Research group Mathematics and its Applications

		Optimization for nano optics joint project with Torsten Meier and Matthias Reichelt, Dep. Physik, Universität Paderborn			Simulation of filled hollow speres joint project with Jadran Vrabec, Dep. mechanical engineering, University Paderborn and Ulrike Jehring, Fraunhofer-Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Angewandte Materialforschung

This research group focuses on the development, application and theory of adjoint-based optimization methods.

An important role plays the technique of algorithmic differentiation for the efficient provision of derivative information. Based on these exact derivative structure-exploiting optimizations approaches are derived and analysed. The new methods are mainly applied in an engineering-oriented context.