Dr. Kathrin Smetana

Professorship of Applied Mathematics, especially Numerics (Prof. Ohlberger)
Dr. Kathrin Smetana

Einsteinstr. 62, room 120.026
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83-35141
F: +49 251 83-32729

Academic Profiles

  • Research Areas

    • Adaptive and Hierarchical Model Reduction
    • A posteriori error estimates
    • A priori error estimates
    • Scientific Computing
    • Domain Decomposition Methods
    • Solid Mechanics
    • Surface and subsurface flow

  • Doctoral Thesis

    A dimensional reduction approach based on the application of reduced basis methods in the context of hierarchical model reduction

    Betreuer
    Professor Dr. Mario Ohlberger
    Doctoral Subject
    Mathematik
    Doctoral Degree
    Dr. rer. nat.
    Awarded by
    Department 10 – Mathematics and Computer Science

  • CV

    Education

    PhD in Mathematics, University of Münster
    Studium im Fach Mathematik mit Nebenfach Wissenschaftliche Politik an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

    Positions

    Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Twente, Netherlands
    Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Associate, Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of Münster
    Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    Teaching and Research Assistant, Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of Münster

    Honors

    Erstklassig! WWU Mentoring-Programm für Wissenschaftlerinnen – Universität Münster
    Stipendium – e-fellows.net

  • Teaching

    • Praktikum: Introduction to Programming with C++ [106231]
    • Seminar: Master Seminar Applied Mathematics [108046]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger)
    • Vorlesung: Numerical multiscale methods and model reduction [108037]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger)
    • Seminar: Master Seminar Efficient Numerical Methods with Applications to Biology and Medicine [104223]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger)
    • Seminar: Bachelor Seminar: Efficient Numerical Methods with Applications to Biology and Medicine [104504]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger)
    • Übung: Lab Course: Model Order Reduction for Partial Differential Equations [102162]
      (in cooperation with Julia Brunken)
    • Vorlesung: Model Reduction for Parametrised Partial Differential Equations [102399]
    • Seminar: Biomedical Modellling and Model Reduction [104860]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Felix Schindler, Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger)
    • Seminar: Other Courses [100948]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Christian Engwer, Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger)
    • Praktikum: Introduction to Programming with MATLab [103585]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger)
    • Übung: Tutorial Numerical Analysis [101244]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Christian Himpe, Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger)
    • Praktikum: Introduction to Programming with MATLab [101297]
      (in cooperation with Dr. Stephan Rave, Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger)
    • Seminar: Bachelor Seminar: Applied Mathematics [101263]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Christian Engwer, Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger, Dr. Frank Wübbeling)
    • Seminar: Modern Methods in Non linear Analysis [102238]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Angela Stevens)
    • Praktikum: Introduction to Programming with MATLab [102640]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger)
    • Seminar: Model Reduction [102689]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger)
    • Seminar: Diplomandenseminar: Numerik partieller Differentialgleichungen [102695]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger)
    • Seminar: Bachelorseminar: Angewandte Mathematik [102676]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger)
    • Übung: Übungen zu den Partiellen Differentialgleichungen [100259]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Christopher Deninger)
    • Doktorandenseminar: 1.3.1 First academic year [102744]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Mario Ohlberger)

  • Project

    • AdaptHydroMod – Co-operative Project "Adaptive hydrological modeling with application in water resource management", Sub-project "Multi-scale modelling and system reduction for ground water flow" ( – )
      participations in bmbf-joint project: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Project Number: 03OMPAF1

  • Publications

    Selection

    • Smetana Kathrin, Patera Anthony T. . ‘Optimal local approximation spaces for component-based static condensation procedures.’ SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 38, No. 5: A3318––A3356. doi: 10.1137/15M1009603.

    • Smetana Kathrin. . ‘A new certification framework for the port reduced static condensation reduced basis element method.’ Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 283: 352–383. doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2014.09.020.

    • Ohlberger M, Smetana K. . ‘A Dimensional Reduction Approach Based on the Application of Reduced Basis Methods in the Framework of Hierarchical Model Reduction.’ SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 36, No. 2: A714–A736. doi: 10.1137/130939122.

    Complete List

    • Smetana K, Ohlberger M. . ‘Hierarchical model reduction of nonlinear partial differential equations based on the adaptive empirical projection method and reduced basis techniques.’ M2AN Math. Model. Numer. Anal. 51, No. 2: 641–677. doi: 10.1051/m2an/2016031.
    • Buhr Andreas, Smetana Kathrin. . Randomized Local Model Order Reduction : arXiv:1706.09179, . [submitted / under review]

    • Smetana Kathrin, Patera Anthony T. . ‘Optimal local approximation spaces for component-based static condensation procedures.’ SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 38, No. 5: A3318––A3356. doi: 10.1137/15M1009603.
    • Ohlberger M, Smetana K. . ‘Approximation of skewed interfaces with tensor-based model reduction procedures: application to the reduced basis hierarchical model reduction approach.’ J. Comp. Phys. 321: 1185–1205. doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2016.06.021.
    • Brunken Julia, Leibner Tobias, Ohlberger Mario, Smetana Kathrin. . ‘Problem adapted hierachical model reduction for the Fokker-Planck equation.’ In ALGORITMY 2016 Proceedings of contributed papers and posters, edited by Handlovicova Angela, Sevcovic Daniel, 13–22. Bratislava: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.

    • Ohlberger Mario, Smetana Kathrin. . ‘A Dimensional Reduction Approach Based on the Application of Reduced Basis Methods in the Framework of Hierarchical Model Reduction.’ Oberwolfach Reports 2/2015: 141–144. doi: 10.4171/OWR/2015/2.
    • Smetana Kathrin. . ‘A new certification framework for the port reduced static condensation reduced basis element method.’ Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 283: 352–383. doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2014.09.020.

    • Ohlberger M, Smetana K. . ‘A Dimensional Reduction Approach Based on the Application of Reduced Basis Methods in the Framework of Hierarchical Model Reduction.’ SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 36, No. 2: A714–A736. doi: 10.1137/130939122.
    • Berninger H, Ohlberger M, Sander O, Smetana K. . ‘Unsaturated subsurface flow with surface water and nonlinear in- and outflow conditions.’ Math. Models and Methods in Appl. Sciences 24, No. 5: 901–936. doi: 10.1142/S0218202513500711.

    • Bastian P, Berninger H, Dedner A, Engwer C, Henning P, Kornhuber R, Kröner D, Ohlberger M, Sander O, Schiffler G, Shokina N, Smetana K. . ‘Adaptive Modelling of Coupled Hydrological Processes with Application in Water Management.’ In Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2010, 561––567.: Springer,. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-25100-9_65.

    • Ohlberger M, Smetana K. . ‘A new Hierarchical Model Reduction-Reduced Basis technique for advection-diffusion-reaction problems.’ In Proceedings of the V International Conference on Adaptive Modeling and Simulation (ADMOS 2011) held in Paris, France, 6-8 June 2011, edited by Aubry D. et al., 343–354.: International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona.

  • Supervised Doctoral Study

    Brunken, JuliaStable and efficient Petrov-Galerkin methods for certain (kinetic) transport equations

  • Scientific Talks

    • Smetana, Kathrin (): ‘Localized Model Order Reduction’. Absolventenseminar Numerical Mathematics University of Ulm, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany, .
    • Smetana, Kathrin (): ‘A Posteriori Error Estimation for Localized Model Order Reduction’. WCCM XII and APCOM VI. Minisymposium: A Posteriori Estimation and Adaptive Control of Discretization and Modeling Errors in Computational Sciences and Engineering (J. Lang, S. Prudhomme, K. Van der Zee), Seoul, South Korea, .
    • Smetana, Kathrin (): ‘Efficient approximation of optimal local approximation spaces for localized model order reduction’. ECCOMAS Congress 2016. Minisymposium: Reduced Basis, POD and PGD Model Order Reduction Techniques (F. Chinesta, E. Cueto, A. Huerta, P. Ladeveze, G. Rozza), Crete Island, Greece, .
    • Smetana, Kathrin (): ‘Localized Model Order Reduction’. Seminar Numerische Mathematik und Mechanik, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, .
    • Smetana, Kathrin (): ‘Optimal Local Approximation Spaces for Component-based Static Condensation Procedures’. Joint annual meeting of GAMM and DMV 2016, Braunschweig, Germany, .
    • Smetana, Kathrin (): ‘Localized Model Order Reduction’. Seminar Applied Mathematics Münster, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, .