Randomized Sketching and Tensor-Format Solvers for High-Dimensional Models

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Abstract

Modern science and engineering increasingly rely on numerical simulations of systems with large numbers of interacting variables: new quantum materials with intricate atomic geometries, hot plasmas inside fusion reactors, time-resolved medical image, and many more applications. Storage and manipulation of such high-dimensional information are often impossible using conventional methods, because the required memory and runtime grow exponentially with the number of variables. This project develops a new set of mathematical tools that represent this information in compact, structured form and use carefully designed random projections to extract answers far more efficiently than was previously possible, while rigorously ensuring a near-zero probability of failure. These techniques directly address scalability bottlenecks in modern AI and machine learning pipelines, where high-dimensional tensor operations are increasingly central to large-scale model training and inference. The resulting methods accelerate discovery in areas central to national priorities, including quantum science, where they enable improved quantum chemistry calculations, and the design of next-generation quantum moire materials for electronics; fusion energy, where they support fast digital twins of plasma turbulence in tokamak reactors; and medical imaging, where they speed up reconstruction of dynamic scans from limited data. The project also trains undergraduate and graduate students at Virginia Tech in mod

Key facts

NSF award ID
2608677
Awardee
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA)
SAM.gov UEI
QDE5UHE5XD16
PI
Paul Cazeaux
Primary program
01002627DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
All programs
Artificial Intelligence (AI), QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE, COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE & ENGING
Estimated total
$249,581
Funds obligated
$249,581
Transaction type
Standard Grant
Period
07/01/2026 → 06/30/2029