Assistant Project

Antoine Guitton, Ph.D. *******@*****.***

Education Ph.D. Stanford University, 09/1998-09/2005

Ph.D. in Geophyscs with the Stanford Exploration Project.

Thesis: Multidimensional Seismic Noise Attenuation.

Advisor: Jon Claerbout.

M.Sc. Stanford University, 09/1998-06/2000

M.Sc. Geophysics with the Stanford Exploration Project.

Advisor: Jon Claerbout.

M.Sc. Ecole de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, 1993-1996

Engineering diploma and D.E.A in Geophysics (M.Sc.) with honors.

Experience 3DGeo Inc., Santa Clara, California, 2007-present

Vice President R&D

3DGeo Development Inc., Santa Clara, California, 2005-2007

Senior Geophysicist

Stanford University, Stanford, California, 2005-present

Consulting professor in Geophysics.

Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1998-2005

Research Assistant, SEP

Research on coherent noise attenuation, robust optimization criteria (L1 and

Huber norms) and migration issues (migration of multiples).

Chevron, San Ramon, California, 2003

Summer Intern

Worked in the imaging and velocity group.

Schlumberger Cambridge Research Lab, England, 2002

Summer Intern

Worked on coherent noise attenuation techniques for land data.

Delft University, Delft, The Netherlands, 2001

Research Assistant

Exchange student with the DELPHI consortium sponsored by the SMAART

Joint Venture.

Worked on internal multiples elimination with the L1 norm and on the migration

of multiples.

CGG, Massy Palaiseau, France, 1999

Summer Intern

Worked on internal multiples elimination.

Co-developed a related batch in Geovecteur (CGG processing software).

CGG, Houston, USA, 1997-1998

Research Assistant

Worked on new techniques for surface-related multiples attenuation in the Gulf

of Mexico.

Worked on the AVO of converted waves.

IFP, Reuil Malmaison, France, 1996-1997

Research Assistan.t

Worked on true amplitude migration of well data (walkaways and VSPs).

Professional Activities

2006-present: Special Editor for Geophysics (SEG publication)

1998-present: Member of the SEG

1998-present: Member of the EAGE

Awards

SEG Clarence Karcher Award, 2007 (outstanding young geophysicist)

EAGE Arie Van Weelden award, 2004 (outstanding young geophysicist).

SEG best student paper, 1999.

Computer Skills

Programming in Fortran 77 and 90, C, Matlab, python.

Unix, Windows, Red Hat (Linux).

Administrator of 30 Linux boxes at the Stanford Exploration Project.

Languages

French (native speaker).

English (9 years in USA).

Spanish (6 years at school).

Publications

Peer review publications (printed or in press):

2007

1. Guitton, A and Kaelin, B, 2006, Least-square attenuation of reverse-time migration artifacts, Geophysics,

72, S19.

2. Guitton, A, Valenciano, A, Bevc, D and Claerbout, J, 2006, Smoothing imaging condition for shot-profile

migration, Geophysics, 72, S149.

3. Haines, S., Guitton, A. and Biondo, B, 2007, Seismoelectric data processing for surface surveys of shallow

targets, Geophysics, 72, G1

4. Alvarez, G, Biondi, B. and Guitton, A., 2007, Attenuation of specular and diffracted 2D multiples in image

space, Geophysics, 72, V97

5. Wilson, C. K. and Guitton, A., 2007, Teleseismic Wavefield Interpolation and Signal Extraction using High

Resolution Linear Radon Transforms, Geophysical Journal International, 168, 171-181.

2006

6. Fomel, S and Guitton, A, 2006, Model preconditioning by plane-wave construction in geophysical

estimation problems, Geophysics, 71, A43-A47.

7. Valenciano, A, Biondi, B, and Guitton, A, 2006, Target oriented wave-equation inversion, Geophysics, 71,

A35-A38.

8. Lomask, J., Guitton, A., Fomel, S., Claerbout, J., and Valenciano, A., 2006, Flattening without picking,

Geophysics, 71, P13-P20.

2005

9. Guitton, A., 2005, A pattern-based approach for multiple removal applied to a 3D Gulf of Mexico dataset,

Geophysical Prospecting, 54, 135-152.

10. Wilson, C. K. and Guitton, A., 2005, Teleseismic Wavefield Interpolation and Signal Extraction using High

Resolution Linear Radon Transforms, Geophysical Journal International, In press.

11. Brown, M. P. and Guitton, A., 2005, Least-squares joint imaging of multiples and primaries, Geophysics,

70, S79-S89.

12. Guitton, A., 2005, Multiple attenuation in complex geology with a pattern-based approach, Geophysics,

70, V97-V107.

13. Sava, P. and Guitton, A., 2005, Multiple attenuation in the image space, Geophysics, 70, V10 V20.

2004

14. Guitton, A., 2004, Amplitude and kinematic corrections of migrated images for nonunitary imaging

operators, Geophysics, 69, 1017-1024.

15. Guitton, A. and Verschuur, D.J., 2004, Adaptive subtraction of multiples with the L1 norm, Geophysical

Prospecting, 52, 27-38.

16. Guitton, A. and Claerbout, J., 2004, Interpolation of bathymetry data from the Sea of Galilee: A noise

attenuation problem, Geophysics, 69, 608-616.

2003

17. Guitton, A. and Symes, W., 2003, Robust inversion of seismic data using the Huber norm, Geophysics, 68,

1310-1319.

Conferences and other publications:

2007

A. Guitton, B. Kaelin, F. Ortigosa, D. Bevc, C. A. Fernandez, J. Higginbotham, B. Fontecha and J. M.

Cela, 2007, 3D Modeling and Migration of a Wide-Azimuth Towed Streamer Survey, SBGF conference,

extended abstract.

Jesse Lomask and Antoine Guitton, 2007, Volumetric Flattening: an interpretation tool, The Leading

Edge, 26, 888.

Antoine Guitton, Francisco Ortigosa and Bruno Kaelin, 2007, 3D Migration of a Simulated Wide-Azimuth

Tomed Streamer Survey, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 26, 2310-2313.

Antoine Guitton, Francisco Ortigosa and Bruno Kaelin, 2007, Imaging methods in complex overburden,

EAGE conference, extended abstract, C023.

Bruno Kaelin, Antoine Guitton and Francisco Ortigosa, 2007, Illumination Effects in Reverse Time

Migration, EAGE conference, extended abstract, P285.

Dimitri Bevc, Francisco Ortigosa, Antoine Guitton and Bruno Kaelin, 2007, Next Generation Seismic

Imaging: High Fidelity Algorithms and High-End Computing, AGU General Assembly, Acapulco.

2006

Antoine Guitton and Bruno Kaelin, 2006, Least-square attenuation of reverse-time migration artifacts,

SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 2348-2351

Antoine Guitton, Alejandro Valenciano, Dimitri Bevc and Jon Claerbout, 2006, Robust imaging condition

for shot-profile migration, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 2594-2597.

Jesse Lomask and Antoine Guitton, 2006, Flattening with geological constraints, SEG, Expanded

Abstracts, 1053-1056.

Antoine Guitton, Alejandro Valenciano, Dimitri Bevc and Jon Claerbout, 2006, Robust Illumination

Compensation for Shot-Profile Migration, EAGE conference, extended abstract, P265.

2005

Sergey Fomel and Antoine Guitton, 2005, Model preconditioning by plane-wave construction in

geophysical estimation problems, SEG Expanded Abstracts, 2601-2604.

Antoine Guitton, Jesse Lomask and Sergey Fomel, 2005, Non-linear estimation of vertical delays, SEG

Expanded Abstracts, 841-844.

Alejandro Valenciano, B. Biondi, and A. Guitton, 2005, Target-oriented wave-equation inversion: 75th

Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 1662-1665.

Antoine Guitton, 2005, Sparse Radon Transforms with Bound-Constrained Optimization, EAGE Meeting.

2004

Alejandro A. Valenciano, Morgan Brown, Antoine Guitton, and Mauricio D. Sacchi, 2004, Interval

velocity estimation using edge-preserving regularization SEG Expanded Abstracts 23, 2431.

Kevin Wolf, Daniel Rosales, Antoine Guitton, and Jon Claerbout, 2004, Robust moveout without velocity

picking, SEG Expanded Abstracts 23, 2423.

Antoine Guitton, Jon Claerbout, and Jesse Lomask, 2004, First order lateral interval velocity estimates

without picking, SEG Expanded Abstracts 23, 2339.

Morgan Brown and Antoine Guitton, 2004, Efficient prestack modeling and imaging of pegleg multiples,

SEG Expanded Abstracts 23, 2148.

Gabriel Alvarez, Biondo Biondi, and Antoine Guitton, 2004, Attenuation of diffracted multiples in angle

domain common image gathers, SEG Expanded Abstracts 23, 1301.

Guojian Shan and Antoine Guitton, 2004, Migration of surface-related multiples: tests on the Sigsbee2B

dataset, SEG Expanded Abstracts 23, 1285.

2003

Antoine Guitton,, 2003, Multiple attenuation with multidimensional prediction-error filters, 73nd Ann.

Internat. Mtg: Soc. of Expl. Geophys., 1945.

Antoine Guitton, 2003, Amplitude and kinematic corrections of migrated images for non-unitary imaging

operators, 73nd Ann. Internat. Mtg: Soc. of Expl. Geophys., 933.

Paul Sava and Antoine Guitton, 2003, Multiple attenuation in the image space, 73nd Ann. Internat. Mtg:

Soc. of Expl. Geophys., 1933.

Seth Haines, Antoine Guitton, Biondo Biondi and Steve Pride, 2003, Development of experimental

methods in electroseismics, 73nd Ann. Internat. Mtg: Soc. of Expl. Geophys., 560.

Antoine Guitton, 2003, What can we do with a model of the multiples ? Presented in Workshop: Strategies

towards Multi-dimensional Multiple Attenuation, 65rd Mtg.: Eur. Assn. of Expl. Geophys.

2002

Antoine Guitton, 2002, Shot-profile migration of multiple reflections, 72nd Ann. Internat. Mtg: Soc. of

Expl. Geophys., 1296-1299.

Antoine Guitton, 2002, Coherent noise attenuation using inverse problems and prediction-error filters:

First Break, 20, no. 03, 161-167.

2001

Antoine Guitton, Morgan Brown, James Rickett, and Robert Clapp, 2001, Multiple attenuation using a t-x

pattern-based subtraction method, 71st Ann. Internat. Mtg: Soc. of Expl. Geophys., 1305-1308.

Antoine Guitton, 2001, Coherent Noise Attenuation Using Inverse Theory and Prediction Error Filters,

63rd Mtg.: Eur. Assn. of Expl. Geophys., Session: P159.

James Rickett, Antoine Guitton, and Doug Gratwick, 2001, Adaptive Multiple Subtraction with Non-

Stationary Helical Shaping Filters, 63rd Mtg.: Eur. Assn. of Expl. Geophys., Session: P167.

1999

Antoine Guitton and Guillaume Cambois, 1999, Multiple elimination using a pattern-recognition technique:

The Leading Edge, 18, no. 1, 92-98.

Antoine Guitton and William Symes, 1999, Robust and stable velocity analysis using the Huber function,

69th Ann. Internat. Mtg: Soc. of Expl. Geophys., 1166-1169.

1998

Antoine Guitton and Guillaume Cambois, 1998, Prestack elimination of complex multiples: A Gulf of

Mexico subsalt example, 68th Ann. Internat. Mtg: Soc. of Expl. Geophys., 1329-1332.

Guillaume Cambois and Antoine Guitton, 1998, Prestack Elimination of Complex Multiples - a Gulf of

Mexico Example, 60th Mtg.: Eur. Assn. Geosci. Eng., Session:01-25.

Stanford Exploration Project annual reports:

SEP 125

G. Alvarez and A. Guitton, Simultaneous adaptive matching of primaries and multiples with non-

stationary filters: SEP-125, 61-76.

SEP 124

J. Lomask and A. Guitton, Flattening with geological constraints: SEP-124, 105-114.

SEP 123

A. Valenciano, B. Biondi, and A. Guitton, Target-oriented wave-equation inversion: Sigsbee model: SEP-

123, 83-90.

SEP 120

A. Valenciano, B. Biondi, and A. Guitton, Target-oriented wave-equation inversion: SEP-120, 23-40.

A. Guitton, Sparse radon transforms with a bound-constrained approach: SEP-120, 387-394.

A. Guitton, J. Lomask, and S. Fomel, Non-linear estimation of vertical delays with a quasi-Newton method:

SEP-120, 167-178.

C. K. Wilson and A. Guitton, Interpolation and signal extraction of teleseismic wavefields with the linear

radon transform: SEP-120, 197-216.

J. Lomask, A. Guitton, and A. Valenciano, Flattening without picking faults: SEP-120, 159-166.

J. Lomask, A. Guitton, S. Fomel, and J. Claerbout, Update on flattening without picking: SEP-120, 137-

158.

B. Artman and A. Guitton, Removal of linear events with combined radon transforms: SEP-120, 395-406.

D. A. Rosales and A. Guitton, Multiple attenuation: Data space vs. image space--A real data example:

SEP-120, 375-386.

SEP 117

A. Guitton, Bound constrained optimization: application to the dip estimation problem: SEP-117, 51-62.

SEP 115

D. A. Rosales and A. Guitton, Ocean-bottom hydrophone and geophone coupling: SEP-115, 57-70.

A. Guitton, Multidimensional multiple attenuation in complex geology: illustration on the Sigsbee2B

dataset: SEP-115, 109-126.

A. Guitton, Subtraction of surface-related multiples: adaptive subtraction vs. pattern recognition: SEP-115,

127-138.

G. Alvarez, B. Biondi, and A. Guitton, Attenuation of diffracted multiples with an apex-shifted tangent-

squared radon transform in image space: SEP-115, 139-152.

G. Shan and A. Guitton, Migration of surface-related multiples: tests on the Sigsbee2B dataset: SEP-115,

153-162.

A. Guitton, J. Claerbout, and J. Lomask, First-order lateral interval velocity estimates without picking:

SEP-115, 249-264.

K. Wolf, D. Rosales, A. Guitton, and J. Claerbout, Robust moveout without velocity picking: SEP-115,

273-282.

J. Lomask and A. Guitton, Analytical flattening with adjustable regularization: SEP-115, 367-382.

A. Guitton and I. Vlad, Imaging oceanic thermohaline structure with reflection seismology: SEP-115, 410-

416.

SEP 114

A. Valenciano, M. Brown, M. D. Sacchi, and A. Guitton, Interval velocity estimation using edge-

preserving regularization: SEP-114, 136-150.

SEP 113

A. Guitton, A comparison of three multiple-attenuation methods for a Gulf of Mexico dataset: SEP-113, 1-

16.

P. Sava and A. Guitton, Multiple attenuation in the image space: SEP-113, 31-44.

S. Haines, A. Guitton, and P. Sava, Multiple suppression in the angle domain with non-stationary

prediction-error filters: SEP-113, 45-56.

A. Guitton, Multiple attenuation with multidimensional prediction-error filters: SEP-113, 57-74.

A. Guitton, Amplitude balanced PEF estimation: SEP-113, 261-276.

S. Haines and A. Guitton, Coherent noise suppression in electroseismic data with non-stationary prediction-

error filters: SEP-113, 277-284.

A. Guitton, Subtraction versus filtering for signal/noise separation: SEP-113, 285-290.

A. Guitton, Amplitude and kinematic corrections of migrated images for non-unitary imaging operators:

SEP-113, 349-362.

A. Guitton and J. Claerbout, Interpolation of bathymetry data from the Sea of Galilee: A noise attenuation

problem: SEP-113, 399-416.

SEP 111

A. Guitton, Shot-profile migration of multiple reflections: SEP-111, 17-33.

A. Valenciano, B. Biondi, and A. Guitton, Multidimensional imaging condition for shot profile migration:

SEP-111, 71-81.

A. Guitton and E. Verschuur, Adaptive subtraction of multiples with the l1-norm: SEP-111,157-171.

A. Guitton, A hybrid adaptive subtraction method: SEP-111, 171-183.

S. Haines and A. Guitton, Removal of coherent noise from electroseismic data: SEP-111, 183-201.

A. Guitton, Theoretical aspects of noise attenuation: SEP-111, 201-207.

SEP 108

A. Guitton, Coherent noise attenuation: A synthetic and field example: SEP-108, 225-248.

A. Guitton, M. Brown, J. Rickett, and R. Clapp, A pattern-based technique for ground-roll and multiple

attenuation: SEP-108, 249-274.

A. Guitton, Solutions to data and operator aliasing with the parabolic radon transform: SEP-108, 283-296.

J. Rickett, A. Guitton, and D. Gratwick, Adaptive multiple subtraction with non-stationary helical shaping

filters: SEP-108, 275-282.

SEP 105

A. Guitton, Coherent noise attenuation using Inverse Problems and Prediction Error Filters: SEP-105, 27-

48.

J. Rickett and A. Guitton, Multi-dimensional Fourier transforms in the helical coordinate system: SEP-105,

167-176.

SEP 103

A. Guitton, Prestack multiple attenuation using the hyperbolic Radon transform: SEP-103, 181-201.

A. Guitton, Huber solver versus IRLS algorithm for quasi L1 inversion: SEP-103, 255-271.

A. Guitton, Implementation of a nonlinear solver for minimizing the Huber norm: SEP-103, 281-289.

SEP 100

A. Guitton and W. W. Symes, Robust and stable velocity analysis using the Huber function: SEP-100, 293-

314.

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