Ben Nachman

Lead by Ben Nachman, we are organizing a conference on Physics and AI (PAI2026) @Stanford. Should be exciting! Please submit! datascience.stanford.edu/events/center-… Paper submission due: April 15 Conference start: June 10

For decades particle physicists have built specialized ML models for distinct tasks. Now it's time to build a foundation model with wide-ranging capabilities. We're taking the first step with the Covariant Particle Transformer (CPT)! Find pre-trained weights at the end. 1/7

Hey #HEPML community, the #LivingReview just got a facelift. It now has expandable sections, a table of contents, a separate list of recent additions, a search bar, ... Check it out: iml-wg.github.io/HEPML-LivingRe…

Just learned that I received the lab-equivalent of tenure! Still sinking in that my contract to be a physicist is without an end date. This is the end of the beginning of a journey many years in the making. Thank you everyone who made it possible; I'm excited for what comes next!

Hi particle and nuclear physicists working on #MachineLearning ! We are looking to add additional managers of the Living Review: github.com/iml-wg/HEPML-L…. Please send me a message if you would like to learn more!

@KyleCranmer @boes42 😆🤣😎

Simone Mazza @boes42 gave a talk about large language models for HEP. One example he gave was to explain RECAST. It got the reference right, with the exception of one detail… the author (not @BPNachman). 🤣 reinforces Michael Peskin’s point inspirehep.net/literature/872…

How Do You Solve a Problem Like a Proton? You Smash It to Smithereens – Then Build It Back Together With Machine Learning: New tool decodes proton snapshots captured by history-making particle detector in record time newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/10/25/sol… @BPNachman

Really happy to share a new paper led by @mathildepapillo & @ninamiolane : PirouNet, a tool for incorporating qualitative descriptions into AI-generated choreography. arxiv.org/abs/2207.12126 (1/5)

🎉 🎉 Congratulations to our scientists receiving @ENERGY #EarlyCareer Research Awards! Details here ⬇️ newscenter.lbl.gov/2022/06/07/ber… @advlightsource @BerkeleyLabPSA @eesalbnl @cyclotronroad @doescience

“EPJ C Highlight - A cautionary tale of machine learning uncertainty” buff.ly/3vLtI2c @EuroPhysSoc @EDPSciences @SIF_it @SpringerPhysics @SFP_officiel

Looking for an exciting postdoc position at the intersection of high energy physics and machine learning? Check out these two new openings at @LBNLphysics: Surrogate modeling: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/20165 Hadronic physics (detector design & data analysis): academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/20162

Innovation in cutting-edge topics like #AI often springs up from grassroots initiatives like data challenges, write Benjamin Nachman and Melissa van Beekveld cerncourier.com/a/whats-in-the…

This is the link to the nice CERN-Courier article about @dark_machines and LHC Olympics anomaly detection challenges at LHC. cerncourier.com/a/whats-in-the… with e.g. @BPNachman , @MCvBeekveld , @BryanOstdiek , @l_hendriks , @xmpierinix , @CatDogLund, @GregorKasieczka

This was fun and brought back many fond memories :)

A great year for QCD in Europe! eps-hepp.web.cern.ch/eps-hepp/prize… @EuroPhysSoc

Announcing "Machine Learning for Jets" 2021. Not jets in the sky, but the kind you find in a particle collider like the LHC. Jet physics has probably been the most active area of deep learning in particle physics. 6-8 July 2021 indico.cern.ch/event/980214/

Researchers Hunt for New Particles in Particle Collider Data newscenter.lbl.gov/2021/02/19/res… via @BerkeleyLab

And thank you also to our great collaborators!! @OzAmram @jmgduarte @crissms21 @xmpierinix @EricMetodiev @pkomiske @JuliaGonski @vlimant et al. ! Sorry for missing anyone who has a twitter handle and I don't know it!

LHC Olympics paper is now out! It has been quite a journey & I am exciting to see many new anomaly detection methods. We also exposed gaps in coverage - new techniques are still needed! Special thanks to co-organizers @GregorKasieczka and David Shih. arxiv.org/abs/2101.08320

Happy National Squirrel Appreciation Day everyone! nationaltoday.com/national-squir…