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Publications (42)

math.NA2018

Mesh-free Semi-Lagrangian Methods for Transport on a Sphere Using Radial Basis Functions

Varun Shankar, Grady Wright

We present three new semi-Lagrangian methods based on radial basis function (RBF) interpolation for numerically simulating transport on a sphere. The methods are mesh-free and are…

physics.flu-dyn2021

Pump efficacy in a fluid-structure interaction model of a chain of contracting lymphangions

Hallie Elich, Aaron Barrett, Varun Shankar +1

The transport of lymph through the lymphatic vasculature is the mechanism for returning excess interstitial fluid to the circulatory system, and it is essential for fluid homeostas…

cs.LG2025

Ensemble and Mixture-of-Experts DeepONets For Operator Learning

Ramansh Sharma, Varun Shankar

We present a novel deep operator network (DeepONet) architecture for operator learning, the ensemble DeepONet, that allows for enriching the trunk network of a single DeepONet with…

physics.flu-dyn2025

Generalizable data-driven turbulence closure modeling on unstructured grids with differentiable physics

Hojin Kim, Varun Shankar, Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan +1

Differentiable physical simulators are proving to be valuable tools for developing data-driven models for computational fluid dynamics (CFD). In particular, these simulators enable…

cs.MS2026

JetSCI: A Hybrid JAX-PETSc Framework for Scalable Differentiable Simulation

Alberto Cattaneo, M Keith Ballard, Robert M. Kirby +1

The rapid rise of scientific machine learning (SciML) has expanded the role of differentiable modeling, surrogate modeling, and data-driven constitutive laws in large-scale simulat…

math.NA2024

Discretization of non-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS) models for meshless isogeometric analysis

Urban Duh, Varun Shankar, Gregor Kosec

We present an algorithm for fast generation of quasi-uniform and variable-spacing nodes on domains whose boundaries are represented as computer-aided design (CAD) models, more spec…