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Neuro-Symbolic Knowledge Discovery and Multi-Physical Simulation

Overview

Using symbolic discovery, neural-symbolic methods, and physics-aware models to uncover governing structure and simulate complex coupled systems.

Key Questions

  • How can symbolic regression discover compact, interpretable governing laws from noisy data?
  • How can learned models respect physical constraints while remaining expressive enough for coupled systems?
  • How can we combine symbolic discovery, neural operators, and simulation to support multiphysics modeling?

Our Contributions

  • Developed symbolic regression methods for PDEs and structure-aware scientific modeling
  • Explored physics-preserving operators and neural-symbolic strategies for multiphysics problems
  • Designed hybrid frameworks that connect symbolic discovery with simulation-oriented learning

Recommended Papers

Yunpeng Gong, Chenchen Liu, Sihan Lan, Jun Liao, Can Yang, Jiajing Lin, Min Jiang, Gary G. Yen · IEEE TEVC 2026
Prunes symbolic regressors with physics residuals and sensitivity, yielding cleaner equations.
Zexin Lin, Zhenzhong Wang, Yunpeng Gong, Shengming Gu, Xuan Wei, Min Jiang · MIND 2025
Lulu Cao, Zexin Lin, Kay Chen Tan, Min Jiang · AAAI 2025
Uses T-NNGP to produce interpretable multi-physics PDE solutions.
Can Yang, Zhenzhong Wang, Junyuan Liu, Yunpeng Gong, Min Jiang · AAAI 2026
Embeds physics in graph networks for stable long-horizon multiphysics simulation.

Recent Work

Yipeng Huang and Dejun Xu and Zexin Lin and Zhenzhong Wang and Min Jiang · arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.11630 2026
Xin Zhang and Yipeng Huang and Shu Jiang and Zhenzhong Wang and Min Jiang · arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.09963 2026

Open Problems

  • Scaling symbolic discovery to larger coupled PDE systems and multiphysics settings
  • Handling sparse, noisy, and heterogeneous scientific observations
  • Maintaining interpretability while improving robustness and generalization

Prospective Student Projects

  • Symbolic regression for PDE discovery
  • Physics-aware neural operators for coupled systems
  • Hybrid symbolic–numeric simulation frameworks

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