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Publications (45)

math.NA2026

Scaling Optimized Spectral Approximations on Unbounded Domains: The Generalized Hermite and Laguerre Methods

Hao Hu, Haijun Yu

We propose a novel error analysis framework for scaled generalized Laguerre and generalized Hermite approximations.This framework can be regarded as an analogue of the Nyquist-Shan…

cs.LG2019

Application of Bounded Total Variation Denoising in Urban Traffic Analysis

Shanshan Tang, Haijun Yu

While it is believed that denoising is not always necessary in many big data applications, we show in this paper that denoising is helpful in urban traffic analysis by applying the…

math.DS2021

OnsagerNet: Learning Stable and Interpretable Dynamics using a Generalized Onsager Principle

Haijun Yu, Xinyuan Tian, Weinan E +1

We propose a systematic method for learning stable and physically interpretable dynamical models using sampled trajectory data from physical processes based on a generalized Onsage…

math.NA2026

Fast Jacobi Spectral Methods and Closure Approximations for the Homogeneous FENE Model of Complex Fluids

Runkai Feng, Jie Shen, Haijun Yu

The Finitely Extensible Nonlinear Elastic (FENE) dumbbell model is a widely used mathematical model for complex fluids. Direct simulation of the FENE Fokker--Planck equation is com…

math.NA2025

An Improved Adaptive Orthogonal Basis Deflation Method for Multiple Solutions with Applications to Nonlinear Elliptic Equations in Varying Domains

Yangyi Ye, Lin Li, Pengcheng Xie +1

Multiple solutions are common in various non-convex problems arising from industrial and scientific computing. Nonetheless, understanding the nontrivial solutions' qualitative prop…

math.NA2019

On energy dissipation theory and numerical stability for time-fractional phase field equations

Tao Tang, Haijun Yu, Tao Zhou

For the time-fractional phase field models, the corresponding energy dissipation law has not been settled on both the continuous level and the discrete level. In this work, we shal…

math.NA2026

Penalty-Free Natural Deep Ritz Method Based on de Rham Complex for High-Dimensional Dirichlet Boundary Value Problems

Jiarong Chen, Xia Ji, Haijun Yu +1

Deep neural networks show great promise for high-dimensional PDEs, yet enforcing essential boundary conditions remains challenging, especially as penalty parameters require problem…

cs.CV2023

OSNet & MNetO: Two Types of General Reconstruction Architectures for Linear Computed Tomography in Multi-Scenarios

Zhisheng Wang, Zihan Deng, Fenglin Liu +3

Recently, linear computed tomography (LCT) systems have actively attracted attention. To weaken projection truncation and image the region of interest (ROI) for LCT, the backprojec…

math.NA2020

An Energy Stable Linear Diffusive Crank-Nicolson Scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard Gradient Flow

Lin Wang, Haijun Yu

We propose and analyze a linearly stabilized semi-implicit diffusive Crank--Nicolson scheme for the Cahn--Hilliard gradient flow. In this scheme, the nonlinear bulk force is treate…

math.NA2019

Efficient Second Order Unconditionally Stable Schemes for a Phase-field Moving Contact Line Model Using Invariant Energy Quadratization Approach

Xiaofeng Yang, Haijun Yu

We consider the numerical approximations for a phase field model consisting of incompressible Navier--Stokes equations with a generalized Navier boundary condition, and the Cahn-Hi…

cond-mat.soft2023

Constructing Custom Thermodynamics Using Deep Learning

Xiaoli Chen, Beatrice W. Soh, Zi-En Ooi +5

One of the most exciting applications of artificial intelligence (AI) is automated scientific discovery based on previously amassed data, coupled with restrictions provided by know…

math-ph2026

A Morphology-Adaptive Random Feature Method for Inverse Source Problem of the Helmholtz Equation

Xinwei Hu, Jingrun Chen, Haijun Yu

The inverse source problem for the Helmholtz equation poses significant challenges, particularly when sources exhibit complex or discontinuous geometries. Traditional numerical met…

physics.flu-dyn2023

Lyapunov exponents and Lagrangian chaos suppression in compressible homogeneous isotropic turbulence

Haijun Yu, Itzhak Fouxon, Jianchun Wang +4

We study Lyapunov exponents of tracers in compressible homogeneous isotropic turbulence at different turbulent Mach number and Taylor-scale Reynolds number . We demons…

math.OC2026

An Efficient Stochastic Subgradient Method for the Global Placement Problem in Very Large-Scale Integration Circuits

Yi-Shuang Yue, Yu-Hong Dai, Haijun Yu

The placement problem in Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI) circuits is a critical step in chip design. Its primary goal is to optimize the wirelength of circuit components within…

math.NA2018

Convergence analysis of a finite element approximation of minimum action methods

Xiaoliang Wan, Haijun Yu, Jiayu Zhai

In this work, we address the convergence of a finite element approximation of the minimizer of the Freidlin-Wentzell (F-W) action functional for non-gradient dynamical systems pert…

eess.IV2019

DLIMD: Dictionary Learning based Image-domain Material Decomposition for spectral CT

Weiwen Wu, Haijun Yu, Peijun Chen +7

The potential huge advantage of spectral computed tomography (CT) is its capability to provide accuracy material identification and quantitative tissue information. This can benefi…

math.NA2026

An Efficient Laguerre Minimum Action Method for Computing Quasi-Potentials

Shenghe Huang, Yishuang Yue, Haijun Yu

Minimum action methods provide a powerful framework for analyzing rare transitions in small-noise-driven dynamical systems, but their practical performance is often limited by time…

physics.med-ph2022

Spectral CT Reconstruction via Low-rank Representation and Structure Preserving Regularization

Yuanwei He, Li Zeng, Qiong Xu +5

With the development of computed tomography (CT) imaging technology, it is possible to acquire multi-energy data by spectral CT. Being different from conventional CT, the X-ray ene…

math.NA2026

Predictive Moving Sample Method for Physics-Informed Neural Solvers of Time-Dependent PDEs

Beining Xu, Bocheng Zhang, Haijun Yu +2

Time-dependent partial differential equations (PDEs) often develop sharp fronts, localized peaks, and other moving structures that occupy only a small portion of the space--time do…

math.NA2017

Convergence Analysis of an Unconditionally Energy Stable Linear Crank-Nicolson Scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard Equation

Lin Wang, Haijun Yu

Efficient and unconditionally stable high order time marching schemes are very important but not easy to construct for nonlinear phase dynamics. In this paper, we propose and analy…

math.NA2018

On Efficient Second Order Stabilized Semi-Implicit Schemes for the Cahn-Hilliard Phase-Field Equation

Lin Wang, Haijun Yu

Efficient and energy stable high order time marching schemes are very important but not easy to construct for the study of nonlinear phase dynamics. In this paper, we propose and s…

math.NA2026

Moving sample method for solving time-dependent partial differential equations

Beining Xu, Haijun Yu, Jiayu Zhai +2

Solving time-dependent partial differential equations (PDEs) that exhibit sharp gradients or local singularities is computationally demanding, as traditional physics-informed neura…

math.RA2011

A kind of infinite-dimensional Novikov algebras and its realization

Liangyun Chen, Yao Ma, Haijun Yu

In this paper, we construct a kind of infinite-dimensional Novikov algebras and give its realization by hyperbolic sine functions and hyperbolic cosine functions.

math.NA2022

Improved Laguerre Spectral Methods with Less Round-off Errors and Better Stability

Shenghe Huang, Haijun Yu

Laguerre polynomials are orthogonal polynomials defined on positive half line with respect to weight . They have wide applications in scientific and engineering computation…

cs.LG2023

ChebNet: Efficient and Stable Constructions of Deep Neural Networks with Rectified Power Units via Chebyshev Approximations

Shanshan Tang, Bo Li, Haijun Yu

In a previous study [B. Li, S. Tang and H. Yu, Commun. Comput. Phy. 27(2):379-411, 2020], it is shown that deep neural networks built with rectified power units (RePU) as activatio…

eess.IV2024

On the Influence of Smoothness Constraints in Computed Tomography Motion Compensation

Mareike Thies, Fabian Wagner, Noah Maul +6

Computed tomography (CT) relies on precise patient immobilization during image acquisition. Nevertheless, motion artifacts in the reconstructed images can persist. Motion compensat…

math.NA2024

A Natural Deep Ritz Method for Essential Boundary Value Problems

Haijun Yu, Shuo Zhang

Deep neural network approaches show promise in solving partial differential equations. However, unlike traditional numerical methods, they face challenges in enforcing essential bo…

math.NA2018

Energy Stable Second Order Linear Schemes for the Allen-Cahn Phase-Field Equation

Lin Wang, Haijun Yu

Phase-field model is a powerful mathematical tool to study the dynamics of interface and morphology changes in fluid mechanics and material sciences. However, numerically solving a…

cs.CV2023

BPF Algorithms for Multiple Source-Translation Computed Tomography Reconstruction

Zhisheng Wang, Haijun Yu, Yixing Huang +5

Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) is a widely used state-of-the-art instrument employed to study the morphological structures of objects in various fields. However, its small fi…

math.NA2017

Numerical Approximations for a Phase-Field Moving Contact Line Model with Variable Densities and Viscosities

Haijun Yu, Xiaofeng Yang

We consider the numerical approximations of a two-phase hydrodynamics coupled phase-field model that incorporates the variable densities, viscosities and moving contact line bounda…

math.NA2025

Scaling Optimized Hermite Approximation Methods

Hao Hu, Haijun Yu

Hermite polynomials and functions have extensive applications in scientific and engineering problems. Although it is recognized that employing the scaled Hermite functions rather t…

cs.CV2026

Improving Generalization of Deep Learning for Brain Metastases Segmentation Across Institutions

Yuchen Yang, Shuangyang Zhong, Haijun Yu +4

Background: Deep learning has demonstrated significant potential for automated brain metastases (BM) segmentation; however, models trained at a singular institution often exhibit s…

cs.CV2026

Structure-constrained Language-informed Diffusion Model for Unpaired Low-dose Computed Tomography Angiography Reconstruction

Genyuan Zhang, Zihao Wang, Zhifan Gao +10

The application of iodinated contrast media (ICM) improves the sensitivity and specificity of computed tomography (CT) for a wide range of clinical indications. However, overdose o…

cs.CV2026

Quantum CT via Dynamic Interval Encoding and Prior-Balanced QUBO Reconstruction

Ao Wang, Yikuang Yuluo, Yujie Liu +7

Quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO)-based quantum computed tomography (CT) casts reconstruction as a binary quadratic problem for quantum annealing and hybrid quantu…

eess.IV2024

A gradient-based approach to fast and accurate head motion compensation in cone-beam CT

Mareike Thies, Fabian Wagner, Noah Maul +9

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) systems, with their flexibility, present a promising avenue for direct point-of-care medical imaging, particularly in critical scenarios such a…

cs.LG2019

PowerNet: Efficient Representations of Polynomials and Smooth Functions by Deep Neural Networks with Rectified Power Units

Bo Li, Shanshan Tang, Haijun Yu

Deep neural network with rectified linear units (ReLU) is getting more and more popular recently. However, the derivatives of the function represented by a ReLU network are not con…

math.OC2018

Quasi-potential Calculation and Minimum Action Method for Limit Cycle

Xiang Zhou, Haijun Yu, Ling Lin

We study the noise-induced escape from a stable limit cycle of a non-gradient dynamical system driven by a small additive noise. The fact that the optimal transition path in this c…

eess.IV2026

Efficient Image-to-Image Schrödinger Bridge for CT Field of View Extension

Zhenhao Li, Song Ni, Long Yang +6

Computed tomography (CT) is a cornerstone imaging modality for non-invasive, high-resolution visualization of internal anatomical structures. However, when the scanned object excee…

math.NA2017

A Laguerre homotopy method for optimal control of nonlinear systems in semi-infinite interval

Haijun Yu, Hassan Saberi Nik

This paper presents a Laguerre homotopy method for optimal control problems in semi-infinite intervals (LaHOC), with particular interests given to nonlinear interconnected large-sc…

math.NA2019

Better Approximations of High Dimensional Smooth Functions by Deep Neural Networks with Rectified Power Units

Bo Li, Shanshan Tang, Haijun Yu

Deep neural networks with rectified linear units (ReLU) are getting more and more popular due to their universal representation power and successful applications. Some theoretical…

math.AP2017

Sharp-interface limits of a phase-field model with a generalized Navier slip boundary condition for moving contact lines

Xianmin Xu, Yana Di, Haijun Yu

The sharp-interface limits of a phase-field model with a generalized Navier slip boundary condition for moving contact line problem are studied by asymptotic analysis and numerical…

math.NA2024

Energetic Spectral-Element Time Marching Methods for Phase-Field Nonlinear Gradient Systems

Shiqin Liu, Haijun Yu

We propose two efficient energetic spectral-element methods in time for marching nonlinear gradient systems with the phase-field Allen--Cahn equation as an example: one fully impli…

math.NA2021

Efficient Spectral Methods for Quasi-Equilibrium Closure Approximations of Symmetric Problems on Unit Circle and Sphere

Shan Jiang, Haijun Yu

Quasi-equilibrium approximation is a widely used closure approximation approach for model reduction with applications in complex fluids, materials science, etc. It is based on the…

math.NA2019

Numerical approximation of elliptic problems with log-normal random coefficients

Xiaoliang Wan, Haijun Yu

In this work, we consider a non-standard preconditioning strategy for the numerical approximation of the classical elliptic equations with log-normal random coefficients. In \cite{…

cs.CV2026

Quantum Compressed Sensing CT Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Penalized Weighted Least Squares and Guided Total Variation

Yuwen Zhang, Yujie Liu, Ao Wang +4

Objective. Existing quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO)-based sparse-view computed tomography (CT) reconstruction neglects photon-counting statistics and anatomical…