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In this work, we present a novel approach for solving stochastic shape optimization problems. Our method is the extension of the classical stochastic gradient method to infinite-dimensional shape manifolds. We prove convergence of the…

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The efficient computer optimization of magnetic resonance pulses and pulse sequences involves the calculation of a problem-adapted cost function as well as its gradients with respect to all controls applied. The gradients generally can be…

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In physics and engineering, many processes are modeled using non-differentiable black-box simulators, making the optimization of such functions particularly challenging. To address such cases, inspired by the Gradient Theorem, we propose…

This paper introduces a novel CUDA-enabled PyTorch-based framework designed for the gradient-based optimization of such reconfigurable electromagnetic structures with electrically tunable parameters. Traditional optimization techniques for…

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Computing eigenvalue decomposition (EVD) of a given linear operator, or finding its leading eigenvalues and eigenfunctions, is a fundamental task in many machine learning and scientific computing problems. For high-dimensional eigenvalue…

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Micro- and nanoelectromechanical system (MEMS and NEMS) resonators can exhibit rich nonlinear dynamics as they are often operated at large amplitudes with high quality factors and possess a high mode density with a variety of nonlinear…

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A novel orthogonalization-free method together with two specific algorithms are proposed to solve extreme eigenvalue problems. On top of gradient-based algorithms, the proposed algorithms modify the multi-column gradient such that earlier…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-15 Weiguo Gao , Yingzhou Li , Bichen Lu

In this experience report, we apply deep active learning to the field of design optimization to reduce the number of computationally expensive numerical simulations. We are interested in optimizing the design of structural components, where…

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This work presents a novel algorithm for progressively adapting neural network architecture along the depth. In particular, we attempt to address the following questions in a mathematically principled way: i) Where to add a new capacity…

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The goal of this work is to improve focusing of high-intensity ultrasound by modifying the geometry of acoustic lenses through shape optimization. The shape optimization problem is formulated by introducing a tracking-type cost functional…

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This paper presents an efficient gradient projection-based method for structural topological optimization problems characterized by a nonlinear objective function which is minimized over a feasible region defined by bilateral bounds and a…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2020-06-16 Zhi Zeng , Fulei Ma

Micron-scale optical cavities are produced using a combination of template sphere self-assembly and electrochemical growth. Transmission measurements of the tunable microcavities show sharp resonant modes with a Q-factor>300, and 25-fold…

The estimation of patient-specific tissue properties in the form of model parameters is important for personalized physiological models. However, these tissue properties are spatially varying across the underlying anatomical model,…

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It is common to manufacture an object by decomposing it into parts that can be assembled. This decomposition is often required by size limits of the machine, the complex structure of the shape, etc. To make it possible to easily assemble…

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We present an iterative algorithm for computing an invariant subspace associated with the algebraically smallest eigenvalues of a large sparse or structured Hermitian matrix A. We are interested in the case in which the dimension of the…

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A cost functional involving the eigenvalues of an elastic structure, that is described by a multi-phase-field equation, is optimized. This allows us to handle topology changes and multiple materials. We prove continuity and…

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Optimization of beamlines and lattices is a common problem in accelerator physics, which is usually solved with semi-analytical methods and numerical optimization routines. However, these are usually of the gradient-free or…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2025-07-14 Francisco Huhn , Francesco M. Velotti

Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are the preferred method for solving black-box multi-objective optimization problems, but when gradients of the objective functions are available, it is not straightforward to exploit these efficiently. By…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-23 Timo M. Deist , Stefanus C. Maree , Tanja Alderliesten , Peter A. N. Bosman

Finding the best setup for experiments is the primary concern for Optimal Experimental Design (OED). Here, we focus on the Bayesian experimental design problem of finding the setup that maximizes the Shannon expected information gain. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-28 Andre Gustavo Carlon , Ben Mansour Dia , Luis FR Espath , Rafael Holdorf Lopez , Raul Tempone

The aim of this paper is to propose an efficient adaptive finite element method for eigenvalue problems based on the multilevel correction scheme and inverse power method. This method involves solving associated boundary value problems on…

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