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This document, as the title stated, is meant to provide a vectorized implementation of adjoint dynamics calculation for Graph Convolutional Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (GCDE). The adjoint sensitivity method is the gradient…
A new stellarator coil design code is introduced that optimizes the position and winding pack orientation of finite-build coils. The new code, called FOCUSADD, performs gradient-based optimization in a high-dimensional, non-convex space.…
Probabilistic constellation shaping enables easy rate adaption and has been proven to reduce the gap to Shannon capacity. Constellation point probabilities are optimized to maximize either the mutual information or the bit-wise mutual…
In this work we investigate the practicality of stochastic gradient descent and recently introduced variants with variance-reduction techniques in imaging inverse problems. Such algorithms have been shown in the machine learning literature…
This paper proposes a new approach for the calibration of material parameters in local elastoplastic constitutive models. The calibration is posed as a constrained optimization problem, where the constitutive model evolution equations for a…
First-order optimization algorithms, often preferred for large problems, require the gradient of the differentiable terms in the objective function. These gradients often involve linear operators and their adjoints, which must be applied…
This paper describes a new and efficient method of defining an annular region of a curl-free magnetic field with specific physics and coil properties that can be used in stellarator design. Three statements define the importance: (1) Codes…
Finding feasible coils for stellarator fusion devices is a critical challenge of realizing this concept for future power plants. Current design efforts struggle to navigate the highly nonconvex optimization landscape, spend considerable…
Being three-dimensional, stellarators have the advantage that plasma currents are not essential for creating rotational-transform; however, the external current-carrying coils in stellarators can have strong geometrical shaping, which can…
A gradient-based method for shape optimization problems constrained by the acoustic wave equation is presented. The method makes use of high-order accurate finite differences with summation-by-parts properties on multiblock curvilinear…
To increase the predictive power of a model, one needs to estimate its unknown parameters. Almost all parameter estimation techniques in ordinary differential equation models suffer from either a small convergence region or enormous…
The confinement of guiding center trajectories in a stellarator is determined by the variation of the magnetic field strength $B$ in Boozer coordinates $(r, \theta, \varphi)$, but $B(r,\theta,\varphi)$ depends on the flux surface shape in a…
This study investigates a simplified stellarator configuration employing circular coils, in which rotational transform is generated by tilting the toroidal field (TF) coils. A pair of axisymmetric poloidal field (PF) coils is introduced to…
Magnetic confinement devices for nuclear fusion can be large and expensive. Compact stellarators are promising candidates for costreduction, but introduce new difficulties: confinement in smaller volumes requires higher magnetic field,…
The use of adjoint solvers is considered in order to obtain the sensitivity of clinical measures in aneurysms to incomplete (or unknown) boundary conditions and/or geometry. It is shown that these techniques offer interesting theoretical…
A variational method for computing conformational properties of molecules with Lennard-Jones potentials for the monomer-monomer interactions is presented. The approach is tailored to deal with angular degrees of freedom, {\it rotors}, and…
This paper presents an adjoint-assisted, topology-optimization-inspired approach for analyzing topological sensitivities in fluid domains based on porous media formulations -- without directly utilizing the porosity field as a design…
Designing magnets for three-dimensional plasma confinement is a key task for advancing the stellarator as a fusion reactor concept. Stellarator magnets must produce an accurate field while leaving adequate room for other components and…
Joint space trajectory optimization under end-effector task constraints leads to a challenging non-convex problem. Thus, a real-time adaptation of prior computed trajectories to perturbation in task constraints often becomes intractable.…
Combined plasma-coil optimization approaches for designing stellarators are discussed and a new method for calculating free-boundary equilibria is proposed. Four distinct categories of stellarator optimization, two of which are novel…