A research blog about Computational Mechanics, Probabilistic Numerics & Machine Learning
π₯ pierre.kerfriden at minesparis.psl.eu
I am a Professor of Computational Mechanics at Mines Paris, where I have been teaching and conducting research since 2019. Prior to this position, I served as a Lecturer at Cardiff University in Wales, UK from 2009 to 2019.
My scientific interests focus on advanced simulation methods for predicting the behavior and fracture of engineering materials, such as composites and metallic alloys. Over the years, I have contributed to advancing the state of the art in model reduction to accelerate computationally intensive nonlinear finite element simulations, particularly through AI-based meta-modelling and adaptive multiscale techniques. I have also been involved in the development of non-standard finite element methods. A central theme of my research is the control of numerical errors, which I typically address through probabilistic approaches.