Background
Keilis-Borok was born in Moscow, Russia.
Keilis-Borok was born in Moscow, Russia.
In 1948, he received a Doctor of Philosophy in mathematical geophysics from the Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1969), Austrian Academy of Sciences (1992), United States National Academy Sciences (1971), Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1994), Russian Academy of Sciences (1988), Academia Europaea (1999), and the Royal Astronomical Society (1989). He served as the President, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (1987–1991). Vice President, International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior (1983–1987), Board Member and Chair of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Section, International Council of Scientific Unions (1988–1991), Founding Chairman, International Committee for Geophysical Theory and Computers (1964–1979), and Expert, Technical meetings on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1960–1990).
His team of researchers have used new algorithmic methods for earthquake prediction.
Keilis-Borok"s method has been retroactively applied to 31 cases dating back to 1989, with correlation 25 times (not including two near misses), including the Samoa area quake (September, 2009) and the Sumatra quake (September, 2009). In response to his prediction of an earthquake in California in 2005, United States Geological Survey has said: "The work of the Keilis-Borok team is a legitimate approach to earthquake prediction research.
However, the method is unproven, and it will take much additional study, and many additional trial predictions, before it can be shown whether it works, and how well.". The California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council determined, "To date there is no evidence that these, or related methods, yield useful intermediate term forecasts." Number earthquake occurred in the predicted location or time period.
Keilis-Borok, in collaboration, had recently used some of his techniques to make socio-economic predictions with notable success.
He also applied the method to predicting rises in murder rates in Los Angeles, recessions, spikes in unemployment and, most recently, terrorist attacks. Between 1998 and 2013, Keilis-Borok was a Regents" Professor, Professor, and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Los Angeles He died in Culver City, California on October 19, 2013.
Quotations: "The work of the Keilis-Borok team is a legitimate approach to earthquake prediction research. However, the method is unproven, and it will take much additional study, and many additional trial predictions, before it can be shown whether it works, and how well.".
Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Academia Europaea; National Academy of Sciences. Russian Academy of Sciences.
Academy of Sciences of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. American Academy of Arts and Sciences]
He was also a member of: Committee for International Security and Disarmament, Russian Academy of Sciences (1998–2000).
The Union"s Scientific Committee for the United Nations Decade for Natural Disasters Reduction (1990–1999).
International Working Group on the Geological Safety of Nuclear Waste Depositories (1994–1997).