UBC SCAIM Seminar: Felix J. Herrmann
Topic
Act Normal That’s Crazy Enough — An Overview of Seismic Inversion with Normalizing Flows and Surrogate Modeling
Speakers
Details
I will give an overview on how techniques from neural (conditional) density estimation and surrogate modeling can be used to solve challenging problems in seismic imaging and monitoring of geological carbon storage. I will start by outlining how (conditional) normalizing flows can be used as priors, to regularize inverse problems, and as low-fidelity amortized posteriors for wave-based inversions. To this end, I will use techniques from simulation-based inference. When time permits I will also talk about permeability inversion from time-lapse seismic data using neural surrogates (Fourier Neural Operators) to mimic solution operators of two-phase flow equations.
Additional Information
Location: ESB 4133
Time: 12.30pm Pacific
N.B: Pizza lunch will be provided.
Felix J. Herrmann, Georgia Institute of Technology
This is a Past Event
Event Type
Scientific, Seminar
Date
March 21, 2023
Time
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Location