September 19, 2024
Mr. SenProfessor at the University of Texas at Austin and pioneer of machine learning for seismic imaging, has been selected by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) as a lecturer for their 2024-2025 Distinguished Instructor Short Course, called DISC.
Sen will embark on a world tour to present his work to SEG members and non-members around the world. Sen was announced as a 2024 instructor at the SEG’s International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE) conference in Houston in August, where he presented the first course.
In preparation for the tour, Sen wrote a small book that participants will receive as part of the course.
“I was both pleased and honored that they asked me to present this course,” Sen said. “It’s obviously a lot of work, but it’s very close to my current research, so I think I can offer something that companies, researchers and students will find useful.”
Sen is a tenured professor at the University of Texas Geophysical Institute and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Jackson, where he holds the Shell Companies Foundation Centennial Chair in Geophysics.
In the 1990s, Sen pioneered the training of machine learning algorithms to use physics to analyze the subsurface. Since then, his research group has developed numerous methods that combine mathematics with the latest computing technologies. These achievements have earned Sen, his research colleagues, and his students academic and industry accolades, including the SEG’s prestigious Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal in 2018.
In addition to speaking to a global audience, Sen has played a key role in advancing machine learning for Earth and planetary sciences at the Jackson School. This year, the school launched a new Certificate Program in Machine Learning and Data Analytics for Geosciencesdirected by the senator.
Sen’s short course, “Physics- and Data-Driven Seismic Data Analysis: A Tale of Two Approaches,” is open to SEG members and non-members. To learn more or register, visit https://seg.org/education/courses/mrinal-sen-disc/
For more information, contact: Anton CaputoJackson School of Geosciences, 512-232-9623; Monica KortshaJackson School of Geosciences, 512-471-2241; Constantine PanagopulosUniversity of Texas Geophysical Institute.
