GAGGS/CSEG/EAGE Talk Series

Dr. Brian Russell from CGG will give a lecture on the properties of the sigmoidal or S function and its applications to seismic modelling and inversion.

Location:

Room 142 in Science Building B

Speaker:

Brian Russell received a B.Sc.(Hons) from the University of Saskatchewan, a M.Sc. from Durham University in the U.K. and a Ph.D. from the University of Calgary, all in geophysics. He worked for Chevron, Teknica Resources Ltd. and Veritas Seismic before founding Hampson-Russell in 1987 with Dan Hampson. Hampson-Russell is now a subsidiary of CGG and Brian is currently Vice President, Software for CGG’s Hampson-Russell subsidiary and a CGG Fellow. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Calgary. His research interests include rock physics, seismic inversion and seismic attribute analysis. He is a Past-President and Honorary Member of both SEG and CSEG, a member of EAGE, and received the SEG Cecil Green Enterprise Award in 1996. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) and is on the Board of the CSEG Foundation. Brian is registered as a Professional Geophysicist (P.Geoph.) in Alberta.

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/gaggscsegeage-talk-series