Nikolaj Takata Mücke

I am a postdoc at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. My research interests include scientific computing and deep learning with a focus on generative models, uncertainty quantification, data assimilation, physics-consistent machine learning, and fluid dynamics.


Experience

Current
Postdoc
Delft University of Technology

I am working as a postdoc in UrbanAIR project. The goal of the project is to develop a framework for urban air quality and heat dynamics forecasting. My role is specifically focused on the development of data assimilation and uncertainty quantification methods using deep learning techniques.

November 2025 - Present
Previous
Postdoc
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica

Together with Benjamin Sanderse, I developed generative models for physics applicatiions. The aim was to perform probabilistic forecasting and posterior sampling that adhere to the underlying laws of physics.

April 2024 - October 2025
AI Lead
Spatialise

I am the lead developer of the Spatialise AI platform, SOCMO. My role includes the development of MLOps pipelines. This includes data science aspects such as model training, testing, and hyperparameter tuning. Furthermore, I am responsible for the ML engineer aspects such as model deployment, monitoring, and scaling.

February 2022 - August 2025
PhD Candidate
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica

My PhD project dealt with deep learning for data assimilation and inverse problems in physics applications. The aim was to perform real-time data assimilation with uncertainty quantification using deep learning techniques. My supervision were Cornelis Oosterlee and Sander Bohté.

September 2019 - March 2024
Research Assistant
Technical University of Denmark, DTU Compute

The research project dealt with low noise supercontinuum sources for ultra-high resolution 800nm optical coherence tomography for glaucoma diagnosis. I was working on GPU acceleration of a C++ implementation of the 4th order Runge-Kutta Interaction Picture method to solve the generalized nonlinear Schrodinger Equation as well as uncertainty quantification of the input sources.

February 2022 - Present
Student Assistant
Ørsted, Numerical Competence Centre

My work was included programming and mathematical modelling of various elements within the wind energy sector. Examples are time series models for weather with the goal of predicting production time of a wind turbine farm and analyzing buckling capacity of soil supported structures using partial differential equations and optimization techniques.

2016 - 2019
Science Communicator
Experimentarium

Experimentarium is a science museum, mostly for children and young adults. My job consisted of developing and performing science shows and experiments in front of large crowds and make complicated phenomena understandable and comprehensible for the layman and school classes.

February 2014 - 2016

Publications

Published Papers

Authors: Nikolaj T. Mücke, Sander Bohté, and Cornelis W. Oosterlee

Published in Scientific Reports

2024

Authors: Gabriel S. Seabra, Nikolaj T. Mücke, Vinicius L. S. Silva, Denis Voskov, Femke Vossepoel

Published in International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

2024

Authors: Nikolaj T. Mücke, Benjamin Sanderse, Sander Bohté, and Cornelis W. Oosterlee

Published in the special issue Scientific Machine Learning: Blending of traditional mechanistic modeling with machine learning methodologies in the journal Computers & Mathematics with Applications

2023

Authors: Nikolaj T. Mücke, Prerna Pandey, SHashi Jain, Sander M. Bohté, and Cornelis W. Oosterlee

Published in Sensors

2023

Authors: Fatma Güler, Nikolaj T. Mücke, Allan Peter Engsig-Karup

Published in Proceedings of the 37th International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies

2022

Authors: Nikolaj T. Mücke, Sander M. Bohté, and Cornelis W. Oosterlee

Published in Journal of Computational Science

2021

Authors: Nikolaj T. Mücke, Lasse Hjuler Christiansen, Allan Peter Engsig-Karup, and John Bagterp Jørgensen

Published at Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

2019
Preprints

Authors: Martin Schiødt, Nikolaj T. Mücke, and Clara Marika Velte
2025

Teaching and Supervision

Supervision
Turbulence Closure Modeling using Stochastic Interpolants
Master thesis, Technical University of Eindhoven
2024 - 2025
Diffusion Models for Time Series Denoising
Bachelor thesis, Utrecht University
2023 - 2024
Guidance in Using Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgical System for Knee Arthroplasty
Master thesis, Utrecht University
2022 - 2023
Stock Price Simulation under Jump-Diffusion Dynamics: A WGANs-Based Framework with Anomaly Detection Techniques
Master thesis, Utrecht University
2022 - 2023
Hamiltonian Neural Networks for Fluid Flows
Internship, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
2021
Traditional and ML approaches to generate and understand implied volatility surfaces
Master thesis, Technical University of Delft
2020 - 2021
Teaching
Computational Imaging masterclass
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
- Lecturing
Spring 2022
Neural Networks in Finance
Utrecht University
- Lecturing, developing material, grading
Spring 2022
Scientific Computing for Differential Equations 2 (02687)
Technical University of Denmark
- Teaching assistant, grading
Spring 2019
Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2 (01025)
Technical University of Denmark
- Teaching assistant, grading
Autumn 2018
Scientific Computing for Differential Equations (02685)
Technical University of Denmark
- Teaching assistant, grading
Spring 2018

Conferences, Workshops & Masterclasses

Organized by Me
Physics-consistent generative modeling
Minisymposium, ENUMATH 2025
Co-Organizer: Benjamin Sanderse
2025
Deep Learning-Based Latent-Space Models for Scientific Computing
Minisymposium, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering
Co-Organizer: Wouter Edeling
2023
Workshop Digital Twins for Pipe Transport Networks
Workshop, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Co-Organizers: Prerna Pandey, Shashi Jain, Kees W. Oosterlee, Sander M. Bohte
2023
Machine Learning and Stochastic Modelling for Dynamical Systems
Minisymposium, SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification
Co-Organizer: Wouter Edeling
2022
Workshop on Machine Learning for Physics-Based Modeling
Workshop, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Co-Organizers: Prerna Pandey, Shashi Jain, Kees W. Oosterlee, Sander M. Bohte
2021
AI and IoT for Flow Modeling
Workshop, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
Co-Organizers: Shashi Jain, Kees W. Oosterlee, Sander M. Bohte
2020

Research Interests

My research interests include numerical methods for partial differential equations, machine learning, and their applications in computational science and engineering. I am particularly interested in the development of generative and reduced order models for parameterized partial differential equations using deep learning techniques and applying this to efficient real-time solving of inverse problems and data assimilation with uncertainty quantification in physics applications.


Education

Degrees
Mathematical Modeling and Computation
Master of Science, Technical University of Denmark
September 2016 - January 2019
Mathematics and Technology
Bachelor of Science, Technical University of Denmark
September 2013 - June 2016
Exchange Semesters
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Masters, Fakultät für Mathematik
2017 - 2018
Adelaide University, Australia
Bachelors
2015
Summer/Winter Schools
International Graduate Summer School on ”Frontiers of Applied and Computational Mathematics”
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Summer 2018
Experiencing China
Tsinghua University, China
Summer 2017

Grants, Awards, & Certifications

Grants
NWO AINed XS Europe Grant
€50,000 for postdoc research project
2024 - 2025
Oracle Research Grant
€34,000 to be spent on Oracle Cloud Compute resources
2023
Awards
Teaching Assistant of the Year
Awarded by the students at Technical University of Denmark
2018
Certifications
Coursera - Deep Learning Specialization
Coursera - Deep Learning Specialization
2018