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SUMMARY:Bits to Barrels: Computational Challenges in the Energy Industry
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Vianney Koelman (Head\nShell's Computational Centre of
  Expertise\nBangaluru\n )\n\nAbstract: \nAbstract: The energy sector has 
 been one of the largest consumers of high performance computing right from
  the early days. However\, we have always been\, and currently still are i
 n a situation where the problems we are attempting to solve outpace the ca
 pabilities of current generation hardware and software systems. In respons
 e to these challenges\, mid 2012 Shell’s Computational Center of Experti
 se was initiated at the Shell Technology Centre in Bangalore\, India. The 
 main driver behind this R&D Center of Expertise is to aggressively leverag
 e the continued exponential growth of computing hardware capabilities and 
 to develop advanced numerical simulation and data processing capabilities 
 that will benefit upstream (oil and gas production)\, downstream (product 
 development) and future energy businesses. The focus is on novel modeling 
 and simulation methodologies enabled by state-of-the-art computing technol
 ogy\, and data mining and processing solutions meeting the requirements of
  ever increasing data volumes (the “big data” challenge).\nAbout the S
 peaker: Vianney Koelman joined Shell R&D in the Netherlands in 1989 with a
  PhD in physics from Eindhoven University of Technology. His early work fo
 cused on novel computational technologies such as micro-hydrodynamic simul
 ations and subsurface resistivity inversions. This was followed by a caree
 r in Upstream Operating Units in Petroleum Engineering and Hydrocarbon Rec
 overy. He worked in a variety of Technical Leadership roles such as Head R
 eservoir Management\, Brent\, and Chief Petrophysicist Europe and Africa. 
 In 2008 Vianney Koelman established a global Fiber-Optic Sensing research 
 group. In 2010  he got appointed as one of Shell's Chief Scientists\, and
  in 2012 also as Shell's Vice President Computational Technology. In the l
 atter role he is tasked to establish a Computational Centre of Expertise i
 n Bangalore serving the global Shell Group.\n
URL:https://www.tcs.tifr.res.in/web/events/488
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20140516T160000
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LOCATION:AG-66 (Lecture Theatre)
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