Prof. Dr. Roland Herzog

Group Leader

I joined Heidelberg University in April 2021 and established the group Scientific Computing and Optimization (SCOOP) at the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR).

You can find my CV here.

Research interests

My research interests include

  • optimal control of partial differential equations
  • large-scale optimization and its applications
  • numerical linear algebra
  • optimal experimental design
  • optimization on manifolds
  • numerical methods for partial differential equations

Recent teaching

Recent events organized

Currently supervising

  • M.Sc. Thesis of Fengyun (Finley) Yu:
    Optimization Methods using Operator Learning and Applications in Optimal Control
    M.Sc. Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Evelyn Herberg and Roland Herzog
  • M.Sc. Thesis of Jeanine Wippermann:
    Inverse Reinforcement Learning
    M.Sc. Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Roland Herzog, Georgia Koppe and Viktor Martinek
  • M.Sc. Thesis of Johannes Manstein:
    The Simplex Method on Manifolds
    M.Sc. Mathematik, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Roland Herzog, Peter Albers and Georg Müller
  • M.Sc. Thesis of Laurin Ernst:
    Generative Models for Probability Density Estimation with Applications in Bayesian Inference
    M.Sc. Mathematik, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Roland Herzog and Evelyn Herberg
  • B.Sc. Thesis of Gero Brunke:
    Sorting by Linear Programming
    B.Sc. Mathematik, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Roland Herzog and Georg Müller
  • B.Sc. Thesis of Simone Hechler:
    Invex Optimization Problems
    B.Sc. Mathematik
    Supervision: Roland Herzog and Evelyn Herberg
  • B.Sc. Thesis of Lukas Moritz:
    Parsen von Abhängigkeiten und Referenzbeziehungen in verteilten LaTeX-Dokumenten
    50% B.Sc. Informatik, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Roland Herzog and Georg Müller
  • B.Sc. Thesis of Christian Reibold:
    The Courant-Fisher Theorem from an Optimization Perspective
    B.Sc. Mathematik, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Roland Herzog and Georg Müller
  • B.Sc. Thesis of Rebekka Bernard:
    Multimodel Linear Least-Squares Fitting
    B.Sc. Mathematik, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Roland Herzog and Georg Müller
  • B.Sc. Thesis of Jan Müller:
    A Regularized Newton Method
    B.Sc. Informatik, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Roland Herzog and Georg Müller
  • B.Sc. Thesis of Johannes Kamlage:
    Structural Optimization using Linear Programming
    50% B.Sc. Mathematik, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Roland Herzog and Georg Müller

Latest publications

  • Alexandra Bünger, Roland Herzog, Andreas Naumann and Martin Stoll
    Uncertainty propagation of initial conditions in thermal models
    International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics, 2024
    arXiv:2306.12736 doi:10.1080/15502287.2024.2408291
    bibtex 
    @ARTICLE{BuengerHerzogNaumannStoll:2024:1,
  AUTHOR = {Bünger, Alexandra and Herzog, Roland and Naumann, Andreas and Stoll, Martin},
  DATE = {2024-10},
  DOI = {10.1080/15502287.2024.2408291},
  EPRINT = {2306.12736},
  EPRINTTYPE = {arXiv},
  JOURNALTITLE = {International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics},
  TITLE = {Uncertainty propagation of initial conditions in thermal models},
}
  • Karina Koval, Roland Herzog and Robert Scheichl
    Tractable optimal experimental design using transport maps
    Inverse Problems, 2024
    arXiv:2401.07971 doi:10.1088/1361-6420/ad8260
    bibtex 
    @ARTICLE{KovalHerzogScheichl:2024:2,
  AUTHOR = {Koval, Karina and Herzog, Roland and Scheichl, Robert},
  PUBLISHER = {IOP Publishing},
  DATE = {2024-10},
  DOI = {10.1088/1361-6420/ad8260},
  EPRINT = {2401.07971},
  EPRINTTYPE = {arXiv},
  JOURNALTITLE = {Inverse Problems},
  TITLE = {Tractable optimal experimental design using transport maps},
}
  • Anton Schiela, Roland Herzog and Ronny Bergmann
    Nonlinear Fenchel conjugates, 2024
    arXiv:2409.04492
    bibtex 
    @ONLINE{SchielaHerzogBergmann:2024:1,
  AUTHOR = {Schiela, Anton and Herzog, Roland and Bergmann, Ronny},
  DATE = {2024-09},
  EPRINT = {2409.04492},
  EPRINTTYPE = {arXiv},
  TITLE = {Nonlinear Fenchel conjugates},
}
  • Viktor Martinek, Julia Reuter, Ophelia Frotscher, Sanaz Mostaghim, Markus Richter and Roland Herzog
    Shape constraints in symbolic regression using penalized least squares, 2024
    arXiv:2405.20800
    bibtex 
    @ONLINE{MartinekReuterFrotscherMostaghimRichterHerzog:2024:1,
  AUTHOR = {Martinek, Viktor and Reuter, Julia and Frotscher, Ophelia and Mostaghim, Sanaz and Richter, Markus and Herzog, Roland},
  DATE = {2024-05},
  EPRINT = {2405.20800},
  EPRINTTYPE = {arXiv},
  TITLE = {Shape constraints in symbolic regression using penalized least squares},
}
  • Ronny Bergmann, Roland Herzog and Hajg Jasa
    The Riemannian convex bundle method, 2024
    arXiv:2402.13670
    bibtex 
    @ONLINE{BergmannHerzogJasa:2024:1,
  AUTHOR = {Bergmann, Ronny and Herzog, Roland and Jasa, Hajg},
  DATE = {2024-02},
  EPRINT = {2402.13670},
  EPRINTTYPE = {arXiv},
  TITLE = {The Riemannian convex bundle method},
}
  • Julia Reuter, Viktor Martinek, Roland Herzog and Sanaz Mostaghim
    Unit-aware genetic programming for the development of empirical equations
    Parallel Problem Solving from Nature – PPSN XVIII, p.168-183, 2024
    arXiv:2405.18896 doi:10.1007/978-3-031-70055-2_11
    bibtex 
    @INPROCEEDINGS{ReuterMartinekHerzogMostaghim:2024:2,
  AUTHOR = {Reuter, Julia and Martinek, Viktor and Herzog, Roland and Mostaghim, Sanaz},
  PUBLISHER = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
  BOOKTITLE = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature – PPSN XVIII},
  DATE = {2024},
  DOI = {10.1007/978-3-031-70055-2_11},
  EPRINT = {2405.18896},
  EPRINTTYPE = {arXiv},
  PAGES = {168--183},
  TITLE = {Unit-aware genetic programming for the development of empirical equations},
}
  • Marc Seibold, Jörg Hildebrand, Dmytro Strelnikov, Jean Pierre Bergmann, Klaus Schricker and Roland Herzog
    Simulationsbasierte Optimierung der zeitabhängigen Pulsleistung beim Laserstrahlschweißen von Aluminiumlegierungen zum Vermeiden von Heißrissen
    Schweißen und Schneiden 68(4), p.38-45, 2024
    bibtex 
    @ARTICLE{SeiboldHildebrandStrelnikovBergmannSchrickerHerzog:2024:1,
  AUTHOR = {Seibold, Marc and Hildebrand, Jörg and Strelnikov, Dmytro and Bergmann, Jean Pierre and Schricker, Klaus and Herzog, Roland},
  URL = {10.53192/SUS20240438},
  DATE = {2024},
  JOURNALTITLE = {Schweißen und Schneiden},
  NUMBER = {4},
  PAGES = {38--45},
  TITLE = {Simulationsbasierte Optimierung der zeitabhängigen Pulsleistung beim Laserstrahlschweißen von Aluminiumlegierungen zum Vermeiden von Heißrissen},
  VOLUME = {68},
}
  • Evelyn Herberg, Roland Herzog, Frederik Köhne, Leonie Kreis and Anton Schiela
    Sensitivity-based layer insertion for residual and feedforward neural networks, 2023
    arXiv:2311.15995
    bibtex 
    @ONLINE{HerbergHerzogKoehneKreisSchiela:2023:1,
  AUTHOR = {Herberg, Evelyn and Herzog, Roland and Köhne, Frederik and Kreis, Leonie and Schiela, Anton},
  DATE = {2023-11},
  EPRINT = {2311.15995},
  EPRINTTYPE = {arXiv},
  TITLE = {Sensitivity-based layer insertion for residual and feedforward neural networks},
}