Mar 5 – 8, 2024
Lahan Select Gyeongju, South Korea
Asia/Seoul timezone

Controlling fusion plasmas with deep reinforcement learning

Mar 6, 2024, 9:00 AM
20m
Lahan Select Gyeongju, South Korea

Lahan Select Gyeongju, South Korea

Lahan Select Gyeongju, South Korea
Oral (16mins + 4 mins) Optimization & Control Keynote

Speaker

Jaemin Seo (Chung-Ang University)

Description

The tokamak is one of the most promising concepts for confining fusion plasma. Controlling the tokamak actuators to stably maintain plasma in the desired state is an essential technology for sustainable energy production using nuclear fusion. Recently, technologies controlling fusion plasma in the tokamak using deep reinforcement learning (RL) have been emerging. In this presentation, we will present research results on optimizing the actuation trajectory, controlling the plasma state, and maintaining the plasma stability in tokamak devices using deep RL.

Primary Keyword AI-based controls
Secondary Keyword ML-based optimization
Tertiary Keyword reinforcement learning

Primary author

Jaemin Seo (Chung-Ang University)

Presentation materials