VP Geophysics for the Imaging & Technology Group, TGS
John is the VP Geophysics for the Imaging & Technology group at TGS. After a PhD and PostDoc at Imperial College, London utilizing FWI to image, amongst other things, the Chicxulub impact crater - John has held positions in at PGS, ION and TGS, both in R&D and data processing operations. As VP of Geophysics, he needs to understand all aspects of seismic signal processing, model building and imaging, and how this affects geophysical deliverables.
Associate Vice President for Research, University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Dan Stanzione, Associate Vice President for Research at The University of Texas at Austin and Executive Director of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), is a nationally recognized leader in high performance computing, and has been involved in supercomputing for more than 30 years.He is the principal investigator (PI) for a number of the National Science Foundation (NSF) supercomputers, including the current Frontera system, which is the fastest supercomputer at a U.S. university, and is leading the upcoming NSF Leadership Class Computing Facility. Stanzione received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and his master's degree and doctorate in computer engineering from Clemson University.