Mostafa Hadavand

I am a geo-statistician and interested in statistics, resource modeling, mathematical modelling, data architecture and visual analytics


Experience

Senior Geostatistician

Resource Modeling Solutions, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Providing software, consulting and training for geostatistical resource mdoeling

November 2020 - Present

Analytics Lead, Business Intelligence Consultant

Silver Creek, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Bringing the power of data science, visual analytics and business intelligence to decision making

June 2017 - November 2020

Research Associate, Geo-statistician

Spatial statistics, resource modelling/estimation, uncertainty quantification and improved decision making.

January 2014 - November 2020

Education

University of Alberta

Ph.D., Geo-Statistics
School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering
Research: Spatial Statistics, Multivariate Data Analysis, Resource Modeling, Uncertainty Management, Integration of 4D Seismic data
January 2014 - September 2017

University of Western Ontario

M.ESc.,Mechanical Engineering
NSERC CAMI Program Scholar at Center of Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics
Research: Mechanical Design, Surgical Robotics and Mechatronics
August 2006 - May 2010



Pygeostat


Data Analysis


Awards & Certifications

  • President’s Doctoral Prize of Distinction ($10K) 2016-2018
  • NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship PGSD ($21K) 2016-2018
  • Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship ($5K) 2014
  • Queen Elizabeth II scholarship ($15K) 2014-2015
  • NSERC CAMI Program Supplementary Funds ($15K) 2012-2014

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Papers:

Hadavand, M., & Deutsch, C. V. and et al (2019). Integration of 4D Seismic in Steam-Assisted-Gravity-Drainage Reservoir Characterization . SPE Journal of reservoir evaluation and engineering.

Hadavand, M., & Deutsch, C. V. (2017). Facies Proportion Uncertainty in Presence of a Trend . Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.

Hadavand, M., & Deutsch, C. V. (2016). A Practical Methodology For Integration of 4D Seismic in Steam-Assisted-Gravity-Drainage Reservoir Characterization . SPE Journal of ReservoirEvaluation & Engineering.

CCG Papers and Guidebooks:

Mostafa Hadavand, 2020, pip Install Pygeostat,, CCG Paper 2020-129, Centre for Computational Geostatistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Mostafa Hadavand & Clayton V. Deutsch, 2020, How Many Gaussian Componenets for Fitting GMM, CCG Paper 2020-148, Centre for Computational Geostatistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Mostafa Hadavand & Clayton V. Deutsch, 2020, Spatial Multivariate Data Imputation Using Generalized Lambda Distribution, CCG Paper 2020-147, Centre for Computational Geostatistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Mostafa Hadavand & Clayton V. Deutsch, 2019, Multivariate Data Imputation Using Generalized Lambda Distribution and Multi Layer Perceptron Neural Networks, CCG Paper 2019-126, Centre for Computational Geostatistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Mostafa Hadavand and Clayton V. Deutsch. (2016) Improved Sampling of Multivariate Parameter Uncertainty, CCG Paper 2016-123, Centre for Computational Geostatistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Mostafa Hadavand and Clayton V. Deutsch. (2016) Multivariate Spatial Bootstrap Using Sequential Stochastic Simulation at Data Locations, CCG Paper 2016-124, Centre for Computational Geostatistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Mostafa Hadavand and Clayton V. Deutsch. (2016) A comprehensive Example on SAGD Characterization and Geostatistical Anomaly Enforcement, CCG Paper 2016-203, Centre for Computational Geostatistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Mostafa Hadavand and Clayton V. Deutsch. (2016) Updated BlockSIS (sequential indicator simulation) for Proportion Reproduction, CCG Paper 2016-411, Centre for Computational Geostatistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Mostafa Hadavand and Clayton V. Deutsch. (2016) Proportion Uncertainty for Categorical Variables in Presence of a Trend, CCG Paper 2016-104, Centre for Computational Geostatistics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Mostafa Hadavand, Clayton V. Deutsch. (2015) Improving SAGD Reservoir Modeling by Geostatistical Enforcement of Anomalies in Fluid Flow, CCG Paper 2015-203, Centre of Computational Geostatistics (CCG), Edmonton, Alberta.

Mostafa Hadavand, Clayton V. Deutsch. (2015) Engineering Rotation Angles Translated to GSLIB Convention, CCG Paper 2015-134, Centre of Computational Geostatistics (CCG), Edmonton, Alberta.

Mostafa Hadavand, Clayton v. Deutsch. (2014) An Example Application of Ensemble Kalman Filter with Flow-based Pressure Data, Centre of Computational Geostatistics (CCG), Edmonton, Alberta.

Other Peer Reviewed Publications:

Hadavand, M., Mirbagheri, A., Behzadipour, S., & Farahmand, F. (2014). A novel remote center of motion mechanism for the force-reflective master robot of haptic tele-surgery systems. The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 10(2), 129-139.

Hadavand, M., Naish, M. D., & Patel, R. V. (2014, August). A parallel Remote Center of Motion mechanism for needle-based medical interventions. In Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (2014 5th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Hadavand, M., Mirbagheri, A., Salarieh, H., & Farahmand, F. (2011, August). Design of a force-reflective master robot for haptic telesurgery applications: Robomaster1. In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE (pp. 7037-7040). IEEE.

Khalaji, I., Hadavand, M., Asadian, A., Patel, R. V., & Naish, M. D. (2013, November). Analysis of needle-tissue friction during vibration-assisted needle insertion. In 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (pp. 4099-4104). IEEE.

Thesis:

Hadavand, M., Integration of 4D Seismic Data in Reservoir Characterization with Facies Parameter Uncertainty , University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, September 2017.

Hadavand, M., Design and Development of a Surgical Robot for Needle-Based Interventions, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, April 2014.



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