YSTC Programme

Final Programme
Young Seismologist Training Course (YSTC)
September 16th - 20th, 2024
Corfu, Greece


Earthquake-related data, analysis, and publicly accessible codes and tools

 Day 1  | Monday, September 16th

  • 09:15-10:00 • Olga Ktenidou (ESC): Short presentation of ESC & Introduction of participants.
  • 10:00-10:45 • Christos Evangelidis (NOA/EIDA): HUSN, networks and seismic data overview for Greece, EIDA.
  • 10:45-11:15 • Coffee Break
  • 11:15-13:30 • Christos Evangelidis (NOA/EIDA): Hands-on session on retrieving data with obspy.
  • 13:30-15:00 • Lunch Break
  • 15:00-17:00 • Markos Avlonitis (IONIAN UNI): Hands-on session: Conventional seismic sensors, components, and low-cost alternatives.


 Day 2  | Tuesday, September 17th

  • 09:00-10:00George Kaviris (NKUA): Theory on waves, faults, location, seismicity rates.
  • 10:00-11:00 • George Kaviris (NKUA), Angelos Zymvragakis (NKUA): Hands-on session of Seisgram2k (seismic location/M estimation).
  • 11:00-11:30 • Coffee Break
  • 11:30-12:30 • Angelos Zymvragakis (NKUA): G-R for the estimation of Mc, b value.
  • 12:30-13:30 • Costas Papazachos (AUTH): Theory on noise data and site characterization.
  • 13:30-15:00 • Lunch Break
  • 15:00-16:00 • Costas Papazachos (AUTH): Hands-on session on noise processing with Geopsy.
  • 16:00-17:30 • Olga-Joan Ktenidou (NOA): Strong motion data and processing. Hands-on session using SAC and ORFEUS-ESM online tools.


 Day 3  | Wednesday, September 18th

  • 09:00-10:15 • Vassilis Sakkas (NKUA): GNSS data in seismology.
  • 10:15-11:30 • Panagiotis Elias (NOA): InSAR data in seismology.
  • 11:30-12:00 • Coffee Break
  • 12:00-13:30 • Nikos Kalligeris (NOA/HL-NTWC): Tidal gauge data and tsunami modelling.
  • 13:30-15:00 • Lunch break
  • 15:00-16:15 • Panagiotis Elias (NOA), Vassilis Sakkas (NKUA): GNSS Hands-on training.
  • 16:15-17:30 • Nikos Kalligeris (NOA/HL-NTWC): Tsunami modeling Hands-on training.


 Day 4  | Thursday, September 19th

  • 09:00-10:00 • George Kaviris (NKUA): Theory on shear-wave splitting and seismic anisotropy.
  • 10:00-11:30 • Ioannis Spingos (NKUA): Hands-on session with Pytheas.
  • 11:30-12:00 • Coffee Break
  • 12:00-13:30 • Ioannis Fountoulakis (NOA-UPATRAS): Theory on back-projection.
  • 13:30-15:00 •  Lunch break
  • 15:00-16:30 • Ioannis Fountoulakis (NOA-UPATRAS): Hands-on session with py-ssa: Source-scanning algorithm.
  • 16:30-18:00 • Jan Michalek (EPOS): Introduction of EPOS ecosystem; Demonstration of EPOS Data Portal; Hands-on training - using the EPOS Data Portal by following a scientific use case; Feedback collection and discussion.


 Day 5  | Friday, September 20th

  • 09:00–10:45 •  Efthimios Sokos (UPATRAS), Jiri Zahradnik (CUNI): Basics of the point and multiple-point sources, moment tensors (MTs), DC and non-DC components. Examples of applications.
  • 10:45-11:15 • Coffee Break
  • 11:15-13:30 • Efthimios Sokos (UPATRAS), Jiri Zahradnik (CUNI): Basic tools of Isola: MT inversion from waveforms, polarities,and envelopes (Hands-on).
  • 13:30-15:00 • Lunch break
  • 15:00-17:00 • Efthimios Sokos (UPATRAS), Jiri Zahradnik (CUNI): Advanced tools of Isola: Uncertainty estimation of non-DC components. (Part 1). Users’ examples (running the code on data of the participants who already have some experience with Isola and want to ask questions).(Part 2). Hands-on.