arXiv Machine Learning

Neural Operator-enabled Topology-informed Evolutionary Strategy for PDE-Constrained Optimization

arXiv:2607. 07682v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The inverse design of physical systems governed by partial differential equations is computationally demanding due to the high dimensionality and non-convexity of design spaces.

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Jul 8

Neural Operator-enabled Topology-informed Evolutionary Strategy for PDE-Constrained Optimization

The inverse design of physical systems governed by partial differential equations is computationally demanding due to the high dimensionality and non-convexity of design spaces. Generative models for inverse design often lack robustness and transferability, whereas evolutionary strategies are robust but struggle in high-dimensional spaces.

arXiv AI
Sep 24

KATOsuper: Surrogate-accelerated neural topology optimization with sensitivity-consistent Fourier neural operators

KATOsuper is an objective‑agnostic framework that accelerates neural topology optimization by coupling neural‑reparameterized TO with a Sensitivity‑Consistent Fourier Neural Operator (SC‑FNO). It uses a forward_split architecture to ensure that sensitivities derived via automatic differentiation remain consistent with predicted objectives, enabling stable optimization. The method demonstrates significant deployment‑time speedups (15–110×) over MATLAB baselines while preserving optimality across 2D and 3D benchmark problems, including compliance and stress minimization, and supports zero‑shot extrapolation to higher resolutions.

By Shengyu Yan, Jasmin Jelovica
arXiv AI
Jul 29

Steering topology distributions for unified generative design of architected metamaterials

arXiv:2607. 24777v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Architected metamaterials derive their functions from structure, creating vast opportunities to program physical responses through topology design.

By Haolin Li, Yuyang Miao, Menglei Li, Jinshuai Bai, Liyuan Wang, Xin Liu, Bo Gao, Jiantao Liu, Danilo Mandic, Zahra Sharif Khodaei, M. H. Aliabadi, Weiqiu Chen
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 11

Adjoint Method versus Physics-Informed Neural Networks in PDE-Constrained Inverse Problems

arXiv:2606. 12337v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Inverse problems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs) are central to computational mechanics and are commonly solved by adjoint-based optimization, while physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have emerged as a flexible alternative.

By Zhen Zhang, Alessandro Alla, George Em Karniadakis
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 19

Evolutionary Two-Stage Hyperparameter Optimization Strategies for Physics-Informed Neural Networks

arXiv:2606. 20442v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) solve Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) by embedding physical laws into neural network training.

By Fedor Buzaev (HSE University), Dmitry Efremenko (HSE University), Egor Bugaev (HSE University), Andrei Ermakov (HSE University, AXXX), Denis Derkach (HSE University), Daria Pugacheva (HSE University, AXXX), Fedor Ratnikov (HSE University)
arXiv AI
4d ago

Co-PiLOT: Constrained Physics-Informed Latent Optimization for Target-Driven Inverse Design

Co-PiLOT is a latent optimization framework that maps candidate physical structures through a generative encoder-decoder, using the decoder as a learned validity prior and performing physics-informed black-box optimization in latent space. It is applied to the inverse design of magnesium alloy microstructure/texture, employing a vision transformer encoder paired with latent diffusion, diffusion transformer, and rectified-flow transformer decoders trained on an 80,000-sample EBSD dataset to produce a minimal bottleneck representation. The MERIDIAN optimizer, driven by a deep-kernel Gaussian process and failure-aware feasibility prediction, achieves the best target-driven objective score within 160 simulations, reducing relative target error by 3–22% compared to seven baseline methods.

By Mahish K. Guru, Mayank Nagar, Ayush vyas, Jan Bohlen, Roland Aydin, Noomane Ben Khalifa
arXiv AI
Aug 28

Physics-Informed Stochastic Configuration Machine: A Backpropagation-Free Neural Network with Fast Training for Nonlinear Differential Equations

The paper introduces the Physics-Informed Stochastic Configuration Machine (PI‑SCM), a backpropagation‑free neural network designed for solving nonlinear differential equations. By analytically evaluating local Jacobians, PI‑SCM linearizes the physical loss, enabling optimal weight determination through generalized linear least squares and avoiding iterative nonlinear optimization. The authors present a progressive algorithmic suite—PI‑SC‑I, PI‑SC‑II, and PI‑SC‑III—prove their universal approximation properties, and show through experiments that PI‑SCM achieves high‑fidelity predictions and parameter identification while accelerating training by orders of magnitude compared to standard PINNs.

By Yuehao Song (School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha, China), Zhong Chen (School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha, China), Lihui Cen (School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha, China), Liang Wu (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA), Kai Zhang (State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China)