arXiv Machine Learning

Offline Reinforcement Learning for Rotation Profile Control in Tokamaks

arXiv:2605. 05857v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Tokamaks remain leading candidates for achieving practical fusion energy, yet many important control problems inside these devices are still difficult or unsolved.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 16

Towards Data-Efficient Cross-Device Generalization of Grad-Shafranov Equilibria via Transfer Learning Neural Operator

arXiv:2606. 15512v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Real-time reconstruction of magnetohydrodynamic equilibria is essential for plasma shaping, stability assessment and feedback control in magnetic confinement fusion.

By Jay Phil Yoo, William Howes, Yashika Ghai, Kazuma Kobayashi, Souvik Chakraborty, Syed Bahauddin Alam
arXiv AI
Jun 12

TokaMark: A Comprehensive Benchmark for MAST Tokamak Plasma Models

arXiv:2602. 10132v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Development and operation of commercially viable fusion energy reactors such as tokamaks require accurate predictions of plasma dynamics from sparse, noisy, and incomplete sensors readings.

By C\'ecile Rousseau, Samuel Jackson, Rodrigo H. Ordonez-Hurtado, Nicola C. Amorisco, Tobia Boschi, George K. Holt, Andrea Loreti, Eszter Sz\'ekely, Alexander Whittle, Adriano Agnello, Stanislas Pamela, Alessandra Pascale, Robert Akers, Juan Bernabe Moreno, Sue Thorne, Mykhaylo Zayats
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 2

Real-time virtual circuits for plasma shape control via neural network emulators

arXiv:2605. 14939v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Reliable position and shape control in tokamak plasmas requires accurate real-time regulation of several strongly coupled shape parameters.

By Alasdair Ross, George K. Holt, Kamran Pentland, Adriano Agnello, Nicola C. Amorisco, Pedro Cavestany, Aran Garrod, Timothy Nunn, Charles Vincent, Graham McArdle
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 1

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Spacecraft Attitude Control During Atmospheric Re-Entry

arXiv:2606. 31291v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep reinforcement learning has the potential to solve attitude control problems more adaptively, precisely, and robustly by handling nonlinear dynamics, uncertainties, and failure cases more effectively than traditional attitude control approaches.

By Alexander Fabisch, Melvin Laux, Mariela De Lucas \'Alvarez, Edoardo Caroselli, Julian Theis
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 4

Equation Recast for Canonical Operator Learning Across Parametric PDEs

The paper introduces equation recast, a method that transforms parametric operator learning into learning a single canonical operator. By analytically deriving parameter-induced variations from the governing equations and incorporating them as effective sources, the approach enables zero‑shot predictions across new parameter regimes and supports extrapolation in multi‑parameter, nonlinear, and singular PDE settings. It also integrates sparse heterogeneous datasets, uses loss of convergence as an internal warning, and demonstrates unification of electron‑temperature data from multiple tokamak geometries in high‑fidelity nuclear fusion simulations.

By Qiyun Cheng, Valentin Duruisseaux, Cesar F. Clauser, Md Hossain Sahadath, Huihua Yang, Shaowu Pan, Nathaniel Ferraro, Anima Anandkumar, Wei Ji, Cristina Rea
arXiv AI
Jun 8

TokaMind: A Multi-Modal Transformer Foundation Model for Tokamak Plasma Dynamics

arXiv:2602. 15084v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We present TokaMind, to our knowledge the first open-source foundation model for tokamak plasma dynamics, based on a Multi-Modal Transformer (MMT) and pretrained on heterogeneous diagnostics from the publicly available MAST dataset.

By Tobia Boschi, Andrea Loreti, Nicola C. Amorisco, Rodrigo H. Ordonez-Hurtado, C\'ecile Rousseau, George K. Holt, Eszter Sz\'ekely, Alexander Whittle, Samuel Jackson, Adriano Agnello, Stanislas Pamela, Alessandra Pascale, Robert Akers, Juan Bernabe Moreno, Vassil Alexandrov, Mykhaylo Zayats
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 22

Augmenting PID Control with Deep Reinforcement Learning: A Hybrid Approach to the Industrial Benchmark

The paper proposes a hybrid PID–Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) controller for industrial processes, addressing the limitations of traditional PID controllers in complex, non‑linear, multi‑input environments. Using the Industrial Benchmark (IB) to test DRL, the authors develop a multi‑objective reward function and employ a TD3 agent to discover optimal settings for the IB’s ‘Gain’ and ‘Shift’ parameters. These parameters are then fed into a tuned PID controller, yielding a system that combines the optimal performance and efficiency of DRL with the reliability of classical control.

By Zhengyang (Cissy), Gu, Joseph E. Hernandez, John Burtenshaw, Sean Scott, Thomas Cook, Chris Couch