Postdoctoral Researcher
E-mail: alberto.procacci@ulb.be
Location: Campus Solbosch UA.5.116
Career Summary:
Alberto Procacci is a professor in the Aero-Thermo-Mechanics Department at Université libre de Bruxelles, specialising in the application of machine learning to combustion systems. He completed a PhD in Engineering at École Polytechnique of ULB (2024), focusing on reduced-order models for digital twins of reacting flows, integrating sparse sensing, modal analysis, physics-constrained machine learning, and dynamical system forecasting. He holds a Master’s degree in Energy Engineering from the University of Bologna (2017). Alberto has previous professional experience as an R&D engineer in the refrigeration industry, combining strong engineering fundamentals with expertise in advanced data-driven modelling for energy and combustion applications. He was promoted to a professor in 2025.
Main Research Topics:
- Machine learning
- Digital twins
- Modal analysis
- Sparse sensing
- Physics-constrained models
- Dynamical systems
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