Editing Houston 2017

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<center><big>'''Madagascar School at the University of Houston 2017'''</big></center>

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== Dates ==

April 21-22, 2017

== Registration ==
The two day class is open to the geophysics community.  Preference is for geophysicist at the University of Houston.  Some seats are reserved on a first come basis for non-University of Houston geophysicists.
[http://docs.google.com/forms/d/1weZc6NUXD25W9EHbpqouRy3bBx9habKYihYRuYZXRjY/edit The registration form is here]

== Hosting Organization  ==
SEG Wavelets is the University of Houston's SEG student chapter. It is devoted to promoting education in exploration geophysics. We work with professional organizations, industry professionals, University of Houston faculty, and other student organizations to bring  students educational, social, and possible future employment opportunities. We invite professionals to give lectures on exploration geophysics at UH, outreach to schools and museums in Houston for geoscience education and organize workshops on O&G exploration. More details can be found on our [http://segwavelets.uh.edu/ website].


== Location  ==
Rm 223, Science & Research Bld1<br>
University of Houston<br>
3507 Cullen Boulevard<br>
Houston, TX 77204-5007<br><br>
Use these maps to the location of the school:<br>

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== Prepare your computer before Friday, April 21st ==
Before the first day, you should install Madagascar on your computer.  You can install the development version or the new stable version 2.0.  Madagascar should install easily on a Mac or on Linux. For installation on Windows under Cygwin, see [[Windows|instructions]].

If you want you can run on a virtual machine.  Using a virtual machine is a good way to sample Madagascar, especially if you do not want to install Linux on your Window computer.  On one test the elapse time was 15% longer.  You can easily move from Linux window to windows on the Window system.  When you are completed with Madagascar you can delete the virtual machine and all data associated.  Installation is described on the wiki page: [[running madagascar on a virtual machine]].

== Agenda ==

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! colspan="3" style="background:#ffdead;" | Draft program
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! Day 1 
! colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Friday, April 21st
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| 9:00-9:15
! colspan="2"  | Welcome (Wenyuan Zhang)
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|9:15-10:30
! colspan="2" |  Introduction to the Madagascar Framework (Sergey Fomel)
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| colspan="2"  | 
<tt>Madagascar</tt> provides a complete environment for organizing one's research, from new software development to running computational experiments to publishing the experimental results in papers and reports and archiving them for future usage. This shared environment enables an efficient exchange of research results with colleagues and sponsors. In this module, you will learn how to take the full advantage of the <tt>Madagascar</tt> environment to enhance research productivity and research collaboration.<br><br>
[http://ahay.org/wikilocal/docs/Madagascar-Houston.pdf Slides] (28M)

|-
| 10:30-10:40
! colspan="2"  | Break

|-
| 10:40-12:00
! colspan="2"  |  First Look at <tt>Madagascar</tt> (Karl Schleicher)
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|
| colspan="2"  | 
Checking your installation, basic <tt>Madagascar</tt> Programs, basic SConstruct, and basic 2D marine processing.  Exercises.<br><br>
[http://ahay.org/wikilocal/docs/Schleicher2017.pdf Slides]<br>
[https://github.com/ahay/src/tree/master/book/data/viking Examples]
|-
| 12:00-13:00
! colspan="2"  | Lunch

|-
| 13:00-15:00
! colspan="2"  |  Wave Equation Modeling and Migration (Luke Decker)
|-
|
| colspan="2"  | 
Introduction to some of <tt>Madagascar</tt>'s wave equation and modeling programs.<br><br>
[http://ahay.org/wikilocal/docs/Decker2017.pdf Slides] (4.7M)<br>
[http://www.ahay.org/RSF/book/rsf/school/sigsbee.html Example]
|-
| 15:00-15:10
! colspan="2"  | Break

|-
| 15:10-17:00
! colspan="2"  |  Exercises and additional topics.

|-
! Day 2 
! colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Saturday, April 22nd
|-
|9:00-12:00
! colspan="2" | Madagascar exercise  (Sergey Fomel)
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| colspan="2"  | 
[http://ahay.org/RSF/book/rsf/tutorial2017/paper_html/ Madagascar tutorial]

|-
| 12:00-13:00
! colspan="2"  | Lunch


|-
| 13:00-15:00
! colspan="2"  |  Work session
|-
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| colspan="2"  | 
Participants may continue to work on exercises and ask questions

|-
|}

== Organizers and Instructors==

* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/wenyuan-zhang-8a909a30 Wenyuan Zhang] (University of Houston)
* [https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/researcher/sergey_fomel/ Sergey Fomel]  (University of Texas at Austin)
* [https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/researcher/Karl_Schleicher/ Karl Schleicher]  (University of Texas at Austin)
* [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luke_Decker Luke Decker]  (University of Texas at Austin)