Markus Towara

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I work on a discrete adjoint version of OpenFOAM. It allows to perform topology and shape optimization on complex geometries.

2023 M. Towara, J. Kremer, U. Naumann
Parallel Adjoint Taping Using MPI
Computational Science - ICCS 2023
2023 U. Naumann, E. Schneidereit, S. Märtens, M. Towara
Elimination Techniques for Algorithmic Differentiation Revisited
SIAM Conference on Applied and Computational Discrete Algorithms (ACDA23)
2021 M. Towara, J. Lotz, U. Naumann
Discrete Adjoint Approaches for CHT Applications in OpenFOAM, Advances in Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control in Engineering and Sciences
2019 M. Towara
Discrete Adjoint Optimization with OpenFOAM (Link to Bib)
PhD Thesis, defended in 12/2018
2018 M. Towara, U. Naumann
SIMPLE adjoint message passing
Optimization Methods and Software
2015 U. Naumann, J. Lotz, K. Leppkes, M. Towara
Algorithmic Differentiation of Numerical Methods: First-Order Tangents and Adjoints for Solvers of Systems of Nonlinear Equations, ACM TOMS, Vol. 41
2015 M. Towara, M. Schanen, U. Naumann
MPI-Parallel Discrete Adjoint OpenFOAM Proceedings of ICCS 2015
2013 M. Towara, U. Naumann
A Discrete Adjoint Model for OpenFOAM Proceedings of ICCS 2013

2023:
- SIAM CSE 2023 Amsterdam, Netherlands
  Parallel Adjoint Taping Using MPI
- ICCS 2023:
- 18th OpenFOAM Workshop, Genova, Italy
2022:
- JuliaCon 2021:
  Automatic Differentiation for Quantum Electron Structure
- 17th OpenFOAM Workshop, Cambridge, UK
  Discrete Adjoint CHT Simulation in OpenFOAM
2019
- Eurogen 2019, Guimarães, Portugal:
  Discrete Adjoint Approaches for CHT Applications in OpenFOAM (extended abstract)
- OpenFOAM Workshop 2019, Duisburg Germany:
  An Introduction to Discrete Adjoint Optimization in OpenFOAM (Workshop materials available here)
- OpenFOAM Workshop 2019, Duisburg Germany:
  Towards Adjoint Design Optimization of CHT Geometries
- Adjoints of Nonlinear Dynamics in CFD Applications @ SIAM CSE, Spokane, WA US:
  Discrete Adjoint Optimization with OpenFOAM
2017
- OpenFOAM Stammtisch, Kassel, Germany.
  Discrete Adjoint OpenFOAM
2016

4th Annual OpenFOAM User Conference, Cologne, Germany:
Parametric-Adjoint Optimization using OpenFOAM and CAESES
(joint presentation with C. Fütterer, Friendship Systems AG)
AD2016 - 7th International Conference on Algorithmic Differentiation, Oxford, UK:
SIMPLE Adjoint Message Passing
11th OpenFOAM Workshop, Guimarães, Portugal:

Discrete Adjoint Sensitivities in OpenFOAM

2015
- ICCS 2015, Reykjavik, Iceland:
  MPI-Parallel Discrete Adjoint OpenFOAM
- 3rd Argonne AD Workshop, US:
  Implementing the Discrete Adjoint Formulation in OpenFOAM
2014
- Opt-I Conference, Kos, Greece:
  Advances in Discrete adjoint OpenFOAM
- 15th Euro-AD Workshop, Sophia Antipolis, France:
  Reverse Accumulation in Discrete Adjoint OpenFOAM
- 2nd OpenFOAM Users Conference, Berlin:
  Discrete Adjoints for Optimization with OpenFOAM
2013
- ICCS 2013, Barcelona, Spain:
  A Discrete Adjoint Model for OpenFOAM
- EuroAD 2013, Oxford, UK:
  An (more) effective Discrete Adjoint Model for OpenFOAM
2012
- Conference on Industrial Design Optimisation for Fluid Flow, Garching, Germany:
  Towards a discrete Adjoint Model for OpenFOAM
- Graph and Hypergraph Problems in Computational Science: Applications and Algorithms, Park City, USA:
  Sparsity Pattern Detection