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20142026
most citedScalable and efficient algorithms for the propagation of uncertainty from data through inference to prediction for large-scale problems, with application to flow of the Antarctic ice sheet

171 citations · 329 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

cs.DC2026

A Portable and Versatile Limited-Memory BFGS Implementation in PETSc/TAO

Hansol Suh, Tobin Isaac, Alp Dener +3

The limited-memory BFGS (L-BFGS) Hessian update scheme is the critical kernel in many quasi-Newton optimization algorithms. The most common approach to implementing L-BFGS uses $2m…

stat.ML2022★ 5 cited

Robust Expected Information Gain for Optimal Bayesian Experimental Design Using Ambiguity Sets

Jinwoo Go, Tobin Isaac

The ranking of experiments by expected information gain (EIG) in Bayesian experimental design is sensitive to changes in the model's prior distribution, and the approximation of EI…

cs.CE2022

Inferring ice sheet damage models from limited observations using CRIKit: the Constitutive Relation Inference Toolkit

Grant Bruer, Tobin Isaac

We examine the prospect of learning ice sheet damage models from observational data. Our approach, implemented in CRIKit (the Constitutive Relation Inference Toolkit), is to model…

math.NA2020

Recursive, parameter-free, explicitly defined interpolation nodes for simplices

Tobin Isaac

A rule for constructing interpolation nodes for th degree polynomials on the simplex is presented. These nodes are simple to define recursively from families of 1D node sets, su…

math.NA2018

A mixed finite element for weakly-symmetric elasticity

Tobin Isaac

We develop a finite element discretization for the weakly symmetric equations of linear elasticity on tetrahedral meshes. The finite element combines, for , discontinuous…

cs.CE2017★ 16 cited

Landau Collision Integral Solver with Adaptive Mesh Refinement on Emerging Architectures

M. F. Adams, E. Hirvijoki, M. G. Knepley +3

The Landau collision integral is an accurate model for the small-angle dominated Coulomb collisions in fusion plasmas. We investigate a high order accurate, fully conservative, fin…

cs.DC2015

Strong Scaling for Numerical Weather Prediction at Petascale with the Atmospheric Model NUMA

Andreas Müller, Michal A. Kopera, Simone Marras +3

Numerical weather prediction (NWP) has proven to be computationally challenging due to its inherent multiscale nature. Currently, the highest resolution NWP models use a horizontal…

cs.MS2015★ 4 cited

Support for Non-conformal Meshes in PETSc's DMPlex Interface

Tobin Isaac, Matthew G. Knepley

PETSc's DMPlex interface for unstructured meshes has been extended to support non-conformal meshes. The topological construct that DMPlex implements---the CW-complex---is by defini…

cs.CG2015★ 2 cited

Bounds on the number of discontinuities of Morton-type space-filling curves

Carsten Burstedde, Johannes Holke, Tobin Isaac

The Morton- or z-curve is one example for a space filling curve: Given a level of refinement L, it maps the interval [0, 2**dL) one-to-one to a set of d-dimensional cubes of edge l…

math.OC2014★ 171 cited

Scalable and efficient algorithms for the propagation of uncertainty from data through inference to prediction for large-scale problems, with application to flow of the Antarctic ice sheet

Tobin Isaac, Noemi Petra, Georg Stadler +1

The majority of research on efficient and scalable algorithms in computational science and engineering has focused on the forward problem: given parameter inputs, solve the governi…

math.NA2014★ 55 cited

Solution of nonlinear Stokes equations discretized by high-order finite elements on nonconforming and anisotropic meshes, with application to ice sheet dynamics

Tobin Isaac, Georg Stadler, Omar Ghattas

Motivated by the need for efficient and accurate simulation of the dynamics of the polar ice sheets, we design high-order finite element discretizations and scalable solvers for th…

cs.DC2014★ 76 cited

Recursive Algorithms for Distributed Forests of Octrees

Tobin Isaac, Carsten Burstedde, Lucas C. Wilcox +1

The forest-of-octrees approach to parallel adaptive mesh refinement and coarsening (AMR) has recently been demonstrated in the context of a number of large-scale PDE-based applicat…