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A graph convolutional autoencoder approach to model order reduction for parametrized PDEs

The present work proposes a framework for nonlinear model order reduction based on a Graph Convolutional Autoencoder (GCA-ROM). In the reduced order modeling (ROM) context, one is interested in obtaining real -time and many-query evaluations of parametric ...

Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science2024

Essays in macro-finance and deep learning

Goutham Gopalakrishna

This thesis studies the origins and consequences of financial crises, and computational techniques to solve continuous-time economic models that explain such crises. The first chapter shows that financial recessions are typically characterised by a large ...

EPFL2023

Ill-posedness of the quasilinear wave equation in the space 𝐻7/4(ln𝐻)−𝛽in ℝ2+1

Gaspard Ohlmann

We are interested in the well posedness of quasilinear partial differential equations of order two. Motivated by the study of the Einstein equation in relativity theory, there are a number of works dedicated to the local well-posedness issue for the quasil ...

EPFL2021

Numerical Methods for First and Second Order Fully Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

Dimitrios Gourzoulidis

This thesis focuses on the numerical analysis of partial differential equations (PDEs) with an emphasis on first and second-order fully nonlinear PDEs. The main goal is the design of numerical methods to solve a variety of equations such as orthogonal maps ...

EPFL2021

Finite-time stabilization in optimal time of homogeneous quasilinear hyperbolic systems in one dimensional space

Hoài-Minh Nguyên

We consider the finite-time stabilization of homogeneous quasilinear hyperbolic systems with one side controls and with nonlinear boundary condition at the other side. We present time-independent feedbacks leading to the finite-time stabilization in any ti ...

2020

Dynamics of optical forces and torques in plasmonic systems: a surface integral equation

Olivier Martin, Karim Achouri, Andrei Kiselev

A novel approach is introduced to determine the time evolution of optical forces and torques on arbitrary shape nanostructures by combining Maxwell's stress tensor with the surface integral equation method (SIE). Conventional time averaging of Maxwell’s st ...

SPIEDigitalLibrary2020

On Classical Global Solutions of Nonlinear Wave Equations with Large Data

Shuang Miao

This article studies the Cauchy problem for systems of semi-linear wave equations on R3+1 with nonlinear terms satisfying the null conditions. We construct future global-in-time classical solutions with arbitrarily large initial energy. The choice of the l ...

OXFORD UNIV PRESS2019

Machine learning for fast and reliable solution of time-dependent differential equations

Alfio Quarteroni, Francesco Regazzoni

We propose a data-driven Model Order Reduction (MOR) technique, based on Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), applicable to dynamical systems arising from Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) or time-dependent Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). Unlike ...

2019

A local discontinuous Galerkin gradient discretization method for linear and quasilinear elliptic equations

Assyr Abdulle, Giacomo Rosilho De Souza

A local weighted discontinuous Galerkin gradient discretization method for solving elliptic equations is introduced. The local scheme is based on a coarse grid and successively improves the solution solving a sequence of local elliptic problems in high gra ...

EDP SCIENCES S A2019

Stochastic approximation methods for PDE constrained optimal control problems with uncertain parameters

Matthieu Claude Martin

This thesis work focuses on optimal control of partial differential equations (PDEs) with uncertain parameters, treated as a random variables. In particular, we assume that the random parameters are not observable and look for a deterministic control which ...

EPFL2019

Eigenmode Analysis in Plasmonics: Application to Second Harmonic Generation and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

Gabriel David Bernasconi

Eigenmodes are central to the study of resonant phenomena in all areas of physics. However, their use in nano-optics seems to have been hindered and delayed for various reasons. First, due to their small size, the response of nanostructures to a far-field ...

EPFL2019

Multi space reduced basis preconditioners for parametrized partial differential equations

Niccolò Dal Santo

The multiquery solution of parametric partial differential equations (PDEs), that is, PDEs depending on a vector of parameters, is computationally challenging and appears in several engineering contexts, such as PDE-constrained optimization, uncertainty qu ...

EPFL2018

Geometric Model Order Reduction

Babak Maboudi Afkham

During the past decade, model order reduction (MOR) has been successfully applied to reduce the computational complexity of elliptic and parabolic systems of partial differential equations (PDEs). However, MOR of hyperbolic equations remains a challenge. S ...

EPFL2018

Silencing the second harmonic generation from plasmonic nanodimers: A comprehensive discussion

Olivier Martin, Jérémy Butet, Gabriel David Bernasconi

The silencing of the second harmonic generation process from plasmonic nanostructures corresponds to the limited far-field second harmonic radiation despite the huge fundamental electric field enhancement in the interstice between two plasmonic nanoparticl ...

BEILSTEIN-INSTITUT2018

Isogeometric analysis and proper orthogonal decomposition for parabolic problems

Alfio Quarteroni, Luca Dede'

We investigate the combination of Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) and proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) based on the Galerkin method for model order reduction of linear parabolic partial differential equations. For the proposed fully discrete scheme, the a ...

Springer2017

Multiplicity Of Solutions For Linear Partial Differential Equations Using (Generalized) Energy Operators

Jean-Philippe Lucien Montillet

Families of energy operators and generalized energy operators have recently been introduced in the definition of the solutions of linear Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) with a particular application to the wave equation [ 15]. To do so, the author ha ...

Int Center Scientific Research & Studies2017

Using re-calibrated design S-N curves for fatigue assessment of road bridges

Alain Nussbaumer, Luca D'Angelo

Fatigue design of road bridges according to Eurocode standards can be based on damage accumulation, provided that information about loading spectrum is available. Characteristic values of fatigue resistance and load effects as well as partial safety factor ...

Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn2017

Tailoring the field enhancement in Fano-resonant nanoantennas for improved optical bistability

Olivier Martin, Jérémy Butet

The influence of Fano resonances on the nonlinear response of hybrid plasmonic nanostructures, i.e., nanoantennas loaded with a nonlinear optical material, is theoretically investigated using the combination of a surface integral equation method and an ana ...

2017

Optimal solution and asymptotic properties of a stochastic control problem arising in sailboat trajectory optimization

Carlo Ciccarella

We study the optimal strategy for a sailboat to reach an upwind island under the hypothesis that the wind direction fluctuates according to a Brownian motion and the wind speed is constant. The work is motivated by a concrete problem which typically arises ...

EPFL2017

Optical second harmonic generation from nanostructured graphene: a full wave approach

Olivier Martin, Jérémy Butet, Gabriel David Bernasconi, Raziman Thottungal Valapu

Optical second harmonic generation (SHG) from nanostructured graphene has been studied in the framework of classical electromagnetism using a surface integral equation method. Single disks and dimers are considered, demonstrating that the nonlinear convers ...

2017