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 Changjing Hu:
    Enhancing Acoustic Classification in Ecological Monitoring: Using Self-Supervised Learning for Limited Mammal Sound Datasets
    M.Sc. Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Peter Fransson, Joacim Rocklöv and Roland Herzog
  • M.Sc. Thesis of Laurin Ernst:
    Invertible Neural Networks for Parameter Identification in Differential Equations
    M.Sc. Mathematik, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Roland Herzog and Evelyn Herberg
  • M.Sc. Thesis of Hannah Rickmann:
    Global Convergence Theory for Non-Smooth Newton Methods Applied to Quadratic Programs
    M.Sc. Mathematik, Heidelberg University
    Supervision: Roland Herzog and Evelyn Herberg

Latest publications

  • 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},
  EPRINT = {2402.13670},
  EPRINTTYPE = {arXiv},
  TITLE = {The Riemannian convex bundle method},
}
  • Karina Koval, Roland Herzog and Robert Scheichl
    Tractable optimal experimental design using transport maps
    2024
    arXiv:2401.07971
    bibtex 
    @ONLINE{KovalHerzogScheichl:2024:1,
  AUTHOR = {Koval, Karina and Herzog, Roland and Scheichl, Robert},
  DATE = {2024},
  EPRINT = {2401.07971},
  EPRINTTYPE = {arXiv},
  TITLE = {Tractable optimal experimental design using transport maps},
}
  • Roland Herzog, Jan-Frederik Pietschmann and Max Winkler
    Optimal control of Hughes' model for pedestrian flow via local attraction
    Applied Mathematics and Optimization 88(3), 2023
    arXiv:2011.03580 doi:10.1007/s00245-023-10064-8
    bibtex 
    @ARTICLE{HerzogPietschmannWinkler:2023:1,
  AUTHOR = {Herzog, Roland and Pietschmann, Jan-Frederik and Winkler, Max},
  DATE = {2023-10-17},
  DOI = {10.1007/s00245-023-10064-8},
  EPRINT = {2011.03580},
  EPRINTTYPE = {arXiv},
  JOURNALTITLE = {Applied Mathematics and Optimization},
  NUMBER = {3},
  TITLE = {Optimal control of Hughes' model for pedestrian flow via local attraction},
  VOLUME = {88},
}
  • Roland Herzog and Estefanía Loayza-Romero
    A discretize-then-optimize approach to PDE-constrained shape optimization
    ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, 2023
    arXiv:2109.00076 doi:10.1051/cocv/2023071
    bibtex 
    @ARTICLE{HerzogLoayzaRomero:2023:1,
  AUTHOR = {Herzog, Roland and Loayza-Romero, Estefanía},
  PUBLISHER = {EDP Sciences},
  DATE = {2023-10},
  DOI = {10.1051/cocv/2023071},
  EPRINT = {2109.00076},
  EPRINTTYPE = {arXiv},
  JOURNALTITLE = {ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations},
  TITLE = {A discretize-then-optimize approach to PDE-constrained shape optimization},
}
  • Lukas Baumgärtner, Roland Herzog, Stephan Schmidt and Manuel Weiß
    The proximal map of the weighted mean absolute error
    Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics 23(4), 2023
    arXiv:2209.13545 doi:10.1002/pamm.202300042
    bibtex 
    @ARTICLE{BaumgaertnerHerzogSchmidtWeiss:2023:1,
  AUTHOR = {Baumgärtner, Lukas and Herzog, Roland and Schmidt, Stephan and Weiß, Manuel},
  PUBLISHER = {Wiley},
  DATE = {2023-09},
  DOI = {10.1002/pamm.202300042},
  EPRINT = {2209.13545},
  EPRINTTYPE = {arXiv},
  JOURNALTITLE = {Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics},
  NUMBER = {4},
  TITLE = {The proximal map of the weighted mean absolute error},
  VOLUME = {23},
}
  • Christine Mages, Johannes Steinfurt, Ann-Kathrin Rahm, Dierk Thomas, Reyhaneh Majidi, Florian Kehrle, Florian André, Katharina Seidensaal, Bernhard Rhein, Tobias Wengenmayer, Alexander Gressle, Dirk Westermann, Roland Herzog, Jürgen Debus, Norbert Frey and Patrick Lugenbiel
    Recurrent ventricular tachycardia originating from the "LV summit" effectively eliminated by stereotactic irradiation - a case report
    HeartRhythm Case Reports 9(11), p.802-807, 2023
    doi:10.1016/j.hrcr.2023.08.009
    bibtex 
    @ARTICLE{MagesSteinfurtRahmThomasMajidiKehrleAndreSeidensaalRheinWengenmayerGressleWestermannHerzogDebusFreyLugenbiel:2023:1,
  AUTHOR = {Mages, Christine and Steinfurt, Johannes and Rahm, Ann-Kathrin and Thomas, Dierk and Majidi, Reyhaneh and Kehrle, Florian and André, Florian and Seidensaal, Katharina and Rhein, Bernhard and Wengenmayer, Tobias and Gressle, Alexander and Westermann, Dirk and Herzog, Roland and Debus, Jürgen and Frey, Norbert and Lugenbiel, Patrick},
  PUBLISHER = {Elsevier BV},
  DATE = {2023-08},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.hrcr.2023.08.009},
  JOURNALTITLE = {HeartRhythm Case Reports},
  NUMBER = {11},
  PAGES = {802--807},
  TITLE = {Recurrent ventricular tachycardia originating from the "LV summit" effectively eliminated by stereotactic irradiation - a case report},
  VOLUME = {9},
}
  • Kai Bergermann, Carsten Deibel, Roland Herzog, Roderick C. I. MacKenzie, Jan-Frederik Pietschmann and Martin Stoll
    Preconditioning for a phase-field model with application to morphology evolution in organic semiconductors
    Communications in Computational Physics 34(1), p.1-17, 2023
    arXiv:2204.03575 doi:10.4208/cicp.oa-2022-0115
    bibtex 
    @ARTICLE{BergermannDeibelHerzogMacKenziePietschmannStoll:2023:1,
  AUTHOR = {Bergermann, Kai and Deibel, Carsten and Herzog, Roland and MacKenzie, Roderick C. I. and Pietschmann, Jan-Frederik and Stoll, Martin},
  PUBLISHER = {Global Science Press},
  DATE = {2023-06},
  DOI = {10.4208/cicp.oa-2022-0115},
  EPRINT = {2204.03575},
  EPRINTTYPE = {arXiv},
  JOURNALTITLE = {Communications in Computational Physics},
  NUMBER = {1},
  PAGES = {1--17},
  TITLE = {Preconditioning for a phase-field model with application to morphology evolution in organic semiconductors},
  VOLUME = {34},
}
  • Ophelia Frotscher, Viktor Martinek, Robin Fingerhut, Xiaoxian Yang, Jadran Vrabec, Roland Herzog and Markus Richter
    Proof of concept for fast equation of state development using an integrated experimental-computational approach
    International Journal of Thermophysics 44(7), 2023
    doi:10.1007/s10765-023-03197-z
    bibtex 
    @ARTICLE{FrotscherMartinekFingerhutYangVrabecHerzogRichter:2023:1,
  AUTHOR = {Frotscher, Ophelia and Martinek, Viktor and Fingerhut, Robin and Yang, Xiaoxian and Vrabec, Jadran and Herzog, Roland and Richter, Markus},
  PUBLISHER = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  DATE = {2023-05},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10765-023-03197-z},
  JOURNALTITLE = {International Journal of Thermophysics},
  NUMBER = {7},
  TITLE = {Proof of concept for fast equation of state development using an integrated experimental-computational approach},
  VOLUME = {44},
}