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The classical level set method, which represents the boundary of the unknown geometry as the zero-level set of a function, has been shown to be very effective in solving shape optimization problems. The present work addresses the issue of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Oleg Alexandrov , Fadil Santosa

We present a novel shape-approximating anisotropic re-meshing algorithm as a geometric generalization of the adaptive moving mesh method. Conventional moving mesh methods reduce the interpolation error of a mesh that discretizes a given…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Nicolas Nebel , Albert Chern

Since shape optimization methods have been proven useful for identifying interfaces in models governed by partial differential equations, we show how shape optimization techniques can also be applied to an interface identification problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-14 Matthias Schuster , Volker Schulz

The availability of efficient photon sources with specific properties is important for quantum-technological applications. However, the realization of such photon sources is often challenging and hence alternative perspectives that suggest…

We consider the problem of establishing dense correspondences within a set of related shapes of strongly varying geometry. For such input, traditional shape matching approaches often produce unsatisfactory results. We propose an ensemble…

Graphics · Computer Science 2017-10-10 Oliver Burghard , Alexander Berner , Michael Wand , Niloy Mitra , Hans-Peter Seidel , Reinhard Klein

We present a new method for stochastic shape optimisation of engineering structures. The method generalises an existing deterministic scheme, in which the structure is represented and evolved by a level-set method coupled with mathematical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-09-13 Lester O. Hedges , H. Alicia Kim , Robert L. Jack

Atomic transitions with orthogonal dipole moments can be made to interfere with each other by the use of an anisotropic environment. Here we describe, provide and apply a computational toolbox capable of algorithmically designing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-13 Robert Bennett

Topology optimization is concerned with the identification of optimal shapes of deformable bodies with respect to given target functionals. The focus of this paper is on a topology optimization problem for a time-evolving elastoplastic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Stefano Almi , Ulisse Stefanelli

We introduce and analyze a lower envelope method (LEM) for the tracking of interfaces motion in multiphase problems. The main idea of the method is to define the phases as the regions where the lower envelope of a set of functions coincides…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-07 Antoine Laurain

Autonomous systems need to understand the semantics and geometry of their surroundings in order to comprehend and safely execute object-level task specifications. This paper proposes an expressive yet compact model for joint object pose and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-27 Mo Shan , Qiaojun Feng , You-Yi Jau , Nikolay Atanasov

We propose a novel 3d shape representation for 3d shape reconstruction from a single image. Rather than predicting a shape directly, we train a network to generate a training set which will be fed into another learning algorithm to define…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-02 Biao Zhang , Peter Wonka

In this paper, gradient-based optimization methods are combined with finite-element modeling for improving electric devices. Geometric design parameters are considered by affine decomposition of the geometry or by the design element…

This article presents the toolbox FormOpt for two- and three-dimensional shape optimization with parallel computing capabilities, built on the FEniCSx software framework. We introduce fundamental concepts of shape sensitivity analysis and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-12 Josué D. Díaz-Avalos , Antoine Laurain

Optical metasurfaces are planar arrangements of subwavelength meta-atoms that implement a wide range of transformations on incident light. The design of efficient metasurfaces requires that the responses of and interactions among meta-atoms…

Optics · Physics 2021-01-19 Mahdad Mansouree , Andrew McClung , Sarath Samudrala , Amir Arbabi

Global optimization techniques are increasingly preferred over human-driven methods in the design of electromagnetic structures such as metasurfaces, and careful construction and parameterization of the physical structure is critical in…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-07-18 Alex Saad-Falcon , Christopher Howard , Justin Romberg , Kenneth Allen

Shape optimization methods have been proven useful for identifying interfaces in models governed by partial differential equations. Here we consider a class of shape optimization problems constrained by nonlocal equations which involve…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-26 Volker Schulz , Matthias Schuster , Christian Vollmann

We suggest a novel shape matching algorithm for three-dimensional surface meshes of disk or sphere topology. The method is based on the physical theory of nonlinear elasticity and can hence handle large rotations and deformations.…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2015-07-29 Konrad Simon , Sameer Sheorey , David Jacobs , Ronen Basri

There is significant interest in exploring novel phenomena in quantum light-matter interfaces, which are driven by the combination of structured dissipation and long-range interactions that are typical in such systems. To this end, it is…

We consider shape optimization problems subject to elliptic partial differential equations. In the context of the finite element method, the geometry to be optimized is represented by the computational mesh, and the optimization proceeds by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-12 Tommy Etling , Roland Herzog , Estefanía Loayza , Gerd Wachsmuth

Complex non-local behavior makes designing high efficiency and multifunctional metasurfaces a significant challenge. While using libraries of meta-atoms provide a simple and fast implementation methodology, pillar to pillar interaction…