The 2025 International Symposium on AI for Fluid Mechanics (ISAIFM2025) was successfully held at PolyU from 29 November to 1 December 2025. Jointly organised by PolyU and the Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (HKSTAM), the symposium was co-chaired by Prof. Hui TANG (PolyU), Prof. Weiwei ZHANG (Northwestern Polytechnical University).

 

Prof. Bernd R. NOACK (Shenzhen University). The event brought together leading experts and promising young scholars from the global intelligent fluid mechanics community. Participants engaged in in-depth discussions on cutting-edge frontier scientific challenges, recent breakthroughs, talent development and engineering applications within the field. The symposium attracted over 60 distinguished scholars and industry leaders from more than 10 countries and regions worldwide.

 

The opening ceremony was presided over by Prof. Hui TANG, Conference Chair, Associate Head (Research) of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at PolyU, and Secretary of HKSTAM. Prof. Zuankai WANG, Associate Vice President (Research) and Dean of the Graduate School at PolyU, delivered the opening address.

 

The scientific programme included three parallel sessions, covering a wide spectrum of cutting-edge topics such as AI for Computational Fluid Dynamics (AI4CFD), AI for Experimental Fluid Dynamics (AI4EFD), intelligent techniques for pre- and post-processing in flow field solving, Large Language Models (LLMs) for fluid mechanics, flow data feature extraction and intelligent fusion of multi-source data, and knowledge discovery in fluid mechanics.

 

The symposium not only significantly bolstered China's profile and competitiveness in intelligent fluid mechanics, but also established a premier platform for academic exchange and collaboration among international and national experts, researchers and research postgraduate students.

 

Held on an invitation-only basis, ISAIFM2025 featured over 50 outstanding presentations. The focused discussions on pivotal development directions in AI and fluid mechanics fostered vibrant intellectual exchange. This international gathering reinforced the deep integration of AI with traditional mechanics, catalysed the ecosystem development of intelligent fluid mechanics and strengthened the synergy between industrial engineering needs and frontier research.