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Computer simulations are invaluable tools for scientific discovery. However, accurate simulations are often slow to execute, which limits their applicability to extensive parameter exploration, large-scale data analysis, and uncertainty…
We consider optimal experimental design (OED) problems in selecting the most informative observation sensors to estimate model parameters in a Bayesian framework. Such problems are computationally prohibitive when the…
We develop a backstepping-based observer design for a class of ODE - continuum-PDE cascade systems, which can be viewed as the limit, of a finite collection of ODE - $2 \times 2$ hyperbolic systems, as the number of individual PDE system…
JEM-EUSO is an international program for the development of space based Ultra High Cosmic Ray observatories. The program consists of a series of missions which are either under development or in the data analysis phase. The instruments…
This dissertation studies the statistics and modeling of a quantum system probed by a coherent laser field. We focus on an ensemble of qubits dispersively coupled to a traveling wave light field. The first research topic explores the…
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We connect explicitly the classical $O(2)$ model in 1+1 dimensions, a model sharing important features with $U(1)$ lattice gauge theory, to physical models potentially implementable on optical lattices and evolving at physical time. Using…
We propose a novel T2 relaxation data analysis method which we have named spectrum analysis for multiple exponentials via experimental condition oriented simulation (SAME-ECOS). SAME-ECOS, which was developed based on a combination of…
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Many aspects of the design trade-off of a space-based instrument and its performance can best be tackled through simulations of the expected observations. The complex interplay of various noise sources in the course of the observations make…
A Bayesian probability based approach is applied to the problem of detecting and parameterizing oscillations in the upper solar atmosphere for the first time. Due to its statistical origin, this method provides a mechanism for determining…
Optimal experimental design (OED) is the general formalism of sensor placement and decisions about the data collection strategy for engineered or natural experiments. This approach is prevalent in many critical fields such as battery…
The problem of model selection with a limited number of experimental trials has received considerable attention in cognitive science, where the role of experiments is to discriminate between theories expressed as computational models.…
Modelling carbon monoxide (CO) line radiation is computationally expensive for traditional numerical solvers, especially when applied to complex, three-dimensional stellar atmospheres. We present COEmuNet, a 3D convolutional neural network…
The optical depth to reionization, a key parameter of the $\Lambda$CDM model, can be computed within astrophysical frameworks for star formation by modeling the evolution of the intergalactic medium. Accurate evaluation of this parameter is…
Mini-EUSO is the first mission of the JEM-EUSO program located on the International Space Station. One of the main goals of the mission is to provide valuable scientific data in view of future large missions devoted to study Ultra-High…
Faithful uncertainty quantification (UQ) is paramount in high stakes climate prediction. Deep ensembles, or ensembles of probabilistic neural networks, are state of the art for UQ in machine learning (ML) and are growing increasingly…