The University of Texas at Austin
The Jackson School of Geosciences

CURRICULUM VITAE
Paul L. Stoffa

Professor
The Institute of Geophysics (UTIG)

Shell Distinguished Chair in Geophysics
The Department of Geological Sciences (DGS)


Workshops & Forums:

Time Evolution of the Wave Equation Using the Rapid Expansion Method for Highly Accurate TRM, Invited Speaker, EAGE Subsalt Imaging:  Focus on Azimuth Workshop, November 15-18, 2009, Cairo

RTM Problems and Promises Workshop, workshop co-convenor, SEG Annual Meeting, October 29, 2009, Houston.

Applications (Session Chair), SEG Annual Meeting, October 28th, 2009, Houston

Stress Effect and Compaction Surveillance Using 4D Seismic (Session Chair), SEG Annual Meeting, October 27th, 2009, Houston

Seismic Imaging and Velocity Analysis:  Current Status and Future Directions, Invited Speaker, Gaussian Beams with Application to Seismology Workshop, November 29, 30, and December 3, 2007, sponsored by Center for Numerical Analysis, ICES, The University of Texas at Austin.

Velocity Analysis for Depth Imaging, co-chair, Ninth International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysical Society, September 2005, Salvador, Brazil

Interactive Workshop to address Current Problems in Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation of Multicomponent Seismic Data (follow-up workshop to the EDGER Workshop held December 2003 at Shell in Houston), December 2004, Houston.

3D Parallel Processing Workshop, Cost effective parallel seismic computing using a PC cluster, Brazilian Geophysical Society, August 1999, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Workshop on Wavelet Estimation and Lithology Inversion, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, SA and GA: Tools for Estimating the Macro-model, Paul L. Stoffa and Mrinal K. Sen, 1996.

Workshop on “Comparison of seismic inversion methods on a single real data set,” AVO analysis of Mobil data by a linearized inversion in the t-p domain, Xia, Ganyuan, Mrinal K. Sen, and Paul L. Stoffa, 1996.

EAGE Workshop on Removal of Multiples and Free Surface Effects in Marine Seismic Data, May 27, 1995, Glasgow, Scotland.

NATO Workshop on:  Rifted Ocean-Continent Boundaries, May 11-14, 1994, Mallorca, Spain.

EDGE/MARGINS Workshop to review recent progress in continental margin research and outline outstanding scientific targets that are addressable seismically, October 1993, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Workshop on Shallow Water Acoustics, April 24-26, 1991, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Gas Hydrate Workshop, April 23-24, 1991, sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, Morgantown, U.S. Geological Survey and Naval Research Laboratory, Reston, Virginia.

A High Resolution 3D Survey, Invited Speaker, April 9-10, 1991, Workshop on High Resolution Offshore Seismic for Defense Purposes, sponsored by Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Laboratory, University of Houston, Houston, TX.

Workshop on the Antarctic International Lithosphere Project, Invited Speaker, July 19-20, 1989, National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C.

Geophysics and Computers - A Look to the Future, Co-Convener, April 27-28, 1989, Houston Area Research Center, The Woodlands, TX.

Exploration of Deep Continental Margin Crust with Closely Spaced Shots and Receivers, Co-convener, February 27-28, 1989, Houston Area Research Center, The Woodlands, TX.

Continental Margins Workshop, Participant, November 20-23, 1988, National Research Council, Irvine, CA.