My postdoc in physics-informed learning control of wind energy systems at TU Delft, ends at the end of September. Therefore, I am seeking a job in the field of modeling and control, preferably in Julia. Renewable energy in general and energy system optimization are also areas of interest to me.
I have been using Julia since 2013 and also know C, C++, Python, Matlab, cybersecurity, embedded systems, etc.
If you have an interesting job offer as a researcher, developer, or consultant, please get in touch with me here on Discourse.
Paul (aiv_paul on Reddit) kindly suggested I reach out to you following your recent post on Discourse.
I am the architect behind Open Networked Earth (O.N.E.), a non-commercial, AGPL-3.0 research initiative designing a biophysical resource coordination framework for an automated, post-labor society.
To test whether this model actually holds up under real physical constraints, we drafted the preliminary formal specifications for a discrete-event co-simulation engine codenamed SIMONE:
In full transparency: the preliminary specifications were synthesized with extensive AI assistance (ChatGPT, Gemini). My background is in systems architecture, and in the past I worked around semiconductor fab simulations (routing thousands of wafers through complex process tools and automated material handling). In that industry, I saw firsthand that the gap between simulation models and physical reality was often huge precisely because critical operational details, equipment degradation, and granular frictions were glossed over or ignored.
For SIMONE, I want the biophysical substrate to be as detailed, granular, and physically honest as feasible—coupling hourly solar irradiance, hydrology, battery degradation, and machine maintenance with heterogeneous human agent behaviors.
Before trying to scale to thousands of citizens, the goal is to build a tight, rigorous proof-of-concept modeling a single village cluster with a handful of pumps, inverters, and citizens, debugging the coupled dynamics in a notebook.
Given your extensive track record in Julia physical systems modeling, kite power simulation, and control theory, I would be honored to get your high-level feedback on:
Whether this co-simulation architecture is computationally sound.
The recommended Julia stack (e.g. ModelingToolkit.jl, DifferentialEquations.jl coupled with Agents.jl or ConcurrentSim.jl ) .
Whether you would have any interest in advising, reviewing, or collaborating on the computational core of this open-source engine.