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Inverse design aims to design the input variables of a physical system to optimize a specified objective function, typically formulated as a search or optimization problem. However, in 3D domains, the design space grows exponentially,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-11 Yuze Hao , Linchao Zhu , Yi Yang

The geometric design of structures with optimized physical and chemical properties is one of the core topics in materials science. However, designing new functional materials is challenging due to the vast number of existing and the…

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The fusion of artificial intelligence (AI) with physics-guided frameworks has opened transformative avenues for advancing the design and optimization of electromagnetic and nanophotonic systems. Innovations in deep neural networks (DNNs)…

Mechanical and phononic metamaterials exhibiting negative elastic moduli, gapped vibrational spectra, or topologically protected modes enable precise control of structural and acoustic functionalities. While much progress has been made in…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-09-25 Henrik Ronellenfitsch , Norbert Stoop , Josephine Yu , Aden Forrow , Jörn Dunkel

Understanding how nano- or micro-scale structures and material properties can be optimally configured to attain specific functionalities remains a fundamental challenge. Photonic metasurfaces, for instance, can be spectrally tuned through…

Multi-objective optimization is key to solving many Engineering Design problems, where design parameters are optimized for several performance indicators. However, optimization results are highly dependent on how the designs are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-29 Wei Chen , Faez Ahmed

Optical multilayer thin film structures have been widely used in numerous photonic domains and applications. The key component to enable these applications is the inverse design. Different from other photonic structures such as metasurface…

Optics · Physics 2024-09-27 Taigao Ma , Mingqian Ma , L. Jay Guo

We describe a framework that can integrate prior physical information, e.g., the presence of kinematic constraints, to support data-driven simulation in multi-body dynamics. Unlike other approaches, e.g., Fully-connected Neural Network…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-07-12 Jingquan Wang , Shu Wang , Huzaifa Mustafa Unjhawala , Jinlong Wu , Dan Negrut

Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) underpin many scientific phenomena, yet traditional computational approaches often struggle with complex, nonlinear systems and irregular geometries. This paper introduces the AMG method, a Multi-Graph…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Zhihao Li , Haoze Song , Di Xiao , Zhilu Lai , Wei Wang

Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted workflows have transformed materials discovery, enabling rapid exploration of chemical spaces of functional materials. Endowed with extraordinary optoelectronic properties, two-dimensional (2D) hybrid…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-10-01 Yongxin Lyu , Yifan Zhou , Yu Zhang , Yang Yang , Bosen Zou , Qiang Weng , Tong Xie , Claudio Cazorla , Jianhua Hao , Jun Yin , Tom Wu

Relying on either deep models or physical models are two mainstream approaches for solving inverse sample reconstruction problems in programmable illumination computational microscopy. Solutions based on physical models possess strong…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-21 Ruiqing Sun , Delong Yang , Shaohui Zhang , Qun Hao

As an optical machine learning framework, Diffractive Deep Neural Networks (D2NN) take advantage of data-driven training methods used in deep learning to devise light-matter interaction in 3D for performing a desired statistical inference…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-08 Deniz Mengu , Yifan Zhao , Nezih T. Yardimci , Yair Rivenson , Mona Jarrahi , Aydogan Ozcan

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

In recent years, there has been a growing research interest in decision-focused learning, which embeds optimization problems as a layer in learning pipelines and demonstrates a superior performance than the prediction-focused approach.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-25 Xutao Ma , Chao Ning , Wenli Du

Multi-view inverse rendering aims to recover geometry, materials, and illumination consistently across multiple viewpoints. When applied to multi-view images, existing single-view approaches often ignore cross-view relationships, leading to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Xiangzuo Wu , Chengwei Ren , Jun Zhou , Xiu Li , Yuan Liu

Deep optics has emerged as a promising approach by co-designing optical elements with deep learning algorithms. However, current research typically overlooks the analysis and optimization of manufacturing and assembly tolerances. This…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Jun Dai , Liqun Chen , Xinge Yang , Yuyao Hu , Jinwei Gu , Tianfan Xue

Physical adversarial attacks often overfit single surrogate models and optimization objectives. While ensemble attacks can mitigate this, existing methods struggle with severe gradient conflicts within restricted physical texture spaces,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Ziyang Liu , Hongyuan Wang , Zijian Wang , Yinxi Lu , Yunzhao Zang , Zhiqiang Yan , Qianhao Ning

Electromagnetic metasurface design based on far-field constraints without the complete knowledge of the fields on both sides of the metasurface is typically a time consuming and iterative process, which relies heavily on heuristics and ad…

Optics · Physics 2022-08-17 Parinaz Naseri , Stewart Pearson , Zhengzheng Wang , Sean V. Hum

In recent years, there is a growing interest in using quantum computers for solving combinatorial optimization problems. In this work, we developed a generic, machine learning-based framework for mapping continuous-space inverse design…

Metasurfaces have enabled precise electromagnetic wave manipulation with strong potential to obtain unprecedented functionalities and multifunctional behavior in flat optical devices. These advantages in precision and functionality come at…