Editing Houston 2011 (section)

==Introduction==
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Open software tools allow the exchange of data and procedures so results can be independently reproduced.  This greatly accelerates the transfer of technology and best practices in research and commercial communities.<br>
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Reproducible research is a revolutionary concept in organizing and transferring geoscientific technology, both in the public domain and inside individual organizations.  Computational experiments with geophysical data are captured in the form of transferable recipes, which can be shared and modified by users of the system.  The computational recipes are attached to scientific publications, implementing the publication discipline known as "reproducible research".  The economic benefits of reproducible research using open source in computational geophysics are enormous.<br>
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There are several open-source software packages for geophysical data analysis that were developed to address different aspects of the problem by different organizations around the world.  Example packages are SEPlib, Seismic Unix, FreeUSP, DDS, JavaSeis, Mines JTK, PSEIS, OpendTect, CPSeis, and Madagascar.  The packages have individual strengths, are not integrated in a comprehensive system, and some critical components are missing.  The workshop will introduce participants to the available software.  Those already working on various components will get an update on the recent progress.  Users and developers will build the community required to improve collaboration. <br>
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'''Petroleum Technology Transfer Council'''<br>
A forum for transfer of technology and best- practices within the O&G community<br>http://www.pttc.org/<br>
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