Luca Magri

Fellowship
Hans Fischer Fellow

Appointment
2018

Institution
Imperial College London

Department
Aeronautics

Host
Prof. Wolfgang Polifke

Focus Group
Data-driven Dynamical Systems Analysis in Fluid Mechanics

Short CV

Luca is a Reader in data-driven fluid mechanics at Imperial College London, Aeronautics Department. Luca is a Fellow of The Alan Turing Institute, Hans Fischer Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study (TU Munich) and Visiting Academic Fellow at Cambridge University Engineering Department. Prior to joining Imperial, Luca was a Lecturer at Cambridge University Engineering Department, Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Research Fellow, and Fellow of Pembroke College. Prior to becoming a lecturer and RAEng Research Fellow at Cambridge, he was a postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University Center for Turbulence Research. He obtained his PhD in Engineering at the University of Cambridge. His research is currently funded by an ERC Starting Grant.

Selected Awards

2023, UKRI AI for Net Zero grant
2023, EU-Italy Minister of University and Research, Young Researcher
2023, Simons Fellow, Isaac Newton Institute
2022, Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society
2022, Visiting Scholar Fellow, Stanford University
2021, Fellow of The Alan Turing Institute
2020, ERC Starting Grant
2019, Hinshelwood Prize (The Combustion Institute, British Section)
2018, Bernard Lewis Fellowship (The Combustion Institute)
2018, Center for Turbulence Research Summer Program Visiting Scholar Fellowship, Stanford University
2017, St John’s college, University of Cambridge
2015, Center for Turbulence Research Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University
2015, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship
2015, Santander Prize, Best PhD thesis 2015, Visiting Fellowship, TU Munich
2015, Center for Turbulence Research Summer Program Visiting PhD Student Fellowship, Stanford University
2013, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Gas Turbine Institute Scholarship for outstanding doctoral research in gas-turbine technologies
2012, Top 25 most read journal articles, Science Direct

Research Interests

Physics-constrained machine learning, Optimization, Chaotic systems, Bayesian data assimilation, Inverse design, Fluid mechanics, Multi-physics

Selected Publications

First-principles machine learning for COVID-19 modeling
Magri, L. & Doan, N. A. K.
SIAM News, (2020), 53(4)
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First-principles machine learning modeling of COVID-19
Magri, L. & Doan, N. A. K.
Report, Rapid Assistance Modelling in the Pandemic (RAMP) (2020)
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Physics-constrained data-driven methods for unsteady fluids
Magri, L. & Doan, N. A. K.
TU Institute for Advanced Study Annual Reports (2019)
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Linear flow analysis inspired by quantum-mechanics mathematical methods
Magri, L., Schmid, P. J. & Moeck, J. P.
Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, in preparation.

Robust Optimization and Validation of Echo State Networks for learning chaotic dynamics
Racca, A & Magri, L.
Neural networks, under review
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Short- and long-term prediction of a chaotic flow: A physics-constrained reservoir computing approach
Doan, N. A. K., Polifke, W. & Magri, L.
under review
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Auto-Encoded Reservoir Computing for Turbulence Learning
Doan, N. A. K., Polifke, W. & Magri, L.
Lectures notes on computer science, accepted
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Automatic-differentiated physics-informed echo state network
Racca, A. & Magri, L.
Lectures notes on computer science, accepted
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Using nonlinear optimization to enhance ignition in non-premixed jets
Qadri, U. A., Magri, L., Ihme, M. & Schmid, P. J.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A (2021), doi:10.1098/rspa.2020.0472
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Compositional and entropic noise generated in subsonic non-isentropic nozzles
De Domenico, F., Rolland, E., Rodrigues, J., Magri, L., & Hochgreb, S.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2021), vol. 910, A5.
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A data-driven kinematic model of a ducted premixed flame
Yu, H., Juniper, M. P. & Magri, L.
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2021), 38(4), pp. 6231-6239.
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Physics-informed echo state networks
Doan, N. A. K., Polifke, W. & Magri, L.
Journal of Computational Science (2020), vol. 47, 101237.
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Degenerate perturbation theory in thermoacoustics: high-order sensitivities and exceptional points
Orchini, A., Magri, L., Silva, C. F., Mensah, G. & Moeck, J. P.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2020), vol. 903, A37.
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Learning ergodic averages in chaotic systems
Huhn, F. & Magri, L.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS, (2020), vol. 12142, pp. 124-132.
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Learning hidden variables in a chaotic system: A physics-informed echo state network approach
Doan, N. A. K., Polifke, W. & Magri, L.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS, (2020), vol. 12142, pp. 117-123.
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Optimisation of chaotically perturbed acoustic limit cycles
Huhn, F. & Magri, L.
Nonlinear dynamics (2020), vol. 100, pp. 1641-1657.
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Sensitivity of the Rayleigh criterion in thermoacoustics
Magri, L., Juniper, M. P. & Moeck, J. P.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Rapids) (2020), vol. 882, R1.
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Stability, sensitivity and optimisation of chaotic acoustic oscillations
Huhn, F. & Magri, L.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2020), vol. 882, A24.
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Combined state and parameter estimation in level-set methods
Yu, H., Juniper, M. & Magri, L.
Journal of Computational Physics (2019), vol. 399, 108950.
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Data assimilation and optimal calibration in nonlinear models of flame dynamics
Yu, H., Jaravel, T., Juniper, M., Ihme, M. & Magri, L.
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (2019), 141(12), 121010.
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Physics-informed echo state networks for chaotic systems forecasting
Doan, N. A. K, Polifke, W. & Magri, L.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS, (2019), vol. 11539, pp. 192-198.
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Data assimilation in a nonlinear time-delayed dynamical system with Lagrangian optimization
Traverso, T & Magri, L.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS, (2019), vol. 11539, pp. 156-168.
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Adjoint characteristic decomposition of one-dimensional waves
Magri, L.
Journal of Computational Physics (2019), vol. 388, pp. 454-461.
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Adjoint methods as design tools in thermoacoustics
Magri, L.
Applied Mechanics Reviews (2019), 71(2), 020801.
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2023

Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa; Racca, Alberto; Magri, Luca: Convolutional Autoencoder for the Spatiotemporal Latent Representation of Turbulence. In: Computational Science – ICCS 2023. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Magri, Luca; Schmid, Peter J.; Moeck, Jonas P.: Linear Flow Analysis Inspired by Mathematical Methods from Quantum Mechanics. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 55 (1), 2023, 541-574 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Racca, Alberto; Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa; Magri, Luca: Predicting turbulent dynamics with the convolutional autoencoder echo state network. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 975, 2023 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )

2022

Huhn, Francisco; Magri, Luca: Gradient-free optimization of chaotic acoustics with reservoir computing. Physical Review Fluids 7 (1), 2022 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Jain, Animesh; Magri, Luca: A physical model for indirect noise in non-isentropic nozzles: transfer functions and stability. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 935, 2022 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Jain, Animesh; Magri, Luca: Sound Generation in Multicomponent Nozzle Flows With Dissipation. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 145 (5), 2022 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Kelshaw, Daniel; Magri, Luca: Physics-Informed Convolutional Neural Networks for Corruption Removal on Dynamical Systems. , 2022 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Kelshaw, Daniel; Rigas, Georgios; Magri, Luca: Physics-Informed CNNs for Super-Resolution of Sparse Observations on Dynamical Systems. , 2022 mehr… BibTeX
Magri, Luca; Doan, Anh Khoa: On interpretability and proper latent decomposition of autoencoders. , 2022 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Racca, Alberto; Magri, Luca: Statistical prediction of extreme events from small datasets. , 2022 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Racca, Alberto; Magri, Luca: Data-driven prediction and control of extreme events in a chaotic flow. , 2022 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Schäfer, Felicitas; Magri, Luca; Polifke, Wolfgang: A Hybrid Adjoint Network Model for Thermoacoustic Optimization. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 144 (3), 2022 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Schäfer, Felicitas; Magri, Luca; Polifke, Wolfgang: A Hybrid Adjoint Network Model for Thermoacoustic Optimization. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 144 (3), 2022 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )

2021

Doan, N. A. K.; Polifke, W.; Magri, L.: Short- and long-term predictions of chaotic flows and extreme events: a physics-constrained reservoir computing approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 477 (2253), 2021, 20210135 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Doan, N. A. K.; Polifke, W.; Magri, L.: Short- and long-term predictions of chaotic flows and extreme events: a physics-constrained reservoir computing approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 477 (2253), 2021, 20210135 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Doan, N. A. K.; Polifke, W.; Magri, L.: Short- and long-term predictions of chaotic flows and extreme events: a physics-constrained reservoir computing approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 477 (2253), 2021, 20210135 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Doan, N.A.K.; Bansude, S.; Osawa, K.; Minamoto, Y.; Lu, T.; Chen, J.H.; Swaminathan, N.: Identification of combustion mode under MILD conditions using Chemical Explosive Mode Analysis. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 38 (4), 2021, 5415-5422 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa; Magri, Luca: Autoencoded Reservoir Computing for the Spatio-Temporal Prediction of a Turbulent Flow. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts (APS Meeting Abstracts), 2021 mehr… BibTeX
Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa; Polifke, Wolfgang; Magri, Luca: Auto-Encoded Reservoir Computing for Turbulence Learning. 2021 mehr… BibTeX
Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa; Polifke, Wolfgang; Magri, Luca: Auto-Encoded Reservoir Computing for Turbulence Learning. In: Computational Science – ICCS 2021. Springer International Publishing, 2021 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa; Polifke, Wolfgang; Magri, Luca: Auto-Encoded Reservoir Computing for Turbulence Learning. In: Computational Science – ICCS 2021. Springer International Publishing, 2021 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Huhn, Francisco; Magri, Luca: Gradient-free optimization of chaotic acoustics with reservoir computing. arXiv, 2021 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Iavarone, Salvatore; Péquin, Arthur; Chen, Zhi X.; Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa; Swaminathan, Nedunchezhian; Parente, Alessandro: An a priori assessment of the Partially Stirred Reactor (PaSR) model for MILD combustion. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 38 (4), 2021, 5403-5414 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Jain, Animesh; Magri, Luca: A physical model for indirect noise in non-isentropic nozzles: Transfer functions and stability. arXiv, 2021 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Lesjak, Mathias; Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa: Chaotic systems learning with hybrid echo state network/proper orthogonal decomposition based model. Data-Centric Engineering 2, 2021 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Nóvoa, Andrea; Magri, Luca: Real-time thermoacoustic data assimilation. arXiv, 2021 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Nóvoa, Andrea; Magri, Luca: Real-time thermoacoustic data assimilation. , 2021 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Racca, Alberto; Magri, Luca: Robust Optimization and Validation of Echo State Networks for learning chaotic dynamics. Neural Networks 142, 2021, 252-268 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Racca, Alberto; Magri, Luca: Robust Optimization and Validation of Echo State Networks for learning chaotic dynamics. Neural Networks 142, 2021, 252-268 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Racca, Alberto; Magri, Luca: Automatic-differentiated Physics-Informed Echo State Network (API-ESN). In: Computational Science – ICCS 2021. Springer International Publishing, 2021 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Racca, Alberto; Magri, Luca: Automatic-differentiated Physics-Informed Echo State Network (API-ESN). In: Computational Science – ICCS 2021. Springer International Publishing, 2021 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Schäfer, Fellcitas; Magri, Luca; Polifke, Wolfgang: A Hybrid Adjoint Network Model for Thermoacoustic Optimization. Volume 3B: Combustion, Fuels, and Emissions, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Tathawadekar, Nilam; Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa; Silva, Camilo F.; Thuerey, Nils: Modeling of the nonlinear flame response of a Bunsen-type flame via multi-layer perceptron. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 38 (4), 2021, 6261-6269 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Yu, Hans; Juniper, Matthew P.; Magri, Luca: A data-driven kinematic model of a ducted premixed flame. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 38 (4), 2021, 6231-6239 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )

2020

Doan, N.A.K.; Polifke, W.; Magri, L.: Physics-informed echo state networks. Journal of Computational Science 47, 2020, 101237 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa; Polifke, Wolfgang; Magri, Luca: Learning Hidden States in a Chaotic System: A Physics-Informed Echo State Network Approach. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer International Publishing, 2020 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Huhn, Francisco; Magri, Luca: Learning Ergodic Averages in Chaotic Systems. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer International Publishing, 2020 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Magri, Luca; Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa: Physics-Informed Data-Driven Prediction of Turbulent Reacting Flows with Lyapunov Analysis and Sequential Data Assimilation. In: Data Analysis for Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Combustion. Springer International Publishing, 2020 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Nguyen Anh Khoa Doan, Wolfgang Polifke, Luca Magri: Learning Hidden States in a Chaotic System: A Physics-Informed Echo State Network Approach. 2020 mehr… BibTeX
Orchini, Alessandro; Magri, Luca; Silva, Camilo F.; Mensah, Georg A.; Moeck, Jonas P.: Degenerate perturbation theory in thermoacoustics: high-order sensitivities and exceptional points. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 903, 2020 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Ryu, Hoon-Hee; Park, Nam-Yung; Noh, Tae-Chong; Kang, Gyeong-Cheol; Maglia, Filippo; Kim, Sung-Jin; Yoon, Chong S.; Sun, Yang-Kook: Microstrain Alleviation in High-Energy Ni-Rich NCMA Cathode for Long Battery Life. ACS Energy Letters 6 (1), 2020, 216-223 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )

2019

Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa; Polifke, Wolfgang; Magri, Luca: A physics-aware machine to predict extreme events in turbulence. 2019 mehr… BibTeX
Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa; Polifke, Wolfgang; Magri, Luca: Physics-Informed Echo State Networks for Chaotic Systems Forecasting. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer International Publishing, 2019 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
H. Yu, M. P. Juniper, and L. Magri: Interpretability within a level-set data assimilation framework. SIAM Workshop on Frontiers of Uncertainty Quantification in Fluid Dynamics, 2019 mehr… BibTeX
Magri, Luca; Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa: Physics-informed data-driven prediction of turbulent reacting flows with Lyapunov analysis and sequential data assimilation. In: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, 2019 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
N. A. K. Doan, W. Polifke, and L. Magri: Physics-Informed Echo State Networks for the Prediction of Extreme Events in Turbulent Shear Flows. 72nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2019 mehr… BibTeX
Nguyen Anh Khoa Doan, Wolfgang Polifke, Luca Magri: A physics-aware machine to predict extreme events in turbulence. 2019 mehr… BibTeX
Nilsson, Thommie; Yu, Rixin; Doan, Nguyen Anh Khoa; Langella, Ivan; Swaminathan, Nedunchezhian; Bai, Xue-Song: Filtered Reaction Rate Modelling in Moderate and High Karlovitz Number Flames: an a Priori Analysis. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 103 (3), 2019, 643-665 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Traverso, Tullio; Magri, Luca: Data Assimilation in a Nonlinear Time-Delayed Dynamical System with Lagrangian Optimization. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer International Publishing, 2019 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Yu, Hans; Jaravel, Thomas; Ihme, Matthias; Juniper, Matthew P.; Magri, Luca: Data Assimilation and Optimal Calibration in Nonlinear Models of Flame Dynamics. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 141 (12), 2019 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Yu, Hans; Jaravel, Thomas; Ihme, Matthias; Juniper, Matthew P.; Magri, Luca: Data Assimilation and Optimal Calibration in Nonlinear Models of Flame Dynamics. Volume 4B: Combustion, Fuels, and Emissions, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
Yu, Hans; Juniper, Matthew P.; Magri, Luca: Combined state and parameter estimation in level-set methods. Journal of Computational Physics 399, 2019, 108950 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )

2018

F. Garita, H. Yu, L. Magri, and M. Juniper: A Bayesian Approach for Predicting Thermoacoustic Oscillations in an Electrically-Heated Rijke Tube. 71st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2018 mehr… BibTeX
H. Yu, T. Jaravel, M. Ihme, F. Garita, M. P. Juniper, and L. Magri: Data assimilation and parameter estimation of thermoacoustic instabilities in a ducted premixed flame. 71st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2018 mehr… BibTeX
T. Traverso, A. Bottaro, and L. Magri: Data assimilation in thermoacoustic instability with Lagrangian optimization. EuroMech Vienna, 2018 mehr… BibTeX