Acknowledgements

The workshop co-chairs acknowledge and thank the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). In particular the U.S. co-chairs thank Dr. Mira McAuliffe from the international program of NSF for her encouragement and support. The co-chairs also acknowledge the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) for its support with partial travel reimbursements of workshop participants as well as the publication of the proceedings.