Current Seminars
Institute for Fundamental Science
2024-25 Academic Year
Seminars, Colloquia, and Workshops
Organizer and host: Pouya Asadi
Unless otherwise noted, IFS seminars are Mondays at 4:00 p.m. in the IFS Seminar Room, 472 Willamette Hall.
A seminar announcement is distributed via email prior to each one. To add your name to the notification list, please email your request to Claire Staley, cnstaley@uoregon.edu.
To see prior years’ seminars, click here.
Spring Term 2025
Monday, April 14 4:00 – 5:00 pm
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Speaker: Robert McGehee (University of Minnesota)
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Host: Ben Lillard
Monday, April 21 4:00 – 5:00 pm
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Speaker: Jean Somalwar (Caltech)
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Host: Yvette Cendes
Monday, April 28 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Real-time Anomaly Detection at the CMS Experiment
Speaker: Isobel Ojalvo (Princeton)
Abstract: During Run-3 at the LHC, the search for new physics has significantly expanded. Development of advanced algorithms for the Level-1 trigger, encompassing techniques such as Long-Lived Particles, Data Scouting, and Muon showers to ensure broad data selection at the CMS experiment. Here, we introduce CICADA (Calorimeter Image Convolutional Anomaly Detection Algorithm), a state-of-the-art, fully autonomous AI algorithm engineered to process LHC event data in real-time and trigger on anomalous topologies. Operating directly on the rawest recorded data – the calorimeter energy deposits – CICADA demonstrates sensitivity to Standard Model processes. It unveils potential for Beyond the Standard Model Physics, including the exploration of previously untapped phase space at the LHC.
Host: Laura Jeanty
Monday, May 5 4:00 – 5:00 pm
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Monday, May 12 4:00 – 5:00 pm
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Speaker: Dillon Dong (NRAO)
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Host: Yvette Cendes
Tuesday, May 13 4:00 – 5:00 pm **SPECIAL DAY**
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Speaker: Tom Tong (University of Siegen)
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Host: Graham Kribs