3rd Edition

ERCOFTAC Workshop on
Machine Learning for Fluid Dynamics

March 4-6, 2026 | Amsterdam, Netherlands

Programme Schedule

1
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
08:30 – 09:45
Arrival and Registration
Forum@CWI & Newton@CC
09:45 – 10:00
Conference Opening
Prof. Benjamin Sanderse (chair, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Eindhoven University of Technology)
Turing (also streamed in Euler)
10:00 – 10:50
Keynote Talk
Causality is 4-D for Scientific Discovery in Fluids
Dr. Adrian Lozano Duran (California Institute of Technology)
Turing (also streamed in Euler)
10:50 – 11:30
Coffee Break
Forum@CWI & Newton@CC
11:30 – 12:30
Parallel Sessions

Session Tracks:

DR1
Dimensionality Reduction 1
Room: Turing
EXP
Experiments
Room: Euler
O&D1
Optimization & Design 1
Room: L016 Hypatia
PIML 1
Physics-informed ML 1
Room: L017 Ada
12:30 – 13:40
Group Picture + Lunch
Forum@CWI & Newton@CC
13:40 – 15:20
Parallel Sessions

Session Tracks:

DR2
Dimensionality Reduction 2
Room: Turing
TM-LES1
Turbulence Modelling (LES) 1
Room: Euler
O&D2
Optimization & Design 2
Room: L016 Hypatia
PIML 2
Physics-informed ML 2
Room: L017 Ada
15:20 – 16:00
Coffee Break
Forum@CWI & Newton@CC
16:00 – 17:40
Parallel Sessions

Session Tracks:

DR3
Dimensionality Reduction 3
Room: Turing
TM-LES2
Turbulence Modelling (LES) 2
Room: Euler
ISI
Inference, Sensor, and Inverse
Room: L016 Hypatia
RFHT
Reacting Flow and Heat Transfer
Room: L017 Ada
2
Thursday, March 5, 2026
08:30 – 09:00
Arrival and Registration
Forum@CWI & Newton@CC
09:00 – 09:50
Keynote Talk
Solution discovery in fluids with high precision using neural networks
Dr. Ching-Yao Lai (Stanford University)
Turing (also streamed in Euler)
09:50 – 10:30
Coffee Break
Forum@CWI & Newton@CC
10:30 – 12:10
Parallel Sessions

Session Tracks:

TM-RANS1
Turbulence Modelling (RANS) 1
Room: Turing
DR4
Dimensionality Reduction 4
Room: Euler
FI
Feature Identification
Room: L016 Hypatia
Dataset
Dataset
Room: L017 Ada
12:10 – 13:20
Lunch
Forum@CWI & Newton@CC
13:20 – 15:00
Parallel Sessions

Session Tracks:

TM-RANS2
Turbulence Modelling (RANS) 2
Room: Turing
DR5
Dimensionality Reduction 5
Room: Euler
Urban
Urban Flow
Room: L016 Hypatia
Surrogate1
Surrogate Modelling 1
Room: L017 Ada
15:00 – 15:40
Coffee Break
Forum@CWI & Newton@CC
15:40 – 17:25
Parallel Sessions

Session Tracks:

Challenge
Data Challenge
Room: Turing
RL1
Reinforcement Learning 1
Room: Euler
Maritime
Maritime Applications
Room: L016 Hypatia
Surrogate2
Surrogate Modelling 2
Room: L017 Ada
3
Friday, March 6, 2026
08:30 – 09:00
Arrival and Registration
Forum@CWI & Newton@CC
09:00 – 09:50
Keynote Talk
Data over Dogma: Ruthless Empiricism, Strange Ideas, and the Future of Weather Forecasting
Dr. Daniel Worrall (Google DeepMind)
Turing (also streamed in Euler)
09:50 – 10:30
Coffee Break
Forum@CWI & Newton@CC
10:30 – 12:10
Parallel Sessions

Session Tracks:

UQ+Q
Uncertainty Quantification & Quantum
Room: Turing
RL2
Reinforcement Learning 2
Room: Euler
TM-RANS3
Turbulence Modelling (RANS) 3
Room: L016 Hypatia
Surrogate3
Surrogate Modelling 3
Room: L017 Ada
12:10 – 13:20
Lunch
Forum@CWI & Newton@CC
13:20 – 15:00
Parallel Sessions

Session Tracks:

Solver
Solver
Room: Turing
RL3
Reinforcement Learning 3
Room: Euler
Algo
Algorithms
Room: L016 Hypatia
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
Forum@CWI & Newton@CC
15:30 – 16:20
Keynote Talk
Is AI what's next for fluids?
Prof. Gianluca Iaccarino (Stanford University)
Turing (also streamed in Euler)
16:20 – 16:35
Closing Remarks
Last updated: February 26, 2026