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20192026
most citedRecursive multilevel trust region method with application to fully monolithic phase-field models of brittle fracture

53 citations · 70 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

cs.LG2026

Layer-Parallel Training for Transformers

Shuai Jiang, Marc Salvadó-Benasco, Eric C. Cyr +3

We present a new training methodology for transformers using a multilevel, layer-parallel approach. Through a neural ODE formulation of transformers, our application of a multileve…

math.NA2026

Introduction to optimization methods for training SciML models

Alena Kopaničáková, Elisa Riccietti

Optimization is central to both modern machine learning (ML) and scientific machine learning (SciML), yet the structure of the underlying optimization problems differs substantiall…

math.NA2026

Multi-Preconditioned LBFGS for Training Finite-Basis PINNs

Marc Salvadó-Benasco, Aymane Kssim, Alexander Heinlein +3

A multi-preconditioned LBFGS (MP-LBFGS) algorithm is introduced for training finite-basis physics-informed neural networks (FBPINNs). The algorithm is motivated by the nonlinear ad…

math.NA2025

Trust-Region Methods with Low-Fidelity Objective Models

Andrea Angino, Matteo Aurina, Alena Kopaničáková +3

We introduce two multifidelity trust-region methods based on the Magical Trust Region (MTR) framework. MTR augments the classical trust-region step with a secondary, informative di…

math.NA2024

Two-level trust-region method with random subspaces

Andrea Angino, Alena Kopaničáková, Rolf Krause

We introduce a two-level trust-region method (TLTR) for solving unconstrained nonlinear optimization problems. Our method uses a composite iteration step, which is based on two dis…

math.NA2024★ 3 cited

DeepOnet Based Preconditioning Strategies For Solving Parametric Linear Systems of Equations

Alena Kopaničáková, George Em Karniadakis

We introduce a new class of hybrid preconditioners for solving parametric linear systems of equations. The proposed preconditioners are constructed by hybridizing the deep operator…

math.NA2023

Parallel Trust-Region Approaches in Neural Network Training: Beyond Traditional Methods

Ken Trotti, Samuel A. Cruz Alegría, Alena Kopaničáková +1

We propose to train neural networks (NNs) using a novel variant of the ``Additively Preconditioned Trust-region Strategy'' (APTS). The proposed method is based on a parallelizable…

math.OC2023★ 1 cited

Multilevel Objective-Function-Free Optimization with an Application to Neural Networks Training

S. Gratton, A. Kopanicakova, Ph. L. Toint

A class of multi-level algorithms for unconstrained nonlinear optimization is presented which does not require the evaluation of the objective function. The class contains the mome…

cs.LG2021

Training of deep residual networks with stochastic MG/OPT

Cyrill von Planta, Alena Kopanicakova, Rolf Krause

We train deep residual networks with a stochastic variant of the nonlinear multigrid method MG/OPT. To build the multilevel hierarchy, we use the dynamical systems viewpoint specif…

cs.LG2021★ 1 cited

Globally Convergent Multilevel Training of Deep Residual Networks

Alena Kopaničáková, Rolf Krause

We propose a globally convergent multilevel training method for deep residual networks (ResNets). The devised method can be seen as a novel variant of the recursive multilevel trus…

math.NA2021

Multilevel Active-Set Trust-Region (MASTR) Method for Bound Constrained Minimization

Alena Kopaničáková, Rolf Krause

We introduce a novel variant of the recursive multilevel trust-region (RMTR) method, called MASTR. The method is designed for solving non-convex bound-constrained minimization prob…

physics.comp-ph2020★ 12 cited

Large scale simulation of pressure induced phase-field fracture propagation using Utopia

Patrick Zulian, Alena Kopaničáková, Maria Giuseppina Chiara Nestola +4

Non-linear phase field models are increasingly used for the simulation of fracture propagation models. The numerical simulation of fracture networks of realistic size requires the…

cs.LG2020

A Multilevel Approach to Training

Vanessa Braglia, Alena Kopaničáková, Rolf Krause

We propose a novel training method based on nonlinear multilevel minimization techniques, commonly used for solving discretized large scale partial differential equations. Our mult…

cs.LG2020

Multilevel Minimization for Deep Residual Networks

Lisa Gaedke-Merzhäuser, Alena Kopaničáková, Rolf Krause

We present a new multilevel minimization framework for the training of deep residual networks (ResNets), which has the potential to significantly reduce training time and effort. O…

math.NA2019★ 53 cited

Recursive multilevel trust region method with application to fully monolithic phase-field models of brittle fracture

Alena Kopaničáková, Rolf Krause

The simulation of crack initiation and propagation in an elastic material is difficult, as crack paths with complex topologies have to be resolved. Phase-field approach allows to s…