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20182022
most citedA directional Gaussian smoothing optimization method for computational inverse design in nanophotonics

25 citations · 95 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

cs.LG2022

Accelerating Inverse Learning via Intelligent Localization with Exploratory Sampling

Jiaxin Zhang, Sirui Bi, Victor Fung

In the scope of "AI for Science", solving inverse problems is a longstanding challenge in materials and drug discovery, where the goal is to determine the hidden structures given a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021

Inverse design of two-dimensional materials with invertible neural networks

Victor Fung, Jiaxin Zhang, Guoxiang Hu +2

The ability to readily design novel materials with chosen functional properties on-demand represents a next frontier in materials discovery. However, thoroughly and efficiently sam…

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…

cs.CE2020★ 6 cited

Scalable Deep-Learning-Accelerated Topology Optimization for Additively Manufactured Materials

Sirui Bi, Jiaxin Zhang, Guannan Zhang

Topology optimization (TO) is a popular and powerful computational approach for designing novel structures, materials, and devices. Two computational challenges have limited the ap…

cs.CE2020★ 4 cited

Thermodynamic Consistent Neural Networks for Learning Material Interfacial Mechanics

Jiaxin Zhang, Congjie Wei, Chenglin Wu

For multilayer materials in thin substrate systems, interfacial failure is one of the most challenges. The traction-separation relations (TSR) quantitatively describe the mechanica…

stat.ME2020★ 11 cited

Modern Monte Carlo Methods for Efficient Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation: A Survey

Jiaxin Zhang

Uncertainty quantification (UQ) includes the characterization, integration, and propagation of uncertainties that result from stochastic variations and a lack of knowledge or data…

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…

math.OC2020★ 3 cited

A Novel Evolution Strategy with Directional Gaussian Smoothing for Blackbox Optimization

Jiaxin Zhang, Hoang Tran, Dan Lu +1

We propose an improved evolution strategy (ES) using a novel nonlocal gradient operator for high-dimensional black-box optimization. Standard ES methods with -dimensional Gaussi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019

Machine Learning the Effective Hamiltonian in High Entropy Alloys

Xianglin Liu, Jiaxin Zhang, Markus Eisenbach +1

The development of machine learning sheds new light on the problem of statistical thermodynamics in multicomponent alloys. However, a data-driven approach to construct the effectiv…

physics.comp-ph2019★ 15 cited

Fast and stable deep-learning predictions of material properties for solid solution alloys

Massimiliano Lupo Pasini, Ying Wai Li, Junqi Yin +3

We present a novel deep learning (DL) approach to produce highly accurate predictions of macroscopic physical properties of solid solution binary alloys and magnetic systems. The m…

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…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 5 cited

Chemical complexity in high entropy alloys: A pair-interaction perspective

Xianglin Liu, Jiaxin Zhang, Sirui Bi +3

The recently proposed pair-interaction model is applied to study a series of refractory high entropy alloys. The results demonstrate the simplicity, robustness, and high accuracy o…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 10 cited

Machine learning modeling of high entropy alloy: the role of short-range order

Xianglin Liu, Jiaxin Zhang, Markus Eisenbach +1

The development of machine learning sheds new light on the traditionally complicated problem of thermodynamics in multicomponent alloys. Successful application of such a method, ho…

stat.CO2018★ 2 cited

On the quantification and efficient propagation of imprecise probabilities with copula dependence

Jiaxin Zhang, Michael D. Shields

This paper addresses the problem of quantification and propagation of uncertainties associated with dependence modeling when data for characterizing probability models are limited.…

stat.CO2018★ 2 cited

Probability measure changes in Monte Carlo simulation

Jiaxin Zhang, Michael D. Shields

The objective of Bayesian inference is often to infer, from data, a probability measure for a random variable that can be used as input for Monte Carlo simulation. When datasets fo…