Head of the Research Department AI for Physical Systems
Prof. Dr. Roland Aydin
Organizational unit
AI for Physical Systems
Contact
Address
(Saarbrücken)
Gebäude D3 2Stuhlsatzenhausweg 366123 Saarbrücken
Profile
Roland Aydin studied computer science at the Technical University of Munich and the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), and medicine at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Among other roles, he served as a research scientist at the Chair of Numerical Mechanics at the Technical University of Munich and as a department head at the Helmholtz Center Hereon. Before coming to Saarbrücken, he held a junior professorship in Machine Learning for Virtual Materials Design at the Technical University of Hamburg. His work lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence and data-driven methods in the natural and engineering sciences. In his research, Roland Aydin combines AI methods with simulation-based approaches to analyze and solve complex scientific problems. A particular focus of his work is the integration of large language models with autonomous agent systems and other machine learning methods, as well as research on specific alignment methods.
Academic Career
2026 – present: Head of the “AI for Physical Systems” Research Department
2026 – present: Saarland University, W3 Professor of “Data-Driven Simulation and Analysis in Materials Science” at Saarland University
2023–2026: Junior Professor (W1 Tenure-Track Professorship) in “Machine Learning in Virtual Materials Design,” Technical University of Hamburg
2021–2026: Head of the “Machine Learning and Data” Department at the Institute for Materials Systems Modeling, Helmholtz Center Geesthacht (Hereon)
2018–2020: Research Associate, Institute for Materials Research at the Helmholtz Center Geesthacht (Hereon)
2015–2018: Research Associate in the Machine Learning and Materials Modeling Group at the Chair of Numerical Mechanics, Technical University of Munich