Distinguished Instructor Short Course

The SEG Distinguished Instructor Short Course (DISC) is an eight-hour, one-day short course with a textbook on a topic of current and widespread interest. The SEG DISC is presented at locations around the world.

For more information about SEG's Distinguished Instructor Short Course, please contact: ceseg.org.

All past DISC instructors are listed. A summary of the course is included on the instructor’s biography page along with a link to purchase the accompanying textbook, if available.

Distinguished Instructor Short Course Instructors

• 2023 Mark E. Willis – Distributed Acoustic Sensing for Seismic Measurements – What geophysicists and engineers need to know

• 2022 Joe Dellinger – Forensic Data Processing

• 2020 Dave Monk – Survey Design and Seismic Acquisition for Land, Marine, and In-between in Light of New Technology and Techniques

• 2019 Manika Prasad – Physics and Mechanics of Rocks: A Practical Approach

• 2018 Kurt Marfurt – Seismic Attributes as the Framework for Data Integration throughout the Oilfield Life Cycle

• 2017 Doug Oldenburg – Geophysical Electromagnetics: Fundamentals and Applications

• 2016 James Gaiser – 3C Seismic and VSP: Converted Waves and Vector Wavefield Applications

• 2015 Öz Yilmaz – Engineering Seismology with Applications to Geotechnical Engineering

• 2014 Shawn Maxwell – Microseismic Imaging of Hydraulic Fracturing: Improved Engineering of Unconventional Shale Reservoirs

• 2013 David Johnston – Making a Difference with 4D: Practical Applications of Time-Lapse Seismic Data

• 2012 Chris Liner – Elements of Seismic Dispersion: A somewhat practical guide to frequency-dependent phenomena

• 2011 Julien Meunier – Seismic Acquisition from Yesterday to Tomorrow

• 2010 Colin Sayers – Geomechanically applications of seismic and borehole acoustic waves

• 2009 Patrick Corbett – Petroleum Geoengineering: Integration of static and dynamic models

• 2008 William Abriel – Reservoir Geophysics: Applications

• 2007 Biondo Biondi – Concepts and Applications in 3D Seismic Imaging

• 2006 Kurt Marfurt – Seismic Attribute Mapping of Structure and Stratigraphy

• 2005 Rodney Calvert – Insights and Methods for 4D Reservoir Monitoring and Characterization

• 2004 Paul Weimer – Petroleum Systems of Deepwater Settings

• 2003 Olivier Dubrule – Geostatistics for Seismic Data Integration in Earth Models

• 2002 Leon Thomsen – Understanding Seismic Anisotropy in Exploration and Exploitation

• 2001 Fred Hilterman – Seismic Amplitude Interpretation

• 2000 Robert Garotta – Shear Waves from Acquisition to Interpretation

• 1999 Philip Schultz – The Seismic Velocity Model as an Interpretation Asset

• 1998 Ian Jack – Time-Lapse Seismic in Reservoir Management