BIRS talks Canada

from Monday, 8 June 2026 (09:00) to Friday, 12 June 2026 (11:30)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
8 Jun 2026
9 Jun 2026
10 Jun 2026
11 Jun 2026
12 Jun 2026
AM
09:00 Introduction - Olaf Behnke (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) Lydia Brenner (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)) Philipp Windischhofer (University of Chicago (US)) Kyle Cormier (CERN)  
09:05 Tools and methods for interpretable high-dimensional analysis - Mathieu Markovitch (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
10:30 Interpreting high-dimensional excesses and anomalies - Jannicke Pearkes (University of Colorado Boulder (US)) Dr Purvasha Chakravarti (University College London)  
09:00 modelling in small sub-regions - Mikael Kuusela (Carnegie Mellon University (US)) Oliver Rieger (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
10:30 validating high-dimensional simulations - Michelle Ntampaka Chris Pollard (University of Warwick (GB))  
09:00 Scalable inference - Aliya Nigamova (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))  
10:30 Methods for reducing computational complexity - Alessandra Rosalba Brazzale Jonathon Mark Langford (Imperial College (GB))  
09:00 Leveraging machine learning and its limits - Anthony Ozerov Claire David (AIMS South Africa)  
10:30 Uncertainties and Machine Learing - Davide Valsecchi (ETH Zurich (CH))  
09:00 Highlight talk from a physicist - Philipp Windischhofer (University of Chicago (US))  
09:30 Highlight talk from a statistician - David van Dyk Alessandra Rosalba Brazzale  
11:00 Closing - Kyle Cormier (CERN) Lydia Brenner (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)) Olaf Behnke (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) Philipp Windischhofer (University of Chicago (US))  
PM
13:30 Data reduction - Konstantin Leyde (Flatiron Institute / CCA) David van Dyk  
15:30 Validation and goodness-of-fit in high dimensions - Cristina Alexe (Scuola Normale Superiore & INFN Pisa (IT)) Prof. Wolfgang Rolke (University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez, Department of Mathematical Sciences)  
13:00 High-dimensional distributions and Machine Learning - Lukas Alexander Heinrich (Technische Universitat Munchen (DE))  
14:00 Modelling of relationships between variables in high-dimensional data - Wouter Verkerke (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)) Leigh Preimesberger  
15:30 Unfolding of high-dimensional observables - Kyle Cormier (CERN) Erik Bensen  
16:30 Round-table discussion: biases and dependencies - André David (CERN)  
13:00 Information transfer from machine learning to scientists - Simon Mak Martina Fusi (University of Southampton)  
14:00 interpretation and diagnostics using machine learning - James Carzon (Carnegie Mellon University) Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin (US))  
15:30 Complexity scaling of machine learning methods - Tom Junk (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)) Maarten Van Veghel (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
16:30 Round-table discussion: future of machine learning - Dr Peter Risse (Southern Methodist University) Jack Harrison (Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE)) Peter Risse (Southern Methodist University) Peter Risse