Evelyn Herberg

From August 2021 to August 2022 I was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the
Center for Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (CMAI)
and Department of Mathematical Sciences
in the research group of Prof. Dr. Harbir Antil.

Short CV

• since 09/22 : PostDoc at Karl-Ruprechts-University Heidelberg, Germany
• 08/21 - 08/22 : PostDoc at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, U.S.A.
• 06/21 : Dr. rer. nat. Mathematik, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
• 04/19 - 08/21 : Research assistant and Ph.D. student at University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
• 2020 : Certificates in Machine Learning and Deep Learning
• 10/17 - 03/19 : Research assistant and Ph.D. student at University of Hamburg, Germany
• 09/17 : M.Sc. Wirtschaftsmathematik, University of Hamburg, Germany
• 09/15 : B.Sc. Wirtschaftsmathematik, University of Hamburg, Germany

Publications

• A General Purpose Framework for Second Order Optimization with Applications in Randomized Sketching and Dynamic Optimization
  with M. Alshehri, H. Antil and D.P. Kouri - under preparation
• An Optimal Time Variable Learning Framework for Deep Neural Networks
  with H. Antil and H. Díaz - submitted 2022
• Variational discretization of one-dimensional elliptic optimal control problems with BV functions based on the mixed formulation
  with M. Hinze - Mathematical Control & Related Fields, 2022. doi: 10.3934/mcrf.2022013
• Variational discretization approach applied to an optimal control problem with bounded measure controls
  with M. Hinze - Radon Series on Computational and Applied Mathematics Volume 29, "Optimization and Control for Partial Differential Equations", 2021
• Maximal discrete sparsity in parabolic optimal control with measures
  with M. Hinze, H. Schumacher - Mathematical Control & Related Fields. Volume 10, Issue 4, 2020. doi: 10.3934/mcrf.2020018
• Sparse discretization of sparse control problems
  with M. Hinze, H. Schumacher - PAMM. Volume 19, Issue 1, 2019

Dissertation and Theses

• PhD Dissertation: Sparse discretization of sparse control problems with measures, University of Koblenz-Landau, 2021.
• Master thesis: "Variational discretization of parabolic control problems in space-time measure spaces", University of Hamburg, 2017.
• Bachelor thesis: "Das augmentierte Lagrange-Verfahren und dessen Anwendung auf semi-definite Programme", University of Hamburg, 2015.

Conference Talks and Posters

• Chemnitz Finite Element Symposium 2022, Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany, September 2022.
  Talk: "An Optimal Time Variable Learning Framework for Deep Neural Networks".
• International Conference on Continuous Optimization 2022 (ICCOPT), Bethlehem, PA, USA, July 2022.
  Talk: "Sketching for Nonsmooth PDE Constrained Optimization Problems".
• Accurate ROMs for Industrial Applications at Virginia Tech (ARIA@VT), Blacksburg, VA, USA, July 2022.
  Talk: "Sketching for Nonsmooth PDE Constrained Optimization Problems".
• The Finite Element Circus Spring 2022, Gainesville, FL, USA, April 2022.
  Talk: "An Optimal Time Variable Learning Framework for DNNs".
• East Coast Optimization Meeting 2022, Fairfax, VA, USA, March 2022.
  Talk: "An Optimal Time Variable Learning Framework for DNNs".
• The Finite Element Circus Fall 2021, State College, PA, USA, November 2021.
  Talk: "Sketching in dynamic constrained optimization".
• 44th SIAM Southeastern Atlantic Section Conference, Auburn, AL, USA, September 2021.
  Talks: "Variational discretization for optimal control with BV functions based on the mixed formulation" and "Sparse discretization of optimal control problems with PDEs".
• IFIP TC 7 Conference on System Modeling and Optimization, Quito, Ecuador, August 2021.
  Talk: "Variational discretization applied to sparse control problems with BV functions".
• GAMM 91st Annual Meeting, Kassel, Germany, March 2021.
  Talk: "Variational discretization approach applied to an optimal control problem with bounded measure controls".
• Lothar-Collatz-Seminar, University of Hamburg, Germany, January 2020.
  "Variational discretization approach applied to an optimal control problem with bounded measure controls".
• Workshop: New trends in PDE constrained optimization, Linz, Austria, October 2019 .
  Talk: "Variational discretization of PDE constrained optimal control problems with measure controls".
• International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Valencia, Spain, July 2019 .
  Talk: "Sparse discretization in PDE constrained optimization with measure controls" and Poster.
• GAMM 90th Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria, February 2019 .
  Talk: "Sparse discretization of sparse control problems" and Poster: "Studentchapter Hamburg".
• Model Order Reduction Summer School, Hamburg, Germany, September 2018 .
  Talk: "Introduction to optimal control".
• IFIP TC 7 Conference on System Modeling and Optimization, Essen, Germany, July 2018 .
  Talk: "Maximal discrete sparsity in parabolic optimal control with measures".
• Young Researchers Meeting and CSE Workshop, Plön, Germany, March 2018 .
  Talk: "Time-sparse discretization for parabolic optimal control with measures".
• Winter School Modern Methods in Nonsmooth Optimization, Würzburg, Germany, February 2018 .
  Poster: "Time-sparse discretization for parabolic optimal control with measures".

Organization

• Co-Organisation of Minisymposium "Recent Advances in Hierarchical and PDE Constrained Optimization" with H. Antil and U. Shanbhag, International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT) , Lehigh University, U.S.A., 2022.
• Support Team Member East Coast Optimization Meeting (ECOM) , George Mason University, U.S.A., 2022.
• Support Team Member CMAI Colloquium , George Mason University, U.S.A., 2021.
• Co-founder of GAMM Studentchapter Hamburg , University of Hamburg, Germany, 2018.
• Co-organizer of "Model Order Reduction Summer School" , University of Hamburg, Germany, 2018.

Teaching

• Spring 22: Research Interaction and Training Seminar (George Mason University)
• Summer term 21: Tutor for Optimization 1 (University of Koblenz-Landau)
• Winter term 20/21: Tutor for Optimization 2 and Applied Differential Equations (University of Koblenz-Landau)
• Summer term 20: Tutor for Optimization 1 (University of Koblenz-Landau)
• Winter term 19/20: Tutor for Optimization 2 (University of Koblenz-Landau)
• Summer term 19: Tutor for Optimization 1 (University of Koblenz-Landau)
• Winter term 18/19: Tutor for Numerics (University of Hamburg)
• Summer term 18: Tutor for Optimization (University of Hamburg)
• Winter term 17/18: Tutor for Differential Equations 1 (Hamburg University of Technology)
• Summer term 17: Tutor for Optimization (University of Hamburg)
• Winter term 16/17: Tutor for the mathematical preparation course for students of mathematics , Tutor for Numerics, Tutor for "girls go math" (University of Hamburg)
• Summer term 16: Tutor for Linear Algebra 2 (University of Hamburg)
• Winter term 15/16: Tutor for the mathematical preparation course for students of business administration, Tutor for Linear Algebra 1 (University of Hamburg)
• Summer term 15: Tutor for Optimization (University of Hamburg)
• Winter term 14/15: Tutor for Numerics (University of Hamburg)