Advances in computational seismology
About the talk
We present new developments in large-scale computing focused on seismology, viewing Earth as an unstructured tetrahedral mesh, across an extreme range of scales. We discuss, while highlighting emerging techniques, the simulation of (i) seismic normal modes on planetary scale, (ii) high-frequency time-harmonic waves in the crust, in particular, sedimentary basins, (iii) earthquakes, and (iv) broad-band wave propagation and scattering in poro-elastic media with connections to rock physics.
About the Speaker
Maarten V. de Hoop is the Simons Chair in Computational and Applied Mathematics and Earth Science at Rice University. de Hoop joined Rice University on July 1, 2015, as the Simons Chair in Computational and Applied Mathematics and Earth Science. His research interests are in inverse problems, microlocal analysis and computation, and applications in exploration and global seismology and geodynamics. de Hoop is also a visiting faculty member at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, has been on the faculty of Purdue University and Colorado School of Mines, and was a senior research scientist and program leader with Schlumberger Gould Research Center. De Hoop has been a scientific advisor with Corporate Science and Technology Projects, Total American Services, Inc., since 2010. He received his Ph.D. in technical sciences from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands in 1992.