Suzanne M. Shontz Presentations

Selected Presentations (2003- )

Towards an Improved Understanding of the Connections Between Geometry Discretization, Anisotropic Mesh Quality Improvement, and the Numerical Solution of Elliptic PDEs (Joint with S.P. Sastry and J. Kim), Invited Talk, 3rd Workshop on Grid Generation for Numerical Computations (Tetrahedron III Workshop), Swansea University, Swansea, UK, September 2010.
Static Vertex Reordering Schemes for Local Mesh Quality Improvement (Joint with J. Park and P. Knupp), SIAM Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2010.
Insight on the Correlation Between Geometry, Mesh Quality Improvement, and Elliptic PDE Solution (Joint with J. Kim and S.P. Sastry), Invited Talk, 16th US National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, State College, PA, June 2010.
Towards High-Quality, Untangled Meshes via a Force-Directed Graph Embedding Approach (Joint with S. Bhowmick), 2010 International Conference on Computational Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2010.
Two Derivative-Free Optimization Algorithms for Mesh Quality Improvement (Joint with J. Park), 2010 International Conference on Computational Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2010.
Derivative-Free Optimization Algorithms for Mesh Quality Improvement (Joint with J. Park), Invited Talk, SIAM Student Chapter, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, April 2010.
Biomedical Mesh Generation Techniques for Cardiovascular Applications (Joint with S. Vavasis, S. P. Sastry, B. Krawiec, M. Navitsky, J. Pearson, J. Nanna, M. Scanlon, F. Lynch, R. Medvitz, K. Manning, M. Singer, B. Craven), Penn State Social, Life, and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center, University Park, PA, January 2010.
Obtaining High-Quality Untangled Meshes Through Force-Directed Graph Embedding (Poster Presented by S. Bhowmick), SIAM Workshop on Combinatorial Scientific Computing, Seaside, CA, October 2009.
A Comparison of Gradient- and Hessian-Based Optimization Methods for Tetrahedral Mesh Quality Improvement (Joint with S.P. Sastry), Salt Lake City, UT, October 2009.
An investigation into efficient local tetrahedral mesh quality improvement methods for various shape quality metrics (Joint with S.P. Sastry), Columbus, OH, July 2009.
Experience with Approximations in the Trust-Region Parallel Direct Search Algorithm (Joint with V. Howle and P. Hough), ICCS Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, May 2009.
Efficiency of Static Vertex Reordering Schemes for Local Mesh Optimization (Joint with P. Knupp), SIAM Computational Science and Engineering Conference, Miami, FL, March 2009.
The Effect of Vertex Reordering on 2D Local Mesh Optimization Efficiency (Joint with P. Knupp), 17th International Meshing Roundtable Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2008.
NXP Semiconductor Problem: Model Order Reduction (Joint talk with O. Flint; Joint work with Wil Schilders, Bob Anderssen, Ortho Flint, Poul Hjorth, AbdouLaye Sabou Kane, Petko Kitanov, Kehinde Ladipo, Odile Marcotte, Brenda Orser, Weiwei Sun, and Bocar Amadou Wane), Fields-MITACS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, Fields Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, CA, August 2008.
Mesh Warping Algorithms with Applications to Cardiology (Joint with S. Vavasis), Invited Talk, REU Program, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, July 2008.
A Patch-based Mesh Smoothing Algorithm (Joint with N. Voshell, L. Diachin, P. Knupp, and T. Munson), Invited Talk, REU Program, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, July 2008.
A Patch-Based Mesh Optimization Algorithm for Partitioned Meshes (Joint with N. Voshell, L. Diachin, P. Knupp, and T. Munson), Invited Talk, 9th International Workshop on State-of-the-Art in Scientific and Parallel Computing, Trondheim, Norway, May 2008.
Experience with Gradient-based Optimization Methods in Electronic Structure Calculations (Joint with Y. Saad, Presented by N. Voshell), Invited Talk, SIAM Optimization Conference, Boston, MA, May 2008.
A Comparison of Vertex Relocation Strategies for Mesh Quality Improvement (Joint with L. Freitag-Diachin, P. Knupp, and T. Munson), Invited Talk, Computational Visualization Center, ICES, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, April 2008.
Parallel Mesh Quality Improvement Techniques for Blood Clot Entrapment (Joint with N. Voshell). Invited Talk, SIAM Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 2008.
The Development of an Efficient Geometric Mesh Quality Improvement Method via Vertex Reordering and Elemental Patches (Joint with N. Voshell, L. Freitag-Diachin, P. Knupp, and T. Munson). Invited Talk, Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel Seminar, Applied Research Laboratory, Penn State, March 2008.
Generation and Adaptation of Computational Meshes for Biomedical Aplications (Joint with L. Freitag-Diachin, P. Knupp, T. Munson, and S. Vavasis). Invited Talk, Science Today Seminar. SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY, September 2007.
Advanced Virtual Environments for Biomedical Applications (Joint with P. Raghavan and R. Acharya), Contributed Talk, Bio and Medical Informatics Retreat, The Pennsylvania State University, May 2007.
M4: Mesh Warping, Mesh Smoothing, and Mesh Node Reorderings for Medical Applications, S. Shontz (Joint with L. Freitag Diachin, P. Knupp, T. Munson, and S. Vavasis), Invited Talk, PDE and Applied PDE Seminar, The Pennsylvania State University (Altoona campus), April 2007.
Experience with Approximations in the Trust-Region Parallel Direct Search Algorithm, S. Shontz (Joint with V. Howle and P. Hough), Invited Talk, Industrial Engineering Seminar, The Pennsylvania State University, April 2007.
Mesh Warping Techniques with Applications to Cardiology and Nonlinear Elasticity, S. Shontz (Joint with S. Vavasis), Invited Talk, Computational Science Seminar, The Pennsylvania State University, March 2007.
Optimal Meshes with Applications to Graphics and Bioengineering S. Shontz (Joint with S. Vavasis), Invited Talk, Industrial and Professional Advisory Council, The Pennsylvania State University, March 2007.
The Effect of Node Ordering on 2D Local Mesh Smoothing, S. Shontz (Joint with P. Knupp), Invited Talk, SIAM Computational Science and Engineering Conference, February 2007.
Optimization of the Geometry of Materials, S. Shontz (Joint with Y. Saad), Contributed Talk, SIAM Computational Science and Engineering Conference, February 2007.
Nonlinear Dimension Reduction for Microarray Data (Small n and Large p), S. Shontz and S. Wang (Joint with D. Aruliah, C. Bowman, G. Fan, R. Melnick, and J. Zhu), Colloquium, Fields-MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop, Fields Institute, University of Toronto, August 2006.
A Robust Solution Procedure for Hyperelastic Solids with Large Boundary Deformation, S. Shontz (Joint with S. Vavasis), World Congress on Computational Mechanics, July 2006.
Optimization Techniques for Mesh Warping and the Geometry of Materials, S. Shontz (Joint with S. Vavasis and Y. Saad), Invited Colloquium, Computer Science and Engineering Department, The Pennsylvania State University, February 2006.
Numerical Methods for Problems in Electronic Structure Calculations, S. Shontz (Joint with Y. Saad), Invited Colloquium, Mathematics Department, University of Iowa, December 2005.
Numerical Methods for Problems with Moving Meshes, S. Shontz, Ph.D. Thesis Defense, September 2004.
Using Approximation Models in Simulation-based Optimization, S. Shontz (Joint with V. Howle and P. Hough), Contributed Talk, SIAM Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing Conference, February 2004.
Algorithms for Mesh Wapring with Applications to Cardiology, S. Shontz (Joint with S. Vavasis), Invited Colloquium, Numerical Analysis Seminar, Courant Institute, February 2004.
A Mesh Warping Algorithm Based on Weighted Laplacian Smoothing, S. Shontz (Joint with S. Vavasis), Plenary Session Talk, 12th International Meshing Roundtable, September 2003.

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