Name: Differentiable Analysis Blueprint
Start: 2026-03-05T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-03-06T19:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

Differentiable Analysis Blueprint

from Thursday, March 5, 2026 (2:00 PM) to Friday, March 6, 2026 (7:00 PM)

Monday, March 2, 2026
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Thursday, March 5, 2026
2:00 PM Welcome & Introduction to Workshop - Lino Oscar Gerlach (Princeton University (US)) Mohamed Aly (Princeton University (US))
Welcome & Introduction to Workshop
- Lino Oscar Gerlach (Princeton University (US))
- Mohamed Aly (Princeton University (US))
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
2:10 PM Foundations and Scope: Talks
Talks
2:10 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

2:10 PM Automatic Differentiation in HEP and Differentiable Systematics [30' + 15'] - Lukas Alexander Heinrich (Technische Universitat Munchen (DE))

2:55 PM Differentiating Discrete Operations [10' + 5'] - Annalena Kofler (Technical University Munich)
3:10 PM Foundations and Scope: Discussion
Discussion
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

3:10 PM Discussion
3:50 PM Break
Break
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
4:00 PM Conceptual Challenges: Talks
Talks
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

4:00 PM Everything that can go wrong [10'+5'] - Frederic Renner (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

4:15 PM Adoption of Automatic Differentiation in HEP [10' + 5'] - Alexander Held (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))
4:30 PM Conceptual Challenges: Discussion
Discussion
4:30 PM - 5:20 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

4:30 PM Discussion
5:20 PM Break
Break
5:20 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
5:30 PM Technical Landscape: Talks
Talks
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

5:30 PM Tooling for Differentiable HEP [10' + 5'] - Lino Oscar Gerlach (Princeton University (US))

5:45 PM Differentiable Binning Optimization [10' + 5'] - Nitish Kasaraguppe (RWTH Aachen (DE))

6:00 PM Awkward Arrays and JAX [10' + 5'] - Ianna Osborne (Princeton University)
6:15 PM Technical Landscape: Discussion
Discussion
6:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

6:15 PM Discussion
7:00 PM Closing and Summary - Lino Oscar Gerlach (Princeton University (US)) Mohamed Aly (Princeton University (US))
Closing and Summary
- Lino Oscar Gerlach (Princeton University (US))
- Mohamed Aly (Princeton University (US))
7:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Friday, March 6, 2026
2:00 PM Introduction to the day - Mohamed Aly (Princeton University (US)) Lino Oscar Gerlach (Princeton University (US))
Introduction to the day
- Mohamed Aly (Princeton University (US))
- Lino Oscar Gerlach (Princeton University (US))
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
2:10 PM Technical Landscape: Talks II
Talks II
2:10 PM - 2:55 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

2:10 PM Differentiable Statistical Ecosystem with JAX [10' + 5'] - Peter Fackeldey (Princeton University (US))

2:25 PM Differentiable Programming in C++ and ROOT with Clad [25' + 5'] - Jonas Rembser (CERN) Vassil Vasilev (Princeton University (US))
2:55 PM Technical Landscape: Discussion
Discussion
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

2:55 PM Discussion
3:25 PM Break
Break
3:25 PM - 3:40 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
3:40 PM Beyond LHC: Talks
Talks
3:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

3:40 PM Differentiable Detector Simulation with GEANT [15' + 5'] - Jeffrey Krupa (SLAC)

4:00 PM End-to-End Differentiable Analysis in IceCube [20' + 10'] - Oliver Janik (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE))

4:30 PM Automatic Differentiation Beyond HEP [20' + 10'] - Giacomo Acciarini (European Space Agency (ESA))
5:00 PM Beyond LHC: Discussion
Discussion
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
5:45 PM Closing, Call for Action and Future Steps - Mohamed Aly (Princeton University (US)) Lino Oscar Gerlach (Princeton University (US))
Closing, Call for Action and Future Steps
- Mohamed Aly (Princeton University (US))
- Lino Oscar Gerlach (Princeton University (US))
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room

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