25–29 May 2026
La Biodola - Isola d'Elba (Italy)
Europe/Rome timezone
NB: The submission deadline for the Student Paper Awards is Monday, 11 May.

Trigger-level track reconstruction and identification with machine learning and FPGAs for ATLAS

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20m
Maria Luisa Room (Hotel Hermitage)

Maria Luisa Room

Hotel Hermitage

Oral presentation AI, Machine Learning, Real Time Simulation, Intelligent Signal Processing AI, Machine Learning, Real Time Simulation, Intelligent Signal Processing

Speaker

Punit Sharma (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

Description

At high-luminosity hadron colliders, trigger systems play a key role in preserving sensitivity to rare signals of new physics, even as they filter out the overwhelming background. This becomes especially challenging at the upcoming High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC), where extremely high event rates and pileup conditions are expected at the ATLAS experiment. We explore the integration of charged-particle tracking directly at the trigger level using machine learning. We present a neural network–based approach that predicts and associates detector hits belonging to the same track, operating in real time within the second-level trigger. Designed with a bottom-up philosophy, the model is optimized for simplicity and minimal input, making it well-suited for Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) deployment. This hardware implementation enables fast data processing with low latency, while offering the flexibility to evolve the algorithm over time.

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Authors

Punit Sharma (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) Stephen Hillier (University of Birmingham (GB))

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