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most citedA directional Gaussian smoothing optimization method for computational inverse design in nanophotonics

25 citations · 85 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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math.OC2023★ 7 cited

A Score-based Nonlinear Filter for Data Assimilation

Feng Bao, Zezhong Zhang, Guannan Zhang

We introduce a score-based generative sampling method for solving the nonlinear filtering problem with robust accuracy. A major drawback of existing nonlinear filtering methods, e.…

math.NA2022★ 1 cited

A probabilistic scheme for semilinear nonlocal diffusion equations with volume constraints

Minglei Yang, Guannan Zhang, Diego Del-Castillo-Negrete +1

This work presents a probabilistic scheme for solving semilinear nonlocal diffusion equations with volume constraints and integrable kernels. The nonlocal model of interest is defi…

physics.comp-ph2021★ 8 cited

A Feynman-Kac based numerical method for the exit time probability of a class of transport problems

Minglei Yang, Guannan Zhang, Diego del-Castillo-Negrete +1

The exit time probability, which gives the likelihood that an initial condition leaves a prescribed region of the phase space of a dynamical system at, or before, a given time, is…

cs.LG2021

A Hybrid Gradient Method to Designing Bayesian Experiments for Implicit Models

Jiaxin Zhang, Sirui Bi, Guannan Zhang

Bayesian experimental design (BED) aims at designing an experiment to maximize the information gathering from the collected data. The optimal design is usually achieved by maximizi…

cs.LG2021★ 3 cited

A Scalable Gradient-Free Method for Bayesian Experimental Design with Implicit Models

Jiaxin Zhang, Sirui Bi, Guannan Zhang

Bayesian experimental design (BED) is to answer the question that how to choose designs that maximize the information gathering. For implicit models, where the likelihood is intrac…

physics.app-ph2020★ 25 cited

A directional Gaussian smoothing optimization method for computational inverse design in nanophotonics

Jiaxin Zhang, Sirui Bi, Guannan Zhang

Local-gradient-based optimization approaches lack nonlocal exploration ability required for escaping from local minima in non-convex landscapes. A directional Gaussian smoothing (D…

physics.comp-ph2020★ 1 cited

A sparse-grid probabilistic scheme for approximation of the runaway probability of electrons in fusion tokamak simulation

Minglei Yang, Guannan Zhang, Diego del-Castillo-Negrete +2

Runaway electrons (RE) generated during magnetic disruptions present a major threat to the safe operation of plasma nuclear fusion reactors. A critical aspect of understanding RE d…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 9 cited

Robust data-driven approach for predicting the configurational energy of high entropy alloys

Jiaxin Zhang, Xianglin Liu, Sirui Bi +3

High entropy alloys (HEAs) have been increasingly attractive as promising next-generation materials due to their various excellent properties. It's necessary to essentially charact…

physics.comp-ph2018★ 2 cited

Non-intrusive inference reduced order model for fluids using linear multistep neural network

Xuping Xie, Guannan Zhang, Clayton G. Webster

In this effort we propose a data-driven learning framework for reduced order modeling of fluid dynamics. Designing accurate and efficient reduced order models for nonlinear fluid d…

physics.plasm-ph2018★ 6 cited

A fluid-kinetic framework for self-consistent runaway-electron simulations

Eero Hirvijoki, Chang Liu, Guannan Zhang +2

The problem of self-consistently coupling kinetic runaway-electron physics to the macroscopic evolution of the plasma is addressed by dividing the electron population into a bulk a…

physics.plasm-ph2017★ 23 cited

A backward Monte-Carlo method for time-dependent runaway electron simulations

Guannan Zhang, Diego del-Castillo-Negrete

Kinetic descriptions of runaway electrons (RE) are usually based on Fokker-Planck models that determine the probability distribution function (PDF) of RE in 2-dimensional momentum…