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Neural operators (NOs) are designed to learn maps between infinite-dimensional function spaces. We propose a novel reframing of their use. By introducing an auxiliary base-space, any finite-dimensional function can be viewed as an operator…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Vasilis Niarchos , Angelos Sirbu , Sokratis Trifinopoulos

This focused review explores a range of neural operator architectures for approximating solutions to parametric partial differential equations (PDEs), emphasizing high-level concepts and practical implementation strategies. The study covers…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-03-10 Prashant K. Jha

Standard neural networks can approximate general nonlinear operators, represented either explicitly by a combination of mathematical operators, e.g., in an advection-diffusion-reaction partial differential equation, or simply as a black…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Somdatta Goswami , Aniruddha Bora , Yue Yu , George Em Karniadakis

We introduce the Neural Preconditioning Operator (NPO), a novel approach designed to accelerate Krylov solvers in solving large, sparse linear systems derived from partial differential equations (PDEs). Unlike classical preconditioners that…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Zhihao Li , Di Xiao , Zhilu Lai , Wei Wang

Deep learning solvers for partial differential equations typically have limited accuracy. We propose to overcome this problem by using them as preconditioners. More specifically, we apply discretization-invariant neural operators to learn…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-09 Alexander Rudikov , Vladimir Fanaskov , Ekaterina Muravleva , Yuri M. Laevsky , Ivan Oseledets

Neural operators perform well on structured domains, yet their behaviour on irregular geometries remains poorly understood. We show that this limitation is not merely an encoding issue, but a depth-wise failure mode inherent to deep…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Yanming Xia , Angelica I. Aviles-Rivero

Operator learning has emerged as a promising paradigm for developing efficient surrogate models to solve partial differential equations (PDEs). However, existing approaches often overlook the domain knowledge inherent in the underlying PDEs…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-20 Ziqian Li , Kang Liu , Yongcun Song , Hangrui Yue , Enrique Zuazua

While variational methods have been among the most powerful tools for solving linear inverse problems in imaging, deep (convolutional) neural networks have recently taken the lead in many challenging benchmarks. A remaining drawback of deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-20 Tim Meinhardt , Michael Moeller , Caner Hazirbas , Daniel Cremers

Operator learning is a variant of machine learning that is designed to approximate maps between function spaces from data. The Fourier Neural Operator (FNO) is one of the main model architectures used for operator learning. The FNO combines…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-29 Samuel Lanthaler , Andrew M. Stuart , Margaret Trautner

Neural operators can learn nonlinear mappings between function spaces and offer a new simulation paradigm for real-time prediction of complex dynamics for realistic diverse applications as well as for system identification in science and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-03-23 Lu Lu , Xuhui Meng , Shengze Cai , Zhiping Mao , Somdatta Goswami , Zhongqiang Zhang , George Em Karniadakis

Deep neural networks, despite their success in numerous applications, often function without established theoretical foundations. In this paper, we bridge this gap by drawing parallels between deep learning and classical numerical analysis.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-04 Emanuele Zappala , Daniel Levine , Sizhuang He , Syed Rizvi , Sacha Levy , David van Dijk

This work introduces a neural operator based surrogate modeling framework for neutron transport computation. Two architectures, the Deep Operator Network (DeepONet) and the Fourier Neural Operator (FNO), were trained for fixed source…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-02-19 Md Hossain Sahadath , Qiyun Cheng , Shaowu Pan , Wei Ji

Neural operators have emerged as transformative tools for learning mappings between infinite-dimensional function spaces, offering useful applications in solving complex partial differential equations (PDEs). This paper presents a rigorous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Vu-Anh Le , Mehmet Dik

Convolutional neural operator is a CNN-based architecture recently proposed to enforce structure-preserving continuous-discrete equivalence and enable the genuine, alias-free learning of solution operators of PDEs. This neural operator was…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Peng Fan , Guofei Pang

Micromechanics-based granular models are widely used to predict the failure behavior of porous and particulate materials, including concrete, soils, foams, and biological tissues. Although these models offer considerable flexibility through…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-04-22 Jinkyo Han , Payam Poorsolhjouy , Bahador Bahmani

Robust optimization is an established framework for modeling optimization problems with uncertain parameters. While static robust optimization is often criticized for being too conservative, two-stage (or adjustable) robust optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-05 Justin Dumouchelle , Esther Julien , Jannis Kurtz , Elias B. Khalil

Industrial design evaluation often relies on high-fidelity simulations of governing partial differential equations (PDEs). While accurate, these simulations are computationally expensive, making dense exploration of design spaces…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Zhizhou Zhang , Youjia Wu , Kaixuan Zhang , Yanjia Wang

Deep neural networks are prone to learning spurious correlations, exploiting dataset-specific artifacts rather than meaningful features for prediction. In surgical operating rooms (OR), these manifest through the standardization of smocks…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Tony Danjun Wang , Tobias Czempiel , Nassir Navab , Lennart Bastian

Neural ordinary differential equations (Neural ODEs) propose the idea that a sequence of layers in a neural network is just a discretisation of an ODE, and thus can instead be directly modelled by a parameterised ODE. This idea has had…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Christina Runkel , Ander Biguri , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb

Neural operators have emerged as powerful tools for learning nonlinear mappings between function spaces, enabling real-time prediction of complex dynamics in diverse scientific and engineering applications. With their growing adoption in…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Weiheng Zhong , Qibang Liu , Diab Abueidda , Seid Koric , Hadi Meidani