HSF-India Scientific Computing Workshop - IIT Madras

Asia/Kolkata
David Lange (Princeton University (US)), Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US)), Rafael Coelho Lopes De Sa (University of Massachusetts (US)), Verena Ingrid Martinez Outschoorn (University of Massachusetts (US)), James Libby, James Libby, Prafulla Behera (Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IN))
Description

People are the key to successful software. The HSF-India project aims to promote the development of international research software collaborations. This is the 9th in a series of workshops for software and data analysis skills essential for doing research software in physics. Our curriculum builds upon the successful series of workshops.ย 

This workshop covers

  • Scientific Python
  • Basics and applications of machine learning
  • Software of the Belle-II experimentย 

This event is organized primarily for PhD students and masters students from the surrounding region. However, anyone is welcome to attend.ย 

The dates of this workshop are 5 to 9 January 2026. Registration is now closed.ย  Feel free to contact us in case of questions.ย 

Learn more about the HSF-India project at http://research-software-collaborations.org.ย 

This workshop will include tutorials specifically focused on Belle-II (as parallel sessions). Therefore, we will follow the workshop with a 1.5 day Belle II Analysis Workshop (BAW) on the 9th and 10th of January open to Belle-II collaborators only. A seperate indico will be made for the BAW soon, but please indicate in your registration if you intend to join the BAW too.ย 

The registration fee for the Workshop is 2000 Rs and for the Workshop and BAW it will be 3000 Rs. Accommodation will be charged separately and options will be given to the participants upon registration. We have some limited support for accommodation but none for travel.ย ย 

This event is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation grant OISE-2201990.

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    • 09:00 09:30
      Registration 30m
    • 09:30 10:30
      Welcome presentations 1h
    • 10:30 11:00
      Break for Tea 30m
    • 11:00 12:50
      Introduction of High Energy Physics software and data analysis 1h 50m
      Speakers: James Libby, James Libby, Verena Ingrid Martinez Outschoorn (University of Massachusetts (US))
    • 12:50 13:00
      Getting connected 10m
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:00 15:30
      Scientific Python 1h 30m
      Speakers: David Lange (Princeton University (US)), Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US))
    • 15:30 16:00
      Break for Tea 30m
    • 16:00 17:30
      Scientific Python 1h 30m
      Speakers: David Lange (Princeton University (US)), Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US))
    • 17:30 18:00
      Introductions 30m
    • 09:30 11:00
      Scientific Python 1h 30m
      Speakers: David Lange (Princeton University (US)), Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US))
    • 11:00 11:30
      Break for Tea 30m
    • 11:30 13:00
      Scientific Python 1h 30m
      Speakers: David Lange (Princeton University (US)), Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US))
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:00 15:30
      Introduction to Machine Learning 1h 30m
      Speaker: Michelle Kuchera (Davidson College)
    • 15:30 16:00
      Break for Tea 30m
    • 16:00 18:00
      Introduction to Machine Learning 2h
      Speaker: Michelle Kuchera (Davidson College)
    • 09:30 11:00
      Introduction of Machine Learning 1h 30m
      Speaker: Michelle Kuchera (Davidson College)
    • 11:00 11:05
      Group Photo 5m
    • 11:05 11:30
      Break for Tea 25m
    • 11:30 13:00
      Introduction of Machine Learning 1h 30m
      Speaker: Michelle Kuchera (Davidson College)
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:00 15:30
      Introduction to Simulation-Based Inference 1h 30m
      Speaker: Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))
    • 15:30 16:00
      Break for Tea 30m
    • 16:00 18:00
      Introduction to Belle-II software and analysis 2h
      Speakers: Giacomo De Pietro (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Michel Hernandez Villanueva (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
    • 16:00 18:00
      Parallel: Topical AI/ML hackathon 2h
      Speakers: Abhishikth Mallampalli (University of Wisconsin Madison (US)), Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))
    • 19:30 21:30
      Workshop Dinner 2h
    • 09:30 11:00
      Introduction to Machine Learning (Bonus session) 1h 30m
      Speaker: Michelle Kuchera (Davidson College)
    • 11:00 11:30
      Break for Tea 30m
    • 11:30 13:00
      Parallel: Introduction to Belle-II software and analysis 1h 30m
      Speakers: Giacomo De Pietro (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Michel Hernandez Villanueva (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
    • 11:30 13:00
      Parallel: Topical AI/ML hackathon 1h 30m
      Speakers: Abhishikth Mallampalli (University of Wisconsin Madison (US)), Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:00 15:30
      Parallel: Introduction to Belle-II software and analysis 1h 30m
      Speakers: Giacomo De Pietro (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Michel Hernandez Villanueva (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
    • 14:00 15:30
      Parallel: Topical AI/ML hackathon 1h 30m
      Speakers: Abhishikth Mallampalli (University of Wisconsin Madison (US)), Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))
    • 15:30 16:00
      Break for Tea 30m
    • 16:00 18:00
      Parallel: Introduction to Belle-II software and analysis 2h
      Speakers: Giacomo De Pietro (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Michel Hernandez Villanueva (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
    • 16:00 18:00
      Parallel: Topical AI/ML hackathon 2h
      Speakers: Abhishikth Mallampalli (University of Wisconsin Madison (US)), Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))
    • 09:30 10:15
      Belle II Software 45m
      Speakers: Giacomo De Pietro (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Michel Hernandez Villanueva (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
    • 09:30 10:15
      SBI/LLM hackathon 45m
      Speakers: Abhishikth Mallampalli (University of Wisconsin Madison (US)), Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))
    • 10:15 10:45
    • 10:45 11:15
      Break for Tea 30m
    • 11:15 12:15
      Topical Lecture - What Enables Research in Experimental Particle Physics? 1h
      Speaker: Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US))
    • 12:15 13:00
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h