Master-Seminar - Deep Learning in Physics (IN2107, IN0014)

Using deep learning methods for physical problems is a very quickly developing area of research. The research group of Prof. Thuerey has studied learning-based methods for Navier-Stokes problems and fluid flow applications in recent years, examples of which include learning latent-spaces for physical predictions, generative adversarial networks with temporal coherence, and the inference of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes flows around airfoils. Beyond these physics-based deep learning works of the Thuerey group, this seminar will give an overview of recent developments in the field.

In this course, students will autonomously investigate recent research about machine learning techniques in the physical simulation area. Independent investigation for further reading, critical analysis, and evaluation of the topic are required.

Participants are required to first read the assigned paper and start writing a report. This will help you prepare for your presentation.

Attendance

• It is only allowed to miss a single time-slot. Missing a second one means failing the seminar. If you have to miss any, please let us know in advance.

Advisor

• An advisor is assigned to each one with the paper.
• Two weeks before the talk there will be a mandatory meeting with your advisor to review the report and discuss the structure of the presentation.

Report

• A short report (4 pages max., excluding references in the ACM SIGGRAPH TOG format (acmtog) - you can download the precompiled latex template) should be prepared before the meeting with the advisor.
• Guideline: You can begin with writing a summary of the work you present as a start point; but, it would be better if you focus more on your own research rather than just finishing with the summary of the paper. We, including you, are not interested in revisiting the work done before; it is more meaningful if you make an effort to put your own reasoning about the work, such as pros and cons, limitation, possible future work, your own ideas for the issues, etc.

Presentation (slides)

• The participants have to present their topics in a talk (in English), which should last 30 minutes. Don't put too many technical details into the talk, make sure the audience gets the paper's main idea. Be prepared to answer questions regarding the technical details, you could prepare backup slides for that.
• Afterwards, a short discussion session will follow.
• Plagiarism is important; please do not simply copy the original authors' slides. You can certainly refer to them.
• The semi-final slides (PDF) should be sent one week before the talk; otherwise, the talk will be canceled. We strongly encourage you to finalize the semi-final version as far as possible. We will take a look at the version and give feedback. You can revise your slides until your presentation.
• Be ready in advance. We suggest testing the machines you are going to use before the lecture starts. You can bring your laptop or ask us one (also any converter you need for the projector) in advance. A laser pointer will be provided, so you can use if you want.
• The final slides and report should be sent after the talk.

• Thuerey group: List of Publications (including Physics-based Deep Learning works)
• Book: Bishop, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
• Book: Hastie et al., The Elements of Statistical Learning
• Online: Nielsen, Neural Networks and Deep Learning
• Online: Ruder, An Overview of Gradient Descent Optimization Algorithms