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1 Department of Physics, University of Maryland Theoretical astrophysics seminar Cornell University, November 30, 2013

2 Previous works - Field, Galley, Herrmann, Hesthaven, Ochsner, Tiglio (Phys. Rev. Lett. 2011) - Caudill, Field, Galley, Herrmann, Tiglio (Class. Quant. Grav. 2012) - Field, Galley, Ochsner (Phys. Rev. D 2012) - Jason Kaye (Dissertation, Brown University, 2012) - Antil, Field, Herrmann, Nochetto, Tiglio (Journal Sci. Comp. 2013) This talk (arxiv: , arxiv: ) Priscilla Canizares (Cambridge), Jonathan Gair (Cambridge), Chad Galley (Caltech), Jan Hesthaven (Brown), Jason Kaye (Brown), Manuel Tiglio (UMD)

3 Outline Introduction Likelihood computations EOB surrogates

4 Outline Introduction Likelihood computations EOB surrogates

5 Motivation Modeling of gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences and/or analysis of data represents a high dimensional challenge... Large number of intrinsic/extrinsic parametric dimensions Waveform s physical dimension Long durations with large number of cycles

6 Motivation Modeling of gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences and/or analysis of data represents a high dimensional challenge... Large number of intrinsic/extrinsic parametric dimensions Waveform s physical dimension Long durations with large number of cycles The high dimensionality of the problem is a bottleneck for most tasks... Waveform generation through solving ODEs or PDEs Parameter estimation using effective models Template based detection algorithms

7 Even easy problems are hard Consider the simple TaylorF2 frequency-domain inspiral waveform where µ labels the parameters Timings h(f ; µ) = A(µ)f 7/6 iψ(f ;µ) e Evaluation at a single parameter and frequency value takes 10 7 s Typical BNS waveform starting at 40Hz s LIGO parameter estimation study with a BNS signal days ALIGO parameter estimation study at 10Hz weeks

8 Strategy for parameterized problems Parameterized problems can be split into two phases Offline Before study/analysis begins data unknown Extra computational and human resources Train a fast to evaluate surrogate GW model Online Data is known Evaluate the model at many (data dependent) parameter values Surrogate must be accurate and fast to justify offline efforts

9 Outline Introduction Likelihood computations EOB surrogates

10 have been employed in other fields such as optimization of airplane design, Radar detection, blood flow Active area of research. Annual SIAM meeting (2013) featured 22 minisymposia with over 80 talks First GR workshop on this topic: Surrogate and reduced order models. What is it? When could it work?

11 What is a surrogate model? (I) Surrogate (Merriam-webster) : one that serves as a substitute Surrogate (This talk) : Easy-to-compute model that mimics behavior of the full, underlying model for a fixed range of the parameter/physical variable

12 What is a surrogate model? (II) Features NOT reduced physics, but reduced representations of underlying model Surrogate will converge to underlying model as representation is improved Only reproduces GW, not other quantities such as objects motion Decisions Where to sample the underlying model? How to tie together these samples? Examples Fits/interpolation Machine learning Reduced order modeling

13 What is a reduced order model? Seek a representation of the gravitational wave model h µ (t) or h µ (f ) where µ labels the parameterization, such that m h µ c i (µ)e i for as small an m as possible Leverage representation to accelerate a computation of interest i=1 Whats special about e i Application-specific basis Numerical problem s degrees of freedom = # of basis Fewer basis faster computations

14 Reduced basis (RB)-greedy algorithm Algorithm to generate the e i Definitions Kolmogorov n-width problem: From all possible basis find the minimum number to achieve accurate approximations h µ m i=1 c i(µ)e i for all µ RB-Greedy algorithm: Approximately solve n-width problem Other approaches for basis generation are possible (SVD) Key features Near-optimal basis selection (Binev 2011, DeVore 2012) Basis elements are evaluations of the physical model Parameter and basis selections carried out simultaneously

15 µ 2 µ 1 µ e 1 = h( µ 1 ) C 1 = {h µ1 } h µ P 1 (h µ ), P 1 (h µ ) = e 1 e 1, h µ e 2 e 1 C 2 = {h µ1, h µ2 }, C 1 C 2 Slide courtesy of Chad Galley

16 Example: Parameterized Heaviside (toy IMR model) Continuum: H(µ x) x [ 1, 1] µ [.2,.2] µ = -.2 µ =.2 Training set: {H(µ i x)} µ i = i i [0,..., 4000] Two representative functions

17 Example: Parameterized Heaviside (toy IMR model) µ = Select first basis (seed): H(.2 x)

18 Example: Parameterized Heaviside (toy IMR model) 1. Select first basis (seed): H(.2 x) 2. Find worst approximation: Err i = H(µ i x) ch(.2 x) µ =.2 Error

19 Example: Parameterized Heaviside (toy IMR model) 1. Select first basis (seed): H(.2 x) 2. Find worst approximation: Err i = H(µ i x) ch(.2 x) µ =.2 Error 3. Second basis: µ =.2 H(.2 x) Repeat steps 2 & 3 until an approximation threshold is achieved

20 10 0 Approximation error Greedy output (basis): µ RB = { 0.2, 0.2, , , ,... } Dimension of approximation space Greedy algorithm fails. Non-smooth w.r.t. parameter variations. If we let y(µ) = µ x then only 1 basis function H(y) needed

21 Introduction Assumption: For reduced/surrogate models to be successful there must be (smooth) structure of the solution with respect to parameter variations... M u(µ j ) u(µ) X Well chosen samples should be representative and lead to accurate approximations Figure courtesy of Jan Hesthaven

22 Checking the assumption: EOB results Example with EOBNRv2 waveforms (2,2) mode for q [1, 2], duration 12, 000M and cycles Must align at peak (Heaviside example) Fast decay of approximation error Other evidence h µ m i=1 c i(µ)e i Observed across models, regimes Observed by groups using POD/SVD Ex: Cannon et al (arxiv: ) Normalized waveform Greedy error, σ m h + h t/m Number of selected points, m

23 Waveform compression application (ex: q ) Ortho. Basis Basis # Basis # Basis # Approx: t/m h(t) c 1e 1(t) + c 2e 2(t) t/m (a) 2 term, err t/m h(t) c 1e 1(t) + c 2e 2(t) +c 3e 3(t) + c 4e 4(t) t/m (b) 4 term, err t/m h(t) c 1e 1(t) + c 2e 2(t) +c 3e 3(t) + c 4e 4(t) +c 5e 5(t) + c 6e 6(t) t/m (c) 6 term, err 10 6

24 Now what? Need a fast way to compute the coefficients c i (µ) for any parameter µ h µ (t) m i=1 c i(µ)e i (t) First we look for a convenient expression for c i (µ)...

25 Interpolation in time In principle we can find the approximation h µ (t) I m [h] = m c i (µ)e i (t) i=1 by solving an interpolation problem m c i (µ)e i (T j ) = h µ (T j ), i=1 j = 1,..., m Provided we know m good times to sample h µ (t) Naively selected points do not guarantee a solution or accuracy For application-specific basis good points are not known a-priori

26 method 1 Input: m basis {e i (t)} m i=1 Output: Nearly optimal selection of m times {T i } m i=1 These times are adapted to the problem/basis - unlike Chebyshev nodes Algorithm Sequential selection of points: {T 1 } {T 1, T 2 }... Set of points {T j } i 1 j=1 for interpolation with the first i 1 basis Extend set {T j } i 1 j=1 {T j} i j=1 to minimize the approximation error. Equivalent to selecting T i = argmax t e i (t) I i 1 [e i ](t) 1 Barrault 2004, Maday 2009, Chaturantabut 2009, Sorensen 2009

27 Example: Points for polynomial interpolation Basis are normalized Legendre polynomials the six first legendre defined polynomialson [ 1, 1] P 0 (x) = legendre polynomials 3 P 1 (x) = 2 x 5 ( P 2 (x) = 3x 2 1 ) 8. P n (x) P₀(x) P₁(x) P₂(x) P₃(x) P₄(x) P₅(x) x Q: What are the EIM points?

28 Example: Points for polynomial interpolation Basis: Residual: P 0 (x) = 1 2 P 0 (x) 0 = Point selection (no preference): x = x

29 Example: Points for polynomial interpolation Basis: P 1 (x) = 3 2 x P 1 P 1 - c 0 P 0 Residual: P 1 (x) c 0 P 0 = 3 2 x 0.5 Point selection (either ±1): x =

30 Example: Points for polynomial interpolation Basis: Residual: P 2 (x) = Point selection: 5 ( 3x 2 1 ) 8 P 2 (x) (c 0 P 0 + c 1 P 1 ) x = P 2 P 2 - c 0 P 0 - c 1 P

31 weights ω Introduction Example: 0.10 Points for polynomial interpolation Legendre ROQ 0.05 Continue 0.00 the process until # points = # basis x Chebyshev nodes EIM nodes x Distribution and approximation error properties similar to Chebyshev nodes

32 Interpolation points for EOB waveforms What are the best temporal interpolation points for an EOB-basis? Basis #2 1.5 Basis #4 1.5 Basis # t/m t/m t/m We do not know and, for example, Chebyshev nodes won t work. Identify these points by empirical interpolation method

33 Model: non-spinning EOB, q [1, 2], wave cycles (previous example) h t/m t/m 1 2 Any waveform in the above range can be recovered through its evaluation at these 5 (error 10 4 ) to 19 (error ) empirical time nodes m h µ (t) I[h µ ](t) = c i (µ)e i (t) = where c i solved the interpolation problem i m B i (t)h µ (T i ) i

34 Outline Introduction Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Introduction Likelihood computations EOB surrogates

35 Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Review Engines of surrogate and reduced order model generation RB-greedy algorithm will select points in parameter space which are most representative of the waveform family and comprises an accurate basis EIM algorithm will select most representative time samples which lead to an accurate (temporal) interpolation scheme

36 GW parameter estimation Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Time series of N data samples s(t i ) = h λ (t i ) + n(t i ), λ true parameter Ex: 32s at 4096Hz suggests N 130, 000 samples Bayesian parameter estimation to compute a posterior probability Computational cost dominated by likelihood evaluations p (s µ, H) exp ( χ 2 /2 ), χ 2 = s h µ, s h µ = f N s(f i ) h µ (f i ) 2 i=1 S n (f i ) where S n (f ) is the detector s noise curve Each particular µ 0 requires N evaluations of h µ0 (t) Overall cost scales with N

37 Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Notice χ 2 = s, s + h µ, h µ 2R s, h µ s, s computed once h µ, h µ often has simple expression (e.g. closed form) Cost dominated by s, h µ, let us focus on this piece... Plan of attack Design a custom quadrature rule tailored to our model h µ (f ) Once built the rule is reused online, e.g. when new data is available

38 Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Reduced order quadrature approximation Given data {s i } N i=1 and the empirical interpolation representation of h µ(f ) s, h µ = f N i=1 s (f i )h µ (f i ) S n (f i ) f N i=1 s (f i )I n [h µ ](f i ) S n (f i ) = m ω i h µ (F i ) i=1 where the data-specific weights ω T = E T V 1 E j := f N i=1 s (f i )e j (f i ) S n (f i ) comprise the startup cost. Here V is the interpolation matrix.

39 Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Reduced order quadrature approximation Given data {s i } N i=1 and the empirical interpolation representation of h µ(f ) s, h µ = f N i=1 s (f i )h µ (f i ) S n (f i ) f N i=1 s (f i )I n [h µ ](f i ) S n (f i ) = m ω i h µ (F i ) i=1 where the data-specific weights ω T = E T V 1 E j := f N i=1 s (f i )e j (f i ) S n (f i ) comprise the startup cost. Here V is the interpolation matrix. Properties N is a property of the experiment whereas m is a property of the model Model s approximation properties are independent of data, m N

40 Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Mock data: 4-dimensional burst signal in Gaussian noise MCMC Timing Time [s] Full ROQ About 25 times faster Anticipated speedup is (N = data samples)/(m = basis) # MCMC points Mean values accurately recovered

41 Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Roadmap to a surrogate model Goal: Fast and accurate evaluation of a parameterized underlying GW model Problem setup 1. Given a model: It is not the job of the surrogate to propose a model 2. Given a range of parameters: Surrogate will only work in this range 3. Given a ODE/PDE solver: Surrogate will not solve equations for you Attributes 1. Non-intrusive: Existing codes are complicated, we don t want to edit them

42 Test Case Introduction Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Model: Effective One Body (EOB) for inspiral-merger-ringdown of non-spinning binary black holes based on Pan et al (arxiv: ) Parameter/physical ranges: Mass ratio in the 1:2 and 9:10 ranges, for wave cycles before merger. Results will be shown for 1-2 mass ratio case Solver: Model implemented in the routine EOBNRv2 as part of the publicly available LIGO Analysis Library (LAL)

43 Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Building our surrogate model in 3 steps T 1. Greedy algorithm. Build the basis, the greedy parameter selections are here shown as red points in the horizontal axis. The rb waveforms are solved for at those parameter values. Offline t 0 q Greedy error, σ m Number of selected points, m

44 Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Building our surrogate model in 3 steps 1. Reduced basis waveforms hi RB (t), greedy parameters q i 2. Find a set of empirical time samples (blue points in the vertical axis) for accurate temporal interpolation with rb waveforms. Offline t h q t/m t/m 2

45 Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Building our surrogate model in 3 steps 1. Reduced basis waveforms hi RB (t), greedy parameters q i 2. Empirical time samples T i 3. At each empirical time build a fit for the waveform s parametric dependence only using waveforms evaluated at q i. Offline t q Polynomial errors Amplitude Phase t/m t/m Fit errors for the amplitude (relative) and phase (absolute) for the mass ratio value for which these errors are largest

46 Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Building our surrogate model in 3 steps 1. Reduced basis waveforms hi RB (t), greedy parameters q i t 2. Empirical time samples T i 3. Fits h FIT µ (T i ) at each empirical time T i 4. Online: Evaluate the surrogate at any parameter value (yellow points) by i) evaluating the fits at each empirical time which ii) specifies the full waveform via the empirical interpolant. h S µ(t) m i=1 B i (t)h FIT µ (T i ), B j (t) m i=1 hi RB (t) ( V 1) ij q where V is the interpolation matrix and {B i } are precomputed offline

47 Evaluation speedup Introduction Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Generation time (sec) Speedup factor EOB Surrogate log 2 (Sample rate) The figure of interest is a sampling rates around Hz Speedup of more than three orders of magnitude compared to solving the original EOB equations Surrogate s evaluation cost is independent of computational costs of the ODE/PDE solver

48 Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Putting the pieces together. Full surrogate model L 2 surrogate errors h q EOB Surrogate A S /A φ φ S t/m t/m Top: overlap error of the surrogate model compared to solving the original EOB equations Center: waveform for the mass ratio for which the overlap error is the largest Bottom: amplitude and phase errors for the same waveform as center plot. These errors are smaller than the errors of the model itself and those of numerical relativity simulations. Equivalent to underlying model.

49 Likelihood computations EOB surrogates What if we cannot build a dense training set? Cost of full Einstein solver prohibits a proper training set... Algorithm wish list 1. Make the most of limited number of physical model solves 2. Surrogate model should converge to physical model as solves 3. Guidance for where to solve physical model

50 Likelihood computations EOB surrogates What if we cannot build a dense training set? Cost of full Einstein solver prohibits a proper training set... Algorithm wish list 1. Make the most of limited number of physical model solves 2. Surrogate model should converge to physical model as solves 3. Guidance for where to solve physical model Status Run solver at greedy points selected for EOB model Distribution of greedy points likely more important than actual values Jonathan Blackman and Bela Szilagyi are performing runs we should know soon

51 Likelihood computations EOB surrogates Remarks Surrogate and reduced order modeling offers an exciting new approach to overcome a variety of computationally challenging problems of GW physics Proposed specific surrogate based on three offline steps. Online evaluation fast and accurate Reduced order quadratures directly offset cost of overlap inner products Future outlook Multi-mode surrogates for larger mass ratio, more cycles and with spin Potentially applicable to full numerical relativity waveforms PE accelerated by surrogates and/or reduced order quadratures Making these tools publicly available More broadly, continue to adapt tools from engineering and applied math communities for GWs

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