Francis Muir 3510521 220673656 2008-06-21T00:36:18Z Eubot 231599 Hatnote formatting, see [[User:Eubot/Hatnote formatting]] {{for|the British writer and comedian|Frank Muir}} '''Francis Muir''' (born [[April 27]], [[1926]]), also known as '''fido''' <ref>http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.books/search?group=rec.arts.books&q=fido&qt_g=1&searchnow=Search+this+group</ref>, '''ffoulkes''' <ref>http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.books/search?group=rec.arts.books&q=ffoulkes&qt_g=1&searchnow=Search+this+group</ref>, '''fideaux''' <ref>http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.books/search?group=rec.arts.books&q=fideaux&qt_g=1&searchnow=Search+this+group</ref>, or '''our beloved phydeaux'''<ref>http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.books/msg/ed6218946bdad1a9</ref>, is a former Research Associate at the [[Geophysics]] Department of [[Stanford University]], and a notable [[Usenet]]ter known for his broad erudition and supercilious airs mainly contributed to the newsgroup rec.arts.books<ref>http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.books?lnk=sg&hl=en</ref>. Muir graduated from [[Oxford University]] in [[1950]] with an MA degree in [[mathematics]]. He worked as a research and field exploration [[seismology|seismologist]] with [[Seismograph Service]] from [[1954]] through [[1962]], and then with [[West Australian Petroleum]] as a field supervisor until [[1967]]. He then transferred to the [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] Oilfield Research Company, which he left in [[1983]] as Senior Research Associate. Since then he has held an appointment as Consulting Professor in the Geophysics Department at Stanford University, first with Jon Claerbout's SEP group and more recently with Amos Nur's SRB Project. Muir consults with industry, particularly on applications of velocity anisotropy to oilfield development, and is a co-investigator on a Project on [[Anisotropy]] for the [[DOE]]. He is a member of the SEG Research Committee, an erstwhile Fellow of the [[Royal Astronomical Society]], and an active participant in the Web-based "anisotropists" list. The [[asteroid]] [[95802 Francismuir]] commemorates Muir in his capacities as the mentor and advisor of its discoverer {{MPCit_JPL|95802}}. He retired from Stanford in [[2005]]. == Publications == * Claerbout, J. F.; and Muir, F.; 1973 "Robust modeling of erratic data", ''Geophysics'', '''38''', 826–844. * Godfrey, R. J.; Muir, F.; Rocca, F.; 1980, "Modeling seismic impedance with Markov chains", ''Geophysics'', '''45.9''', 1351–1372. * Dellinger, J.; and Muir, F.; 1988, Imaging reflections in elliptically anisotropic media (Short Note), ''Geophysics'', Vol '''53.12''', 1616–1618. * Schoenberg, M.; and Muir, F.; 1989, A calculus for finely layered anisotropic media, ''Geophysics'', '''54.5''', 581–589. * Nichols, D.; Muir, F.; and Schoenberg, M.; 1989, "Elastic Properties of rocks with multiple sets of fractures": ''63rd Ann. Internat. Mtg., Soc. Expl. Geophys.'', Expanded Abstracts, 471–474. * Karrenbach, M.; and Muir, F.; 1991, "Anisotropic scalar imaging", ''EAEG Abstracts'', 540–541. * Muir, F.; Michelena, R.; and Harris, J.; 1991, "Anisotropic tomography: Part I, background", ''EAEG Abstracts''. * Michelena, R.; Muir, F.; and Harris, J.; 1991, Anisotropic tomography: Part II, algorithm an examples, ''EAEG Abstracts'', 612. * Muir, F.; Dellinger, J.; Etgen, J.; and Nicholas, D.; 1992, "Modeling elastic fields across irregular boundaries" (Short Note), ''Geophysics'', '''57.9''', 1189–1193. * Michelena, R.; Muir, F.; and Harris, J.; (1992), "Tomographic travel time inversion in anisotropic media", ''Proc. Soc. Expl. Geophys. Japan'', 77–96. * Dellinger, J.; Muir, F.; and Karrenbach, M.; (1993), "Anelliptic approximations for TI media", ''Jour. Seis. Expl.'', '''2''', 23–40. * Dellinger, J.; and Muir, F.; 1993, "Dix revisited: a formalism for rays in layered media", ''Proc. 5th International Workshop on Seismic Anisotropy'', CSEG. * Michelena, R. J.; Muir, F.; and Harris, J.; 1993, "Anisotropic travel time tomography", ''Geophysical Prospecting'', '''41.4.''' * Schoenberg, M.; Muir, F.; and Sayers, C.; 1996, "Introducing ANNIE: A simple three-parameter anisotropic velocity model for shales", ''J. Seis. Expl.'' vol. '''5''', 35–49. * Popovici, A. M.; Muir, F.; and Blondel, P.; 1996, "Stolt redux: a new interpolation method", ''J. Seis. Expl.'' vol. '''5''', 341–347. ==External links== * [http://pangea.stanford.edu/~francis/ Francis Muir's Stanford web page] * [http://groups.google.com/groups?enc_author=S1FwTBQAAACK5mVWbdtuSSm2koIrWmX-6ByVaTvQhk5i4n6ZEwWJug&scoring=d&hl=en Francis Muir's Usenet traces posted as francis@stanford.edu] (via [[Google Groups]]) ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Muir, Francis}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Usenet people]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]]