Machine Learning and Algorithms in Experimental Particle Physics (MVSem)
Dozent: Reygers, Dittmeier, Langenbruch
15 Teilnehmer/innen
Date: Fridays, 11:15-13:00
First meeting: Friday, 16.10.2026 (Introduction, distribution of topics)
Place: INF 226, EG, Goldbox K2 + K3
Registration: via heiCO
This seminar introduces machine learning techniques as well as classical algorithms, and explores their applications in contemporary particle physics experiments such as ATLAS, ALICE, CMS, and LHCb. Each session will begin with a clear and accessible overview of a specific algorithm, followed by a discussion of how it is used in actual high-energy physics analyses. The seminar is designed to be approachable for students from a variety of backgrounds. Prior experience with machine learning is helpful but not required.
Topics include:
Particle Identification with Boosted Decision Trees and Neural Networks
Bayesian Parameter Estimation
Particle Tracking with the Kalman Filter
Detector simulation with GEANT
Generative Models for Detector Simulation
Graph Neural Networks for Particle Tracking and Reconstruction
Anomaly Detection
Fast Machine Learning for Triggering and Data Acquisition
Uncertainty Quantification in ML Predictions
Unfolding in Particle Physics: From Traditional Methods to Machine Learning
Symbolic regression
Jet tagging with Transformers
Materialien
Vorträge
- Fr 13.11.2026 11:15 Frequentist Hypothesis Testing and Upper Limits
Tobias Andreas Rudolf
Supervisor: Christoph Langenbruch - Fr 13.11.2026 12:00 Particle Identification with Boosted Decision Trees
David Pustejovsky Carrillo
Supervisor: Klaus Reygers - Fr 20.11.2026 11:15 From Bethe–Bloch to Neural Networks: Regression for Particle Identification
Pierre Winfried Volker Hanke
Supervisor: Klaus Reygers - Fr 20.11.2026 12:00 Bayesian Parameter Estimation
Byeongwoo Han
Supervisor: Sebastian Dittmeier - Fr 27.11.2026 11:15 Uncertainty Quantification in ML Predictions
Urs Moritz Fischer
Supervisor: Christoph Langenbruch - Fr 27.11.2026 12:00 Monte Carlo Methods for Particle and Detector Simulation
Elmar Bremer
Supervisor: Christoph Langenbruch - Fr 4.12.2026 11:15 Generative Models for Detector Simulation
Mats Robin Kothe
Supervisor: Sebastian Dittmeier - Fr 4.12.2026 12:00 Simulation-Based Inference in Particle Physics
Jonathan Lasse Ostertag-Henning
Supervisor: Klaus Reygers - Fr 11.12.2026 11:15 Jet Reconstruction with Sequential Clustering Algorithms
Till Cornelius Fromm
Supervisor: Klaus Reygers - Fr 11.12.2026 12:00 Jet Tagging with Transformers
Luan Leonardo Gashi
Supervisor: Sebastian Dittmeier - Fr 18.12.2026 11:15 Convolutional Neural Networks for Calorimeter Reconstruction
Supervisor: Sebastian Dittmeier - Fr 18.12.2026 12:00 Graph Neural Networks for Event Reconstruction
Lasse Mauersberger
Supervisor: Christoph Langenbruch - Fr 8.1.2027 11:15 Fast Machine Learning for Triggering and Data Acquisition
Lucy Bovet
Supervisor: Sebastian Dittmeier - Fr 8.1.2027 12:00 Unfolding in Particle Physics: From Traditional Methods to Machine Learning
Leon Biardzki - Fr 15.1.2027 11:15 Particle Tracking with the Kalman Filter
Natalie Anya Bianca Kaiser
Supervisor: Klaus Reygers - Fr 15.1.2027 12:00 Anomaly Detection for New Physics Searches
Yuxin Li
Supervisor: Christoph Langenbruch
