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, 5 March 2026 (14:00) to Friday, 6 March 2026 (19:00)

Monday, 2 March 2026
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Thursday, 5 March 2026
14:00 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))
14:00 - 14:10
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
14:10 Foundations and Scope: Talks
Talks
14:10 - 15:10
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

14:10 Automatic Differentiation in HEP and Differentiable Systematics [30' + 15'] - Lukas Alexander Heinrich (Technische Universitat Munchen (DE))

14:55 Differentiating Discrete Operations [10' + 5'] - Annalena Kofler (Technical University Munich)
15:10 Foundations and Scope: Discussion
Discussion
15:10 - 15:50
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

15:10 Discussion
15:50 Break
Break
15:50 - 16:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
16:00 Conceptual Challenges: Talks
Talks
16:00 - 16:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

16:00 Everything that can go wrong [10'+5'] - Frederic Renner (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

16:15 Adoption of Automatic Differentiation in HEP [10' + 5'] - Alexander Held (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))
16:30 Conceptual Challenges: Discussion
Discussion
16:30 - 17:20
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

16:30 Discussion
17:20 Break
Break
17:20 - 17:30
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
17:30 Technical Landscape: Talks
Talks
17:30 - 18:15
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

17:30 Tooling for Differentiable HEP [10' + 5'] - Lino Oscar Gerlach (Princeton University (US))

17:45 Differentiable Binning Optimization [10' + 5'] - Nitish Kasaraguppe (RWTH Aachen (DE))

18:00 Awkward Arrays and JAX [10' + 5'] - Ianna Osborne (Princeton University)
18:15 Technical Landscape: Discussion
Discussion
18:15 - 19:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

18:15 Discussion
19:00 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))
19:00 - 19:15
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Friday, 6 March 2026
14:00 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))
14:00 - 14:10
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
14:10 Technical Landscape: Talks II
Talks II
14:10 - 14:55
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

14:10 Differentiable Statistical Ecosystem with JAX [10' + 5'] - Peter Fackeldey (Princeton University (US))

14:25 Differentiable Programming in C++ and ROOT with Clad [25' + 5'] - Jonas Rembser (CERN) Vassil Vasilev (Princeton University (US))
14:55 Technical Landscape: Discussion
Discussion
14:55 - 15:25
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

14:55 Discussion
15:25 Break
Break
15:25 - 15:40
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
15:40 Beyond LHC: Talks
Talks
15:40 - 17:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
Contributions

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

16:00 End-to-End Differentiable Analysis in IceCube [20' + 10'] - Oliver Janik (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE))

16:30 Automatic Differentiation Beyond HEP [20' + 10'] - Giacomo Acciarini (European Space Agency (ESA))
17:00 Beyond LHC: Discussion
Discussion
17:00 - 17:45
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room
17:45 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))
17:45 - 19:00
Room: 4/3-006 - TH Conference Room