Koopman Operator, Dynamical Systems and World Models

Igor Mezic, UC Santa Barbara
10/7, 2026 at 11:10AM-12:00PM in 939 Evans (for in-person talks) and https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/98089348656

Many approaches to machine learning have struggled with applications that possess complex process dynamics. I will describe an approach to machine learning of dynamical systems based on Koopman Operator Theory (KOT) that produces generative, predictive, context-aware, interpretable World Models amenable to (feedback) control applications. KOT has deep mathematical roots and I will discuss its basic tenets.