Neural networks for N-body simulations.
In this project, we will solve the gravitational few-body problem using neural networks. This approach is possible because the underlying equations of motion are chaotic. Consequently, solutions obtained using traditional methods on computers only provide a statistical answer, which can as well be obtained by a neural network. We will train deep artificial neural-networks on ensembles of converged solutions to the few-body problem. The trained network will subsequently be replacing the expensive few-body calculations in large simulations of dense star clusters. This should lead to considerable speed-up compared to more traditional direct integration.
This project is part of a larger project in collaboration with researchers of the Eindhoven University of Technology (Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and the Department of Physics), and the Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) in Amsterdam.
In total 6 PhD students will be hired to work as a team on one of the six projects: 1) Algorithms for the discovery of interpretable latent variables. 2) Mimetic, hierarchical training algorithms for neural networks. 3) Dynamic neural networks and their relation to state-space methods. 4) Machine learning using constrained neural networks and differential equations. 5) Machine learning for analysis and control of complex fluid flows.6) Neural networks for N-body simulations (this project)
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Please apply via this link: https://jobs.strw.leidenuniv.nl/2020/unravel/