Introduction to Seismic Disasters: concepts, management and response - Computational tools for real-time impact identification and assessment; Definitions for natural and man-made disasters. Description of local, state, national and global institutions respond to natural disasters. The role of local, state and international organisations such as the EU, the United Nations, the World Health Organization and NGOs during natural hazards. Evaluation of each organization's response to the call for help; Civil Protection plans for the effective response to catastrophic phenomena and the protection of life, health and property of citizens, as well as the natural environment in Greece, the EU and the USA; Simulation of natural and man-made disasters (Professor P. Bodelson, StCloud State University, MN, USA); Seismic disaster management and response are foreseen, as well as screenings of relevant documentaries and films; Familiarization with the tools available for the identification of seismic parameters and the distribution of strong ground motion in direct time will take place in the computing machines of the Department of Geophysics-Geothermal. Use open source software to identify open population gathering places and health units and to map out escape routes in an urban environment; Simulation of earthquake disaster management in an urban environment. Virtual simulation of an earthquake disaster in an urban environment, in which each student has a distinct role. The community simulation to be attended by other members of the university for the recognition of the students' work; Introduction to programming language C++. Object orientated programming, parameter definition, basic commands; Writing simple programs to C and C++; Introduction to t map projection systems and digital data objects; Organization and structure of the GMT system – similarities and differences between the Windows and Linux realizations of the GMT; Construction of simple graphs and maps from the command line; Construction of composite/multi-thematic graphs and maps with macro-instruction assemblies (batch files for Windows, shell scripts for Linux); Specialized applications in geology and geophysics (e.g. cross sections, incorporation of geological symbols, visualization of faults, earthquake fault-plane solutions etc.).