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Reduced Order and Surrogate Modeling for Digital Twins
Learning dynamical systems from time- and frequency-response data
Serkan Gugercin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech)
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Abstract: Dynamical systems are a principal tool in the modeling, prediction, and control of physical phenomena with applications ranging from structural health monitoring to electrical power network dynamics. Direct numerical simulation of these mathematical models may be the only possibility for accurate prediction or control of such complex phenomena. However, in many instances, a high-fidelity mathematical model describing the dynamics is not readily available. Instead, one has access to an abundant amount of input/output data via either experimental measurements or a black-box simulation. The goal of data-driven modeling is, then, to accurately model the underlying dynamics using input/output data only. In this talk, we will investigate various approaches to data driven modeling of dynamical systems using systems-theoretical concepts. We will consider both frequency-domain and time-domain measurements of a dynamical system including parametrically varying dynamics. In some instances, we will have true experimental data, and in others we will have access to simulation data. We will illustrate these concepts in various examples.