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Main Authors: Sun, Guoze, Miao, Tianya, Huang, Haoyang, Chen, Huaguan, Wan, Han, Zhang, Rui, Sun, Hao
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.04474
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author Sun, Guoze
Miao, Tianya
Huang, Haoyang
Chen, Huaguan
Wan, Han
Zhang, Rui
Sun, Hao
author_facet Sun, Guoze
Miao, Tianya
Huang, Haoyang
Chen, Huaguan
Wan, Han
Zhang, Rui
Sun, Hao
contents Geometry is central to PDE-governed systems, motivating shape optimization and inversion. Classical pipelines conduct costly forward simulation with geometry processing, requiring substantial expert effort. Neural surrogates accelerate forward analysis but do not close the loop because gradients from objectives to geometry are often unavailable. Existing differentiable methods either rely on restrictive parameterizations or unstable latent optimization driven by scalar objectives, limiting interpretability and part-wise control. To address these challenges, we propose Geometry-Aware Neural Optimizer (\textbf{\textsc{GANO}}), an end-to-end differentiable framework that unifies geometry representation, field-level prediction, and automated optimization/inversion in a single latent-space loop. \textsc{GANO} encodes shapes with an auto-decoder and stabilizes latent updates via a denoising mechanism, and a geometry-informed surrogate provides a reliable gradient pathway for geometry updates. Moreover, \textsc{GANO} supports part-wise control through null-space projection and uses remeshing-free projection to accelerate geometry processing. We further prove that denoising induces an implicit Jacobian regularization that reduces decoder sensitivity, yielding controlled deformations. Experiments on three benchmarks spanning 2D Helmholtz, 2D airfoil, and 3D vehicles show state-of-the-art accuracy and stable, controllable updates, achieving up to +55.9% lift-to-drag improvement for airfoils and ~7% drag reduction for vehicles.
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spellingShingle Geometry-Aware Neural Optimizer for Shape Optimization and Inversion
Sun, Guoze
Miao, Tianya
Huang, Haoyang
Chen, Huaguan
Wan, Han
Zhang, Rui
Sun, Hao
Machine Learning
Geometry is central to PDE-governed systems, motivating shape optimization and inversion. Classical pipelines conduct costly forward simulation with geometry processing, requiring substantial expert effort. Neural surrogates accelerate forward analysis but do not close the loop because gradients from objectives to geometry are often unavailable. Existing differentiable methods either rely on restrictive parameterizations or unstable latent optimization driven by scalar objectives, limiting interpretability and part-wise control. To address these challenges, we propose Geometry-Aware Neural Optimizer (\textbf{\textsc{GANO}}), an end-to-end differentiable framework that unifies geometry representation, field-level prediction, and automated optimization/inversion in a single latent-space loop. \textsc{GANO} encodes shapes with an auto-decoder and stabilizes latent updates via a denoising mechanism, and a geometry-informed surrogate provides a reliable gradient pathway for geometry updates. Moreover, \textsc{GANO} supports part-wise control through null-space projection and uses remeshing-free projection to accelerate geometry processing. We further prove that denoising induces an implicit Jacobian regularization that reduces decoder sensitivity, yielding controlled deformations. Experiments on three benchmarks spanning 2D Helmholtz, 2D airfoil, and 3D vehicles show state-of-the-art accuracy and stable, controllable updates, achieving up to +55.9% lift-to-drag improvement for airfoils and ~7% drag reduction for vehicles.
title Geometry-Aware Neural Optimizer for Shape Optimization and Inversion
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.04474