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Dr. Saad Saleh

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Dr. Saleh received a PhD in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1991 in the area of feedback control theory. He joined Shell Development Company in Houston in 1991 and served as a research engineer until 2003 focusing on applications of advanced digital signal processing and systems theory to seismic data processing and interpretation, including noise attenuation, data compression, amplitude interpretation, and novel applications of multi-dimensional hexagonal sampling to speed up seismic imaging.

From 2004 to 2008, Dr. Saleh led the New Detection Methods R&D team in Shell International E&P Inc. with responsibility for developing and deploying new geophysical techniques beyond traditional seismic methods, with emphasis on controlled-source electromagnetics and high-resolution gravity and magnetic capabilities. From 2009 to 2018, Dr. Saleh managed Shell’s Integrated Geoscience R&D program, a large international multi-disciplinary team focused on creating new exploration technologies via the application of computational science and machine learning methods to integrate advances in geology, geophysics, and petrophysics. The program was also responsible for developing deep-water natural seep detection capabilities using autonomous underwater vehicles.

After retiring from Shell, Dr. Saleh joined Rice University in Houston as Professor in the Practice, where his teaching and research interests were focused on complex emergent systems and their applications in engineering and the natural sciences, with particular emphasis on machine learning and feedback control of multi-agent networks. In 2021, Dr. Saleh joined the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas in Austin, where he currently serves as a Research Consultant.  In addition, Dr. Saleh holds the position of Professor of Practice at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Texas in Austin.


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