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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.

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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