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 Julius Meyer Ohlendorf:
    Optimization of Battery Storage Systems in Power Markets using Reinforcement Learning
    M.Sc. Physik, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Ullrich Köthe, Roland Herzog and Viktor Martinek
    (mit Statkraft)
  • M.Sc. Thesis of Viktor Stein:
    Trajectory Reconstruction in Single-Cell Expression Data via Score Estimation with Normalizing Flows
    M.Sc. Mathematik, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Evelyn Herberg, Simon Anders 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
  • 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:
    Invexe Optimierung
    B.Sc. Mathematik
    Supervision: Roland Herzog and Evelyn Herberg
  • B.Sc. Thesis of Rebekka Bernard:
    Lineare Kleinste-Quadrate-Aufgaben mit mehreren Modellen
    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

  • Viktor Martinek, Ian Bell, Roland Herzog, Markus Richter and Xiaoxian Yang
    Entropy scaling of viscosity IV---application to 124 industrially important fluids
    Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2025
    doi:10.1021/acs.jced.4c00451
    bibtex 
    @ARTICLE{MartinekBellHerzogRichterYang:2025:1,
  AUTHOR = {Martinek, Viktor and Bell, Ian and Herzog, Roland and Richter, Markus and Yang, Xiaoxian},
  PUBLISHER = {American Chemical Society (ACS)},
  DATE = {2025-01},
  DOI = {10.1021/acs.jced.4c00451},
  JOURNALTITLE = {Journal of Chemical \& Engineering Data},
  TITLE = {Entropy scaling of viscosity IV---application to 124 industrially important fluids},
}
  • Lukas Baumgärtner, Ronny Bergmann, Roland Herzog, Stephan Schmidt and Manuel Weiß
    Two models for surface segmentation using the total variation of the normal vector, 2024
    arXiv:2412.00445
    bibtex 
    @ONLINE{BaumgaertnerBergmannHerzogSchmidtWeiss:2024:1,
  AUTHOR = {Baumgärtner, Lukas and Bergmann, Ronny and Herzog, Roland and Schmidt, Stephan and Weiß, Manuel},
  DATE = {2024-12},
  EPRINT = {2412.00445},
  EPRINTTYPE = {arXiv},
  TITLE = {Two models for surface segmentation using the total variation of the normal vector},
}
  • 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 25(6), p.475-488, 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},
  PUBLISHER = {Informa UK Limited},
  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},
  NUMBER = {6},
  PAGES = {475--488},
  TITLE = {Uncertainty propagation of initial conditions in thermal models},
  VOLUME = {25},
}
  • Karina Koval, Roland Herzog and Robert Scheichl
    Tractable optimal experimental design using transport maps
    Inverse Problems 40(12), 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},
  NUMBER = {12},
  PAGES = {125002},
  TITLE = {Tractable optimal experimental design using transport maps},
  VOLUME = {40},
}
  • 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},
}