Fifth MODE Workshop on Differentiable Programming for Experiment Design

from Sunday 8 June 2025 (09:00) to Friday 13 June 2025 (18:45)
OAC conference center, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece.

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
8 Jun 2025
9 Jun 2025
10 Jun 2025
11 Jun 2025
12 Jun 2025
13 Jun 2025
AM
08:00 --- Breakfast at OAC (only for people with OAC accommodation) ---
09:00
Registration (until 09:20)
09:20
Introduction (until 10:00)
09:20 Welcome by the OAC - Antonis Kalogerakis, Head of the Institute of Theology & Ecology - Department of the OAC (Orthodox Academy of Crete) Dr Konstantinos Zompas, General Director of the OAC (Orthodox Academy of Crete)  
09:30 Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop - Dr Pietro Vischia (Universidad de Oviedo and Instituto de Ciencias y Tecnologías Espaciales de Asturias (ICTEA))  
10:00
Keynote session -Dr Pietro Vischia (Universidad de Oviedo and Instituto de Ciencias y Tecnologías Espaciales de Asturias (ICTEA)) (until 11:00)
10:00 Maritime Scene Understanding with Neural and Differentiable Computing - Sarah Barnes (Detusches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (German Aerospace Center))  
10:50 --- Discussion ---
11:00 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
11:30
Applications in Particle Physics - Tommaso Dorigo (INFN Padova, Luleå University of Technology, MODE Collaboration, Universal Scientific Education and Research Network) (until 13:00)
11:30 Unsupervised Particle Tracking with Neuromorphic Computing - Tommaso Dorigo (INFN Padova, Luleå University of Technology, MODE Collaboration, Universal Scientific Education and Research Network) Fabio Cufino Emanuele Coradin  
11:55 --- Discussion ---
12:00 Constrained Optimization of Charged Particle Tracking with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning - Tobias Kortus (University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU))  
12:25 --- Discussion ---
12:30 Differentiable Programming for LHCb Tracking Reconstruction at 30 MHz - Arantza Oyanguren (IFIC - Valencia) Arantza De Oyanguren Campos (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES)) Jiahui Zhuo (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))  
12:55 --- Discussion ---
08:00
Breakfast at OAC (only for people with OAC accommodation) (until 09:00)
09:00
Applications in Particle Physics -Prof. Pietro Vischia (Universidad de Oviedo and Instituto de Ciencias y Tecnologías Espaciales de Asturias (ICTEA)) (until 10:00)
09:00 End-to-End Optimal Detector Design with Mutual Information Surrogates - Kinga Anna Wozniak (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
09:25 --- Discussion ---
09:30 Reinforcement Learning for Physics Instrument Design - Shah Rukh Qasim (University of Zurich (CH))  
09:55 --- Discussion ---
10:00
Applications in Muon Tomography - Zahraa Zaher (until 10:30)
10:00 Imaging Techniques in Muon Tomography - Konstantin Borozdin  
10:25 --- Discussion ---
10:30 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
11:00
Applications in Muon Tomography - Zahraa Zaher (until 12:00)
11:00 From Light to Muons: Towards a Unified Framework for Physics-based 3D Scene Reconstruction - Felix Sattler (Detusches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (German Aerospace Center))  
11:25 --- Discussion ---
11:30 Gradient-descent-based reconstruction for muon tomography based on automatic differentiation in PyTorch - Jean-Marco Alameddine  
11:55 --- Discussion ---
08:00
Breakfast at OAC (only for people with OAC accommodation) (until 09:00)
09:00
Methods and tools - Nicolas Gauger (University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)) (until 10:30)
09:00 Evaluating Two-Sample Tests for Validating Generators in Precision Sciences - Samuele Grossi (Università degli studi di Genova & INFN sezione di Genova)  
09:25 --- Discussion ---
09:30 Multiscale Inference of Structural Mechanics in Physical Systems - Stephen Casey (University of Miami)  
09:55 --- Discussion ---
10:00 Differentiable Computation with Awkward Array and JAX - Saransh Chopra (Princeton University (US))  
10:25 --- Discussion ---
10:30 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
11:00
Applications in Muon Tomography - Zahraa Daher Zahraa Zaher (until 11:30)
11:00 Deep Learning for Muographic Image Upsampling: Improvements and Experimental Data Validation - William O’Donnell  
11:25 --- Discussion ---
11:30
Applications in Astro-HEP and Neutrino Physics - Christian Glaser (Uppsala University) Dr Christian Haack (ECAP, FAU Erlangen) (until 12:30)
11:30 Optimization of the Future P-ONE Neutrino Telescope - Dr Christian Haack (ECAP, FAU Erlangen)  
11:55 --- Discussion ---
12:00 Optimization pipeline for in-ice radio neutrino detectors - Martin Langgård Ravn (Uppsala University)  
12:25 --- Discussion ---
08:00
Breakfast at OAC (only for people with OAC accommodation) (until 09:00)
09:00
Applications in Astro-HEP and Neutrino Physics -Dr Christian Haack (ECAP, FAU Erlangen) Christian Glaser (Uppsala University) (until 10:30)
09:00 A Differentiable Interferometer Simulator for the Computational Design of Gravitational Wave Dectectors - Jonathan Klimesch  
09:25 --- Discussion ---
09:30 Image reconstruction with proton computed tomography - Zsofia Jolesz (Wigner Research Centre for Physics)  
09:55 --- Discussion ---
10:00 Point-spread function design in optical microscopy by end to end optimization - Yoav Shechtman  
10:25 --- Discussion ---
10:30 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
11:00
Applications in Particle Physics - Tommaso Dorigo (INFN Padova, Luleå University of Technology, MODE Collaboration, Universal Scientific Education and Research Network) (until 13:00)
11:00 Neuromorphic Readout for Hadron Calorimeters - Dr Alessandro Breccia (University of Padova) Alessandro Breccia  
11:25 --- Discussion ---
11:30 Hadron Identification Prospects With Granular Calorimeters - Dr Abhishek (National Institute of Science Education and Research, India)  
11:55 --- Discussion ---
12:00 Differentiable modeling for calorimeter simulation using diffusion models - Xuan Tung Nguyen (INFN and RPTU)  
12:25 --- Discussion ---
12:30 A Multiple Readout Ultra-High Segmentation Detector Concept For Future Colliders - Burak Bilki (Beykent University (TR), The University of Iowa (US))  
12:55 --- Discussion ---
07:45 --- Breakfast at OAC (only for people with OAC accommodation) ---
08:45 --- Departure day ---
PM
15:00 --- Arrival day ---
20:00
Dinner at OAC (included in the fee) (until 21:30)
13:00 --- Lunch at OAC (included in the fee) ---
14:00
Free time (until 15:30)
15:30 --- Coffee break included in the fee) ---
16:00
Methods and tools - Lisa Kusch (TU Eindhoven) (until 17:30)
16:00 Differentiable Programming in the Scikit-HEP Ecosystem - Mohamed Aly (Princeton University (US))  
16:25 --- Discussion ---
16:30 Differentiable Geant4: Incorporating Multiple Coulomb Scattering for Detector Optimization - Jeffrey Krupa (SLAC)  
16:55 --- Discussion ---
17:00 Surrogate models for faster automated design - Carlos Ruiz Gonzalez  
17:25 --- Discussion ---
17:30 --- Break with no coffee ---
18:00
Applications in Astro-HEP and Neutrino Physics - Christian Glaser (Uppsala University) Dr Christian Haack (ECAP, FAU Erlangen) (until 19:00)
18:00 Array Optimization for the Tau Air-Shower Mountain-Based Observatory - Jeffrey Lazar  
18:25 --- Discussion ---
18:30 Advancing Detector Calibration and Event Reconstruction in Water Cherenkov Detectors through Differentiable Simulation - Omar Alterkait  
18:55 --- Discussion ---
19:00
Free time (until 20:00)
20:00 --- Dinner at OAC (included in the fee) ---
12:00
Methods and tools - Long Chen (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau) (until 13:00)
12:00 Scaling RooFit's Automatic Differentiation Capabilities to CMS Combine - Vassil Vasilev (Princeton University (US))  
12:25 --- Discussion ---
12:30 Bringing Automatic Differentiation to CUDA with Compiler-Based Source Transformations - Christina Koutsou (Princeton University (US))  
12:55 --- Discussion ---
13:00 --- Lunch at OAC (included in the fee) ---
14:00
Free time (until 15:30)
15:30 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
16:00
Free time (until 20:00)
20:00 --- Dinner at OAC (included in the fee) ---
12:30 --- Free time ---
13:00 --- Lunch at OAC (included in the fee) ---
14:00
Free time (until 15:30)
15:30 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
16:00
Keynote session - Lisa Kusch (TU Eindhoven) (until 17:00)
16:00 Automatic Differentiation by Source Transformation - Laurent Hascoet (INRIA)  
16:50 --- Discussion ---
17:00 Common activities and tasks with calls for collaborators - Dr Pietro Vischia (Universidad de Oviedo and Instituto de Ciencias y Tecnologías Espaciales de Asturias (ICTEA))  
17:30
Wine Tasting and Poster Session (until 19:00)
17:30 Advancing Detector Calibration and Event Reconstruction in Water Cherenkov Detectors through Differentiable Simulation - Omar Alterkait  
17:30 Bias Reduction Using Expectation Maximization in the Optimization of an AI-Assisted Muon Tomography System - Marta de la Puente Santos  
17:30 Bringing Automatic Differentiation to CUDA with Compiler-Based Source Transformations - Christina Koutsou (Princeton University (US))  
17:30 Design of an Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope array layout with differential programming - Cyril Alispach (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
17:30 Design optimization of hadronic calorimeters for future colliders - Bruno Jorge De Matos Rodrigues (Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (PT))  
17:30 Differentiable detector simulation of a liquid argon time projection chamber using JAX - Yifan Chen (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))  
17:30 Discriminating Hadronic Showers with Deep Neural Networks in a High-Granularity Calorimeter - Mr Abhishek (National Institute of Science Education and Research, Jatni, 752050, India)  
17:30 Hadron Identification Prospects With Granular Calorimeters - Dr Abhishek (National Institute of Science Education and Research, India)  
17:30 Image reconstruction with proton computed tomography - Zsofia Jolesz (Wigner Research Centre for Physics)  
17:30 Neuromorphic Readout for Hadron Calorimeters - Alessandro Breccia Dr Alessandro Breccia (University of Padova)  
17:30 Towards end-to-end optimization of a Muon Collider Calorimeter - Federico Nardi (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT) - LPC Clermont)  
17:30 Using End-to-End Optimized Summary Statistics to Improve IceCube's Measurement of the Galactic Neutrino Flux - Oliver Janik  
19:00
Free time (until 20:00)
20:00 --- Gala dinner and Cretan dances (at OAC, included in the fee) ---
13:00 --- Lunch at OAC (included in the fee) ---
14:00
Free time (until 15:30)
15:30 --- Coffee break (included in the fee) ---
16:00
Applications in Particle Physics - Tommaso Dorigo (INFN Padova, Luleå University of Technology, MODE Collaboration, Universal Scientific Education and Research Network) (until 16:30)
16:00 Towards end-to-end optimization of a Muon Collider Calorimeter - Federico Nardi (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT) - LPC Clermont)  
16:25 --- Discussion ---
16:30
Applications in Astro-HEP and Neutrino Physics - Christian Glaser (Uppsala University) Dr Christian Haack (ECAP, FAU Erlangen) (until 17:30)
16:30 Experimental validation of a DDPG-based approach for Fabry-Perot optical cavity locking control - Mr Andrea Svizzeretto (University of Perugia)  
16:55 --- Discussion ---
17:00 Artificial Scientific Discovery for New Quantum Experiments - Dr Xuemei Gu (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)  
17:25 --- Discussion ---
17:30
Closing session (until 17:55)
17:30 Proceedings  
17:35 Poster awards  
17:40 Data challenge awards  
17:45 Workshop closing  
17:55 --- Free time ---
20:00 --- Dinner at OAC (included in the fee) ---