Sven Schippkus

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Seismologist with a deep passion for advancing computational methods and exploiting large datasets. My work spans seismic interferometry, source detection and localization, and machine learning, always with an eye toward both fundamental research questions and practical applications. Open science is a core value for me. I believe knowledge should be accessible and reproducible, and I actively contribute to these efforts. Currently at University of Hamburg.

contact: sven(at)schippkus.eu

Research Papers

Schippkus et al.
in prep.
SOON
Large-N Observations of Surface Wave Holograms
Rautenberg & Schippkus
ArXiv, 2026
NEW
Probabilistic Guarantees for Reducing Contextual Hallucinations in LLMs
Schippkus et al.
EarthArXiv, 2025
NEW
Source effects in higher-order ambient seismic field correlations
Klinge et al.
EarthArXiv, 2025
Unlocking the potential of single stations to replace seismic arrays
Safarkhani et al.
GJI, 2025
Imprints of time-dependent microseism source distributions on the coda of correlations
Paper 2 Figure Klinge et al.
GJI, 2025
Predictive modeling of seismic wave fields: Learning the transfer function using encoder-decoder networks
Svennevig et al.
Science, 2024
A rockslide-generated tsunami in a Greenland fjord rang Earth for 9 days
Maass et al.
JGR SE, 2024
Stacking of distributed dynamic strain reveals link between seismic velocity changes and the 2020 unrest in Reykjanes
Schippkus et al.
Seismica, 2023
Continuous isolated noise sources induce repeating waves in the coda of ambient noise correlations
Schippkus et al.
Seismica, 2022
Seismic Interferometry in the presence of an isolated source
Schippkus et al.
GJI, 2022
Matched Field Processing accounting for complex Earth structure: method and review
Schippkus et al.
SRL, 2020
Characteristics of the ambient seismic field on a large-N seismic array in the Vienna basin
Schippkus et al.
GJI, 2020
Azimuthal anisotropy in the wider Vienna basin region: a proxy for the present-day stress field and deformation
Schippkus et al.
Aus. JES, 2019
The Alland earthquake sequence in Eastern Austria: Shedding light on tectonic stress geometry in a key area of seismic hazard
Schippkus et al.
GJI, 2018
Ambient noise tomography of the wider Vienna Basin region

Research Projects

2026 – 2034
RING: Rotations in Physics, Geodesy and Geophysics
2025 – 2029
RUBADO: Geothermal Reservoir Monitoring and Seismic Imaging with Dark Fibers in the Upper Rhine Graben
2021 – 2025
SPIN: Seismological Parameters and INstrumentation
2015 – 2020
The AlpArray initiative

Open Science GitHub stars

NEW
Accompanying repository for Rautenberg & Schippkus 2026
Codes
NEW
Accompanying repository for Schippkus et al. 2025
Dataset
NEW
Dataset: Large-N cross-correlation functions of ambient seismic noise recorded in the Vienna basin, Austria.
Awesome Seismology: A curated list of awesome seismology tools and resources
Accompanying repository for Svennevig et al. 2024
Fast beamforming in Python
Accompanying repository for Schippkus et al. 2023
Numerical Matched Field Processing as in Schippkus et al. 2022
Eikonal Tomography synthetic demonstration
Azimuthal anisotropy of surface waves as in Schippkus et al. 2020
Moment tensor inversion as in Schippkus et al. 2019