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Chang-Ock Lee

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology · Engineering

About the Lab

Professor Chang-Ock Lee's research lab specializes in numerical analysis and scientific computing, with a focus on developing advanced numerical methods for partial differential equations and variational inequalities arising in imaging science and medical imaging. The lab develops innovative domain decomposition methods, discontinuous Galerkin formulations, and dual-primal finite element techniques for solving complex interface and image reconstruction problems efficiently and accurately. Key applications include total variation minimization, the Rudin–Osher–Fatemi (ROF) model, and magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography (MREIT).

domain decompositionimage reconstructionvariational inequalitiestotal variationMREIT

Research Overview

Papers
90
Total Citations
657
Papers (5y)
19
Primary Field
Engineering

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
19total
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Citations per year (5y)
41total
20212022202320242025

Selected Papers

15
1
Article|70 citations·2008
A discontinuous Galerkin method for elliptic interface problems with application to electroporation
Grégory Guyomarc'h, Chang‐Ock Lee, Kiwan Jeon
Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Abstract We solve elliptic interface problems using a discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method, for which discontinuities in the solution and in its normal derivatives are prescribed on an interface inside the domain. Standard ways to solve interface problems with finite element methods consist in enforcing the prescribed discontinuity of the solution in the finite element space. Here, we show that the DG method provides a natural framework to enforce both discontinuities weakly in the DG formulation,

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
2
Article|51 citations·2003
A Locking-Free Nonconforming Finite Element Method for Planar Linear Elasticity
Chang-Ock Lee, Jongwoo Lee, Dongwoo Sheen
SJR Q1Advances in Computational Mathematics
Computational MechanicsEngineering
3
Article|16 citations·2017
Primal Domain Decomposition Methods for the Total Variation Minimization, Based on Dual Decomposition
Chang-Ock Lee, Changmin Nam
SJR Q1SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

We propose nonoverlapping domain decomposition methods for solving the total variation minimization problem. We decompose the domain of the dual problem into nonoverlapping rectangular subdomains, where local total variation problems are solved. We convert the local dual problems into the equivalent primal forms which reproduce the original problem at smaller dimensions. Sequential and parallel algorithms are presented. The convergence of both algorithms is analyzed and numerical results are pre

Computational MechanicsEngineering
4
Article|15 citations·1999
A frequency-domain parallel method for the numerical approximation of parabolic problems
Chang-Ock Lee, Jongwoo Lee, Dongwoo Sheen, Yongjin Yeom
SJR Q1Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
5
Article|14 citations·1998
A conforming mixed finite element method for the pure traction problem of linear elasticity
Chang-Ock Lee
SJR Q1Applied Mathematics and Computation
Computational MechanicsEngineering
6
Article|13 citations·2015
Block Decomposition Methods for Total Variation by Primal–Dual Stitching
Chang-Ock Lee, Jong-Ho Lee, Hyenkyun Woo, Sangwoon Yun
SJR Q1Journal of Scientific Computing
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputer Science
7
Article|13 citations·2018
Domain Decomposition Methods Using Dual Conversion for the Total Variation Minimization with L^1 L 1 Fidelity Term
Chang-Ock Lee, Changmin Nam, Jong-Ho Park
SJR Q1Journal of Scientific Computing
Computational MechanicsEngineering
8
Article|11 citations·2019
Fast Nonoverlapping Block Jacobi Method for the Dual Rudin--Osher--Fatemi Model
Chang-Ock Lee, Jong-Ho Park
SJR Q1SIAM Journal on Imaging SciencesOA

We consider nonoverlapping domain decomposition methods for the Rudin--Osher--Fatemi (ROF) model, which is one of the standard models in mathematical image processing. The image domain is partitioned into rectangular subdomains, and local problems in subdomains are solved in parallel. Local problems can adopt existing state-of-the-art solvers for the ROF model. We show that the nonoverlapping relaxed block Jacobi method for a dual formulation of the ROF model has the $O(1/n)$ convergence rate of

Computational MechanicsEngineering
9
Article|10 citations·2000
Frequency domain formulation of linearized Navier–Stokes equations
Chang-Ock Lee, Jongwoo Lee, Dongwoo Sheen
SJR Q1Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
10
Article|9 citations·2021
A dual‐primal finite element tearing and interconnecting method for nonlinear variational inequalities utilizing linear local problems
Chang‐Ock Lee, Jong-Ho Park
SJR Q1International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Abstract We propose a novel dual‐primal finite element tearing and interconnecting method for nonlinear variational inequalities. The proposed method is based on a particular Fenchel–Rockafellar dual formulation of the target problem, which yields linear local problems despite the nonlinearity of the target problem. Since local problems are linear, each iteration of the proposed method can be done very efficiently compared with usual nonlinear domain decomposition methods. We prove that the prop

Computational Theory and MathematicsComputer Science
11
Article|9 citations·2008
A dual iterative substructuring method with a penalty term
Chang-Ock Lee, Eun‐Hee Park
SJR Q1Numerische Mathematik
Computational MechanicsEngineering
12
Article|8 citations·2013
CoReHA 2.0: A Software Package forIn VivoMREIT Experiments
Kiwan Jeon, Chang-Ock Lee
Computational and Mathematical Methods in MedicineOA

Magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography (MREIT) is a new medical imaging modality visualizing static conductivity images of electrically conducting subjects. Recently, MREIT has rapidly progressed in its theory, algorithm, and experiment technique and now reached to the stage of in vivo animal experiments. In this paper, we present a software, named CoReHA 2.0 standing for the second version of conductivity reconstructor using harmonic algorithms, to facilitate in vivo MREIT reconstru

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
13
Article|6 citations·2023
Defect inspection in semiconductor images using FAST-MCD method and neural network
Jinkyu Yu, Song‐Hee Han, Chang-Ock Lee
SJR Q1The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringEngineering
14
Article|5 citations·2006
Preconditioners for the dual-primal FETI methods on nonmatching grids: Numerical study
Yeon-Woo Chang, Hyea Hyun Kim, Chang-Ock Lee
SJR Q1Computers & Mathematics with Applications
Computational MechanicsEngineering
15
Article|4 citations·2013
A DUAL ITERATIVE SUBSTRUCTURING METHOD WITH AN OPTIMIZED PENALTY PARAMETER
Chang-Ock Lee, Eun‐Hee Park
한국산업응용수학회 학술대회 논문집

A dual iterative substructuring method with a penalty term was introduced in the previous works by the authors [1,2], which is a variant of the dual-primal finite element tearing and interconnecting method in terms of the way to deal with the continuity on the interface. In this talk, we will discuss a further study for the dual iterative substructuring method with a penalty term in terms of its convergence analysis and practical efficiency.

Mechanics of MaterialsEngineering

Research Areas

Computational MechanicsComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionElectrical and Electronic EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceMechanical EngineeringNumerical Analysis

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