software developers in computational physics

Abstract: Physics-informed holomorphic neural networks (PIHNNs) exploit complex-analytic representations to satisfy homogeneous PDEs by construction, but their extension to nonhomogeneous problems is nontrivial. We propose a hybrid physics-informed holomorphic neural network (HPIHNN) framework based on a decomposition of the solution into particular and homogeneous components. The particular component is computed by a spectral method on a simple extended domain, while the homogeneous component is approximated by a PIHNN trained only on the boundary with modified boundary data. The resulting formulation avoids meshing complex geometries and retains the dimensionality-reduction advantage of holomorphic representations. The method is applied to nonhomogeneous Poisson, Stokes, biharmonic, linear elasticity, and Helmholtz equations. Numerical experiments covering complex geometries, corner singularities, and nearly incompressible regimes demonstrate that the proposed method accurately resolves the corresponding solutions and, in the considered tests, generally achieves lower errors and shorter training times than standard PINNs. The results indicate that coupling spectral particular solutions with holomorphic neural approximations provides an efficient approach to nonhomogeneous PDEs on complex domains.

Abstract: Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) provide a learning-based framework for solving partial differential equations (PDEs), yet their training behavior can change substantially throughout optimization. Residual distributions, gradient interactions, regional learning difficulty, and model-capacity requirements may evolve over time, while the network architecture and major training mechanisms are typically determined before training. We propose PINNMorph, an online PINN adaptation framework based on large language model (LLM)-guided policy evolution. PINNMorph maintains a population of state-conditioned adaptation policies that map execution diagnostics to controlled interventions over topology modification, additive representation augmentation, objective balancing, gradient handling, adaptive sampling, and optimizer-phase control. At each intervention opportunity, candidate programs are instantiated from the current policy population, selected according to the observed training state, and applied directly to the PINN under training. The resulting model inherits its existing parameters and training state and continues optimization along the same trajectory. Execution outcomes are subsequently used to evaluate interventions and evolve the policy population. Unlike pre-training architecture search or fixed adaptation rules, PINNMorph jointly adapts the current PINN and the policies governing its interventions using feedback from actual training. Experiments on 13 PDE benchmarks show that PINNMorph achieves lower solution errors than SA-PINN, ConFIG, RoPINN, HARMONIC, and PINNsAgent across all evaluated problems. Ablation studies further examine the effects of online adaptation, state-conditioned intervention selection, and execution-feedback-driven policy evolution.

Abstract: Partial differential equations (PDEs) are essential for modeling complex physical systems, and neural solvers have recently emerged as powerful data-driven tools for numerically solving them. However, existing neural solvers struggle with domain-specific challenges, such as varying parameters and high-speed flows, necessitating specialized architectures. Manually designing these specialized solver architectures is a highly iterative, time-consuming process requiring deep expertise, creating a significant bottleneck in scientific discovery. We propose leveraging autonomous AI research agents to automate the synthesis of specialized solvers. To support this, we introduce AutoPDEBench, a benchmark dedicated to LLM-driven automated research for PDE solver design. The benchmark includes 25 challenging datasets featuring both novel and actively studied physical scenarios. We evaluate a suite of general-purpose models (transformer, ROM, and graph-based) alongside a multi-agent instantiation of the iterative automated research pipeline, which serves as an agentic baseline. Empirical results show that the iterative automated research system significantly outperforms the general-purpose neural solver baselines. Our findings demonstrate the viability of using AI agents to automatically design neural solvers for complex physical systems. AutoPDEBench provides a foundational testbed to accelerate agent-driven scientific discovery in physics and engineering.