Thomas M. Surowiec

Publications

Papers and preprints

52 journal articles, book chapters and conference papers, plus current preprints. See also Google Scholar and ORCID.

Preprints

  • The SiMPL method for multi-material topology optimization P. Gangl, B. Keith, D. Kim, B. S. Lazarov, and T. M. Surowiec PreprintarXiv
  • Risk-averse ensemble control for control-affine systems A. Scagliotti and T. M. Surowiec PreprintarXiv
  • Proximal Galerkin for phase field fracture M. Castillón, B. Khara, J. S. Dokken, T. M. Surowiec, B. Keith, and Y. Bazilevs PreprintarXiv

2026

  • Exponential map models as an interpretable framework for generating neural spatial representations M. Pettersen, N. Haug, J. Bergli, T. M. Surowiec, and M. E. Lepperød Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2026), to appear (2026) ConferenceDOI Link is to the bioRxiv preprint
  • Inference as risk identification A. S. Javeed, D. P. Kouri, and T. M. Surowiec Computational Management Science, Vol. 23, No. 2, Art. 34 (2026) DOIarXiv
  • Proximal Galerkin: A structure-preserving finite element method for pointwise bound constraints B. Keith and T. M. Surowiec Foundations of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 385–481 (2026) Langtangen Prize 2025DOIarXivCode

2025

  • Risk-averse optimal control of random elliptic variational inequalities A. Alphonse, C. Geiersbach, M. Hintermüller, and T. M. Surowiec ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, Vol. 31, Art. 71 (2025) DOIarXiv
  • The latent variable proximal point algorithm for variational problems with inequality constraints J. S. Dokken, P. E. Farrell, B. Keith, I. P. A. Papadopoulos, and T. M. Surowiec Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 445, Art. 118181 (2025) DOIarXivCode
  • Analysis of the SiMPL method for density-based topology optimization B. Keith, D. Kim, B. S. Lazarov, and T. M. Surowiec SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 1134–1164 (2025) DOIarXiv
  • A simple introduction to the SiMPL method for density-based topology optimization D. Kim, B. S. Lazarov, T. M. Surowiec, and B. Keith Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 68, No. 4, Art. 74 (2025) DOIarXiv

2024

  • On a differential generalized Nash equilibrium problem with mean field interaction M. Hintermüller, M. Theiß, and T. M. Surowiec SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 2005–2030 (2024) DOI
  • Asymptotic properties of Monte Carlo methods in elliptic PDE-constrained optimization under uncertainty W. Römisch and T. M. Surowiec Numerische Mathematik, Vol. 156, No. 5, pp. 1887–1914 (2024) DOIarXiv
  • Asymptotic consistency for nonconvex risk-averse stochastic optimization with infinite-dimensional decision spaces J. Milz and T. M. Surowiec Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 1403–1418 (2024) DOIarXiv

2023

  • On binary optimal control in Hs(0,T), s < 1/2 P. Manns and T. M. Surowiec Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Vol. 361, pp. 1531–1540 (2023) DOI
  • Optimal control of the Landau–de Gennes model of nematic liquid crystals T. M. Surowiec and S. W. Walker SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Vol. 61, No. 4, pp. 2546–2570 (2023) DOIarXiv
  • Optimal control of the stationary Kirchhoff equation M. Hashemi, R. Herzog, and T. M. Surowiec Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 85, No. 2, pp. 479–508 (2023) DOIarXiv
  • A relaxation-based probabilistic approach for PDE-constrained optimization under uncertainty with pointwise state constraints D. P. Kouri, M. Staudigl, and T. M. Surowiec Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 85, No. 2, pp. 441–478 (2023) DOIPDF PDF is the accepted version
  • Risk-neutral PDE-constrained generalized Nash equilibrium problems D. B. Gahururu, M. Hintermüller, and T. M. Surowiec Mathematical Programming, Vol. 199, No. 2, pp. 1287–1337 (2023) DOI

2022

  • A wavelet-based approach for the simulation and optimal control of non-local operator equations S. Dahlke, H. Harbrecht, and T. M. Surowiec SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. A2691–A2708 (2022) DOI
  • A primal–dual algorithm for risk minimization D. P. Kouri and T. M. Surowiec Mathematical Programming, Vol. 193, No. 1, pp. 337–363 (2022) DOI
  • Wavelet-based approximations of pointwise bound constraints in Lebesgue and Sobolev spaces S. Dahlke and T. M. Surowiec IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 417–439 (2022) DOI
  • Corrigendum: “Existence and optimality conditions for risk-averse PDE-constrained optimization” D. P. Kouri and T. M. Surowiec SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification (2022) DOI
  • Generalized Nash equilibrium problems with partial differential operators: Theory, algorithms, and risk aversion M. Hintermüller and T. M. Surowiec In: Non-Smooth and Complementarity-Based Distributed Parameter Systems, International Series of Numerical Mathematics, Springer (2022) Book chapterDOI
  • Detection of the lateral thermal spread during bipolar vessel sealing in an ex vivo model: preliminary results A. Kirschbaum, J. Jonas, T. M. Surowiec, A. Pehl, and N. Mirow Diagnostics, Vol. 12, No. 5, Art. 1217 (2022) DOI

2021

  • Uncertainty quantification in image segmentation using the Ambrosio–Tortorelli approximation of the Mumford–Shah energy M. Hintermüller, S.-M. Stengl, and T. M. Surowiec Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, Vol. 63, pp. 1095–1117 (2021) DOI
  • Computing multiple solutions of topology optimization problems P. E. Farrell, I. P. A. Papadopoulos, and T. M. Surowiec SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. A1555–A1582 (2021) DOIarXiv
  • On quantitative stability in infinite-dimensional optimization under uncertainty M. Hoffhues, W. Römisch, and T. M. Surowiec Optimization Letters, Vol. 15, pp. 2733–2756 (2021) DOI
  • An interior-point approach for solving risk-averse PDE-constrained optimization problems with coherent risk measures S. Garreis, T. M. Surowiec, and M. Ulbrich SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 1–29 (2021) DOI
  • Local lung coagulation post resection: an ex-vivo porcine model A. Kirschbaum, T. M. Surowiec, A. Pehl, T. Wiesmann, D. K. Bartsch, and N. Mirow Lasers in Medical Science (2021) DOI

2020

  • Risk-averse optimal control of semilinear elliptic PDEs D. P. Kouri and T. M. Surowiec ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, Vol. 26, Art. 53 (2020) DOI
  • Epi-regularization of risk measures D. P. Kouri and T. M. Surowiec Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 774–795 (2020) DOI
  • Deflation for semismooth equations P. E. Farrell, M. Croci, and T. M. Surowiec Optimization Methods and Software, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 1248–1271 (2020) Charles Broyden Prize 2020DOIarXiv

2019

  • Optimization of a multiphysics problem in semiconductor laser design L. Adam, M. Hintermüller, D. Peschka, and T. M. Surowiec SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 257–283 (2019) DOI
  • A semismooth Newton method with analytical path-following for the H1-projection onto the Gibbs simplex L. Adam, M. Hintermüller, and T. M. Surowiec IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 1276–1295 (2019) DOI

2018

  • A PDE-constrained optimization approach for topology optimization of strained photonic devices L. Adam, M. Hintermüller, and T. M. Surowiec Optimization and Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 521–557 (2018) DOI
  • Numerical optimization methods for the optimal control of elliptic variational inequalities T. M. Surowiec In: H. Antil, D. P. Kouri, M.-D. Lacasse, D. Ridzal (eds.), Frontiers in PDE-Constrained Optimization, The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, Vol. 163, Springer (2018) Book chapterDOI
  • Existence and optimality conditions for risk-averse PDE-constrained optimization D. P. Kouri and T. M. Surowiec SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 787–815 (2018) DOI
  • On the directional differentiability of the solution mapping for a class of variational inequalities of the second kind M. Hintermüller and T. M. Surowiec Set-Valued and Variational Analysis, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 631–642 (2018) DOI
  • Suturing of the laser resection area is recommended over a depth of 2 cm in an experimental porcine lung model A. Kirschbaum, T. M. Surowiec, A. Pehl, A. Gockel, D. K. Bartsch, and N. Mirow Journal of Thoracic Disease, Vol. 10, No. 9, pp. 5339–5345 (2018) DOI

2017

  • Finite horizon model predictive control of electrowetting on dielectric with pinning H. Antil, M. Hintermüller, R. H. Nochetto, T. M. Surowiec, and D. Wegner Interfaces and Free Boundaries, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 1–30 (2017) DOI
  • PDE-constrained optimization under uncertainty D. P. Kouri and T. M. Surowiec SIAG/OPT Views and News, Vol. 25, No. 2 (2017) Newsletter article

2016

  • A bundle-free implicit programming approach for a class of elliptic MPECs in function space M. Hintermüller and T. M. Surowiec Mathematical Programming, Vol. 160, No. 1–2, pp. 271–305 (2016) DOI
  • Risk-averse PDE-constrained optimization using the conditional value-at-risk D. P. Kouri and T. M. Surowiec SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 365–396 (2016) DOI

2015

  • Generalized Nash equilibrium problems in Banach spaces: Theory, Nikaido–Isoda-based path-following methods, and applications M. Hintermüller, T. M. Surowiec, and A. Kämmler SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 1826–1856 (2015) DOI

2014

  • Elliptic mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints in function space: Optimality conditions and numerical realization M. Hintermüller, A. Laurain, C. Löbhard, C. N. Rautenberg, and T. M. Surowiec In: Trends in PDE Constrained Optimization, International Series of Numerical Mathematics, Vol. 165, Springer, pp. 133–153 (2014) Book chapterDOI
  • Several approaches for the derivation of stationarity conditions for elliptic MPECs with upper-level control constraints M. Hintermüller, B. S. Mordukhovich, and T. M. Surowiec Mathematical Programming, Vol. 146, No. 1–2, pp. 555–582 (2014) DOI

2013

  • A PDE-constrained generalized Nash equilibrium problem with pointwise control and state constraints M. Hintermüller and T. M. Surowiec Pacific Journal of Optimization, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 251–273 (2013) PDF

2012

  • On regular coderivatives in parametric equilibria with non-unique multipliers R. Henrion, J. V. Outrata, and T. M. Surowiec Mathematical Programming, Vol. 136, No. 1, pp. 111–131 (2012) DOI
  • Analysis of M-stationary points to an EPEC modeling oligopolistic competition in an electricity spot market R. Henrion, J. V. Outrata, and T. M. Surowiec ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, Vol. 18, pp. 295–317 (2012) DOI

2011

  • First-order optimality conditions for elliptic mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints via variational analysis M. Hintermüller and T. M. Surowiec SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 1561–1593 (2011) DOI
  • On calmness conditions in convex bilevel programming R. Henrion and T. M. Surowiec Applicable Analysis, Vol. 90, pp. 951–970 (2011) DOI

2010

  • A note on the relation between strong and M-stationarity for a class of mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints R. Henrion, J. V. Outrata, and T. M. Surowiec Kybernetika, Vol. 46, pp. 423–434 (2010) PDF

2009

  • On the co-derivative of normal cone mappings to inequality systems R. Henrion, J. V. Outrata, and T. M. Surowiec Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications, Vol. 71, No. 3–4, pp. 1213–1226 (2009) DOI

2007

  • Subdivision of edges and matching size D. Bauer, E. Schmeichel, and T. M. Surowiec Ars Combinatoria, Vol. 84, pp. 141–153 (2007)
  • Tutte sets in graphs II: The complexity of finding maximum Tutte sets D. Bauer, H. J. Broersma, N. Kahl, A. Morgana, E. Schmeichel, and T. M. Surowiec Discrete Applied Mathematics, Vol. 155, pp. 1336–1343 (2007) DOI