I am an undergraduate student majoring in Geophysics at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), expecting to graduate in June 2027.

At USTC, I conduct research in the Computational Interpretation Group under the supervision of Prof. Xinming Wu. My work includes Geo-VAE, a unified latent model for 3D geophysical data.

From July to October 2026, I was an undergraduate research intern at the Stanford Center for Earth Resources Forecasting (SCERF), where I worked with Prof. Tapan Mukerji on CO₂ storage modeling, rock physics, seismic forward modeling, and AI agents.

I plan to pursue a Ph.D. in AI for exploration geophysics, with interests in seismic interpretation, geomodeling, rock physics, and forward modeling.

Research Interests

  • AI for exploration geophysics; seismic interpretation and geomodeling
  • Rock physics, forward modeling, and scientific AI agents

Selected Projects

CO₂ Storage Modeling and Rock Physics Agent Development

At Stanford SCERF, I compared five grid resolutions in ECLIPSE 300 CO₂STORE simulations using fixed-time plume geometry, fixed-location saturation histories, space-time plume metrics, and computational cost. I selected a 0.12 ft vertical grid for subsequent modeling.

I mapped geology and CO₂ saturation to elastic properties with a facies-based rock physics workflow, then generated baseline and time-lapse seismic responses for 20 years of injection and 80 years after shut-in.

I also designed an agent workflow using the Stanford Rock Physics and Borehole Geophysics (SRB) model library. Across 45 independent runs, I compared agents with no references, textbook guidance, and textbook guidance plus SRB tools. Without references, agents made unsupported model assumptions. Textbook guidance reproduced reference calculations. SRB MCP tools enabled direct model calls and matched the references when used correctly, but some runs misinterpreted tool outputs and produced incorrect predictions.

All-in-One 3D Seismic Denoising

Degradation-representation learning for robust suppression of random noise, acquisition footprints, and migration artifacts in 3D seismic data. [Code] [Download noise addition slides (PDF)]

PHY-to-BGC Ocean Biogeochemical Emulation

A 2.5D full-image U-Net emulator mapping global physical ocean fields to coupled biogeochemical variables, with evaluation under anomalous ocean-climate conditions. Manuscript in preparation.

GNSS–NISAR Ionospheric Reconstruction

Aligned GNSS TEC-derived phase fields with processed NISAR interferometric phase and trained a residual U-Net to test cross-modal reconstruction. The model followed broad GNSS trends but did not recover NISAR-scale structure from the available sparse observations.

News

Delivered the final presentation of my Stanford SCERF summer research on CO₂ storage modeling and rock physics agents.

Gave an oral presentation on Geo‑VAE at IMAGE 2026 in Houston.

Joined Stanford SCERF as an Undergraduate Research Intern.

Joined the Computational Interpretation Group at USTC.

Publications & Presentations

  1. Buyu Deng, Yimin Dou, Zhixiang Guo, and Xinming Wu. Geo-VAE: A Unified Variational Autoencoder for 3D Geophysical Data Compression and Latent Processing. Submitted to Geophysics; major revision requested, 2026.
  2. Buyu Deng. Geo‑VAE: A Unified Variational Autoencoder for 3D Geophysical Data Compression and Latent Processing. Oral presentation, International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE 2026), Houston, Texas, August 2026. [IMAGE 2026 paper (PDF)]
  3. Buyu Deng. CO₂ Storage Modeling and Rock Physics Agent Development. SCERF Seminar, Stanford University, September 2026. [Download slides (PDF)]
  4. Yimin Dou, Xinming Wu, Zhixiang Guo, Hui Gao, and Buyu Deng. Implicit Structural Modeling via Generative Diffusion Frameworks. arXiv:2606.07165, 2026. [arXiv] [DOI]

Experience & Education

University of Science and Technology of China

B.S. Candidate in Geophysics, School of the Gifted Young

Selected Honors

  • Zhao Jiuzhang Elite Program Scholarship
  • Zhao Jiuzhang Elite Program Scholarship
  • Rose Fund Endeavor Scholarship
  • Freshman Scholarship, USTC