Scientific Computing Seminar

Date:

Friday, July 29, 2005

Time:

1:00pm-2:00pm

Location:

50A-5132

Seminar Speaker:

Christian Bischof
Institute for Scientific Computing
RWTH Aachen University
Germany
bischof (AT) sc (DOT) rwth-aachen (DOT) de

Title:

Recent Developments in Computational Differentiation

Abstract:

The computation of derivatives is a frequent task in nonlinear numerical methods, sensitivity analysis, parameter identification, or optimization and experimental design. Automatic differentiation (AD) algorithms and tools provide a sound basis for reliably and efficiently augmenting computer programs with statements for the computation of derivatives. Computational differentiation (CD) approaches then employ AD-tools in suitably chosen computational harnesses to capitalize on high-level knowledge about numerical paradigms or problem structure. In this talk, we give an overview of recent developments and application successes in AD and CD.

Sponsor of Seminar:

Horst Simon

Scientific Computing

Contact Esmond G. Ng EGNg@lbl.gov