Invited Talks:

2024

• Gauger, N. and Chen, L.– “Solving Distributionally Robust Shape Design Problems by Learning (Discrete) Shape Derivatives“, Minisymposium 1819 on Machine Learning for Design Tasks and Inverse Problems at WCCM / PANACM 2024, Vancouver, Canada, 21. -26.07.2024
• Gauger, N. – “Research topics, projects and tools with relevance for aerospace at SciComp “, University of Bristol, UK, 02.05.2024
• Gauger, N. – “Relevant Research Areas at SciComp“, Invited Talk at the MTU Expert Teams on Nonlinear Dynamics, Damping and Aeroelasticity”, MTU Aero Engines, Munich, 29.02.2024

2023

• Gauger, N. – “Grey-box data-driven turbulence modeling”, Invited Plenary Talk at Final Conference of Thematic Einstein Semester on Mathematical Optimization for Machine Learning, MATH+, Zuse Institute Berlin, Germany, 13. -15.09.2023
• Gauger, N. – “Topology Optimization of Nonlinear Structures using One-Shot Approach“, Invited Talk at Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 28.08.2023
• Gauger, N. – “Combining parameterized aerodynamic shape optimization with Sobolev smoothing“, Invited Talk at MS00573 – Emerging Methods for Shape- and Topology Optimization, ICIAM 2023: The 10th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 20. -25.08.2023
• Gauger, N. and Sagebaum, M.– “Differential Programming with CoDiPack – An Overview and Applications“, MIAPbP Workshop on Differential and Probabilistic Programming for Fundamental Physics, MIAPbP at Garching Research Center, Munich, Germany, 5. -30.6.2023
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient industrial aerodynamic shape optimization by combining Sobolev methods with arbitrary parameterizations“, Invited Talk at 15th International Conference on Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control, EUROGEN 2023, Chania, Crete, Greece, 1. -3.6.2023.
• Gauger, N. – “Grey-box data-driven turbulence modeling“, Invited Talk at BOSCH Deventer, Netherlands, 25.05.2023
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient industrial aerodynamic shape optimization by combining Sobolev methods with arbitrary parameterizations“, Invited Plenary Lecture at CM3 Transport 2023 – New Greener and Digital Modern Transport – its Challenges in Design Methods, Tools and Technologies, Dedicated to the 80th jubilee of Jacques Periaux, Jyväskylä, Finland, 15. -17.5.2023.
• Gauger, N. – “Grey-Box Modeling with Applications in Data-driven Turbulence Modeling”, Invited Talk at ERCOFTAC Technology Day of Pilot Centers Germany South and North, Stuttgart, Germany, 20.04.2023.
• Gauger, N. – “Grey-box data-driven turbulence modeling“, Invited Keynote Lecture at 6th Leibniz Mathematical Modeling and Simulation Days (Leibniz MMS Days), Potsdam, Germany, 17. -19.04.2023
• Gauger, N. – “Advanced Methods for Efficient Shape Optimization in Aeronautics“, Invited Talk at Minisymposium MS146 on Advances in Optimal Control and Shape Optimization Concerning Applications in Physics and Engineering, SIAM CSE, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 26.2.-3.3.2023
• Gauger, N. – “Linking classical optimization with PDEs/ODEs to the training of ANNs – with application in aerospace“, Invited Lecture at Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU), Xi’an, China, 20.02.2023

2022

• Gauger, N. – “Groundbreaking designs through innovative combination of methods from artificial intelligence and optimization“, Workshop on Innovative Scientific/Technical Approaches for a Climate Neutral Air Transport, Barcelona, Spain, 22. -24.11.2022
• Gauger, N. – “Linking classical optimization with PDEs/ODEs to the training of ANNs“, Research Seminar on Algorithmic Optimization, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, 10.11.2022
• Gauger, N. – “Linking classical optimization with PDEs/ODEs to the training of ANNs“, Colloquium of the Faculty of Engineering at the Department of Computer Science, Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel (CAU), Kiel, Germany, 28.10.2022
• Gauger, N. – “Grey-Box Modeling with Applications in Data-driven Turbulence Modeling“, PhD Aerospace Seminar, University Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M), Madrid, Spain, 28.9.2022
• Gauger, N. – “Linking classical optimization with PDEs/ODEs to the training of ANNs“, Invited Lecture at MAC-MIGS Research Afternoon – Intersections in Optimisation and Fluid Mechanics, The University of Edinburgh, UK, 8.7.2022
• Gauger, N. – “Grey-Box Modeling with Applications in Data-driven Turbulence Modeling“, ECCOMAS Congress 2022 – STS-01, Oslo, Norway, 5. -9.6.2022
• Gauger, N. – “Grey-Box Modeling with Applications in Data-driven Turbulence Modeling“, Invited Lecture at Engineering Department of University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Aversa, Italy, 4.4.2022
• Gauger, N., Zhou, B.Y. – “Numerical Optimization for Noise Reduction with Meta-Materials“, 2nd Workshop on Noise Reduction Technologies with Meta-Materials (MNRT), University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, 28. -30.3.2022

2021

• Gauger, N. – “Grey-Box Modeling with Applications in Data-driven Turbulence Modeling“, Keynote Lecture at Mini Symposium of ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Methods, Tools and Technologies for Design in Aviation (CM3), Barcelona, Spain, 22. -24.11.2021
• Gauger, N. – “Grey-Box Modeling with Applications in Data-driven Turbulence Modeling“, SENSUS Seminar, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), 19.11.2021
• Gauger, N. – “Grey-Box Modeling with Applications in Data-driven Turbulence Modeling“, Invited Plenary Talk at 11th Ankara International Aerospace Conference (AIAC), Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey, 8. -10.9.2021
• Gauger, N. – “Enabling Software Tools / Codes“, Symposium on Model-Consistent Data-driven Turbulence Modeling, University of Michigan, USA, 22. -24.6.2021

2020

• Gauger, N., Zhou, B.Y. – “Numerical Optimization for Noise Reduction with Meta-Materials“, Workshop on Noise Reduction Technologies with Meta-Materials, Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 10. -14.2.2020

2019

• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Computation of Pareto Optimal Points in Robust Design“, Workshop for Multidisciplinary Theory and Applications, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, 20.10.2019
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Computation of Pareto Optimal Points in Robust Design“, 3rd Training School of ITN UTOPIAE, TH Köln, 2. -6.9.2019
• Gauger, N. – “Layer-Parallel Training of Deep Residual Neural Networks“, ICCOPT, Berlin, 5. -8.8.2019
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Methodologies for Optimization and Control in Fluid Mechanics“, Colloquium of Steinbuch Centre for Computing (SCC), KIT, Karlsruhe, 4.2.2019
• Gauger, N. – “Challenges in Sensitivity Computations for (D)DES and URANS“, AIAA SciTech, San Diego, USA, 7. -11.1.2019

2018

• Gauger, N. – “Topology Optimization for Fluid Flows using Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM)“, Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress – DLRK 2018, Friedrichshafen, 4. -6.9.2018
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Methodologies for Optimization and Control in Fluid Mechanics“, Invited Parallel Session Speaker at Conference on Computational Physics – CCP2018, UC Davis, USA, 29.7. -2.8.2018
• Gauger, N. – “Where am I going next with in situ?“, Dagstuhl Seminar 18271 ‘In Situ Visualization for Computational Science’, Schloss Dagstuhl, 1. -6.7.2018
• Gauger, N. – “Simultaneous Aerodynamic Design Optimization in the Presence of Chaos“, Seminar Talk at KU Leuven, Belgium, 28.5.2018
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Methodologies for Optimization and Control in Fluid Mechanics“, Mechanical Engineering Guest Lecture, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 11.5.2018
• Gauger, N. – “Preconditioning of Gradient Informations and their Embedding into One-Shot Approaches“, Invited Lecture at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, 8.4.2018
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Optimization and Control in CFD and CAA – Recent Advances“, Invited Talk at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, 5.4.2018
• Gauger, N., Schröder, W. – “Trailing Edge Noise Mitigation by Analysis and Optimization of Porosity“, Invited Keynote Talk at MS4 High-Performance Computing for Continuum Mechanics Problems, GAMM, Munich, 19. -23.3.2018

2017

• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Computation of Pareto Optimal Points“, First Workshop on MDO for Industrial Applications, DLR Braunschweig, 24. -25.10.2017
• Gauger, N. – “Automatic and Robust Transition from Simulation to Optimization for Aeronautical Design“, Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress – DLRK 2017, Munich, 5. -7.9.2017
• Gauger, N. – “Research Fields at SciComp and RHRK“, Invited Talk at ENERCON, Bremen, 13.2.2017
• Gauger, N. – “Simultaneous Aerodynamic Design Optimization in the Presence of Chaos“, Kolloquium des Fachbereichs Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, 1.2.2017

2016

• Gauger, N. – “Der semi-automatische Übergang von der industriellen CFD und CAA hin zur Optimierung“, ERCOFTAC Technologietag, Stuttgart, 7.12.2016
• Gauger, N. – “Semi-Automatic Transition from Simulation to Optimization“, CC-HPC Group Seminar, Fraunhofer ITWM, Kaiserslautern, 2.12.2016
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Optimization and Control in CFD and CAA“, Sino-German Symposium on ‘Modeling, Model Reduction, and Optimization of Flows’, Shanghai, China, 26. -29.9.2016
• Gauger, N. – “A Two-Level Approach for Design Optimization of Acoustic Liners“, CEAA2016 Workshop, Svetlogorsk, Russia, 21. -24.9.2016
• Gauger, N. – “Adjoint Methods for Efficient Optimization and Control in CFD and CAA“, Talk at Applied Mathematics Department, TU Delft, Netherlands, 7.9.2016
• Gauger, N. – “AD-based Discrete Adjoints in SU2“, First SU2 Developers’ Meeting, TU Delft, Netherlands, 5. – 6.9.2016
• Gauger, N. – „Aerodynamic Optimisation of Active Flow Control on a Three-Element High-Lift Configuration“, ICCFD9, Istanbul, Turkey, 11. -15.7.2016
• Gauger, N. – “Optimal Flow Actuation for Separation Control and Noise Minimization“, ICCFD9, Istanbul, Turkey, 11. -15.7.2016
• Gauger, N. – “A Two-Level Hybrid Approach for Optimal Active Flow Control on a Three-Element Airfoil“, Invited Keynote Talk at MS 1009, ECCOMAS Congress, Crete Island, Greece, 5. -10.6.2016
• Gauger, N. – “Adjoint Methods for Efficient Optimization and Control in CFD and CAA“, Invited Talk at STS 3, ECCOMAS Congress, Crete Island, Greece, 5. -10.6.2016
• Gauger, N. – “Adjoint Methods for Efficient Optimization and Control in CFD and CAA“, Invited Talk at LIMSI, Paris, France, 13.4.2016

2015

• Gauger, N., Pfreundt, F.-J. – “HPC in der Science Alliance Kaiserslautern e.V.“, 5. HPC-Status-Konferenz der Gauß-Allianz, Bad Homburg, 14. -15.12.2015
• Gauger, N. – “Adjoint Methods for Efficient Optimization and Control in CFD and CAA”, CE Seminar, TU Darmstadt, 5.11.2015
• Gauger, N. – “Optimization of a Synthetic Jet Actuation for Seperation Control on an Airfoil“, Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization, and Control with Applications to Industrial and Societal Problems – EUROGEN 2015, Glasgow, UK, 14. -16.9.2015
• Gauger, N. – “One-Shot Optimization with Steady and Unsteady PDEs“, PDEs, Opt. Design and Numerics, Benasque, Spain, 27.8.2015
• Gauger, N. – “Adjoint Methods for Efficient Optimization and Control in CFD and CAA“, Invited Talk at Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, 12.5.2015
• Gauger, N. – “One-Shot Optimization with Steady and Unsteady PDEs“, Invited Talk at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, 11.5.2015
• Gauger, N. – “Adjoint Methods for Efficient Optimization and Control in CFD and CAA“, Invited Talk at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, 4.5.2015
• Gauger, N. – “Adjoint Methods for Efficient Optimization and Control in CFD and CAA”, Invited Plenary Talk at BOSCH CFD Symposium, Renningen, 21.4.2015
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Approaches for Optimal Active Flow Control“, SIAM CSE, Salt Lake City, USA, 14. -18.3.2015

2014

• Gauger, N. – “Optimal Control of Separation on a Practical High-Lift Configuration“, STAB Symposium, Munich, 4. -5.11.2014
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Adjoint-based Techniques for Optimal Active Flow Control“, Dagstuhl Seminar 14371 ‘Adjoint Methods in Computational Science, Engineering, and Finance‘, Schloss Dagstuhl, 7. -12.9.2014
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Techniques for Optimal Active Flow Control“, National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), Hampton, USA, 17.7.2014
• Gauger, N. – “Recent AD Activities at Computational Mathematics Group”, Invited Talk at ANSYS, Lebanon, USA, 2.7.2014
• Gauger, N. – “Optimal Design of Active Flow Control for a Complex High-Lift Configuration“, AIAA Aviation, Atlanta, USA, 16. -20.6.2014
• Gauger, N. – “Optimal Separation Control on a High-Lift Configuration“, OPT i 2014 – Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization Conference, Kos, Greece, 4. -6.6.2014
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Techniques for Optimal Active Flow Control“, SIAM Optimization, San Diego, USA, 19. -22.5.2014
• Gauger, N. – “Towards efficient one-shot optimization with unsteady Navier-Stokes equations”, Invited Talk at ACDL Seminar, MIT, Cambridge, USA, 18.4.2014
• Gauger, N. – “A Discrete Adjoint Approach for Trailing-Edge Noise Minimization using Porous Material”, Keynote Talk at S13 Flow Control, GAMM, Erlangen, 10. -14.3.2014

2013

• Gauger, N. – “Adjoint Approaches for Optimal Active Flow Control”, Invited Plenary Talk at MUSAF II – Multiphysics and Unsteady Simulations for Aeronautical Flows Conference, Toulouse, France, 18.-20.9.2013
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Methods for Optimization and Control in Aerodynamics”, Konzernforschung Volkswagen, Wolfsburg, 6.9.2013
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Optimization and Control in Aerodynamics”, Invited Seminar Talk, Stanford University, USA, 20.6.2013
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Optimization and Control in Aerodynamics”, Invited Seminar Talk, MIT, Cambridge, USA, 4.3.2013
• Gauger, N. – “Optimal Active Separation Control on Airfoils using Discrete Adjoint Approach”, Minisymposium MS185
’Optimization and Control with Unsteady PDEs’, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) 2013, Boston, USA, 25.2.-1.3.2013

2012

• Gauger, N. – “Ingredients for Efficient Optimization and Control in Aerodynamics”, Invited Plenary Talk, 18. DGLR-Fachsymposium STAB, Stuttgart, 6.-7.11.2012
• Gauger, N. – “Optimal Active Flow Control using Discrete Adjoints”, Invited Plenary Talk, World Congress on Engineering and Technology (CET) 2012, Peking, China, 26.-28.10.2012
• Gauger, N. – “Optimal Separation Control on Airfoils using Discrete Adjoint Approach”, Minisymposium MS651 ‘Optimization and Control Methodologies in Aerodynamic Design’, ECCOMAS 2012, Wien, 10.-14.9.2012
• Gauger, N. – “Optimal Unsteady Flow Control and One-Shot Aerodynamic Shape Optimization using AD”, IAG Seminar, Uni Stuttgart, 18.7.2012
• Gauger, N. – “Optimal Unsteady Flow Control and One-Shot Aerodynamic Shape Optimization using AD”, Mathematisches Kolloquium, Uni Paderborn, 9.7.2012
• Gauger, N. – “Optimal Active Flow Control Using Discrete Adjoints”, Minisymposium ‘Optimal Control of Unsteady Problems’, HPSC 2012, Hanoi, Vietnam, 5.-9.3.2012
• Gauger, N. – “(Semi-)Automatic Transition from Simulation to Optimization and Control”, Invited Talk at Aeronautics Seminars, Imperial College London, 06.01.2012

2011

• Gauger, N. – “Optimal Unsteady Flow Control and One-Shot Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Using AD”, 12th European Workshop on Automatic Differentiation, EURO AD, Berlin, 8.-9.12.2011
• Gauger, N. – “Ingredients for Efficient Optimization and Control in Aerodynamics”, Invited Keynote Lecture, ‘Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization, and Control with Applications to Industrial and Societal Problems: EUROGEN 2011’, Capua, Italy, 14.-16.09.2011
• Gauger, N. – “An Adaptive One-Shot Approach for Aerodynamic Shape Optimization”, Minisymposium ‘Computational Shape Optimization’, ICIAM, Vancouver, Kanada, 18.-22.07.2011
• Gauger, N. – “Ingredients for Efficient Optimization and Control in Aerodynamics”, Invited Plenary Talk, ECCOMAS CFD & Optimization, Antalya, Turkey, 23.-25.05.2011
• Gauger, N. – “An Adaptive One-Shot Approach for Aerodynamic Shape Optimization”, Minisymposium ‘Numerical Shape Optimization’, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Darmstadt, 16-19.05.2011
• Gauger, N. – “Towards One-Shot Optimization of Aero-Structural Problems”, Minisymposium ‘Towards Optimization of Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems, 16th International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems – FEF 2011, München, 23.-25.03.2011
• Gauger, N. – “Development and Application of a Discrete Adjoint Approach for Unsteady Optimal Flow Control”, Minisymposium ‘Algorithmic Differentiation in CSE’, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Reno, USA, 28.02.-04.03.2011

2010

• Gauger, N. – “Ingredients for Efficient Aerodynamic One-Shot Shape Optimization”, Minisymposium ‘Adjoint Methods in Industrial CFD Optimization’, 5th ECCOMAS CFD, Lisbon, Portugal, 14-17.06.2010
• Gauger, N. – “Towards an Adaptive One-Shot Approach for Aerodynamic Shape Optimization”, Workshop of GAMM Activity Group ‘Optimization with PDEs’, Universität Paderborn, 22.-23.04.2010
• Gauger, N. – „One-Shot Shape Optimization with Navier-Stokes Equations”, Workshop on Automatic Differentiation, Optimization and Beyond, Nice, France, 08.-09.04.2010

2009

• Gauger, N. – “Ingredients for Efficient Aerodynamic Shape Optimization”, Invited Talk at SFB 568 Meeting of TU Darmstadt, Seeheim-Jugenheim, 29.-30.10.2009
• Gauger, N. – „Ingredients for Efficient Aerodynamic One-Shot Shape Optimization“, Invited Talk at C-CFD Seminar, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, 23.10.2009
• Gauger, N. – “Constrained Single-Step One-Shot Method with Applications in Aerodynamics”, Minisymposium ‘Optimization of Fluid Flows with AD-based Techniques’, 14th Belgian-French-German Conference on Optimization, Leuven, Belgium, 14.-18.09.2009
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient One-Shot Methods for Aerodynamic Shape Design”, Minisymposium ‘Recent Advances in Shape and Topology Optimization’, SIAM Annual Meeting, Denver, USA, 06.-10.07.2009
• Gauger, N. – “One-Shot Optimization with Navier-Stokes Equations”, Invited Talk at Special Technical Session of Conference ‘Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization, and Control with Applications to Industrial and Societal Problems: EUROGEN 2009’, Cracow, Poland, 15.-17.06.2009
• Gauger, N. – “Warum fliegen Flugzeuge und wie optimiert man sie?”, Hauptstudiumskolloquium, Mathematisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, 10.06.2009
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Calculation of Pareto-ptimal Points in Aerodynamic Shape Optimization”, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Minisymposium ‘Robust Shape Optimization for Aerodynamics and Structures’, Miami, USA, 02.03.-06.03.2009
• Gauger, N. _ “Ingredients for Efficient Aerodynamic Shape Optimization”, LSTM Seminar, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 13.02.2009
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient One-Shot Methods for Aerodynamic Shape Design”, Workshop on Numerical Techniques for Optimization Problems with PDE Constraints, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 25.01.-31.01.2009

2008

• Gauger, N. – “Semi-automatic Transition from Simulation to Optimization”, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Minisymposium ‘Optimization of Complex Systems Based on Differential Equations’, Boston, USA, 10.05.-13.05.2008
• Gauger, N. – “Semi-automatic Transition from Simulation to Optimization in MDO Context”, Workshop on Optimal Control of Coupled Systems of PDE, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 02.03.-08.03.2008

2007

• Gauger, N. – “Semi-automatic Transition from Simulation to Optimization”, Invited Plenary Keynote Lecture at Conference ‘Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization, and Control with Applications to Industrial and Societal Problems: EUROGEN 2007’, Jyväskylä, Finland, 11.-13.06.2007
• Gauger, N. – “AD based optimization strategies with applications in aircraft design”, European Conference on Computational Optimization: EUCCO 2007, Montpellier, 02.-04.04.2007
• Gauger, N. – “Innovative Optimierungstechniken für die aerodynamische Form-optimierung“, Seminar für Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen, TU Dresden, 16.01.2007

2006

• Gauger, N., – “Adjoint Approaches in Aerodynamic Shape Optimization and MDO Context”, Minisymposium, ECCOMAS CFD 2006, Egmond aan Zee, 04.-08.09.2006
• Gauger, N., Kroll, N., Brezillon, J. – “Numerical Shape Optimization for Aircraft Design – Status and Future Challenges”, Workshop on Numerical Techniques for Optimization Problems with PDE Constraints, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 26.02.-04.03.2006

2005

• Gauger, N. – “Aerodynamic Shape Optimization using Continuous and Discrete Adjoint Flow Solvers”, Workshop on Control of Complex Fluids, RICAM, Linz, 10.-13.10.2005
• Gauger, N. – “Efficient Aerodynamic Shape Designs by Adjoint Approaches”, Kolloquium der Arbeitsgruppe Modellierung, Numerik und Differentialgleichungen, TU Berlin, 28.06.2005
• Gauger, N., “Efficient Aerodynamic Shape Designs by Adjoint Approaches”, Workshop on Optimization in Aerodynamics, HU Berlin, 09.05.2005
• Gauger, N., Fazzolari, A., Brezillon, J. – “Aero-structural wing design optimization using a coupled adjoint approach”, Workshop on Optimal Control of Coupled Systems of PDE, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 17.04.-23.04.2005
• Gauger, N., Fazzolari, A., Brezillon, J. – “Efficient Aerodynamic Shape Optimization in MDO Context”, Minisymposium , GAMM 2005, Luxembourg, 28.03.-01.04.2005

2004

• Gauger, N. – ”Aerodynamische Formoptimierung mit dem Adjungiertenverfahren im MDO-Kontext“, Gastvortrag am SFB 568 der TU Darmstadt, 13.12.2004
• Kroll, N., Gauger, N., et al. – “Flow simulation and shape optimization for aircraft design“, Universität Trier, First Indo-German Conference on PDE, Scientific Computing and Optimization in Applications, 08.-10.09.2004
• Gauger, N. – “Adjungiertenverfahren”, Seminar der Konzernforschung der Volkswagen AG, 13.07.2004

2003

• Gauger, N., Kroll, N., Brezillon, J. – “Aerodynamic shape optimization based on adjoint formulations of the compressible Euler/Navier-Stokes equations for complex applications”, Workshop on Numerical Techniques for Optimization Problems with PDE Constraints, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 16.-22.02.2003
• Gauger, N. – “Aero-Struktur-Optimierung mit dem Adjungiertenverfahren“, Gastvortrag am SFB401 der RWTH Aachen, 07.02.2003

2002

• Kroll, N., Gauger, N., Wild, J., Brezillon, J., Ronzheimer, A. – “Numerical shape optimization for aircraft design”, Workshop on Optimization in Partial Differential Equations and Applications, Universität Heidelberg, 07.-09.10.2002

2001

• Kroll, N., Gauger, N. – “Industrial aerodynamic aircraft design – potential of adjoint approaches for shape optimization”, Workshop ‘Adjoints – Analysis and Applications’, Decin (Czech Republic), 27.-29.9.2001
• Gauger, N. – “Aerodynamic shape optimization using adjoint method”, Minisymposium ‘Numerical Methods in Shape Optimization’ at the SIAM-EMS Conference in Berlin, 02.-06.09.2001
• Gauger, N. – “Aerodynamic shape optimization using adjoint method”, Invited Plenary Talk at the 4th Annual CFD Symposium in Bangalore (India), 10.-11.08.2001
• Gauger, N. – “Hand-coded adjoints in aerodynamic applications”, Minisymposium ‘Automatic Differentiation and Partial Differential Equations’ at the SIAM Annual Meeting in San Diego (USA), 9.-13.7.2001
• Gauger, N. – “Vergleich der diskreten und der kontinuierlichen Adjungierten und letztere in der Anwendung der aerodynamischen Optimierung“, Forschungsseminar ‘Adjunktorensysteme’ an der TU Dresden, 12.06.2001

2000

• Gauger, N. – “Das Adjungierten-Verfahren in der aerodynamischen Optimierung“, Workshop ‘Numerische Werkzeuge für die Optimierung’ der MTU Aero Engines in München, 25. 10.2000

Previous / Contributed Talks:

(from 2014 on only Invited Talks are listed (see above))

1999 – 2013

• Gauger, N. – “Discrete Adjoint based Sensitivity Analysis for Optimal Flow Control of a 3D High Lift Configuration”, 21st AIAA CFD Conference, San Diego, USA, 24.-27.6.20013
• Gauger, N. – “Optimal Unsteady Flow Control and One-Shot Aerodynamic Shape Optimization using AD”, FlowHead Workshop, München, 28.-29.3.2012
• Gauger, N., Nemili, A. Özkaya, E. – “Optimal Control of Unsteady Flows Using Discrete Adjoints”, 41st AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, Hawaii, USA, 27.-30.6.2011
• Gauger, N., Özkaya, E. – “A Discrete Adjoint Approach for Unsteady Optimal Flow Control”, 17. International Symposium of the German Working Flow on Fluid Mechanics (STAB), Berlin, 09.11.-10.11.2010
• Gauger, N. – “Aerodynamic Shape Optimization in Multidisciplinary Design Context”, Start-Up Workshop ‘Center of Computational Sciences Adlershof’, Berlin, 13.-14.11.2009
• Gauger, N. – „Constrained Single-Step One-Shot Method with Applications in Aerodynamics“, Workshop on PDE Constrained Optimization of Certain and Uncertain Processes, Universität Trier, 03.-05.06.2009
• Gauger, N. – “Semi-automatic Transition from Simulation to Optimization”, 28. Norddeutsches Kolloquium über Angewandte Analysis und Numerische Mathematik, Universität Hannover, 15.-16.06.2007
• Gauger, N., Walther, A. – “Automatic Differentiation of an Entire Design Chain with Applications”, 15. International Symposium of the German Working Flow on Fluid Mechanics (STAB), TU Darmstadt, 29.11.-01.12.2006
• Gauger, N., Griewank, A. – “Automated Extension of Fixed-Point PDE Solvers for Optimal Design with Bounded Retardation”, 3rd European Workshop on Automatic Differentiation, Oxford, 01.06.2006
• Gauger, N., Fazzolari, A., Brezillon, J. – “Efficient aerodynamic shape optimization in MDO context“, Universität Trier, First Indo-German Conference on PDE, Scientific Computing and Optimization in Applications, 08.-10.09.2004
• Gauger, N., Kroll, N., et al. – “Ongoing activities in shape optimization within the German project MEGADESIGN”, TU Dresden, European Conference on Computational Optimization, 29.-31.03.2004
• Gauger, N. – “Potential von Adjungiertenverfahren in der Optimierung von Hochauftriebssystemen. Optimierung von Hochauftriebssystemen“, Kolloquium zur Verabschiedung von Prof. Dr.-Ing. Horst Körner, DLR Braunschweig, 13.02.2003
• Gauger, N. – “Das Adjungiertenverfahren in der aerodynamischen Formoptimierung“, Graduiertenkolleg ‘Wechselwirkung von Struktur und Fluid’ der TU Braunschweig, 27.06.2002
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