Hierarchical Multi-to-Single-Modal Knowledge Distillation for Disruption Prediction in EASTQiang Chen, Xiao Wang, Hao Si et al.
Plasma disruption is a critical threat to tokamak safety. Existing data-driven predictors mainly rely on time-series diagnostic signals, while visible images provide complementary spatial cues including plasma deformation, local brightening, and radiation-structure evolution. Although the image modality improves the model's discriminative capability, it also substantially increases the computational cost during inference. To address this issue, we propose a hierarchical multi-to-single-modal knowledge distillation framework for disruption prediction on a synchronized EAST multimodal dataset. During training, visible images and time-series signals are used to train a multimodal teacher, which learns disruption precursor representations through Transformer-based encoders and a prototype-guided spatiotemporal hypergraph module. During inference, only the time-series student is retained, with multimodal knowledge transferred through graph-structure-level, representation-level, and decision-level distillation. On the 640-discharge EAST dataset, the results demonstrate that the proposed framework can preserve the discriminative advantages of multimodal learning while substantially reducing inference cost, and providing an effective route for efficient disruption prediction in EAST. The source code of this paper will be released on https://github.com/Event-AHU/OpenFusion.
Temperature Field Reconstruction of Tungsten Monoblock Divertor on EAST using Physics-aware Neural Operator TransformerZikang Yan, Xiao Wang, Qingquan Yang et al.
Accurate modeling of the divertor temperature field is essential for preventing material melting and damage and for extending the service life of fusion devices. However, conventional numerical methods, such as the Finite Element Method (FEM), are computationally expensive and therefore unsuitable for real-time applications. Therefore, a fast and generalizable method is required for real-time reconstruction of the divertor temperature field and subsequent real-time control. To address the above issue, we propose a Physics-aware Neural Operator Transformer (PNOT) to characterize the spatiotemporal evolution of the divertor temperature field. It models boundary heat-flux relations as a structured graph and employs graph attention to explicitly capture spatial physical dependencies. Inspired by physics-aware attention, we further develop a physics-aware neural operator module to aggregate query points with similar physical conditions via slicing and model heat diffusion, while a gradient-constrained Sobolev regularization loss enforces consistency between function values and their derivatives. Experimental results show that these physical constraints improve prediction accuracy while preserving physical consistency. The source code of this paper will be released on https://github.com/Event-AHU/OpenFusion
XiHeFusion: Harnessing Large Language Models for Science Communication in Nuclear FusionXiao Wang, Qingquan Yang, Fuling Wang et al.
Nuclear fusion is one of the most promising ways for humans to obtain infinite energy. Currently, with the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the mission of nuclear fusion has also entered a critical period of its development. How to let more people to understand nuclear fusion and join in its research is one of the effective means to accelerate the implementation of fusion. This paper proposes the first large model in the field of nuclear fusion, XiHeFusion, which is obtained through supervised fine-tuning based on the open-source large model Qwen2.5-14B. We have collected multi-source knowledge about nuclear fusion tasks to support the training of this model, including the common crawl, eBooks, arXiv, dissertation, etc. After the model has mastered the knowledge of the nuclear fusion field, we further used the chain of thought to enhance its logical reasoning ability, making XiHeFusion able to provide more accurate and logical answers. In addition, we propose a test questionnaire containing 180+ questions to assess the conversational ability of this science popularization large model. Extensive experimental results show that our nuclear fusion dialogue model, XiHeFusion, can perform well in answering science popularization knowledge. The pre-trained XiHeFusion model is released on https://github.com/Event-AHU/XiHeFusion.
6.5CVOct 11, 2024
Exploiting Memory-aware Q-distribution Prediction for Nuclear Fusion via Modern Hopfield NetworkQingchuan Ma, Shiao Wang, Tong Zheng et al.
This study addresses the critical challenge of predicting the Q-distribution in long-term stable nuclear fusion task, a key component for advancing clean energy solutions. We introduce an innovative deep learning framework that employs Modern Hopfield Networks to incorporate associative memory from historical shots. Utilizing a newly compiled dataset, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach in enhancing Q-distribution prediction. The proposed method represents a significant advancement by leveraging historical memory information for the first time in this context, showcasing improved prediction accuracy and contributing to the optimization of nuclear fusion research.