Aria Abubakar is currently the Head of Data Science & Scientific Advisor for Digital Subsurface Solutions at Schlumberger based in Houston, Texas, USA. He received M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in computational science, from Delft University of Technology in Delft, The Netherlands. He was the 2020 SEG-AAPG Distinguish Lecturer and the 2014 SEG North America Honorary Lecturer. He holds over 50 patents/patent applications, and has published 5 book & book chapters, over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles, over 200 peer-reviewed conference papers, and over 50 conference abstracts.