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most citedPlasma Surrogate Modelling using Fourier Neural Operators

39 citations · 91 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

cs.AI2026

Learnable Splines for Unstructured Neural Operators

Vignesh Gopakumar, Zhuoyuan Wang, Ander Gray +12

Neural operators approximate solution operators of partial differential equations at a fraction of the cost of numerical solvers. Efficient grid-based architectures such as the Fou…

cs.AI2026

PTNO: Training Neural Operators with Noisy Monte Carlo Estimates for Particle Transport Problems

Yubo Cao, Xi Deng, Mengqi Xia +3

Particle transport under multiple scattering is central to radiative transfer and plasma physics, yet high-fidelity Monte Carlo (MC) simulations must trace prohibitively many parti…

cs.LG2026

Data-Efficient Neural Operator Training via Physics-Based Active Learning

Alicja Polanska, Lorenzo Zanisi, Vignesh Gopakumar +1

Solving partial differential equations with neural operators significantly reduces computational costs but remains bottlenecked by high training data requirements. Active learning…

cs.LG2026

Learning Physical Operators using Neural Operators

Vignesh Gopakumar, Ander Gray, Dan Giles +5

Neural operators have emerged as promising surrogate models for solving partial differential equations (PDEs), but struggle to generalise beyond training distributions and are ofte…

cs.LG2025

Leveraging AI modelling for FDS with Simvue: monitor and optimise for more sustainable simulations

James Panayis, Matt Field, Vignesh Gopakumar +4

There is high demand on fire simulations, in both scale and quantity. We present a multi-pronged approach to improving the time and energy required to meet these demands. We show t…

physics.plasm-ph2025★ 4 cited

Bayesian optimisation of poloidal field coil positions in tokamaks

Timothy Nunn, Kamran Pentland, Vignesh Gopakumar +1

The tokamak is a world-leading concept for producing sustainable energy via magnetically-confined nuclear fusion. Identifying where to position the magnets within a tokamak, specif…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Neural operator surrogate models of plasma edge simulations: feasibility and data efficiency

N. Carey, L. Zanisi, S. Pamela +7

The inclusion of high-fidelity simulations of SOL turbulence and transient MHD events such as ELMs in highly iterative applications remains computationally prohibitive, limiting th…

cs.LG2025

Calibrated Physics-Informed Uncertainty Quantification

Vignesh Gopakumar, Ander Gray, Lorenzo Zanisi +5

Simulating complex physical systems is crucial for understanding and predicting phenomena across diverse fields, such as fluid dynamics and heat transfer, as well as plasma physics…

cs.LG2025

Guaranteed prediction sets for functional surrogate models

Ander Gray, Vignesh Gopakumar, Sylvain Rousseau +1

We propose a method for obtaining statistically guaranteed prediction sets for functional machine learning methods: surrogate models which map between function spaces, motivated by…

cs.AI2024★ 6 cited

Uncertainty Quantification of Surrogate Models using Conformal Prediction

Vignesh Gopakumar, Ander Gray, Joel Oskarsson +5

Data-driven surrogate models offer quick approximations to complex numerical and experimental systems but typically lack uncertainty quantification, limiting their reliability in s…

cs.LG2024

Valid Error Bars for Neural Weather Models using Conformal Prediction

Vignesh Gopakumar, Joel Oskarrson, Ander Gray +5

Neural weather models have shown immense potential as inexpensive and accurate alternatives to physics-based models. However, most models trained to perform weather forecasting do…

physics.plasm-ph2024★ 6 cited

Neural-Parareal: Dynamically Training Neural Operators as Coarse Solvers for Time-Parallelisation of Fusion MHD Simulations

S. J. P. Pamela, N. Carey, J. Brandstetter +10

The fusion research facility ITER is currently being assembled to demonstrate that fusion can be used for industrial energy production, while several other programmes across the wo…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Data efficiency and long term prediction capabilities for neural operator surrogate models of core and edge plasma codes

N. Carey, L. Zanisi, S. Pamela +4

Simulation-based plasma scenario development, optimization and control are crucial elements towards the successful deployment of next-generation experimental tokamaks and Fusion po…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 39 cited

Plasma Surrogate Modelling using Fourier Neural Operators

Vignesh Gopakumar, Stanislas Pamela, Lorenzo Zanisi +10

Predicting plasma evolution within a Tokamak reactor is crucial to realizing the goal of sustainable fusion. Capabilities in forecasting the spatio-temporal evolution of plasma rap…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 2 cited

Efficient training sets for surrogate models of tokamak turbulence with Active Deep Ensembles

L. Zanisi, A. Ho, T. Madula +7

Model-based plasma scenario development lies at the heart of the design and operation of future fusion powerplants. Including turbulent transport in integrated models is essential…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 2 cited

Shaping of Magnetic Field Coils in Fusion Reactors using Bayesian Optimisation

Timothy Nunn, Vignesh Gopakumar, Sebastien Kahn

Nuclear fusion using magnetic confinement holds promise as a viable method for sustainable energy. However, most fusion devices have been experimental and as we move towards energy…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 9 cited

Multi-objective Bayesian optimization for design of Pareto-optimal current drive profiles in STEP

Theodore Brown, Stephen Marsden, Vignesh Gopakumar +3

The safety factor profile is a key property in determining the stability of tokamak plasmas. To design the safety factor profile in the United Kingdom's proposed Spherical Tokamak…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 11 cited

Fourier Neural Operator for Plasma Modelling

Vignesh Gopakumar, Stanislas Pamela, Lorenzo Zanisi +3

Predicting plasma evolution within a Tokamak is crucial to building a sustainable fusion reactor. Whether in the simulation space or within the experimental domain, the capability…

cs.LG2023★ 5 cited

Fourier-RNNs for Modelling Noisy Physics Data

Vignesh Gopakumar, Stanislas Pamela, Lorenzo Zanisi

Classical sequential models employed in time-series prediction rely on learning the mappings from the past to the future instances by way of a hidden state. The Hidden states chara…

cs.LG2022

Loss Landscape Engineering via Data Regulation on PINNs

Vignesh Gopakumar, Stanislas Pamela, Debasmita Samaddar

Physics-Informed Neural Networks have shown unique utility in parameterising the solution of a well-defined partial differential equation using automatic differentiation and residu…

physics.comp-ph2021★ 7 cited

Fast Regression of the Tritium Breeding Ratio in Fusion Reactors

Petr Mánek, Graham Van Goffrier, Vignesh Gopakumar +3

The tritium breeding ratio (TBR) is an essential quantity for the design of modern and next-generation D-T fueled nuclear fusion reactors. Representing the ratio between tritium fu…