Diff-SPORT is a diffusion-based framework that integrates a generative diffusion prior, maximum a posteriori inference, and Shapley-value attribution to achieve high-fidelity reconstruction of turbulent flows and optimal sensor placement in urban environments. By training the diffusion prior once for a domain, it enables non-linear sensor placement and near-real-time flow reconstruction from sparse measurements, outperforming state-of-the-art methods and running orders of magnitude faster than RANS or LES simulations. The approach also generalizes to experimental passive scalar concentration data, demonstrating up to 57% lower reconstruction error than random sensor placement under extreme sparsity and providing compact, physically interpretable sensor configurations.
By Abhijeet Vishwasrao, Sai Bharath Chandra Gutha, Andres Cremades, Klas Wijk, Aakash Patil, H. D. Lim, Christina Vanderwel, Catherine Gorle, Beverley J McKeon, Hossein Azizpour, Ricardo Vinuesa
The paper presents a lightweight retraining strategy for a parameterized Reduced Order Model (ROM) that achieves full‑model accuracy using only a fraction of the computational effort and sparse observations. The ROM architecture combines a Variational Autoencoder for dimensionality reduction with a transformer network that evolves latent states while accounting for the Reynolds number as an external control variable. By leveraging the probabilistic VAE, the method generates trajectory ensembles and uncertainty estimates, and adapts to out‑of‑sample parameters through sparse data assimilation with an ensemble Kalman filter, focusing retraining on the autoencoder to correct latent manifold distortions.
By Isma\"el Zighed, Andrea N\'ovoa, Luca Magri, Taraneh Sayadi
arXiv:2602.23188v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We propose an efficient retraining strategy for a parameterized Reduced Order Model (ROM) that attains accuracy comparable to full retraining while...
By Isma\"el Zighed, Andrea N\'ovoa, Luca Magri, Taraneh Sayadi
arXiv:2507. 00719v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Typically, numerical simulations of Earth systems are coarse, and Earth observations are sparse and gappy.
By Anantha Narayanan Suresh Babu, Akhil Sadam, Pierre F. J. Lermusiaux
This study introduces the first controlled benchmark of generative models for weather data assimilation using real station observations from 11,849 NOAA MADIS stations across the U.S. It evaluates key design choices—diffusion vs. flow matching, pixel vs. latent-space formulations, and inference-time conditioning strategies—against a classical 3D-Var baseline. The benchmark finds that learned generative priors and full-gradient guidance improve RMSE over ERA5, while other design variations offer minimal benefit, especially under sparse observation conditions.
By Ruizhe Huang, Qidong Yang, Jonathan Giezendanner, Sherrie Wang
arXiv:2609.36056v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In urban low-altitude flight, buildings reshape ambient wind into spatially varying 3D flow, making unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) energy depend on loca...
By Shaoxiang Qin, Yucheng Zhao, Fuyuan Lyu, Di Zhou, Jiachen Yao, Xue Liu, Anima Anandkumar, Liangzhu Leon Wang, Xiongye Xiao