COLLOQUIUM 662
Physics-enhanced machine learning and data-driven nonlinear dynamics

28 April — 30 April 2026, Como, Italy

Final Report

Dates and location

28 April — 30 April 2026, Como, Italy

Chairperson

Alice Cicirello, University of Cambridge

Co-chairperson

Eleni Chatzi, ETH Zurich; Andrea Manzoni, Politecnico di Milano. Local Organisers Pierpaolo Belardinelli, Attilio Frangi

Conference fees

  • PhD, Research Assistant & Research Associate fee: 420.00 €
  • Regular Regsitration Fee: 520.00 €

What other funding was obtained?

Data-Centric Engineering (DCE), an open access journal at Cambridge University Press, partnered with the EUROMECH Colloquium 662 on Physics-enhanced Machine Learning and Data-driven Nonlinear Dynamics. DCE has subsidised the social activities during the Colloquium 662 with a a budget of 1K EUR. Moreover, a special collection on DCE on the Colloquium 662 themes has been launched:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/data-centric-engineering/announcements/call-for-papers/dce-special-collection-physics-enhanced-machine-learning-and-data-driven-nonlinear-dynamics

What were the participants offered?

- Access to the all the technical sessions of the event.
Coffee breaks during the three days (as detailed in the programme)
- Buffet lunches during the three days (as detailed in the programme)
- Welcome drinks with nibbles... a typical apericena by the lake on day 1!
- Excursion on Come Lake on day 2.

The event included talks by two keynote speakers:
- Kutz Nathan University of Washington Keynote Speaker
- Cross Elizabeth University of Sheffield Keynote Speaker

Two Early Career Awardee gave invited talks:
Kissas Georgios ETH Zurich Early Career Awardee
Franco Nicola Politecnico di Milano Early Career Awardee

The colloquium organisers (listed below), helped with the organization of the event, chaired the sessions of the event and run a lively Panel Discussion on “Future of Physics-enhanced machine learning and data-driven nonlinear dynamics”:

Cicirello Alice, University of Cambridge, Colloquim Chair
Chatzi Eleni ETH Zurich Colloquium Organiser
Manzoni Andrea Politecnico di Milano Colloquium Organiser
Belardinelli Pierpaolo Polytechnic University of Marche Colloquium Local Organiser
Frangi Attilio Politecnico di Milano Colloquium Local Organiser

Applicants (members)

  1. Francesco Clementi
  2. Yang Liu
  3. Luca Rosafalco
  4. Tobias Weidemann

Applicants (non members)

  1. David Barton
  2. Nicolò Botteghi
  3. Matt Bryan
  4. Tore Butlin
  5. Kacper Cerek
  6. Max Champneys
  7. Jan Decuyper
  8. Kasra Djadidian
  9. Baiping Dong
  10. Paul Fährmann
  11. Nicola Farenga
  12. Nicola Rares Franco
  13. Mengwu Guo
  14. John Hickey
  15. Samrul Hoda
  16. Konstantinos Karapiperis
  17. Ioannis Koune
  18. Jozsef Kovecses
  19. Yi Luo
  20. Meng-Ze Lyu
  21. Teng Ma
  22. Romit Maulik
  23. Sarvin Moradi
  24. Giorgio Luigi Morales Luna
  25. Davide Murari
  26. Tim Rogers
  27. Matteo Rufolo
  28. Mario Sinani
  29. Matteo Tomasetto
  30. Matteo Torzoni
  31. Alessandra Vizzaccaro
  32. Konstantinos Vlachas
  33. Tairan Wang
  34. Francisco Williams Riquer
  35. Keith Worden
  36. Alan Xavier
  37. Pengyu Zhang

Scientific report

Colloquium 662 on

Physics-enhanced Machine Learning and Data-driven Nonlinear Dynamics

was a 3-day event that facilitated in-depth scientific exchanges in a unique lakeside setting.

The event featured:

2 keynotes

2 Early Career awardee invited talks

1 Spotlight talk

15 standard talks

6 Early Career Awardee Nominations talks

12 flash talks

1 panel discussion on “Future of Physics-enhanced machine learning and data-driven nonlinear dynamics”

The Colloquium 662 attracted participants with a diverse background in terms of:

Field: Engineers, Mathematicians, Computer Scientists, Physicists, and industrial representatives;

Career stage: from early career (PhD students, Research Associates) to senior academics;

From fundamentals to a broad range of applications in solid and fluids and beyond, including: granular rheology, masonry structures, infrastructures, wind turbines, pile installation, vibro-impactors, NASA UQ challenge, incompressible Flows undergoing a Hopf bifurcation, bio-medical applications, wheel–terrain interaction in off-road vehicle mobility,.... to name some!

The chair would like to thank:

  • EUROMECH: for the financial support and support in the organisation of the colloquium;
  • The colloquium co-organisers: without whom this event would not have been possible;
  • Sara Guttilla (Euromech): for the help in setting up the event and website;
  • Chiara Stefanetti (from Fondazione Alessandro Volta Villa del Grumello), Alice and the staff of the Villa del Grumello: for providing the perfect venue., local team, food and coffee!
  • Every single participant of Colloquium 662 for the dedication in presenting their work in an accessible way, and for creating a stimulating atmosphere which led to very exciting discussions and hopefully new collaborations;
  • Data-Centric Engineering: for subsidising the social activities and for hosting a special collection in DCE to amplify the impact of the workshop!

Number of participants from each country

Country Participants
United Kingdom 13
Italy 9
Germany 6
Switzerland 3
Netherlands 2
United States 2
Belgium 1
China 1
Sweden 1
Ireland {Republic} 1
India 1
Canada 1
Total 41