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PAULINA ESTER SEPULVEDA SALAS

Profesora Asociada

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Valparaiso, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Numerical Analysis Mathematical Modeling Scientific Computing

Educación

  •  PhD in Mathematical Sciences, PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 2018
  •  Matemáticas, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile
  •  Diplomado en Formación Virtual Universitaria, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2020

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesora Asociada Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Facultad de Ciencias

    Valparaiso, Chile

    2019 - A la fecha

  •   Graduate Teaching Assistant Other

    PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

    FARIBORZ MASEEH DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS + STATISTICS

    Estados Unidos

    2017 - 2018

  •   POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER Full Time

    BASQUE CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS

    España

    2018 - 2019

  •   GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT Part Time

    PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

    Chile

    2016 - 2017

Experiencia Profesional

  •   graduate student internship Part Time

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    Estados Unidos

    2017 - 2017

  •   graduate student internship Part Time

    US Geological Survey

    Chile

    2013 - 2013

Formación de Capital Humano


Dirección de tesis

Doctorado:
- Francisca Álvarez (Ph.D. in Mathematics) ongoing.

Magister:
- Elias Carú (Master in Mathematics) 2023-2024
- Francisco Mondaca (Master in Computational Simulations) 2023-2024

Licenciatura en matemáticas:

- Barbara Pávez (finishing 2024)
- Francisco Mondaca (finished 2023)
- Eileen Saavedra (finished 2023)
- Juan Venegas (finished 2022)
- Carlos Gonzalez (finished 2022)
- Elias Carú (finished 2021)


Difusión y Transferencia


Organizer:

Miembro comité organizador SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE25)
Co-organizadora de Minisimposio: Neural Networks for Partial Differential Equations, WONAPDE 2024, junto a Ignacio Muga y David Pardo
Co-organizadora de Sesión Temática: Análisis Numérico de Ecuaciones Diferenciales Parciales, SOMACHI 2023, junto a Patrick Vega.
Co-organizadora Seminario Caleta Numérica 2023-- Actualidad
Organizadora Seminario Caleta Numérica 2020-2023

Selected talks:

2023
A Deep r-Adaptive First-Order System Least Squares method for elliptic PDEs, ICCS Conference, 3-4 July, 2023.
A Deep r-Adaptive First-Order System Least Squares method for elliptic PDEs, XXXV Jornada de matemática de la Zona Sur, 19-21 Abril, 2023.

2022
A Machine Learning Least-Square approach for a wave propagation problem, 8 al 10 Diciembre, Encuentro SOMACHI, Punta de Tralca, 2022.
A machine learning least-squares method with a weighted norm. Minimum Residual & Least-Squares Finite Element Methods, PUC, Santiago, 7-9 Octubre, 2022.
Solving a space-time acoustic wave problem using a DPG method in
heterogeneous media. MAPI 2, Medellín, Colombia, 8-10 de Junio 2022.

2021
Minicurso virtual de números complejos: Una experiencia extracurricular, interinstitucional y en co-docencia, junto a Pamela González, Sergio Guzmán, Sebastián Herrero, Valeria Randolph, XXV JNEM, diciembre 2021.
La línea de Análisis Numérico, 9na V-Escuela de Doctorado 2021, 15 de octubre 2021.
Discontinuous Space-Time Techniques for the Wave Equation. Conference on Computational Science and Engineering 2021 (CSE21), 1-5 Marzo.
A proof of a well-posedness for a space-time DPG formulation for the wave equation, XXXIII Jornada de Matemática, U. de la Frontera, 21 de Abril.

2020
Programación y modelación matemática en nuestros tiempos. XLVI Semana de la Matemática , Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile. Octubre.

2019
Two adaptive discontinuous space-time methods for the wave equation.French Latin-American Conference on New Trends in Applied Mathematics, Universidad de Chile, Chile, Diciembre.
A well-posed DPG formulation for the wave equation in multiple dimensions.Minimum Residual & Least-Squares Finite Element Methods, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, Septiembre. (Invitada)
Estrategias numéricas espacio-temporales para la ecuación de la onda, Seminario, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria, Agosto, (Invitada).
Explicit-in-time adaptive p-refinement for the heat equation. Mathematical and Computational Modelling on the Earth, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, Mayo.
A Spacetime DPG Method for the Wave Equation in Multiple Dimensions. WONAPDE 2019. Concepción, Chile, Enero.
A Spacetime Goal-Oriented Adaptivity for an Explicit in Time Finite Element Method. WONAPDE 2019. Concepción, Chile, Enero.

2018
A spacetime DPG method for the wave equation. 8th International Conference Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics: CMAM-8. Minsk, Belarus, Julio.
Implementation of weak symmetric stress tensor for linear elasticity, BCAM Scientific Seminar, Bilbao, España. Junio.
An adaptive spacetime DPG method for the wave equation in multiple dimensions, Fifth international
congress on multiphysics, multiscale, and optimization problems m2opV. Mayo, Bilbao, España.
Space-time CFOSLS systems: Adaptive Mesh Refinement, CASCADE RAIN 2018, Portland, Oregon, EstadosUnidos. Abril, 2018. (Invitada)
Spacetime numerical techniques for the Schrödinger and wave equations, Defensa pública de doctorado, Portland, Oregon, Estados Unidos, Enero, 2018.

2017
Spacetime DPG formulation for the Schrödinger and Wave Equations, Minimum Residual & Least-Squares Finite Element Methods, Portland, OR, Estados Unidos. Octubre.
Divergence-free solvers for block systems with divergence constraint, Poster Symposium, Lawrence LivermoreNational Laboratory, Livermore, California, Estados Unidos. Agosto.
Elastic waves generated by a landslide, CASCADE RAIN 2017, Vancouver, Canadá. Abril.(Premio a estudiante de posgrado.)
A spacetime DPG method for Schrödinger equation, Seventh Valparaíso’s Mathematics and its Applications Days, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile, Enero 12-13, 2017. (Invitada)

2016
A scheme with discontinuous and conforming spaces for the wave equation, WONAPDE 2016, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile, Enero. (Premio estudiante de posgrado)
A density result for the graph space of the Schrodinger operator, Applied Seminar, Portland State University, Portland, OR, Estados Unidos, October.

2015
A density result for a graph space, Applied Seminar, Portland State University, Portland, OR, Estados Unidos. Mayo, 2015.
A tent pitching scheme motivated by Friedrichs theory, Applied Seminar, Portland State University, Portland, OR, Estados Unidos, Febrero.

2014
Elastic wave propagation with CLAWPACK, Seminar, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso,Valparaíso, Chile, Portland, OR, Estados Unidos, Marzo 28, 2014. (Invitada)
A Mixed Finite Element for the Linear Elasticity on Cubic Grids, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Portland State University, Portland, OR, Estados Unidos, 2014.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Premio a la Docencia Destacada

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Chile, 2023

    Docencia Destacada

  •   Premio a la Docencia Destacada

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Chile, 2020

    Docencia Destacada

  •   Eugene Enneking Doctoral Fellowship

    PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

    Estados Unidos, 2013

    Outstanding student in computational mathematics to promote research and innovation.

  •   Eugene Enneking Doctoral Fellowship

    PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

    Chile, 2014

    Outstanding student in computational mathematics to promote research and innovation.

  •   Eugene Enneking Doctoral Fellowship

    PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

    Chile, 2015

    Outstanding student in computational mathematics to promote research and innovation.

  •   Mejor graduada de la Carrera de Matemáticas

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Chile, 2012

    Mejor graduada de la Carrera de Matemáticas


 

Article (8)

Adaptive stabilized finite elements via residual minimization onto bubble enrichments
Least-Squares Space-Time Formulation for Advection-Diffusion Problem with Efficient Adaptive Solver Based on Matrix Compression
Nanoionics from a quantum mechanics point of view: Mathematical modeling and numerical simulation
Solver algorithm for stabilized space-time formulation of advection-dominated diffusion problem
A space-time DPG method for the wave equation in multiple dimensions
Space-time discretizations using constrained first-order system least squares (CFOSLS)
A Spacetime DPG Method for the Schrödinger Equation
A tent pitching scheme motivated by Friedrichs theory

BookSection (1)

A space-time DPG method for the wave equation in multiple dimensions.

ConferencePaper (1)

Least-Squares Space-Time Formulation for Advection-Diffusion Problem with Efficient Adaptive Solver Based on Matrix Compression

Proyecto (6)

Desarrollo del pensamiento computacional en la enseñanza de la Microbiología Clínica mediante el uso de la robótica
La robótica y el pensamiento computacional en la enseñanza de la Microbiología Clínica
Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities=> BCAM Severo Ochoa accreditation SEV-2017-0718
Discontinous Petrov Galerkin (DPG) Solvers for Maxwell Equations and Related Wave Propagation Problems
MRI=> Acquisition of a Computing Cluster for Portland Institute for Computational Sciences
DISCONTINUOUS PETROV-GALERKIN METHODS WITH OPTIMAL TEST FUNCTIONS FOR TIME-HARMONIC WAVE PROPAGATION PROBLEMS.
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PAULINA SEPULVEDA

Profesora Asociada

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Valparaiso, Chile

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Ignacio Muga

Profesor Titular

Instituto de Matemáticas

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Valparaiso, Chile