Thomas G. de Jong

I am an applied mathematician that computes dynamics and uses dynamics to compute. The first topic is related to biomechanical models as well as a dynamics driven perspective on AI. The second topic is my main focus and lies in the domain of physical reservoir computing which is a framework that utilizes natural physical phenomena to perform computations.

I am a Postdoctoral researcher in the Notsu-lab at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Kanazawa University. This position is funded by CREST. I also hold an Adjunct Assistant Professorship (part-time lecturing) at Temple University Japan Campus.

For my research I mainly use Python. I have worked on a couple of mechanical and material science problems in collaboration with industry, and I am always on the look for new collaborations.

My position(s) will end in February 2027 although I am in the loop for many jobs I still would be very grateful if you could contact me for any research job openings that fit my profile.

I am an organizer of the Kanazawa Analysis Seminar KAS and Differential Equations for Data Science seminar DEDS, if you want to join our seminar mailingslist click here.

As a first generation university graduate with a lower class background I very strongly believe in a grass-roots approach to science. I am very supportive of open-source. I think that a delta-function perspective on research is outdated in the age of model-free methods.

Current projects:

• Harnessing omnipresent oscillators networks as computational resource: Kohei Nakajima (U of Tokyo) , Hirofumi Notsu (Kanazawa U)
• Biomath (replicating oscillators): Ayumi Ozawa (JAMSTEC) , Matthew Smart (Flatiron Institute), Hayden Nunley (Flatiron Institute), Ahmad Mohiuddin (Kanazawa U), Oussama Ounissi (Kanazawa U)
• Pedestrian flow and swarms: Alessandro Corbetta (TU Eindhoven)
• Biomath (surface-bulk PDEs): Koondanibha Mitra (TU Eindhoven) , Antoine Diez (Kyoto U) , Kharisma Surya Putri (Kanazawa U)
• Liquid reservoir computing: Cedric Caremel (U of Tokyo), Hidetaka Houtani (U of Tokyo), Ta Duc Tung (U of Tokyo), Yeman Fan (U of Tokyo), Hirofumi Notsu (Kanazawa U)
• Long-term memory of reservoir computing: Hirofumi Notsu (Kanazawa U) , Ahmad Mohiuddin (Kanazawa U), Oussama Ounissi (Kanazawa U)
• SINDy for noisy data: Hirofumi Notsu (Kanazawa U) , Yuma Nakamura (Kanazawa U), Doris Voina (MILA and University of Montreal)

Shelved projects: (looking for collaborators to resolve obstacles, pls contact me if you are interested)

• Data science and Archeology: Krist Vaesen (TU Eindhoven) , Fulco Scherjon (Leiden U) , Andrew Sorensen (Leiden U), Stan van Zon (U of Utrecht)

Collaborators not mentioned above: Henk Broer (U of Groningen), Nozomi Akashi (Kyoto U), Tomohiro Taniguchi (AIST), Georg Prokert (TU Eindhoven), Joost Hulshof (VU Amsterdam), Patrick van Meurs (Kanazawa U), Alef Sterk (U of Groningen)

Touring calendar (in-person talks,seminars etc. maintained since Summer 2025):

• 2026-05-13 Hebei Normal Mathematics Seminar, Shijiazhuang, China (invitation of Prof Liping Yuan)
• 2026-03-09 Nonlinear Seminar at Tokyo Inst. of Science [Prof Hiroya Nakao group] (invitation of Dr Riccardo Muolo)
• 2026-02-09 DEDS2026 (invitation of Prof Hirofumi Notsu)
• 2026-01-19 Max Planck Institute PKS Seminar, Dresden (invitation of Dr. Edmilson Roque dos Santos)
• 2026-01-11 Recent trends in coupled network systems, WIAS, Berlin
• 2026-01-08: Potsdam U (invitation of Dr. Oleh Omelchenko)
• 2026-01-07: Statistische Physik weicher Materie und biologischer Systeme Seminar, TU Berlin Seminar (invitation of Prof. Holger Stark)
• 2025-10-28: Duke Kunshan Mathematics Seminar, Kunshan (invitation of Prof. Konstantinos Efstathiou)
• 2025-10-25: International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis and Computation with Application in Economics and AI, Shanghai School of Economics (invitation of Prof. Jiang Yu)
• 2025-10-02: DynamIC Seminar, Imperial College (invitation of Prof. Jeroen Lamb)
• 2025-07-29: ECC11, Tokyo U

Students: Currently I am supervising:

• Yuma Nakamura (Phd student)
• Kharisma Surya Putri (Phd student)
• Oussama Ounissi (Phd student)
• Sahat Pandapotan Nainggolan (Phd student)
• Sadique Rehman (Phd student)
• Yuriko Fujihara (Master student)
• Ahmad Mohiuddin (Master student)
• Yue Shu (Master student)
• Filip Vozenilek (Master student)

Visitors:

• Eddie Nijholt (USP, Assistant Prof), Winter 2025
• Filip Vozenilek (Czech TU, Master student), Summer 2025
• Muhammad Noman Tabassum (U L'Aquila/Karlstad U, Master student), Summer 2025
• Koodanibha Mitra (TU Eindhoven, Assistant Prof), Spring 2025
• Hayden Nunley (Flatiron Inst., Associate Senior Scientist), Matthew Smart (Flatiron Inst., Dr.), Autumn 2024
• Elsa Bernholm (Karlstad U, Master student), Winter 2023

Refereeing: I have written referee reports for the following journals among others: Complexity, Nonlinear Dynamics, Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics, Neuromorphic Computing, Machine Learning: Science and Technology, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical.

Teaching:

• 2026/2027 - S1(Fall): Adjunct Assistant Professor (Temple U JP) - Intermediate Algebra (MATH 0702)
• 2026/2027 - S1(Fall): Adjunct Assistant Professor (Temple U JP) - Calculus (MATH 1041)
• 2025/2026 - S3(Summer): Adjunct Assistant Professor (Temple U JP) - Calculus (MATH 1041)
• 2025/2026 - Q4(Spring second session): Visiting Assistant Professor (Duke - Kunshan) - Calculus (MATH 0105)
• 2025/2026 - S2(Spring): Adjunct Assistant Professor (Temple U JP) - Intermediate Algebra (MATH 0702)
• 2025/2026 - S1(Autumn) : Adjunct Assistant Professor (Temple U JP) - Intermediate Algebra (MATH 0702)
• 2025/2026 - S2(Spring): Adjunct Assistant Professor (Temple U JP) - Intermediate Algebra (MATH 0702)
• 2024/2025 - Q4(Winter): Lecturer (Kanazawa U) - Analysis 3B (PDEs) (Book: 偏微分方程式入門 by　神保秀一)
• 2023/2024 - Q3(Autumn): Lecturer (Kanazawa U) - Analysis 3A (ODEs) (Book: 微分方程式 by 長瀬道弘)

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