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We introduce an (equi-)affine invariant diffusion geometry by which surfaces that go through squeeze and shear transformations can still be properly analyzed. The definition of an affine invariant metric enables us to construct an invariant…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2010-12-30 Dan Raviv , Alexander M. Bronstein , Michael M. Bronstein , Ron Kimmel , Nir Sochen

Shapes do not define a linear space. This paper explores the linear structure of deformations as a representation of shapes. This transforms shape optimization to a variant of optimal control. The numerical challenges of this point of view…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-15 Stephan Schmidt , Volker H. Schulz

We introduce an adjoint-based aerodynamic shape optimization framework that integrates a diffusion model trained on existing designs to learn a smooth manifold of aerodynamically viable shapes. This manifold is enforced as an equality…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-08-01 Long Chen , Emre Oezkaya , Jan Rottmayer , Nicolas R. Gauger , Zebang Shen , Yinyu Ye

Machine learning-based models provide a promising way to rapidly acquire transonic swept wing flow fields but suffer from large computational costs in establishing training datasets. Here, we propose a physics-embedded transfer learning…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-10-15 Yunjia Yang , Runze Li , Yufei Zhang , Lu Lu , Haixin Chen

Accurate machine-learning models for aerodynamic prediction are essential for accelerating shape optimization, yet remain challenging to develop for complex three-dimensional configurations due to the high cost of generating training data.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Yunjia Yang , Babak Gholami , Caglar Gurbuz , Mohammad Rashed , Nils Thuerey

Biomembranes play a central role in various phenomena like locomotion of cells, cell-cell interactions, packaging of nutrients, and in maintaining organelle morphology and functionality. During these processes, the membranes undergo…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2021-12-01 Debabrata Auddya , Xiaoxuan Zhang , Rahul Gulati , Ritvik Vasan , Krishna Garikipati , Padmini Rangamani , Shiva Rudraraju

In the elastic shape analysis approach to shape matching and object classification, plane curves are represented as points in an infinite-dimensional Riemannian manifold, wherein shape dissimilarity is measured by geodesic distance. A…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-07-11 Tom Needham

Figuring out the right airfoil is a crucial step in the preliminary stage of any aerial vehicle design, as its shape directly affects the overall aerodynamic characteristics of the aircraft or rotorcraft. Besides being a measure of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-03-14 Hassan Moin , Hafiz Zeeshan Iqbal Khan , Surrayya Mobeen , Jamshed Riaz

Real-world applications of computational fluid dynamics often involve the evaluation of quantities of interest for several distinct geometries that define the computational domain or are embedded inside it. For example, design optimization…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-08 Guglielmo Padula , Francesco Romor , Giovanni Stabile , Gianluigi Rozza

A complete representation of 3D objects requires characterizing the space of deformations in an interpretable manner, from articulations of a single instance to changes in shape across categories. In this work, we improve on a prior…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Tristan Aumentado-Armstrong , Stavros Tsogkas , Sven Dickinson , Allan Jepson

The design of structures submitted to aerodynamic loads usually requires the development of specific computational models considering fluid-structure interactions. Models using structural frame elements are developed in several relevant…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-04-25 Mauricio C. Vanzulli , Jorge M. Pérez Zerpa

This paper introduces a new mathematical and numerical framework for surface analysis derived from the general setting of elastic Riemannian metrics on shape spaces. Traditionally, those metrics are defined over the infinite dimensional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-09 Emmanuel Hartman , Emery Pierson , Martin Bauer , Mohamed Daoudi , Nicolas Charon

In this work, we present a novel and practical approach to address one of the longstanding problems in computer vision: 2D and 3D affine invariant feature matching. Our Grassmannian Graph (GrassGraph) framework employs a two stage procedure…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-02-05 Mark Moyou , John Corring , Adrian Peter , Anand Rangarajan

The accurate prediction of flow fields around airfoils is crucial for aerodynamic design and optimisation. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models are effective but computationally expensive, thus inspiring the development of surrogate…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-19 Kenechukwu Ogbuagu , Sepehr Maleki , Giuseppe Bruni , Senthil Krishnababu

In order to meet the requirements of practical applications, a model of deforming manifold in the embedded space is proposed. The deforming vector and deforming field are presented to precisely describe the deforming process, which have…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-10-12 Xiaodong Zhuang , Nikos E. Mastorakis

This work introduces the Grassmannian Diffusion Maps, a novel nonlinear dimensionality reduction technique that defines the affinity between points through their representation as low-dimensional subspaces corresponding to points on the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-02 K. R. M. dos Santos , D. G. Giovanis , M. D. Shields

Estimating correspondences between deformed shape instances is a long-standing problem in computer graphics; numerous applications, from texture transfer to statistical modelling, rely on recovering an accurate correspondence map. Many…

With growing interest in space exploration, optimized airfoil design has become increasingly important. However, airfoil design in rarefied gas flows remains underexplored because solving the Boltzmann equation formulated in a six…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-09 Xiaoda Li , Ruifeng Yuan , Yanbing Zhang , Lei Wu

Representing 3D shape deformations by linear models in high-dimensional space has many applications in computer vision and medical imaging, such as shape-based interpolation or segmentation. Commonly, using Principal Components Analysis a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-05-12 Florian Bernard , Peter Gemmar , Frank Hertel , Jorge Goncalves , Johan Thunberg

Using geometric landmarks like lines and planes can increase navigation accuracy and decrease map storage requirements compared to commonly-used LiDAR point cloud maps. However, landmark-based registration for applications like loop closure…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-27 Parker C. Lusk , Devarth Parikh , Jonathan P. How