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William W. Symes

William W. Symes

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Mathematics

D-Index
45
Citations
11503
World Ranking
1437
National Ranking
637

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - SIAM Fellow For geophysical computations and inverse problems.

Overview

William W. Symes is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated at the intersection of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with significant contributions in subfields such as Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Mathematical Physics, Mechanics of Materials, and Oceanography.

Their research topics encompass a range of areas related to seismic and acoustic wave analysis and imaging. Notable topics include:

  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Numerical methods in inverse problems
  • Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods

Symes's publication record features numerous papers, often focusing on inverse problems in acoustic and seismic contexts. Selected recent works include:

  • Solution of an acoustic transmission inverse problem by extended inversion, 2022, Inverse Problems
  • Use of extended source inversion for estimating the noise level in seismic data, 2022, Second International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy
  • Efficient computation of extended surface sources, 2023, GEM - International Journal on Geomathematics
  • Corrigendum: Solution of an acoustic transmission inverse problem by extended inversion (2022 Inverse Problems 38 115003), 2022, Inverse Problems
  • Preconditioner for estimation of multipole sources via full waveform inversion, 2020, Journal of Computational Physics

Frequent collaborators contributing to their work include:

  • Huiyi Chen
  • Susan E. Minkoff
  • Gaoming Chen
  • Fadil Santosa
  • Mario J. Bencomo

The scientist's research has been published in key venues such as:

  • Inverse Problems
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Second International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy
  • GEM - International Journal on Geomathematics
  • Journal of Computational Physics

Symes has received recognition as a SIAM Fellow in 2009 for contributions related to geophysical computations and inverse problems.

Best Publications

  • Linear inversion of ban limit reflection seismograms

    Fadil Santosa;William W Symes

  • Viscoelastic finite-difference modeling

    Johan O. A. Robertsson;Joakim O. Blanch;William W. Symes

  • Migration velocity analysis and waveform inversion

    William W. Symes

  • Velocity inversion by differential semblance optimization

    W. W. Symes;James J. Carazzone

  • Reverse time migration with optimal checkpointing

    William W. Symes

  • Upwind finite-difference calculation of traveltimes

    Jos van Trier;William W. Symes

  • Modeling of a constant Q; methodology and algorithm for an efficient and optimally inexpensive viscoelastic technique

    Joakim O. Blanch;Johan O. A. Robertsson;William W. Symes

  • Angle‐domain common‐image gathers for migration velocity analysis by wavefield‐continuation imaging

    Biondo Biondi;William W. Symes

  • Robust inversion of seismic data using the Huber norm

    Antoine Guitton;William W. Symes

  • The QR algorithm and scattering for the finite nonperiodic Toda Lattice

    W.W. Symes

  • Systems of Toda type, inverse spectral problems, and representation theory

    W. W. Symes;W. W. Symes

  • A dispersive effective medium for wave propagation in periodic composites

    Fadil Santosa;William W. Symes

  • Angle-domain common image gathers by wave-equation migration

    Marie L. Prucha;Biondo L. Biondi;William W. Symes

  • Uniqueness for an inverse problem for the wave equation

    Rakesh;William W. Symes

  • Computational Strategies For Reverse-time Migration

    William W. Symes;Bertrand Denel;Adam Cherrett;Eric Dussaud

  • An adaptive finite-difference method for traveltimes and amplitudes

    Jianliang Qian;William W. Symes

  • Differential Semblance Velocity Analysis By Wave-equation Migration

    Peng Shen;William W. Symes;Christiaan C. Stolk

  • The seismic reflection inverse problem

    W W Symes

  • Inversion of reflection seismograms by differential semblance analysis: algorithm structure and synthetic examples1

    William W. Symes;Michel Kern;Michel Kern

  • Approximate linearized inversion by optimal scaling of prestack depth migration

    William W. Symes

  • Inverse Problems of Acoustic and Elastic Waves

    F Santosa;Y H Pao;W W Symes;C Holland

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianliang Qian
Jianliang Qian Michigan State University
Biondo Biondi
Biondo Biondi Stanford University
Alan Levander
Alan Levander Rice University
Daniel M. Mittleman
Daniel M. Mittleman Brown University
Richard G. Baraniuk
Richard G. Baraniuk Rice University
Maarten V. de Hoop
Maarten V. de Hoop Rice University
Fenglin Niu
Fenglin Niu Rice University
Andrew Curtis
Andrew Curtis University of Edinburgh
Dimitri Komatitsch
Dimitri Komatitsch Aix-Marseille University

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