HSF-India Scientific Computing Workshop - IIT Madras

from Monday, January 5, 2026 (8:00 AM) to Friday, January 9, 2026 (6:30 PM)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Jan 5, 2026
Jan 6, 2026
Jan 7, 2026
Jan 8, 2026
Jan 9, 2026
AM
9:00 AM Registration  
9:30 AM Welcome presentations  
10:30 AM --- Break for Tea ---
11:00 AM Introduction of High Energy Physics software and data analysis - James Libby James Libby Verena Ingrid Martinez Outschoorn (University of Massachusetts (US))  
9:30 AM Scientific Python - Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US)) David Lange (Princeton University (US))  
11:00 AM --- Break for Tea ---
11:30 AM Scientific Python - David Lange (Princeton University (US)) Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US))  
9:30 AM Introduction of Machine Learning - Michelle Kuchera (Davidson College)  
11:00 AM Group Photo  
11:05 AM --- Break for Tea ---
11:30 AM Introduction of Machine Learning - Michelle Kuchera (Davidson College)  
9:30 AM Introduction to Machine Learning (Bonus session) - Michelle Kuchera (Davidson College)  
11:00 AM --- Break for Tea ---
11:30 AM Parallel: Introduction to Belle-II software and analysis - Michel Hernandez Villanueva (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) Giacomo De Pietro (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)  
11:30 AM Parallel: Topical AI/ML hackathon - Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US)) Abhishikth Mallampalli (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))  
9:30 AM Belle II Software - Giacomo De Pietro (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Michel Hernandez Villanueva (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
9:30 AM SBI/LLM hackathon - Abhishikth Mallampalli (University of Wisconsin Madison (US)) Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))  
10:15 AM Hackathon summaries  
10:45 AM --- Break for Tea ---
11:15 AM Topical Lecture - What Enables Research in Experimental Particle Physics? - Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US))  
PM
12:50 PM Getting connected  
1:00 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Scientific Python - Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US)) David Lange (Princeton University (US))  
3:30 PM --- Break for Tea ---
4:00 PM Scientific Python - Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US)) David Lange (Princeton University (US))  
5:30 PM Introductions  
1:00 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Introduction to Machine Learning - Michelle Kuchera (Davidson College)  
3:30 PM --- Break for Tea ---
4:00 PM Introduction to Machine Learning - Michelle Kuchera (Davidson College)  
1:00 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Introduction to Simulation-Based Inference - Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))  
3:30 PM --- Break for Tea ---
4:00 PM Introduction to Belle-II software and analysis - Giacomo De Pietro (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Michel Hernandez Villanueva (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
4:00 PM Parallel: Topical AI/ML hackathon - Abhishikth Mallampalli (University of Wisconsin Madison (US)) Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))  
7:30 PM Workshop Dinner  
1:00 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Parallel: Introduction to Belle-II software and analysis - Giacomo De Pietro (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Michel Hernandez Villanueva (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
2:00 PM Parallel: Topical AI/ML hackathon - Abhishikth Mallampalli (University of Wisconsin Madison (US)) Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))  
3:30 PM --- Break for Tea ---
4:00 PM Parallel: Introduction to Belle-II software and analysis - Giacomo De Pietro (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Michel Hernandez Villanueva (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
4:00 PM Parallel: Topical AI/ML hackathon - Abhishikth Mallampalli (University of Wisconsin Madison (US)) Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))  
12:15 PM Workshop Wrapup  
1:00 PM --- Lunch ---