Job Description Job Summary
Applications are invited for a fully funded 24-month position at the Research Assistant / Associate level (informally known as “Post-doc”) within the Physics-aware Data Assimilation and Machine Learning Group (PI: Luca Magri) in the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College London. The position is funded by the EPSRC ExCALIBUR project “Turbulence at the Exascale: Application to Wind Energy, Green Aviation, Air Quality and Net-zero Combustion”. The project is a collaboration led by Imperial College London together with the universities of Warwick, Cambridge, Newcastle, Southampton, and the Daresbury Laboratory. The post holder will develop physics-aware machine learning for the optimization of engineering systems with fluids. Funding is available for travelling and IT facilities for research-related tasks. The Research Associate is expected to produce results suitable for presentation in international conferences and publication in leading peer-reviewed journals/conferences.
The over-arching goal is to develop machine learning methods that are aware of the physics of the problem with a focus on exascale computing. Applications involve fluid mechanics. More information on the PI’s research can be found here: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/l.magri .
Duties And Responsibilities
- Develop physics-aware machine learning methods for optimization of unsteady flows taking advantage of GPUs
- Disseminate research with peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations (with the PI)
- When ready and under the PI’s approval, publish the scientific results in journals and conferences
Essential requirements
Experience in machine learning and/or data assimilation with experience in numerical methods
Those appointed at Research Associate level
PhD (or equivalent doctorate degree) in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computing, or a closely related discipline with experience in high performance computing, fluid mechanics and machine learning.
Those appointed at Research Assistant level
Hold a Master degree or near completion of a PhD (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computing, or a closely related discipline.
- Candidates who have not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be appointed as Research Assistant.
Further information
Should you require any further details on the role please contact: Luca Magri, l.magri@imperial.ac.uk
For queries regarding the recruitment process please contact Lisa Kelly: l.kelly@imperial.ac.uk
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