Andrew Maris
@andrew_maris
PhD candidate, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center | Carleton College ‘19
I use computers to 1) look at memes and 2) study disruptions in tokamaks using ML
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29-04-2014 18:58:15
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Unlike stars, tokamaks have a density limit. Andrew Maris, a graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), used machine learning and DIII-D data to determine that the density limit is strongly dependent on plasma edge temperature, an important insight for future fusion power plants. American Physical Society