Data-Driven Science and Engineering

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1. seanhunterAug 2025
   One thing to check out is he has a great series on "Data Driven Science and Engineering" to go alongside his book and the website has all the code and links to all the videos for each chapter. https://databookuw.com/
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2. lagrange77Feb 2025
   I can also recommend Steve Brunton's playlist [0] on the topic of physics informed machine learning, as well as the book 'Data-driven Science & Engineering' [1] by him and Nathan Kutz.

   [0] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMrJAkhIeNNQ0BaKuBKY4...

   [1] https://databookuw.com

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3. __rito__Jul 2024
   Some other good resources-

   1. CRUNCH group YouTube (talks on Math + ML) - https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC2ZZB80udkRvWQ4N3a8DOKQ

   2. Steve Brunton's Physics Informed Machine Learning playlist - https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMrJAkhIeNNQ0BaKuBKY43k...

   3. The book "Data Driven Science and Engineering" from Steve Brunton

   4. Deep Learning in Scientific Computation from ETH Zurich - https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJkYEExhe7rYY5HjpIJbgo-...

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4. cashsterlingApr 2023
   I'd say RL is an advanced robotics topic. There are some books out there that cover introductory or general RL aspects... after that you'll have to dive into papers and specific code bases.

   Might not be a bad idea to start with a Python-based, practical RL book and move from practical demonstrations towards theory.

   Although not an RL book, I really like Data-Driven Science and Engineering by Brunton and Kutz:

   - https://www.databookuw.com/

   - https://www.amazon.com/Data-Driven-Science-Engineering-Learn...

   Steve Brunton also has an awesome youtube channel on dynamic systems, control, and machine learning.

   Robotic books with some RL concepts (don't have either of these tbh):

   - https://introduction-to-autonomous-robots.github.io/

   - https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262046169/learning-for-adaptive...

   General texts/resources on adaptive control, optimal control, and RL:

   - https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.03513

   - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~cga/dynopt/

   - http://www.mit.edu/~dimitrib/RLbook.html

   Practical Methods for Optimal Control Using Nonlinear Programming, Third Edition by John Betts:

   - https://my.siam.org/Store/Product/viewproduct/?ProductId=316...

   Adaptive Control Tutorial by Ioannou and Fidan

   - https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262039246/reinforcement-learnin...

   Control Systems and Reinforcement Learning by Sean Meyn looks to be on topic but I haven't read through it.

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5. Version467Nov 2022
   Steve Brunton has some amazing videos on Wavelets on his Youtube Channel that are intended to be consumed alongside his book Data Driven Science and Engineering, but I found that they work great as standalone material as well.
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6. Joel_MckayNov 2022
   "The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics" (Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith)

   "Outliers: The Story of Success" (Malcolm Gladwell)

   "Data-Driven Science and Engineering: Machine Learning, Dynamical Systems, and Control" (Steven L. Brunton, J. Nathan Kutz)

   "Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories" (Dr. Seuss)

   "The Lorax" (Dr. Seuss)

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