Christian Legaard
Machine Learning Engineer at Aarhus University
Aarhus, Central Denmark Region
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Top SchoolChristian Legaard is a machine learning engineer with a decade of experience marrying scientific modeling and ML to accelerate and integrate physics-based simulations. He earned a PhD focused on neural ODEs and physics-informed networks and built tooling to embed Python-based data-driven models into FMI-compliant industrial simulators, enabling safer digital-twin and systems engineering workflows. His research spans constrained optimization frameworks (contributing to PyTorch-based neuromancer interoperability) and reduced-order modeling for PDE-driven systems, with collaborative visits to PNNL and École Centrale de Nantes. Based in Aarhus, he combines rigorous mathematical grounding with hands-on software design and teaching experience, and—less expectedly—spent 18 months post-PhD traveling the world pursuing wildlife and underwater photography, scuba diving and climbing.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Software Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Software Engineering at Aarhus UniversityGymnasieeksamen, Bioteknologi(A), Matematik(A), Fysik(B), Gymnasieeksamen, Bioteknologi(A), Matematik(A), Fysik(B) at Århus StatsgymnasiumBachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Aarhus Universitet
Github Skills (83)
mechanism10
binding10
simulation10
testing9
python9
ffi9
nonlinear-dynamics9
constrained-optimization9
dynamical-systems9
predictive9
cps9
nonlinear-optimization9
system-identification9
rust8
control-systems8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
INTO-CPS-Association/unifmu
Nov 2020 - Jan 2023
A universal mechanism for implementing Functional Mock-up Units (FMUs) in various languages
Contributions:4 releases, 286 commits, 28 PRs in 2 years 2 months
mechanismpythontestingsimulationfunctional-mock
INTO-CPS-Association/pyfmu
Nov 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:3 releases, 446 commits, 36 PRs in 1 year
fmi-supportpythonfmufunctional-mocksimulation
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