Applied Mathematics and Plasma Physics

Maintaining mathematics, theory, modeling, and simulation capabilities in a broad set of areas

Developing computational methods to address critical challenges in energy security, fusion science, space plasma, optimization, hydrogeology, and computational imaging, leveraging expertise in state-of-the-art computational methods, high-performance computing, optimization and control, network science, and machine learning.

We conduct research across a wide variety of topics, including:

• applied mathematics
• numerical methods 
• fusion science
• space plasma science
• optimization and control
• computational imaging
• modeling of critical energy infrastructure

These application areas are tied together by research in novel algorithms, numerical methods, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Capabilities

• Mathematics and physics analysis of large data sets
• Problems in the information, science, and technology portfolio
• Computational neuroscience
• Computational biology and biophysics
• Network analysis
• Mathematical modeling applied to emergent Threat Reduction and Energy Security problems
• Plasma physics applied to emergent Energy Security problems
• Software engineering
• Algorithm development for scalable scientific computing on novel parallel architecture
• Machine Learning with emphasis on physics-informed, structure-preserving solutions

Software

Amanzi