Technical University of Munich
TUM School of CIT
Department of Computer Science
Boltzmannstrasse 3
85748 Garching
Germany
Office: MI 02.05.060
Mail: ivana.jovanovic (at) tum.de
Tel: +49-89-289-18613
Office Hours: by arrangement
Research interests
My research focuses on applied and computational mathematics, particularly on uncertainty quantification (UQ), modeling and system identification, inverse problems, and data-driven model learning. The main applications driving my research are from hydrology. More precisely, in my work, I am bridging the gap between theoretical work on High-dimensional Uncertainty Quantification and Bayesian Inversion, applied to relatively simple simulation models, and more complex real-world problems.
- High-dimensional Forward Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis (mainly, analysis of conceptual distributed hydrologic models)
- Sparse Grids Methods
- Inverse problems - Bayesian Inference
- Machine Learning
Talks
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Ivana Jovanovic Buha: Efficient Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis of Time-Dependent Outputs in Hydrology Modeling. SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE25), 2025 more…
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Ivana Jovanovic Buha: Efficient Uncertainty Quantification and Global Sensitivity Analysis of Time-dependent outputs in Hydrology Modeling. (Talk / Sparse Grids and Applications Seminar 2024) 2024 more…
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Ivana Jovanovic Buha: SCCS Lehrstuhl Treffen. (Talk) 2023 more…
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Ivana Jovanovic Buha: Efficient Uncertainty Quantification and Global Time-Varying Sensitivity Analysis of the Larsim model. LARSIM-Anwenderworkshop 2022, 2022 more…
Posters
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Ivana Jovanovic Buha; Michael Obersteiner; Tobias Neckel; Hans-Joachim Bungartz: Efficient Uncertainty Quantification and Global Time-Varying Sensitivity Analysis Using the Spatially Adaptive Combination Technique. SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification (UQ22), SIAM, 2022Atlanta, Georgia more…
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Ivana Jovanovic Buha; Florian Künzner; Tobias Neckel; Hans-Joachim Bungartz: Efficient Uncertainty Quantification and Global Time-Varying Sensitivity Analysis of Conceptual Hydrological Model. SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE21), SIAM, 2021Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. more…
Open and running student projects
Running student projects
- F.H. : “Bayesian calibration of a hydrological model with tailored error definitions for time-varying outputs”, Since Nov 2025; Bachelor's Thesis Bachelor Informatik
- Guided Research (Master Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence): “Likelihood definitions for time-varying outputs in Bayesian calibration of hydrological models”, Since Oct 2025
Open student projects
If you are interested in a student project (Bachelor's or Master's Thesis or anything else), it is the best to contact me directly. Here is the list of some projects that I would offer at the moment (the list is not exhaustive):
- "UQ and SA of Hydrologic model HBV using pyApprox software tool"
- "Running Uncertainty Quantification simulations using the UM-Bridge software tool: application on a hydrologic model"
You can also come to my office and discuss possible topics.
See also the list of Student Projects at our chair, e.g., https://www.in.tum.de/i05/jobangebote-studentische-projektarbeiten/job-offers-student-projects/uncertainty-quantification/
Do you want to know what other students are working on in our chair? You are warmly encouraged to attend their presentations at the SCCS Colloquium! Come to get ideas, meet your potential supervisor, or to learn from the style of others for your own presentation.
News
Ivana Jovanovic and Severin Reiz scored the 1st and 2nd place in the Best Poster Jury Award at CoSaS meeting in Erlangen, Germany, among 70 posters. The titles of the posters are "3D Deep Learning in High Resolution Point Clouds" and "Nonsymmetric geometry-oblivious fast multipole method".
Ivana Jovanovic and Severin Reiz scored the 1st and 2nd place in the Best Poster Jury Award at CoSaS meeting in Erlangen, Germany, among 70 posters. The titles of the posters are "3D Deep Learning in High Resolution Point Clouds" and "Nonsymmetric geometry-oblivious fast multipole method".
Teaching
Winter semester 2025
Summer semester 2025
Winter semester 2024
Summer semester 2024
Winter semester 2023
Summer semester 2022
Winter semester 2021/22
- Einführung in die wissenschaftliche Programmierung (IN8008) [TUMonline] (Moodle)
Summer semester 2021
Winter semester 2020/21
- Einführung in die wissenschaftliche Programmierung (IN8008) [TUMonline] (Moodle)
Summer semester 2020
Winter semester 2019/20
Summer semester 2018/19
Winter semester 2018/19
Winter semester 2016/17
Other activities
- Organizational support for "BGCE Student Paper Prize" for the best paper at the SIAM CSE (2025, 2021, 2019)
- Responsible for Chair's new website (2019- today)