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Computer skills

Fortran
Matlab
Python
MPI
OpenMP
Linux & Bash
LaTeX

Languages

French
English
Modern Standard Arabic

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Mustapha Benziane

A final year PhD. student, interested in computational seismology, particularly, Full waveform inversion, inverse problems, numerical optimization and uncertainty quantification. I am currently actively seeking a postdoc position.

Research Experience

PhD. Project

Université Grenoble Alpes

Grenoble, France

2025 - 2022

  • Project: Receiver extensions strategies for time-domain FWI
    - Implementing various receiver extension strategies, and integration into the SEISCOPE FWI engine TOYxDAC_TIME
    - Adding a global and stochastic optimization library in Fortran into the SEISCOPE TOOLSBOX

Teaching Experience

Teaching assistant

Université Grenoble Alpes

Grenoble, France

2025 - 2022

  • Gravimetry, Geodesy and geothermy for STPE L2:
    - Practicals and field work, 52h in 2022-2023
    - Field work, 14h in 2023-2024
  • Programming and development environments
    - Practicals, 18h in 2024-2025

Industry Experience

Geophysical Engineer

GeoEXplo

Algiers, Algeria

2020 - 2017

  • Geophysical data acquisition, processing and interpretation:
    - Refraction seismic
    - Cross-hole and down-hole seismic
    - MASW and ReMi
    - Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT)
    - Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES)
    - Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
    - Well logging (namely, resistivity, SP, gamma ray, caliper, acoustic and optical and acoustic borehole imaging)
  • ALT and MSI well logging equipment and software (WellCAD)
    - Training new and existing clients
    - Technical support in North Africa (Mainly, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia)
    - Sales of equipment and software

Education

PhD., Geophysics

Université Grenoble Alpes

Grenoble, France

2025 - 2022

  • Subject: Receiver based extension strategies for time-domain 3D full waveform inversion.

Masters of Geophysics

Université Grenoble Alpes

Grenoble, France

2022 - 2020

  • Thesis: Receiver extension using a time-dependent relocalization strategy

Masters of petroleum Geophysics

Université de Boumerdes

Boumerdes, Algeria

2016 - 2014

  • Thesis: Structural seismic interpretation using of the aptien reservoir in the Guelma region

Bachelor of Geophysics

Université de Boumerdes

Boumerdes, Algeria

2016 - 2011

  • Project: 3D land seismic data acquisition (field internship with the national geophysical surveying company ENAGEO)




Conference proceedings

Benziane, M., Brossier, R., Métivier, L. and Sambolian, S. 2024 Full-waveform inversion with time-dependent receiver-extension: An efficient inner loop optimization. In: Fourth International Meeting For Applied Geoscience & Energy. 1038–1042

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2024

Benziane, M., Brossier, R. and Métivier, L. 2023 Receiver extension strategy using a time-dependent relocalization approach for time-domain FWI. In: 84th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition,2023. European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, 1–5.

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2023

Review activity

Reviewer for EAGE annual meeting technical program

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Memberships

EAGE member

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Current - 2021

SEG member

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Current - 2014

SEG UGA student chapter - vice president

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2021 - 2020

SEG UMBB student chapter - member

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2016 - 2014

Activities

PhD. student delegate

ISTerre

Grenoble, France

2024 - 2023

  • Oganizing the 2024 PhD. students congress in Chambéry
  • Organizing various activities for the lab PhD students