EXCHANGE-SSI (2011-2014): "Experimental & Computational Hybrid Assessment Network for Ground-Motion Excited SSI systems"  Funding: European Union. 7th Framework Programme (FP7).
Consortium: Aristotle University Thessaloniki (Greece, Coordinator), University Illinois at Urbana-Champain (United States), University Missouri Science & Technology (United States), Geodynamique et Structure (France), University of Naples (Italy),  University Patras (Greece).
The main objective of the EXCHANGE SSI project is to establish the framework for an extended and continuous research staff exchange between E.U. institutions and the Mid-America Earthquake Centre Headquartered at the University of Illinois and other advanced US centres, in order to promote the transfer of knowhow with respect to the application of distributed hybrid multi-platform experimentation for the study of complex soil-structure interaction effects in seismic design and assessment of bridges.

Basic research project, supported by Slovenian Research Agency, is aimed in development innovative computing environment, which will enable a seismic risk assessment of urban areas, or determination of the seismic risk assessment of a particular building in the design or strengthening process. The computing environment will reuse state-of-the-art secure grid technology to interconnect with other similar environments.  The results of the project are applications, which can be used to facilitate the adoption of more realistic and transparent procedures for estimation of seismic risk and design of structures. Such applications can substantially contribute to reduce the risk of human or economic losses due to earthquake.