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

New mathematical models for wind turbine load calculations
New mathematical models developed by PhD student Laurent van den Bos can help to determine the best possible way to establish new wind farms. His thesis received the predicate Cum Laude.

Weather forecast techniques help find the perfect oil drill
A new way of processing data from rock measurements could lead to a much more efficient oil extraction. During her PhD research, Sangeetika Ruchi developed a method to infer the most probable rock properties, based on only a few indirect measurements.

Reality check for financial risk assessment tool concludes CWI-led project
One of the most promising tools for assessing financial risks proves to hold up after a thorough mathematical gauging. CWI researcher Ki Wai Chau developed a numerical analysis of complex algorithms that are developed to support financial risk management. His method provides a reality check for those algorithms, paving the way for future applications.

Smart mobility start-up Skialabs launched by CWI researchers
Traffic flows in cities could be managed much more efficiently thanks to cutting-edge technology pioneered by the new start-up Skialabs. By using huge dataflows collected in cities, the Skialabs platform provides a real-time view on the mobility flows in the city. This allows creating cost-effective and sustainable mobility services that react instantly to the demands of the end-users.
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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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
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Chau, K.W, Tang, J, & Oosterlee, C.W. (2020). An SGBM-XVA demonstrator: A scalable Python tool for pricing XVA. Journal of Mathematics in Industry, 10(7). doi:10.1186/s13362-020-00073-5
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