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Recent efforts on solving inverse problems in imaging via deep neural networks use architectures inspired by a fixed number of iterations of an optimization method. The number of iterations is typically quite small due to difficulties in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-04 Davis Gilton , Gregory Ongie , Rebecca Willett

We propose a general framework for solving inverse self-assembly problems, i.e. designing interactions between elementary units such that they assemble spontaneously into a predetermined structure. Our approach uses patchy particles as…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-07-13 John Russo , Flavio Romano , Lukas Kroc , Francesco Sciortino , Lorenzo Rovigatti , Petr Sulc

Inverse design in nanophotonics, the computational discovery of structures achieving targeted electromagnetic (EM) responses, has become a key tool for recent optical advances. Traditional intuition-driven or iterative optimization methods…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-10-15 Reza Marzban , Ali Adibi , Raphael Pestourie

Designing materials that can effectively and repeatedly absorb energy from unpredictable directions represents a grand challenge in modern engineering, crucial for applications from vehicle crashworthiness systems to personal protective…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-12-24 Aijie Tang , Junjie Liu , Xia Liu , Mingchao Liu , Xiaoding Wei , Qingsheng Yang

We propose an optimisation method for the inverse structural design of self-assembly of anisotropic patchy particles. The anisotropic interaction can be expressed by the spherical harmonics of the surface pattern on a patchy particle, and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-02-21 Uyen Tu Lieu , Natsuhiko Yoshinaga

We propose a two-stage deep learning framework for the inverse design of rectangular patch antennas. Our approach leverages generative modeling to learn a latent representation of antenna frequency response curves and conditions a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-28 Beck LaBash , Shahriar Khushrushahi , Fabian Ruehle

Blade envelopes offer a set of data-driven tolerance guidelines for manufactured components based on aerodynamic analysis. In Part I of this two-part paper, a workflow for the formulation of blade envelopes is described and demonstrated. In…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-01-03 Chun Yui Wong , Pranay Seshadri , Ashley Scillitoe , Bryn Noel Ubald , Andrew B. Duncan , Geoffrey Parks

Recent work demonstrated that flow-based invertible neural networks are promising tools for solving ambiguous inverse problems. Following up on this, we investigate how ten invertible architectures and related models fare on two intuitive,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-23 Jakob Kruse , Lynton Ardizzone , Carsten Rother , Ullrich Köthe

This paper introduces a methodology designed to augment the inverse design optimization process in scenarios constrained by limited compute, through the strategic synergy of multi-fidelity evaluations, machine learning models, and…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Luka Grbcic , Juliane Müller , Wibe Albert de Jong

Optimizing the synthesis of zeolites and exploring novel frameworks offer pivotal opportunities and challenges in materials design. While inverse design proves highly effective for simpler crystals, its application to intricate structures…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-19 Chaohong Wang , Alberto Pérez de Alba Ortíz , Marjolein Dijkstra

Kirigami-inspired designs can enable self-folding three-dimensional materials from flat, two-dimensional sheets. Hierarchical designs of connected levels increase the diversity of possible target structures, yet they can lead to longer…

We introduce the problem of knot-based inverse perceptual art. Given multiple target images and their corresponding viewing configurations, the objective is to find a 3D knot-based tubular structure whose appearance resembles the target…

Graphics · Computer Science 2023-08-22 Aalok Gangopadhyay , Paras Gupta , Tarun Sharma , Prajwal Singh , Shanmuganathan Raman

Nanophotonic device design aims to optimize photonic structures to meet specific requirements across various applications. Inverse design has unlocked non-intuitive, high-dimensional design spaces, enabling the discovery of high-performance…

Self-folding origami, structures that are engineered flat to fold into targeted, three-dimensional shapes, have many potential engineering applications. Though significant effort in recent years has been devoted to designing fold patterns…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-03-25 M. E. Lee-Trimble , Ji-Hwan Kang , Ryan C. Hayward , Christian D. Santangelo

3D promises a new dimension in composing systems by aggregating chips. Literally. While the most common uses are still tightly connected with its early forms as a packaging technology, new application domains have been emerging. As the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Philip Emma , Eren Kurshan

Recent experiments have imposed controlled swelling patterns on thin polymer films, which subsequently buckle into three-dimensional shapes. We develop a solution to the design problem suggested by such systems, namely, if and how one can…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-10-13 M. A. Dias , J. A. Hanna , C. D. Santangelo

Origami structures are characterized by a network of folds and vertices joining unbendable plates. For applications to mechanical design and self-folding structures, it is essential to understand the interplay between the set of folds in…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-03-01 Bryan Gin-ge Chen , Christian D. Santangelo

We develop a unified framework for identifying bounds to maximum resonant nonlinear optical susceptibilities, and for "inverse designing" quantum-well structures that can approach such bounds. In special cases (e.g. second-harmonic…

Inspired by the allure of additive fabrication, we pose the problem of origami design from a new perspective: how can we grow a folded surface in three dimensions from a seed so that it is guaranteed to be isometric to the plane? We solve…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-05-19 Levi H. Dudte , Gary P. T. Choi , L. Mahadevan

Three papers describing different methods to solve the inverse scattering problem of the reconstruction of the shape and/or impedance of an obstacle have been chosen for analysis. This literature review consists of an evaluation of these…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-14 Sarika Karanth , Shobha M. Erappa