Who We Are
PULSE: Scientific Machine Learning Lab is a research lab in the Department of Scientific Computing at Florida State University, founded in 2022 and led by Principal Investigator Olmo Zavala-Romero. We build machine learning models for ocean forecasting and biomedical data — from predicting the lifetime of Loop Current eddies in the Gulf of Mexico to classifying disease from medical imaging. The name expands to Predictive Understanding and Learning in Scientific Environments.
Our philosophy
Too often, machine learning researchers and domain scientists speak different languages. We act as the bridge. By embedding deep learning directly into scientific workflows, we unite distinct realms of the scientific community to solve complex problems together.
Science hidden behind closed doors stalls progress. We default to open-source code, public datasets, and containerised environments so our work is reproducible by anyone, anywhere.
Our code on GitHub →Team spotlight
The Principal Investigator always appears, while the other three cards are shuffled from the remaining current team.
Principal Investigator
Since 2022
Assistant Professor at FSU Scientific Computing; leads PULSE Lab research on ML for earth science and health.
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PhD Student
Since 2022
PhD student developing machine learning methods for operational oceanography in the Gulf of Mexico.
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PhD Student
Since 2024
Ph.D. student advancing AI, scientific software, and HPC for computational biology and genomic discovery.
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