Date and Place: Thursdays and hybrid (live in 32-349/online via Zoom). For detailed dates see below!
Content
In the Scientific Computing Seminar we host talks of guests and members of the SciComp team as well as students of mathematics, computer science and engineering. Everybody interested in the topics is welcome.
List of Talks
Event Information:
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Thu03Feb2022
SC Seminar: Claudia Schillings
12:00Online
Prof. Claudia Schillings, Institute of Mathematics, University of Mannheim
Title:
A General Framework for Machine Learning based Optimization Under UncertaintyAbstract:
Approaches to decision making and learning mainly rely on optimization techniques to achieve “best” values for parameters and decision variables. In most practical settings, however, the optimization takes place in the presence of uncertainty about model correctness, data relevance, and numerous other factors that influence the resulting solutions. For complex processes modeled by nonlinear ordinary and partial differential equations, the incorporation of these uncertainties typically results in high or even infinite dimensional problems in terms of the uncertain parameters as well as the optimization variables, which in many cases are not solvable with current state of the art methods. One promising potential remedy to this issue lies in the approximation of the forward problems using novel techniques arising in uncertainty quantification and machine learning.
We propose in this talk a general framework for machine learning based optimization under uncertainty and inverse problems. Our approach replaces the complex forward model by a surrogate, e.g. a neural network, which is learned simultaneously in a one-shot sense when estimating the unknown parameters from data or solving the optimal control problem. By establishing a link to the Bayesian approach, an algorithmic framework is developed which ensures the feasibility of the parameter estimate / control w.r. to the forward model.This is joint work with Philipp Guth (U Mannheim) and Simon Weissmann (U Heidelberg).
How to join
The talk is held online via Zoom. You can join with the following link:
https://uni-kl-de.zoom.us/j/63565018552?pwd=d2VvMENEN1QvNkhlS01helUwRGhYdz09