131: How to mine old theories for new insights

Vemund Thorkildsen discusses his paper, "Revisiting holistic migration," published in October's The Leading Edge. In this episode, Vemund discusses questioning the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem, mining gaps in past research, and examining the applicability of holistic migration to seismic field data. He also shares how he connected with Enders Robinson to serve as co-author on the paper. Vemund Thorkildsen is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Oslo studying passive and active electromagnetics in the Barents Sea. Visit https://seg.org/podcast to find the link to Vemund's article, as well as the rest of the special section on quantitative interpretation in October's The Leading Edge. RELATED LINKS * Vemund S. Thorkildsen, Leiv-J. Gelius, and Enders A. Robinson, (2021), "Revisiting holistic migration," The Leading Edge 40: 768–777. (https://doi.org/10.1190/tle40100768.1) * Read the special section: Quantitative interpretation (https://library.seg.org/toc/leedff/40/10) SPONSOR This episode is brought to you by CGG. At CGG, we have a positive outlook for the future - an optimism that drives us to constantly push the boundaries of what’s possible. Blending new thinking and advanced technologies, we help you understand and solve the world’s most complex natural resource, environmental and infrastructure challenges. Let CGG help you to see things differently. Visit https://www.cgg.com/ to learn more. CREDITS Original music by Zach Bridges. This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Andrew Geary at 51 features, LLC. Thank you to the SEG podcast team: Ted Bakamjian, Kathy Gamble, and Ally McGinnis. You can follow the podcast to hear the latest episodes on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.