Inverse Problems

Research Advisors for Inverse Problems

      • John Burns profile picture
      • John Burns

        Professor Burns' current research is focused on computational methods for modeling, control, estimation and optimization of complex systems where spatially distributed information is essential. This includes systems modeled by partial and delay differential equations. Recent applications include modeling and control of thermal fluids, design and thermal management systems and optimization of mobile sensor networks.

      • Julianne Chung. Headshots for the Virginia Tech College of Science.
      • Julianne Chung

        Professor Chung's research interests include numerical methods and software for computing solutions to large-scale inverse problems, such as those that arise in imaging applications.

      • Serkan Gugercin profile picture
      • Serkan Gugercin

        Professor Gugercin studies computational mathematics, numerical analysis, and systems and control theory with a focus on data-driven modeling and model reduction of large-scale dynamical systems with applications to inverse problems, structural dynamics, material design, and flow control.

      • Russell Hewett profile picture
      • Russell Hewett

        Professor Hewett's research interests lie at the intersection of inverse problems, deep learning, and high-performance computing. His research is motivated by problems in science with extreme data and compute scales, for example geoscience and space physics. Research in these areas also involves developments in numerical differential equations, optimization, estimation, and statistics.

      • Martin Klaus

        Professor Klaus' research mainly concerns the spectral theory of linear operators and their connection with nonlinear evolution equations. This research has applications in the study of optical pulse propagation.

      • Tao Lin

        Professor Tao Lin's main research interest is the numerical analysis on computational methods related with differential equations. He designs new numerical methods and carry out their convergence analysis. His recent research focuses on immersed finite element (IFE) methods that can solve interface problems of partial differential equation with interface independent meshes. He is also working on applying IFE methods to interface inverse problems via the shape optimization methodology.

      • Eileen Martin profile picture
      • Eileen Martin

        Dr. Martin is an assistant professor doing research focused on computational mathematics, particularly with applications to geosciences. Her interests include data-intensive high performance computing, signal processing, imaging science, inverse problems, and working with large-scale sensor networks collecting streaming data.

      • Timothy Warburton profile picture
      • Tim Warburton

        Professor Warburton holds the John K. Costain Chair in the College of Science at Virginia Tech and is a faculty member of both the Department of Mathematics and the Computational Modeling and Data Analytics program. His research interests include developing new parallel algorithms and methods that are used to solve PDE based physical modes on the largest supercomputers.

      • Layne T. Watson profile picture
      • Layne T. Watson

        Dr. Watson's research interests include numerical analysis; nonlinear programming; mathematical software; solid mechanics; fluid mechanics; image processing; parallel computation; bioinformatics.