AI INSTITUTE IN DYNAMIC SYSTEMS

University of Washington

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University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

Montana State University

University of Nevada, Reno

University of Alaska Anchorage

Boise State University

Portland State University

FACULTY

J. Nathan Kutz, Director
Robert Bolles and Yasuko Endo Professor
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Department of Applied Mathematics, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering & eScience Institute

Research: Data-driven modeling, dynamical systems & machine learning, optical and atomic physics, neuroscience

Steven L. Brunton, Associate Director
James B. Morrison Endowed Career Development Professor in Mechanical Engineering
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics & eScience Institute

Research: Data-driven modeling, control theory, dynamical systems & machine learning, fluid dynamics and turbulence

Krithika Manohar, Thrust Lead: Sensing and Optimization
Assistant Professor
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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research: Data-driven modeling, sensors & sensor placement, dynamical systems & machine learning

David Beck
Research Associate Professor
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Computer Science & eSciences Institute

Research: Data intensive biology and chemistry, data mining, open-source biological data

Maryam Fazel
Moorthy Family Professor
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Department of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science

Research: Data science, optimization, robotics and control

Daniela Witten
Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair of Mathematical Statistics
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Department of Biostatistics & Statistics

Research: Statistical learning, optimization, high-dimensional data

STAFF

Lauren Lederer
Managing Director
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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

Hangjun Cho (2023-present)

Research area: Dynamical systems working with Professor Steve Brunton

Esther Lagemann (2023-present)

Research Area: Physics-informed machine learning working with Steve Brunton

Christian Lagemann (2023-present)

Research Area: ML/AI working with Steve Brunton

Prerna Patil (2022-present)

Research Area: Uncertainty Quantification, Model Reduction
PhD 2022 - Mechanical Engineering - University of Pittsburgh (Advisor - Hessam Babaee)

Doris Voina (2022-present)

Research Area: Computational Neuroscience, Data-Driven Modeling
PhD 2022 - Applied Mathematics - Washington (Advisor - Eric Shea-Brown)

Philippe Wyder (2024-present)

PhD 2024 - Mechanical Engineering - Columbia University (Advisor - Hod Lipson)

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Sam Anhert (PhD student)

Yuxuan Bao (PhD student)

Mars Gao (PhD student)

Kartik Krishna (PhD student)

Jake Stevens-Haas (PhD student)

Dima Tretiak (PhD student)

Mike Wendels (PhD student)

Jan Williams (PhD student)

Joey Williams (PhD student)

Nick Zolman (PhD student)

David Zoro (PhD student)

GRADUATE STUDENT VISITORS

Matteo Tomasetto (PhD student - Mechanical Engineering)

Politecnico di Milano

Not Pictured

Sara Ichinaga (PhD student)
Katie Johnston (PhD student)
Niharika Karnak (PhD student)
Max Kim (BS student)
Pavel Komarov (PhD student)
Anand Krishnan (PhD student)
Yonghun Lee (PhD student)
Dave Li (BS student)
Sajeda Mokbel (PhD student)
Mai Peng (PhD student)
Samuel Schneider (PhD student)

Past Members

Fabio Amaral (VISIT student)
Joe Bakarji (Postdoctoral Scholar)
Anastasia Bizyaeva (Postdoctoral Scholar)
Pauline Brumm (VISIT student)
Gabriel Bufolo (VISIT student)
Paolo Conti (VISIT student)
Olga Dorabiala (PhD student, Postdoctoral Scholar)
Megan Ebers (PhD student, Postdoctoral Scholar)
Urban Fasel (Postdoctoral Scholar)
Emily B. Fox (Professor)
Andy Goldschmidt (PhD student)
Miranda Gong (BS student)
Max A. Grey (graduate student)
Mozes Jacobs (BS student)
Jonas Kneifl (VISIT student)
Henning Lange (Postdoctoral Scholar)
Raphael Leiteritz (visiting student)
Mel Mashiku (postbac student)
Jiazhong (Frank) Mei (PhD student)
Katherine Owens (PhD student)
Cássio Machiaveli Oishi (visiting faculty)
Samuel Otto (Postdoctoral Scholar)
Shaowu Pan (Postdoctoral Scholar)
Marco Pizzoli (VISIT student)
Elias Pratschke (VISIT student)
Gonzalo Quinto (BS student)
Ryan Raut (Postdoctoral Scholar)
Levi Rhoden (BS student)
Diya Sashidhar (PhD student)
Isabel Scherl (PhD student)
Utsav Seth (BS student)
Aleksei Sholokov (PhD student)
Yue Sun (PhD student)
Olivia Thomas (PhD student)
Vincent van Wynendaele (visiting student)
Simon Vanpaemel (Visiting (Postdoctoral Scholar))
Xiyi Wang (BS student)
Qichen Xu (BS student)
David Ye (Undergrad student)
Lanyue (Olivia) Zhang (BS student)

AI Institute in Dynamic Systems is a National Artificial Intelligence Research Institute funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).