Paolo Conti

Paolo Conti

Research Associate

The Alan Turing Institute

I am a Research Associate in Fundamental Research in AI at The Alan Turing Institute. I am fascinated by the immense world that arises from blending core numerical methods with artificial intelligence learning techniques, which is what I am focusing on in my research activities. Lifelong learning is my attitude, and working day-by-day for long-term goals is my methodology. Mathematical engineer by formation, aerobic gymnast by passion.

Interests
  • Scientific Machine Learning
  • Reduced Order Modeling
  • Multi-fidelity data fusion
Education
  • PhD in Scientific Machine Learning

    Politecnico di Milano, University of Washington

  • MSc in Mathematical Engineering, 2021

    Politecnico di Milano, Sorbonne University

  • BSc in Mathematical Engineering, 2018

    Politecnico di Milano

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
The Alan Turing Institute
Research Associate
March 2025 – Present London, UK
Research Associate in Fundamental Research in AI for physical systems, with the aim of developing the next generation of foundational methods, tools and theory to enable modelling, prediction and control of physical systems.
 
 
 
 
 
Imperial College London
Visting Researcher
December 2023 – January 2024 London, UK

Led a research project to develop generative AI/ML frameworks for data-driven, reduced-order modeling under uncertainty.

  • Conceptualized and implemented a data-driven framework based on variational reduced-order modeling with variational dynamics identification for scientific discovery in the presence of model and measurement uncertainties.
 
 
 
 
 
SimTech - Cluster of Excellence
Visting Researcher
October 2023 – November 2023 University of Stuttgart, Germany
Developed the Python package VINDy to perform data-driven modeling of dynamical systems with generative AI.
 
 
 
 
 
Artificial Intelligence Institute in Dynamic Systems
Visiting Research Scientist
October 2022 – June 2023 University of Washington, Seattle (US)

Developed ML algorithms for dimensionality reduction and system identification in complex, high-dimensional scenarios in engineering sciences.

  • Designed and constructed physics-informed models for Micro-Electrical Mechanical Systems (MEMS) devices. Application and validation on MEMS micromirrors and resonator devices.
  • Developed a multi-fidelity method to recover and predict high-quality solutions from multi-modal, low-fidelity data sources.
 
 
 
 
 
Applied Mathematics, Sorbonne University
Exchange program
September 2019 – July 2020 Paris, France
Study abroad coursework in the departments of Applied Mathematics and Sorbonne Polytech.
 
 
 
 
 
International Gymnastics Federation
Professional Athlete
International Gymnastics Federation
January 2010 – December 2021 Bergamo, Italy
  • Member of the National Team of Aerobic Gymnastics from 2010 to 2021.
  • World medallist and European champion.
  • Experiences in coaching and coreographing in Italy, France, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania and United States.

Publications

(2024). Online learning in bifurcating dynamic systems via SINDy and Kalman filterings. Nonlinear Dynamics.

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(2024). VENI, VINDy, VICI: a variational reduced-order modeling framework with uncertainty quantification. arXiv.

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(2024). EKF-SINDy: Empowering the extended Kalman filter with sparse identification of nonlinear dynamics. CMAME.

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(2024). Multi-fidelity reduced-order surrogate modeling. Proceedings of Royal Society A.

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(2023). Reduced order modeling of parametrized systems through autoencoders and SINDy approach: continuation of periodic solutions. CMAME.

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Projects

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Physical generative AI
An interpretable data-driven framework for building generative reduced order models with embedded uncertainty quantification
Physical generative AI
EKF-SINDy digital twin
Coupling data assimilation with system identification to build a data-driven digital twin
EKF-SINDy digital twin
Modeling from measurements
Data-driven methods for model discovery.
Modeling from measurements
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Analysis of a Spotify dataset.
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