Dr. Vikram Jayaram has over 15 years of experience in advancing the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) both in academia & industry. His interests are in developing AI-powered production systems for advanced E&P analytics. Before joining Pioneer, he was a Principal Research Scientist for Sabre Corporation, where he architected the next generation revenue management systems prototype, utilizing AI / Game Theory models. He has also worked as a Sr. Research Geophysicist with Global Geophysical Services & also served as research faculty with the University of Oklahoma.

Vikram did his postdoctoral work at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center working on image reconstruction algorithms in nuclear imaging.  He received his Ph.D. & M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso and was awarded the prestigious NASA doctoral fellowship. He also interned at the Eastman Kodak Research Labs.

He has authored over 25 peer-reviewed publications in international conferences & journals. He is a senior member of IEEE Signal Processing Society, SPE, AGU, SEG & technical Reviewer/Chair for several international conferences and journals in Signal Processing, Machine Learning and Geosciences. He is also an Associate Editor for SEG/AAPG Journal of Interpretation.

Dr. Vikram Jayaram is a Senior Staff Data Scientist At Pioneer Natural Resources.