding talk
17:15 - 17:35
Room: Stage 1
Contributions

17:15 Knowledge vs Data - Stuart Russell (University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA)
Special talk
Special talk
17:15 - 17:45
Room: Stage 1
Contributions

17:15 Infrasound processing system at the IDC, from rudimentary to maturity *** - Pierrick Mialle (CTBTO Preparatory Commission) Pierrick2 Mialle2 (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
17:35 Panel discussion
Panel discussion
17:35 - 19:05
Room: Location 2
Contributions

17:55 Human versus Machine - Heidi Kuzma (LRH Energy Capital LLC, CA, USA)
17:45 CTBTO Youth Group SnT 2021 Fireside Chats 2
CTBTO Youth Group SnT 2021 Fireside Chats 2
17:45 - 18:45
Room: Stage 1
Contributions

17:45 CTBTO Youth Group SnT 2021 Fireside Chats 2
Oral session
Oral session
17:45 - 19:00
Room: Stage 3
Contributions

17:50 Performance Evaluation of the Pixel-Object Fusion Algorithm for Change Detection in Use of Countering Nuclear Proliferation - Jae-Jun Han (Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control (KINAC), Daejeon, Republic of Korea)

18:05 Unattended Ground Sensing and In-situ Processing of Geophysical Data - William O'Rourke (Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, USA)

18:20 Geospatial Automated Imagery Analysis tool (GAIA): incorporating time-series satellite data to detect changing site conditions - Elizabeth Miller (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL))

18:35 Commercial UAV Based Magnetic Field Mapping Solution to OSI - Peng Li (Hope investment Development Corp. Ltd., Beijing, China)
Friday 2 July 2021

09:00 e-poster round table - T4.1 & T4.3 & T4.4
e-poster round table - T4.1 & T4.3 & T4.4
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Stage 2

T4.1 - Performance Evaluation and Modelling of the Full Verification System and its Components
T4.1 - Performance Evaluation and Modelling of the Full Verification System and its Components
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T4.1 - Performance Evaluation and Modelling of the Full Verification System and its Components
e-poster session - T4.1 - Performance Evaluation and Modelling of the Full Verification System and its Components
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Research of Modeling and Applications on Amplitude-Magnitude-Distance-Depth of Teleseism and Ultra-Teleseism Phases - Fangzheng Xue (Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an, Shanxi, China)

09:15 Probability of Detecting Seismic Events in IMS seismic network - Anooshiravan Ansari (International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran)

09:30 IDC SHI Reengineering Alpha Tester Group - Thibault Arnal (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

09:45 Updating the “IDC Processing of SHI Data” user guide - Christopher Young (Sandia National Laboratories (SNL))

10:00 Combined quality control check source for improved gain tracking and calibration - Johnathan Slack (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

10:15 Participation of the Austrian NDC in the NPE2019-Exercise - Ulrike Mitterbauer (Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), Vienna, Austria)

10:30 Seismological investigation of the NPE2019 - Nicolai Johannes Gestermann (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR))

10:45 Methods to Assess the Value of High Input Resolution in Atmospheric Transport Models - Donald Donald Morton (Boreal Scientific Computing, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA)

11:00 Australian NDC testing of the NET-VISA application integrated with SeisComP3 - Svetlana Nikolova (Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia)

11:15 The Italian CTBTO CNF: readiness status - Damiano Pesaresi (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Sgonico, Italy)

11:30 Controlled underwater explosions of WW2 ordnances - Paulina Bittner (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 The SSI calibration module - Yacine Sid Ahmed (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Twenty years of IDC Reviewed Event Bulletin (REB) statistics using data from a sparse IMS network to one reaching near completion - Ronan Le Bras (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Comparing the performance of a Bayesian automatic waveform event associator (NET-VISA) with the current operational approach (Global Association) at CTBTO. Minimum detectability maps for simulated explosions. - Noriyuki Kushida (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

11:45 Quality Control of Heterogeneous IMS Stations - Kenneth Macpherson (University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA)

11:45 Investigation of improvement possibilities for source localization using high-resolution atmospheric transport modelling within the framework of the CTBT - Application to Xe-133 observations at IMS station DEX33 in Germany - Anne Tipka (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Tuning the IMS seismic stations by optimizing their detection thresholds - Christos Saragiotis (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
T4.3 - IT, Power Systems and other Enabling Technologies
T4.3 - IT, Power Systems and other Enabling Technologies
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T4.3 - IT, Power Systems and other Enabling Technologies
e-poster session - T4.3 - IT, Power Systems and other Enabling Technologies
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 IMS Guidelines: Minimum Standard for Grounding and Lightning Protection System at the IMS Stations. Standard content, implementation and its influence on data availability statistics - Pavel Martysevich (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

09:15 A solution for the continuous power supply of the AS043 station - Hendro Subekti (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Jakarta, Indonesia)

09:30 Power Energy Model to Improve Data Availability of IMS, adapted to South America Seismic Stations site conditions. - Ana Maria Perez Zeledon (Fundación Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismológicas (FUNVISIS), Caracas, Venezuela)

09:45 Secure and Reliable Office IT architecture for an efficient Secretariat - Alain Yameogo (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)

10:00 Methodology of good practices in databases management at CATAC to guarantee issuance of earthquakes products in real time - Miguel Angel Flores Ticay (Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER), Managua, Nicaragua)

10:15 The SSI new Configurator - Moctar Moumouni Kountche (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

10:30 Implementation of a tool for recording and consulting the most frequent problems in a station - Fernando Villacis (Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada del Ecuador) Sergio Suarez (Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada del Ecuador) Cesar Robalino Ponce (Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada del Ecuador)

10:45 Challenges and improvements to DC power systems at IMS waveform stations - Claus Johannsen (CTBTO Preparatory Commission) Stefka Stefanova (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:00 Development of Alert Monitoring System for the Malaysian Radionuclide Monitoring Station (RN42) - Mohd Fauzi Bin Haris (Malaysia Nuclear Agency, Selangor, Malaysia)

11:15 Transition to Seiscomp on OVSICORI - Christian Garita (Observatorio Vulcanologico y Sismologico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI), Heredia, Costa Rica)

11:30 GCI, Station and NDC Infrastructure Resilience Optimisation - Shaun Kennedy (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Segregation of the verification email flow in the CTBTO - Lucas Ferreira (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 GDMS US-IMS Cloud Migrations - Dennis Bustillo (General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS))

11:45 The Expert Communications System - Lucas Ferreira (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Safeguarding data availability at IMS Hydroacoustic hydrophone stations by improving on-shore digital data handling equipment - Mario Zampolli (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 CTBTO Equipment Smart Management Solution Based on RFID - Chaoyang Xu (CTBT Beijing National Data Center)

11:45 Challenges in using RF link for intra-site communication at IMS waveform stations - Stefka Stefanova (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
T4.4 - Network Sustainability and systems engineering for CTBT Verification
T4.4 - Network Sustainability and systems engineering for CTBT Verification
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T4.4 - Network Sustainability and systems engineering for CTBT Verification
e-poster session - T4.4 - Network Sustainability and systems engineering for CTBT Verification
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Decentralized maintenance at Colombian Geological Survey – National Seismological Network - Andres Felipe Gomez Gomez (Colombian Geological Survey)

09:15 Deployment of Portable Infrasound Sites to Assess Feasibility of Additional Elements, I51GB, Bermuda, UK - James Robertson (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

09:30 Using data science for predictive maintenance of noble gas systems within the IMS - Reynold Suarez (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))

09:45 Successful operation and maintenance of the Botswana Seismological Network (BSN) stations including Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. - Joseph Maritinkole (Botswana Geoscience Institute, Lobatse, Botswana)

10:00 NORSAR Station Operations and State of Health Monitoring - Jon Magnus Christensen (NORSAR) Morten Sickel (NORSAR)

10:15 Modernization of the PS19 seismic station - Gernot Hartmann (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)) Lukas Menke (Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR))

10:30 RASA Revalidation Improvements using the Rig for Automated Flow Testing (RAFT) System - Gregory Michael Kline (General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS))

10:45 Structure of Testing Technology Program for On-Site Inspections equipment - Remi Colbalchini (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:00 Upgrade and recapitalization of seismic station AKASG - Viktor Hurynchuk (National Space Facilities Control and Test Center, Kyiv, Ukraine)

11:15 Station state-of-health monitoring with the Geophysical Monitoring System (GMS) - James Mark Harris (Sandia National Laboratories (SNL))

11:30 The sustainment of the IMS Hydrophone Hydroacoustic Network of the CTBT - Georgios Haralabus (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
T4.5 - Resilience of the CTBT Monitoring Regime, including Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic
T4.5 - Resilience of the CTBT Monitoring Regime, including Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T4.5 - Resilience of the CTBT Monitoring Regime, including Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic
e-poster session - T4.5 - Resilience of the CTBT Monitoring Regime, including Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Influence of the reduction of human activity due to the pandemic in the identification of infrasonic events by I09BR Station - Brandow Neri (Seismological Observatory of the Brasilia University, Brasilia, Brazil)

09:15 Operation of Kazakhstan National Data Center (KNDC) under COVID-19 pandemic - Igor Komarov (Institute of Geophysical Research, Almaty, Kazakhstan)

09:30 Changes in seismic levels in Thailand COVID-19 Epidemic Period: Case Study of BKSI Earthquake Monitoring Station. - Chartchai Kamanamoon (Thai Meteorological Department, Bangkok, Thailand)

09:45 NDC-JO and ASF056 Seismic Auxiliary station in COVID-19 crisis and NDC-HOME in the future - Ali Alotoum (Jordan Seismological Observatory (JSO), Jordan)

10:00 Lessons learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic crisis in Cameroon - Jean Bertrand Tjombe Biyiha (Institute of Geological and Mining Research (IRGM), Yaounde, Cameroon)

10:15 INPRES seismic monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis - Juan Pablo Aguiar (Instituto Nacional de Prevención Sísmica (INPRES), San Juan, Argentina)

10:30 "Alternative" Approach To Operation Nd Maintenance Activities - John Opiyo Akech (National Council for Science & Technology, Nairobi, Kenya)

10:45 Experiences from the CTBTO online capacity building activities during Covid-19 lockdown - Uchenna Onwuhaka Madu (Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, Abuja, Nigeria)

11:00 IS42: COVID-19 breakdown Operation and Maintenance constrains in the Azores Islands - Nicolau Wallenstein (Instituto de Investigação em Vulcanologia e Avaliação de Riscos (IVAR))

11:15 Daily challenges at the IDC Operation Center to address Station issues during the COVID-19 pandemic and maintain the IMS network at a high level of performance. - Rizkita Parithusta Assef (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria )

11:30 Flexibility of work in the Jordan-NDC during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis - Murad Alhomaimat (Jordan Seismological Observatory (JSO), Jordan)

11:45 Adoption of new ways of working during the Pandemic. - Carlos Eduardo Bonfim (Army Technological Center, Brazil)

11:45 Impact Of COVID-19 On The Operations And Activities At The Developing NDCs Like Nigeria And Ghana - Awwal Bisallah (Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, Nigeria)

11:45 State of Health Monitoring of the IMS Network - Dongmei Han (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 RN Particulate Network QA/QC Program 2020: Challenges and lessons learned during the global COVID-19 pandemic crisis - Paolo Tristan Cruz (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Resilience Of The CTBTO Seismological Monitering Around The Dead Sea Transform Region And Around - Mahmoud Al-Qaryouti (Jordan Seismological Observatory (JSO), Amman, Jordan)

11:45 IS01 – Pilcaniyeu, Argentina - Initial Testing management during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Victor Fontenele Carvalho (Enkisol Engineering)

11:45 Station Operator and Impact of the COVID-19 - Ronnie Quintero (Observatorio Vulcanologico y Sismologico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI))

11:45 Operation of seismic, infrasound and hydro-acoustic stations in Australia and Antarctica during the COVID-19 Pandemic. - Craig Bugden (Geoscience Australia)

11:45 A simple web-scraping tool for state of health monitoring within Covid19 times - Gonzalo Antonio Fernandez (Observatorio San Calixto)

11:45 Increasing International Monitoring System (IMS) Supply Chain Resilience During COVID-19 - Marten Kihlstrom (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 The collapse and return to mission capability of the I35NA infrasound station. - Nortin Peter-David Titus (Geological Survey, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Windhoek, Namibia)

11:45 Operation And Maintenenance Of KMBO Primary IMS Seismic Station In The Wake Of Covid-19 Pandemic - Josphat Kyalo Mulwa (University of Nairobi, Kenya)

11:45 The Importance of Blockchain in Nuclear Verification as a Solution to Reporting Hardships in Times of Crises - Caitlin McLain (Purdue University Global, Indianapolis, IN, USA)

11:45 Development of Remote Station Infrastructure Monitoring Tools - Shaun Little (General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS), Chantilly, VA, USA)

11:45 Remote analysis: empowering analysts to work from home - Catherine Wambua (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Difficulties and obstacles to keeping a radionuclide station in operation in Brazil during 2020 - Rocio Reis (Institute of Radioprotection and Dosimetry, Brazil)

11:45 Ensuring the operation of Russian IMS stations in the context of a pandemic of COVID-19 - Ilya Mishenin (Special Monitoring Service (SMS), Ministry of Defence, Moscow, Russian Federation)

11:45 Scheduled Calibration of IMS Seismic and T-phase Stations: challenges and solutions within the COVID-19 pandemic scenario. - Paola Campus (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

11:45 Importance of information exchange and out-of-box thinking towards high degree of system resilience - Nalin de Silva (Geological Survey and Mines Bureau, Pitakotte, Sri Lanka)
T5.1 - Science in Policy Discussions and Scientific Lessons Learned from Other Arms Control Agreements and Arrangements
T5.1 - Science in Policy Discussions and Scientific Lessons Learned from Other Arms Control Agreements and Arrangements
09:00 - 12:00
e-poster session - T5.1 - Science in Policy Discussions and Scientific Lessons Learned from Other Arms Control Agreements and Arrangements
e-poster session - T5.1 - Science in Policy Discussions and Scientific Lessons Learned from Other Arms Control Agreements and Arrangements
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Future of CTBTO – Looking at Next 25 Years - Syed Muhammad Ayub Shah (National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan)

09:15 Measures Required Of CTBTO To Be Considered - Mohit Kumar Gupta (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India)

09:30 Exploring Science and Technology Reviews under the Biological Weapons Convention - James Revill (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Geneva, Switzerland)

09:45 Future of Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and its impact on the Non-Proliferation Regime - Mishal Batool (Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan)

10:00 Is weakening of arms-control norms, treaties and regimes a challenge to the CTBT? - Usama Nizamani Nizamani (Islamabad Policy Research Institute, Pakistan)

10:15 Science and Policy: Bangkok Treaty From a Scientific Point of View - Almanzo Arjuna (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)

10:30 Technology transfer for a relevant presence worldwide - Roberto Betancourt A. (Fundación Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismológicas (FUNVISIS), Caracas, Venezuela)

10:45 Science and Technology as Major Policy Determinant of the Future - Syed Muhammad Ayub Shah (National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan)

11:00 CTBT: An important Piece of The Puzzle - Mona Saleh (German Institute for Global and Area Studies (Giga), Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany)

11:15 CTBTO and Science diplomacy - Farah Ouechtati (Université de Paris, France)

11:30 CTBT and Computer Simulations: Is it a Plausible Alternative to Nuclear Testing? - Afeera Firdous (Center for International Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan)

11:45 Four Ways that the Biden Administration Can Make CTBT Ratification Possible - Rizwan Asghar (University of California Davis (UC Davis))

11:45 25 years of CTBTO: progress with verification technologies and looking towards the future 25 years and beyond - Courage Tatenda Chirobe (CTBTO Youth Group)

11:45 Strengthening Nonproliferation Norms in South Asia - Sitara Noor (Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan)

11:45 Implementing Knowledge Transfer Processes: Lessons learned from an application in the OPCW - Marta Galindo Arranz (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague, The Netherlands)

11:45 A New Threat to the CTBT - Edward Ifft (Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, USA)

11:45 The need for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty to enter into force and its relationship with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. - Lucía Centellas (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Bolivia)

11:45 Resiliency and the OPCW Scientific Advisory Board: Tales of Providing Scientific Advice During a Pandemic - Peter Hotchkiss (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague, The Netherlands)

11:45 The Disarmament and Development Nexus and the CTBTO - John Bernhard (Ambassador (ret.))
10:00 e-poster round table - T4.5 & T5.1
e-poster round table - T4.5 & T5.1
10:00 - 11:00
Room: Stage 2
10:30 Invited talk on risk mitigation
Invited talk on risk mitigation
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Location 1
Contributions

10:30 Use of infrasound data for early notification of Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres - Philippe Hereil (Meteo France, VAAC Toulouse, France)
11:00 Preceding talk
Preceding talk
11:00 - 11:20
Room: Stage 1
Contributions

11:00 Welcome to risk: As we know it or, do we? - Loretta Hieber-Girardet (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Mitigation, Geneva, Switzerland)
11:20 Panel discussion
Panel discussion
11:20 - 12:30
Room: Location 1
Contributions

11:20 Synergy among monitoring systems to address hazard mitigation and global challenges - Bruce Howe (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
11:30 Invited talks on Anthropocene
Invited talks on Anthropocene
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Location 2
Contributions

11:30 Multiple Reasons for the Anthropocene – Paul Crutzen’s Contribution to Save Planetary Boundaries - Hartmut Grassl (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany)

12:00 Artificial radionuclide fallout: a marker for the start of the Anthropocene Epoch - Colin Waters (University of Leicester, United Kingdom)
Panel discussion
Panel discussion
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Location 3
Contributions

11:30 Communicating uncertainty among scientists, to policy makers and the public - Peter Rickwood (Atomic Reporters)
13:30 Side event
Side event
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Stage 2
Contributions

13:30 OSI Educational Initiative for Young Professionals with a Technical Background - Anastasia Shavrova (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)
Invited talk on civil and scientific applications
Invited talk on civil and scientific applications
13:30 - 14:15
Room: Stage 1
Contributions

13:30 Sustainable Development, Disaster Risk Reduction and CTBTO Verification Regime - Ocal Necmioglu (Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey)

13:50 Civil and Scientific Applications of IMS Data - Zeinabou Mindaoudou Souley (CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Vienna, Austria)
14:15 Panel discussion
Panel discussion
14:15 - 15:15
Room: Location 1
Contributions

14:15 Civil and scientific applications - prospects - Georgios Haralabus (CTBTO Preparatory Commission) Jolanta Kusmierczyk-Michulec (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)
15:30

15:30 - 16:00
Room: Stage 1
16:00 NDC session
NDC session
16:00 - 18:00
Room: Stage 1
Contributions

16:00 NDC Session - Gerard Rambolamanana (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

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