Franca Hoffmann
Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
B.S., Imperial College London, 2010; M.S., 2013; Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 2017. Instructor, Caltech, 2017-20; Visiting Associate, 2020-22; Assistant Professor, 2022-.
Research interests: interface of model-driven and data-driven approaches
Overview
Franca Hoffmann's research is focused on the interface between applied mathematics and data analysis, driven by the need to provide rigorous mathematical foundations for modeling tools used in applications.
Publications
- Pinti, Orazio;Budd, Jeremy M. et al. (2025) Graph Laplacian-based Bayesian multi-fidelity modelingComputer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
- Carrillo, J. A.;Hoffmann, F. et al. (2024) The Mean-Field Ensemble Kalman Filter: Near-Gaussian SettingSIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis
- Hoffman, Franca;Mielke, Alexander et al. (2024) Variational Methods for EvolutionOberwolfach Reports
- Conti, Sergio;Hoffmann, Franca et al. (2023) Convergence rates for ansatz‐free data‐driven inference in physically constrained problemsZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics
- Conti, Sergio;Hoffmann, Franca et al. (2023) Model-Free and Prior-Free Data-Driven Inference in MechanicsArchive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis
- Carrillo, J. A.;Hoffmann, F. et al. (2022) Consensus-based samplingStudies in Applied Mathematics
- Hoffmann, Franca;Hosseini, Bamdad et al. (2022) Spectral analysis of weighted Laplacians arising in data clusteringApplied and Computational Harmonic Analysis
- Conti, S.;Hoffmann, F. et al. (2021) Model-free Data-Driven Inference
- Calvez, Vincent;Carrillo, José Antonio et al. (2021) Uniqueness of stationary states for singular Keller-Segel type modelsNonlinear Analysis
- García Trillos, Nicolás;Hoffmann, Franca et al. (2021) Geometric structure of graph Laplacian embeddingsJournal of Machine Learning Research
Related Courses
2022-23
ESE/Ch 176 – Environmental Physical Organic Chemistry Part I
ESE/Ch 177 – Environmental Physical Organic Chemistry Part II
ACM 256 – Special Topics in Applied Mathematics
2021-22
ESE/Ch 176 – Environmental Physical Organic Chemistry Part I
ESE/Ch 177 – Environmental Physical Organic Chemistry Part II
2020-21
ESE/Ch 176 – Environmental Physical Organic Chemistry Part I
ESE/Ch 177 – Environmental Physical Organic Chemistry Part II