Description
Leader of the group Scientific Computing: Daan Crommelin.
The SC groups develops efficient mathematical methods to simulate and predict real-world phenomena with inherent uncertainties. Such uncertainties arise from e.g. uncertain model parameters, chaotic dynamics or intrinsic randomness, and can have major impact on model outputs and predictions. Our work is targeted in particular at applications in climate, energy, and finance. In these vital areas, the ability to assess uncertainties and their impact on model predictions is of paramount importance. Expertise in the SC group includes uncertainty quantification, data assimilation, stochastic multiscale modeling and risk assessment. The availability of data to inform and improve simulations and predictions, for example through learning and data-driven modeling, plays an important role in our research.
Vacancies
PhD position in advanced numerical methods for fluid flow simulation
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam has a vacancy in the Scientific Computing research group for a PhD position, on the subject of Discrete approaches to closure modeling for fluid flow simulation.
News
Vici grants for Nikhil Bansal and Roeland Merks
CWI researchers Nikhil Bansal and Roeland Merks have been awarded Vici grants from NWO. With the 1.5 million euro grant, Bansal and Merks can develop their own research lines in the next five years.
Instable blood supply may help healthy cells compete with tumor cells
Researchers of CWI’s Scientific Computing group have found that instabilities in the blood supply in cancerous tissue can, surprisingly, lead to a less favorable environment for tumor cells. Their findings shed light on the potential negative side effects of current treatments that aim to actually normalize the blood supply in cancerous tissues.
CWI researcher simulates complex financial developments, from interest rates to the possibility of bankruptcy
PhD student Alvaro Leitao Rodriguez proposes new methods to tackle complex problems in the financial sector. With these methods, Leitao Rodriguez successfully simulates the movements of the interest rates in the Foreign eXchange (FX) markets and evaluates corresponding risks.
Better estimation of financial risks possible with maths
Due to the recent financial crisis, the requirements imposed on banks have been made stricter. Banks must model the credit risk of the counterparties now in their portfolios, for instance. A measure for this is the credit value adjustment (CVA): the difference between the value of a portfolio without credit risk and the value if a possible bankruptcy of the counterparty is included. Qian Feng modelled CVAs and designed a new algorithm that can help banks estimate the risks precisely, so they can take appropriate measures if necessary.
Members
Associated Members
Publications
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van der Zwaard, T, Grzelak, L.A, & Oosterlee, C.W. (2021). A computational approach to hedging Credit Valuation Adjustment in a jump-diffusion setting. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 391. doi:10.1016/j.amc.2020.125671
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Salvador Mancho, B, Oosterlee, C.W, & van der Meer, R. (2021). Financial option valuation by unsupervised learning with artificial neural networks. Mathematics, 9(1). doi:10.3390/math9010046
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Sanderse, B. (2020). Non-linearly stable reduced-order models for incompressible flow with energy-conserving finite volume methods. Journal of Computational Physics, 421. doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109736
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Rens, E.G, & Merks, R.M.H. (2020). Cell Shape and Durotaxis Explained from Cell-Extracellular Matrix Forces and Focal Adhesion Dynamics. iScience, 23(9). doi:10.1016/j.isci.2020.101488
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Caboni, M, Carrion, M, Rodriguez, C, Schepers, G, Boorsma, K, & Sanderse, B. (2020). Assessment of sensitivity and accuracy of BEM-based aeroelastic models on wind turbine load predictions. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1618/4/042015
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van den Bos, L.M.M, Sanderse, B, & Bierbooms, W.A.A.M. (2020). Adaptive sampling-based quadrature rules for efficient Bayesian prediction. Journal of Computational Physics, 417. doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109537
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van der Stoep, A.W, Grzelak, L.A, & Oosterlee, C.W. (2020). Collocating volatility: a competative alternative to stochastic local volatility models. International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, 23(6). doi:10.1142/S0219024920500387
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Vos, M.G, Hazeleger, W, Bari, D, Behrens, J, Bendoukha, S., Garcia-Marti, I, … Walton, J. (2020). Open weather and climate science in the digital era. Geoscience Communication, 3, 191–201. doi:10.5194/gc-3-191-2020
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van den Bos, L.M.M, Bierbooms, W.A.A.M, Alexandre, A, Sanderse, B, & van Bussel, G.J.W. (2020). Fatigue design load calculations of the offshore NREL 5 MW benchmark turbine using quadrature rule techniques. Wind Energy, 23(5), 1181–1195. doi:10.1002/we.2470
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Kumar, P, Schmelzer, M. (Martin), & Dwight, R.P. (2020). Stochastic turbulence modeling in RANS simulations via multilevel Monte Carlo. Computers & Fluids, 201. doi:10.1016/j.compfluid.2019.104420
Current projects with external funding
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Valuation Adjustments for Improved Risk Management (ABC-EU-XVA)
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Physics based ICT: The digital twin in pipelines (DP-Trans)
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Discretize first, reduce next: a new paradigm to closure for fluid flow simulation (None)
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Unravelling Neural Networks with Structure-Preserving Computing (Unravelling Neural Networks)
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Verified Exascale Computing for Multiscale Applications (VECMA)
Related partners
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Max Planck Institute for Informatics
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Bull Sas
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CBK Sci Con Ltd
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Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
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MeitY
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Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk
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Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
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Brunel University London
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University College London
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Universiteit Leiden
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Universiteit van Amsterdam