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Contacts Return to top

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Email: antoine@sep.stanford.edu

Tel: 650-224-6946 (cell)

Address: 723 Menlo Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025

Education Return to top

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

· Ph.D in exploration seismic within 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 Return to top

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 Assistant

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

Professional Activities Return to top

2006-present: Special Editor for Geophysics (SEG)

1998-present: Member SEG

1998-present: Member EAGE

Awards Return to top

SEG Clarence Karcher award, 2007 (outstanding young geophysicists).

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

SEG best student paper, 1999.

Computer Skills Return to top

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 Return to top

French (native speaker).

English (8 years in USA).

Spanish (6 years at school).

Publications Return to top

Conferences SEP Reports

Peer review publications:

2007 2006 2005 2004 2003

2007 Return to publications

• Guitton, A and Kaelin, B, 2006, Least-square attenuation of reverse-time migration artifacts, Geophysics, 72, S19.
• Guitton, A, Valenciano, A, Bevc, D and Claerbout, J, 2006, Smoothing imaging condition for shot-profile migration, Geophysics, 72, S149.
• Haines S., Guitton, A. and Biondo, B, 2007, Seismoelectric data processing for surface surveys of shallow targets, Geophysics, 72, G1.
• Alvarez, G, Biondi, B. and Guitton, A., 2007, Attenuation of specular and diffracted 2D multiples in image space, Geophysics, 72, V97
• 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 Return to publications

• Fomel, S and Guitton, A, 2006, Model preconditioning by plane-wave construction in geophysical estimation problems, Geophysics, 71, A43-A47.
• Valenciano, A, Biondi, B, and Guitton, A, 2006, Target oriented wave-equation inversion, Geophysics, 71, A35-A38.
• Lomask, J., Guitton, A., Fomel, S., Claerbout, J., and Valenciano, A., 2005, Flattening without picking, Geophysics, 71, P13-P20.

2005 Return to publications

• Guitton, A., 2005, A pattern-based approach for multiple removal applied to a 3D Gulf of Mexico dataset, Geophysical Prospecting, 54, 135-152.
• Wilson, C. K. and Guitton, A., 2005, Teleseismic Wavefield Interpolation and Signal Extraction using High Resolution Linear Radon Transforms, Geophysical Journal International, submitted.
• Brown, M. P. and Guitton, A., 2005, Least-squares joint imaging of multiples and primaries, Geophysics, 70, S79-S89.
• Guitton, A., 2005, Multiple attenuation in complex geology with a pattern-based approach, Geophysics, 70, V97-V107.
• Sava, P. and Guitton, A., 2005, Multiple attenuation in the image space, Geophysics, 70, V10–V20.

2004 Return to publications

• Guitton, A., 2004, Amplitude and kinematic corrections of migrated images for nonunitary imaging operators, Geophysics, 69, 1017-1024.

• Guitton, A. and Verschuur, D.J., 2004, Adaptive subtraction of multiples with the L1 norm, Geophysical Prospecting, 52, 27-38.
• Guitton, A. and Claerbout, J., 2004, Interpolation of bathymetry data from the Sea of Galilee: A noise attenuation problem, Geophysics, 69, 608-616.

2003 Return to publications

• Guitton, A. and Symes, W., 2003, Robust inversion of seismic data using the Huber norm, Geophysics, 68, 1310-1319.

Conferences and other publications: Return to publications

2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1999 1998

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 Return to conferences

• Antoine Guitton and Bruno Kaelin, 2006, Least-square attenuation of reverse-time migration artifacts, SEG, Expanded Abstracts.
• Antoine Guitton, Alejandro Valenciano, Dimitri Bevc and Jon Claerbout, 2006, Robust imaging condition for shot-profile migration, SEG, Expanded Abstracts.
• Jesse Lomask and Antoine Guitton, 2006, Flattening with geological constraints, SEG, Expanded Abstracts.
• Antoine Guitton, Alejandro Valenciano, Dimitri Bevc and Jon Claerbout, 2006, Robust Illumination Compensation for Shot-Profile Migration, EAGE conference, extended abstract, P265.

2005 Return to conferences

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

2004 Return to conferences

• 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 Return to conferences

• Antoine Guitton,, 2003, Multiple attenuation with multidimensional prediction-error filters, 73^nd Ann. Internat. Mtg: Soc. of Expl. Geophys. , 1945.
• Antoine Guitton, 2003, Amplitude and kinematic corrections of migrated images for non-unitary imaging operators, 73^nd Ann. Internat. Mtg: Soc. of Expl. Geophys. , 933.
• Paul Sava and Antoine Guitton, 2003, Multiple attenuation in the image space, 73^nd Ann. Internat. Mtg: Soc. of Expl. Geophys. , 1933.
• Seth Haines, Antoine Guitton, Biondo Biondi and Steve Pride, Development of experimental methods in electroseismics, 73^nd 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 Return to conferences

• Antoine Guitton, 2002, Shot-profile migration of multiple reflections, 72^nd 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 Return to conferences

• 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 Return to conferences

• 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 Return to conferences

• Antoine Guitton and Guillaume Cambois, 1998, Prestack elimination of complex multiples: A Gulf of Mexico subsalt example, 68^th 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: Return to publications

SEP 124 SEP 123 SEP 120 SEP 117 SEP 115 SEP 114 SEP 113 SEP 111 SEP 108 SEP 105 SEP 103 SEP 100

SEP 125

• G. Alvarez and A. Guitton, Simultaneous adaptive matching of primaries and multiples with non-stationary filters: SEP-125, 61-76.

SEP 124 Return to report

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

SEP 123 Return to report

• A. Valenciano, B. Biondi, and A. Guitton, Target-oriented wave-equation inversion: Sigsbee model: SEP-123, 83-91.

SEP 120 Return to report

• 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 Return to report

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

SEP 115 Return to report

• 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 Return to report

• A. Valenciano, M. Brown, M. D. Sacchi, and A. Guitton, Interval velocity estimation using edge-preserving regularization: SEP-114, 136-150.

SEP 113 Return to report

• 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 Return to report

• 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 Return to report

• 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 Return to report

• 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 Return to report

• 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 Return to report

• Guitton and W. W. Symes, Robust and stable velocity analysis using the Huber function: SEP-100, 293-314.