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ERC Starting Grant for SFB1258 PI Lukas Heinrich

The European Research Council has awarded scientist Prof. Lukas Heinrich an ERC Starting Grant. Lukas Heinrich holds the professorship for Data Science in Physics at Technical University of Munich (TUM) and is a principal investigator of the SFB1258 as well as coordinator of the Excellence Cluster ORIGINS Data Science Lab (ODSL). His research focuses on the development of machine learning and statistical methods, as well as computational analysis techniques in high-energy physics.

Prof. Dr. Lukas Heinrich receives an ERC starting grant for using AI methods similar to large language models to analyse data in particle accelerator physics more effectively. (Photo: Astrid Eckert)

Particle physics explores the fundamental questions of the universe: What is the world made of? What holds it together at its core? What is dark matter - and can we create it in the lab? To solve such mysteries, particles are collided at nearly the speed of light, 40 million times per second, and measured with around 100 million individual sensors. AI-powered algorithms are key to handling this data deluge - but they require vast amounts of simulated training data. The simulation calculations, which are currently computationally extremely intensive and slow, thus become a bottleneck for new discoveries.

The LEGO project

This is exactly where Prof. Lukas Heinrich’s LEGO project comes in: He aims to significantly accelerate the process and extract much more information from each individual simulation. To do this, he uses a novel method that works similarly to AI language models: it directly predicts the next most likely particle. This could enable not only more precise analysis of existing data, but also the development of far more effective particle detectors in the future - raising the chances for groundbreaking discoveries in physics

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ERC Press Release

News of the TUM School of Natural Sciences

TUM Press Release

Contact

Prof. Dr. Lukas Heinrich
Technical University Munich / Excellence Cluster ORIGINS
email: l.heinrich(at)tum.de

ERC Starting Grant for SFB1258 PI Lukas Heinrich

The European Research Council has awarded scientist Prof. Lukas Heinrich an ERC Starting Grant. Lukas Heinrich holds the professorship for Data Science in Physics at Technical University of Munich (TUM) and is a principal investigator of the SFB1258 as well as coordinator of the Excellence Cluster ORIGINS Data Science Lab (ODSL). His research focuses on the development of machine learning and statistical methods, as well as computational analysis techniques in high-energy physics.

Prof. Dr. Lukas Heinrich receives an ERC starting grant for using AI methods similar to large language models to analyse data in particle accelerator physics more effectively. (Photo: Astrid Eckert)

Particle physics explores the fundamental questions of the universe: What is the world made of? What holds it together at its core? What is dark matter - and can we create it in the lab? To solve such mysteries, particles are collided at nearly the speed of light, 40 million times per second, and measured with around 100 million individual sensors. AI-powered algorithms are key to handling this data deluge - but they require vast amounts of simulated training data. The simulation calculations, which are currently computationally extremely intensive and slow, thus become a bottleneck for new discoveries.

The LEGO project

This is exactly where Prof. Lukas Heinrich’s LEGO project comes in: He aims to significantly accelerate the process and extract much more information from each individual simulation. To do this, he uses a novel method that works similarly to AI language models: it directly predicts the next most likely particle. This could enable not only more precise analysis of existing data, but also the development of far more effective particle detectors in the future - raising the chances for groundbreaking discoveries in physics

Further links

ERC Press Release

News of the TUM School of Natural Sciences

TUM Press Release

Contact

Prof. Dr. Lukas Heinrich
Technical University Munich / Excellence Cluster ORIGINS
email: l.heinrich(at)tum.de

ERC Starting Grant for SFB1258 PI Lukas Heinrich

The European Research Council has awarded scientist Prof. Lukas Heinrich an ERC Starting Grant. Lukas Heinrich holds the professorship for Data Science in Physics at Technical University of Munich (TUM) and is a principal investigator of the SFB1258 as well as coordinator of the Excellence Cluster ORIGINS Data Science Lab (ODSL). His research focuses on the development of machine learning and statistical methods, as well as computational analysis techniques in high-energy physics.

Prof. Dr. Lukas Heinrich receives an ERC starting grant for using AI methods similar to large language models to analyse data in particle accelerator physics more effectively. (Photo: Astrid Eckert)

Particle physics explores the fundamental questions of the universe: What is the world made of? What holds it together at its core? What is dark matter - and can we create it in the lab? To solve such mysteries, particles are collided at nearly the speed of light, 40 million times per second, and measured with around 100 million individual sensors. AI-powered algorithms are key to handling this data deluge - but they require vast amounts of simulated training data. The simulation calculations, which are currently computationally extremely intensive and slow, thus become a bottleneck for new discoveries.

The LEGO project

This is exactly where Prof. Lukas Heinrich’s LEGO project comes in: He aims to significantly accelerate the process and extract much more information from each individual simulation. To do this, he uses a novel method that works similarly to AI language models: it directly predicts the next most likely particle. This could enable not only more precise analysis of existing data, but also the development of far more effective particle detectors in the future - raising the chances for groundbreaking discoveries in physics

Further links

ERC Press Release

News of the TUM School of Natural Sciences

TUM Press Release

Contact

Prof. Dr. Lukas Heinrich
Technical University Munich / Excellence Cluster ORIGINS
email: l.heinrich(at)tum.de

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