Erlend Magnus Viggen

About

I am a physicist, specialising in acoustics. I’ve touched on many topics in my research career, but my main focuses have been physical acoustics and computational physics.

I currently work as a researcher at the Centre for Innovative Ultrasound Solutions. My main topic is ultrasonic non-destructive testing in oil wells. Among other things, I have been working on applying machine learning techniques to draw more information from the data measured by current ultrasonic logging methods.

I graduated as a PhD in 2014 from the acoustics group at the Department of Electronic Systems. My topic was sound propagation in lattice Boltzmann simulations. I am also the co-author of the Springer Graduate Texts in Physics textbook The lattice Boltzmann method: Principles and practice. At the end of 2017, it was highlighted by Springer as the fifth most downloaded Springer physics book published that year.

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Publications

2025

Roberts, G.; Saha, S.; Moreno, S.; Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Tymons, T.. (2025) AI Enhanced Multi-Physics Imaging for Perforation Erosion Analysis: A Quantum Shift in the Accuracy and Efficiency of Unconventional Well Optimization.
Academic chapter
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2025) Proceedings of the 48th Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Grønsberg, Sondre; Brekke, Svein; Hicks, Brad; Wifstad, Sigurd Vangen. (2025) Improving pipe perforation estimates from ultrasonic imaging using subpixel machine learning trained on optical data. Geoenergy Science and Engineering
Academic article
Diez, Anja; Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Johansen, Tonni Franke. (2025) Ultrasonic pulse-echo dataset from numerical modelling for oil and gas well integrity investigations. Scientific Data
Academic article

2024

Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2024) Proceedings of the 47th Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology
Diez, Anja; Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Johansen, Tonni Franke. (2024) Open Database of Simulated Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo Well Integrity Log Data.
Academic chapter
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Diez, Anja; Johansen, Tonni Franke. (2024) Pyintegrity: An Open-Source Toolbox for Processing Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo Well Integrity Log Data.
Academic chapter
Wangensteen, Magnus; Johansen, Tonni Franke; Fatemi, Ali; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2024) Pipe wall thickness estimation by frequency–wavenumber analysis of circumferential guided waves. Mechanical systems and signal processing
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Arnestad, Håvard. (2024) On the cutoff, reappearance, and persistence of subsonic leaky A0 Lamb waves. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
Academic article
Wangensteen, Magnus; Johansen, Tonni Franke; Fatemi, Ali; Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Haugan, Lars Eidissen. (2024) Pitting Detection and Characterization From Ultrasound Timelapse Images Using Convolutional Neural Networks. IEEE Open Journal of Instrumentation and Measurement (OJIM)
Academic article

2023

Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2023) Proceedings of the 46th Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology
Diez, Anja; Johansen, Tonni Franke; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2023) From 3D to 1D: Effective numerical modelling of pulse-echo measurements in pipes.
Academic chapter
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Arnestad, Håvard. (2023) Modelling acoustic radiation from vibrating surfaces around coincidence: Radiation into fluids. Journal of Sound and Vibration
Academic article
Johansen, Tonni Franke; Buschmann, Philip Erik; Røsberg, Knut Marius; Diez, Anja; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2023) Ultrasonic well integrity logging using phased array technology.
Academic chapter

2022

Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Singstad, Bjørn Jostein; Time, Eirik; Mishra, Siddharth; Berg, Eirik. (2022) Assisted Cement Log Interpretation Using Machine Learning. SPE Drilling & Completion
Academic article
Time, Eirik; Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Mishra, Siddharth; Berg, Eirik. (2022) Assisted Cement Log Interpretation.
Academic chapter
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2022) Proceedings of the 45th Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Arnestad, Håvard. (2022) Inhomogeneous P- and S-wavefields radiated into isotropic elastic solids.
Academic chapter

2021

Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2021) Proceedings of the 44th Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Arnestad, Håvard Kjellmo. (2021) Understanding sound radiation from surface vibrations moving at subsonic speeds.
Academic chapter
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Løvstakken, Lasse; Måsøy, Svein-Erik; Merciu, Ioan Alexandru. (2021) Better Automatic Interpretation of Cement Evaluation Logs through Feature Engineering. SPE Journal
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Løvstakken, Lasse; Merciu, Ioan Alexandru; Måsøy, Svein-Erik. (2021) Better Automatic Interpretation of Cement Evaluation Logs through Feature Engineering.
Academic chapter
Arnestad, Håvard Kjellmo; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2021) A fast semi-analytical method for propagating leaky Lamb wavefields.
Academic chapter
Estuariwinarno, Mikael Yuan; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2021) Determining Inner Geometry Properties From Eccentered Pulse-Echo Measurements in a Pipe.
Academic chapter

2020

Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Merciu, Ioan Alexandru; Løvstakken, Lasse; Måsøy, Svein-Erik. (2020) Automatic interpretation of cement evaluation logs from cased boreholes using supervised deep neural networks. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2020) Proceedings of the 43rd Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Hårstad, Erlend; Kvalsvik, Jørgen. (2020) Getting started with acoustic well log data using the dlisio Python library on the Volve Data Village dataset.
Academic chapter

2019

Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Hoff, Lars. (2019) Proceedings of the 42nd Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology

2018

Gelderblom, Femke B.; Tronstad, Tron Vedul; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2018) Subjective evaluation of a noise-reduced training target for deep neural network-based speech enhancement. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing (TASLP)
Academic article

2017

Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Johansen, Tonni Franke; Merciu, Ioan Alexandru. (2017) Simulation and inversion of ultrasonic pitch-catch through-tubing well logging with an array of receivers. NDT & E international
Academic article
Gelderblom, Femke B.; Tronstad, Tron Vedul; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2017) Subjective Intelligibility of Deep Neural Network-Based Speech Enhancement. Interspeech (USB)
Academic article
Gelderblom, Femke B.; Tronstad, Tron Vedul; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2017) Subjective intelligibility of deep neural network-based speech enhancement. Interspeech
Academic article

2016

Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Johansen, Tonni Franke; Merciu, Ioan Alexandru. (2016) Analysis of outer-casing echoes in simulations of ultrasonic pulse-echo through-tubing logging. Geophysics
Academic article
Krüger, Timm; Kusumaatmaja, Halim; Kuzmin, Alexandr; Shardt, Orest; Silva, Goncalo; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2016) The Lattice Boltzmann Method: Principles and Practice. Springer
Textbook
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Kristiansen, Ulf Rikard. (2016) Proceedings of the 39th Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Johansen, Tonni Franke; Merciu, Ioan Alexandru. (2016) Simulation and modeling of ultrasonic pitch-catch through-tubing logging. Geophysics
Academic article

2015

Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Vennerød, Jakob; Solvang, Audun; Olsen, Herold. (2015) Development of an outdoor auralisation prototype with 3D sound reproduction. Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects
Academic article

2014

Berge, Truls Svenn; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2014) An investigation of the relationship between texture and tyre/road noise for different types of road surfaces and passenger car tyres.
Academic chapter
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Kristiansen, Ulf Rikard. (2014) The lattice Boltzmann method: Fundamentals and acoustics. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2014) Acoustic equations of state for simple lattice Boltzmann velocity sets. Physical Review E. Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Academic article

2013

Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2013) Sound Propagation Properties of the Discrete-Velocity Boltzmann Equation. Communications in Computational Physics
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2013) Acoustic multipole sources for the lattice Boltzmann method. Physical Review E. Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2013) Acoustic multipole sources from the Boltzmann equation.
Academic chapter

2011

Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2011) Viscously damped acoustic waves with the lattice Boltzmann method. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Academic article

2010

Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2010) The Lattice Boltzmann Method in Acoustics.
Academic chapter

2009

Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Hansen, Alex; Kristiansen, Ulf Rikard. (2009) The lattice Boltzmann method with applications in acoustics. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master thesis

Journal publications

Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Johansen, Tonni Franke; Merciu, Ioan Alexandru. (2016) Analysis of outer-casing echoes in simulations of ultrasonic pulse-echo through-tubing logging. Geophysics
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2013) Sound Propagation Properties of the Discrete-Velocity Boltzmann Equation. Communications in Computational Physics
Academic article
Gelderblom, Femke B.; Tronstad, Tron Vedul; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2018) Subjective evaluation of a noise-reduced training target for deep neural network-based speech enhancement. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing (TASLP)
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Merciu, Ioan Alexandru; Løvstakken, Lasse; Måsøy, Svein-Erik. (2020) Automatic interpretation of cement evaluation logs from cased boreholes using supervised deep neural networks. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Løvstakken, Lasse; Måsøy, Svein-Erik; Merciu, Ioan Alexandru. (2021) Better Automatic Interpretation of Cement Evaluation Logs through Feature Engineering. SPE Journal
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Johansen, Tonni Franke; Merciu, Ioan Alexandru. (2016) Simulation and modeling of ultrasonic pitch-catch through-tubing logging. Geophysics
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Vennerød, Jakob; Solvang, Audun; Olsen, Herold. (2015) Development of an outdoor auralisation prototype with 3D sound reproduction. Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Grønsberg, Sondre; Brekke, Svein; Hicks, Brad; Wifstad, Sigurd Vangen. (2025) Improving pipe perforation estimates from ultrasonic imaging using subpixel machine learning trained on optical data. Geoenergy Science and Engineering
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Johansen, Tonni Franke; Merciu, Ioan Alexandru. (2017) Simulation and inversion of ultrasonic pitch-catch through-tubing well logging with an array of receivers. NDT & E international
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Singstad, Bjørn Jostein; Time, Eirik; Mishra, Siddharth; Berg, Eirik. (2022) Assisted Cement Log Interpretation Using Machine Learning. SPE Drilling & Completion
Academic article
Wangensteen, Magnus; Johansen, Tonni Franke; Fatemi, Ali; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2024) Pipe wall thickness estimation by frequency–wavenumber analysis of circumferential guided waves. Mechanical systems and signal processing
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Arnestad, Håvard. (2024) On the cutoff, reappearance, and persistence of subsonic leaky A0 Lamb waves. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2013) Acoustic multipole sources for the lattice Boltzmann method. Physical Review E. Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Academic article
Wangensteen, Magnus; Johansen, Tonni Franke; Fatemi, Ali; Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Haugan, Lars Eidissen. (2024) Pitting Detection and Characterization From Ultrasound Timelapse Images Using Convolutional Neural Networks. IEEE Open Journal of Instrumentation and Measurement (OJIM)
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2011) Viscously damped acoustic waves with the lattice Boltzmann method. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Academic article
Gelderblom, Femke B.; Tronstad, Tron Vedul; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2017) Subjective Intelligibility of Deep Neural Network-Based Speech Enhancement. Interspeech (USB)
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Arnestad, Håvard. (2023) Modelling acoustic radiation from vibrating surfaces around coincidence: Radiation into fluids. Journal of Sound and Vibration
Academic article
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2014) Acoustic equations of state for simple lattice Boltzmann velocity sets. Physical Review E. Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Academic article
Diez, Anja; Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Johansen, Tonni Franke. (2025) Ultrasonic pulse-echo dataset from numerical modelling for oil and gas well integrity investigations. Scientific Data
Academic article
Gelderblom, Femke B.; Tronstad, Tron Vedul; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2017) Subjective intelligibility of deep neural network-based speech enhancement. Interspeech
Academic article

Books

Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2021) Proceedings of the 44th Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology
Krüger, Timm; Kusumaatmaja, Halim; Kuzmin, Alexandr; Shardt, Orest; Silva, Goncalo; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2016) The Lattice Boltzmann Method: Principles and Practice. Springer
Textbook
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2024) Proceedings of the 47th Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Kristiansen, Ulf Rikard. (2016) Proceedings of the 39th Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2023) Proceedings of the 46th Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2025) Proceedings of the 48th Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2020) Proceedings of the 43rd Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Hoff, Lars. (2019) Proceedings of the 42nd Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2022) Proceedings of the 45th Scandinavian Symposium on Physical Acoustics. Norsk Fysisk Selskap
Anthology

Part of book/report

Roberts, G.; Saha, S.; Moreno, S.; Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Tymons, T.. (2025) AI Enhanced Multi-Physics Imaging for Perforation Erosion Analysis: A Quantum Shift in the Accuracy and Efficiency of Unconventional Well Optimization.
Academic chapter
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Arnestad, Håvard Kjellmo. (2021) Understanding sound radiation from surface vibrations moving at subsonic speeds.
Academic chapter
Berge, Truls Svenn; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2014) An investigation of the relationship between texture and tyre/road noise for different types of road surfaces and passenger car tyres.
Academic chapter
Diez, Anja; Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Johansen, Tonni Franke. (2024) Open Database of Simulated Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo Well Integrity Log Data.
Academic chapter
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2010) The Lattice Boltzmann Method in Acoustics.
Academic chapter
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Diez, Anja; Johansen, Tonni Franke. (2024) Pyintegrity: An Open-Source Toolbox for Processing Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo Well Integrity Log Data.
Academic chapter
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Hårstad, Erlend; Kvalsvik, Jørgen. (2020) Getting started with acoustic well log data using the dlisio Python library on the Volve Data Village dataset.
Academic chapter
Diez, Anja; Johansen, Tonni Franke; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2023) From 3D to 1D: Effective numerical modelling of pulse-echo measurements in pipes.
Academic chapter
Time, Eirik; Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Mishra, Siddharth; Berg, Eirik. (2022) Assisted Cement Log Interpretation.
Academic chapter
Johansen, Tonni Franke; Buschmann, Philip Erik; Røsberg, Knut Marius; Diez, Anja; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2023) Ultrasonic well integrity logging using phased array technology.
Academic chapter
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Løvstakken, Lasse; Merciu, Ioan Alexandru; Måsøy, Svein-Erik. (2021) Better Automatic Interpretation of Cement Evaluation Logs through Feature Engineering.
Academic chapter
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Arnestad, Håvard. (2022) Inhomogeneous P- and S-wavefields radiated into isotropic elastic solids.
Academic chapter
Arnestad, Håvard Kjellmo; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2021) A fast semi-analytical method for propagating leaky Lamb wavefields.
Academic chapter
Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2013) Acoustic multipole sources from the Boltzmann equation.
Academic chapter
Estuariwinarno, Mikael Yuan; Viggen, Erlend Magnus. (2021) Determining Inner Geometry Properties From Eccentered Pulse-Echo Measurements in a Pipe.
Academic chapter

Student thesis or dissertation

Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Kristiansen, Ulf Rikard. (2014) The lattice Boltzmann method: Fundamentals and acoustics. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Viggen, Erlend Magnus; Hansen, Alex; Kristiansen, Ulf Rikard. (2009) The lattice Boltzmann method with applications in acoustics. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master thesis

Outreach