{"151931":{"#nid":"151931","#data":{"type":"event","title":"CSE\/ECE Joint Seminar: Francis Grady","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EFrancis Grady, Schlumberger, HPC Group\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EUsing GPUs and HPC for Oil and Gas Exploration\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EOil and Gas companies have long used high-performance computing to aid in the search for hydrocarbons. However, complex geologies have pushed the fundamental computing requirements to new highs. The first part of this talk will give an overview of the challenges and drivers of the industry. Then, we will look at the role of HPC in seismic modeling, imaging, and inversion. Finally, we will investigate the reasons for the growing use of GPUs and future directions for HPC in the Oil \u0026amp; Gas industry.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker Info:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EFrancis Grady is a software engineer in the HPC Group at Schlumberger. He received his MS and BS degrees in Computer Science from the University of Oxford.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Using GPUs and HPC for Oil and Gas Exploration"}],"uid":"27592","created_gmt":"2012-09-06 08:58:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:59:45","author":"Joshua Preston","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-09-07T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-09-07T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-09-07T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-09-07 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-09-07 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-09-07 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1304","name":"High Performance Computing (HPC)"},{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBo Hong\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:bohong@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebohong@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}