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CLARIPHY - AI Collaboration Meeting (Sep 2026)
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Pyle Center
Pyle Center
702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53706
Description
This CLARIPHY workshop aims to seed the national-scale AI collaboration described in the whitepaper “Building an AI-native Research Ecosystem for Experimental Particle Physics: A Community Vision” (arXiv:2602.17582). The workshop brings together both participants in new or ongoing AI-related projects of relevance to High Energy and Nuclear Physics as well as interested new collaborators to build this proto-collaboration. The workshop builds on two previous community workshops: “Open (and Closed) Data in the Age of AI” and “Blueprint Workshop: Towards a National-Scale AI Collaboration in HEP”.
The workshop will take place at the Pyle Center at the University of Wisconsin - Madison from Monday 14 September through Wednesday 16 September, 2026.
The CLARIPHY collaboration, including both universities and DOE laboratories, has a number of potential benefits and opportunities. A goal of this workshop is to continue to prioritize among those and seed an organizational structure based on the needs of the community.
The workshop will feature a mix of presentations from new and ongoing funded projects in this space, providing an opportunity to share current activities as well as identify common needs and opportunities for coordination. A central aim, however, is to move beyond individual project updates toward a substantive discussion and the formation of initial working groups around key areas such as:
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(Open/Closed) Data and Benchmarks
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Foundation Models for HEP/NP
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Agentic Workflows
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Computing Infrastructure (and other Resources)
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Education, Training and Workforce Development
We will aim to frame the working groups around both shared physics challenges and the AI research needed to address them.
We are also planning dedicated hands-on/training/hackathon activities to aid people to get engaged. The meeting is intended as a collaboration-building event, with dedicated time for discussion, planning, and identifying concrete next steps.
Participation: Participation is welcome from across the experimental particle-physics areas represented in the AI-native research ecosystem whitepaper, spanning collider, neutrino, nuclear, and astroparticle physics, as well as from theory, phenomenology, and related astrophysics communities where shared challenges and collaborative opportunities may emerge.
We welcome participation not only from senior researchers and PIs, but also from postdoctoral researchers, senior graduate students, research software engineers, technical staff, and any others actively contributing to ongoing or planned projects.
Contact for questions: workshop-organization@clariphy.org
We are grateful for support from the UW-Madison Department of Physics, the UW-Madison Data Science Institute, the FAIROS-HEP project (NSF awards OAC-2226378, OAC-2226379, and OAC-2226380), and a donor who wishes to be anonymous.
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Coffee / Light Breakfast 30m Outside Room 227 (Prefunction Space)
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Tutorial: AI agents and Large Language Models for Scientific Discovery 3h Room 325/326
Room 325/326
Pyle Center
Chairs: Peter Elmer, Sridhara Dasu
This tutorial provides a practical introduction to AI technologies that are transforming scientific research. Through hands-on exercises, participants will learn how to access and use large language models, work with multimodal data, build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems over scientific documents, and develop AI agents capable of carrying out complex research tasks.
The tutorial will introduce modern agentic workflows for software development and scientific computing, demonstrating how specialized AI agents can collaborate to reason over information, generate code, and orchestrate multi-step tasks.
The session concludes with JFC (Just Furnish Context), a multi-agent framework for high energy physics analysis. Participants will see how an orchestrator and specialized subagents can collaborate across literature, software, data, and analysis tasks to support an end-to-end HEP workflow, illustrating the potential of agentic AI for scientific discovery.
All exercises will be carried out using resources provided by the National Research Platform (NRP), which offers managed access to advanced AI models through standard interfaces, allowing researchers to focus on applications rather than infrastructure.Speakers: Andrzej Novak (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US)), Daniel Diaz (Univ. of California San Diego (US)) -
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Lunch Break 1h On your own
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Plenary Session 2h Room 325/326
Room 325/326
Pyle Center
Chair: Tulika Bose
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Welcome to UW-Madison 5mSpeaker: Prof. Kevin Black (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Introduction 15mSpeakers: Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US)), Tulika Bose (University of Wisconsin Madison (US)), Verena Ingrid Martinez Outschoorn (University of Massachusetts (US))
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DOE Perspective 10mSpeaker: Jeremy Love (U.S. Department of Energy)
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American Science Cloud 10mSpeakers: Taylor Childers (ANL), Taylor Childers (Argonne Nat. Lab.)
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Large Projects 15m
- DESC/Rubin
- DUNE
- IceCube
Speakers: Gautham Narayan (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Prof. Jianming Bian (University of California Irvine (US)), Prof. Jianming Bian (University of California, Irvine), Lu Lu (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Coffee Break 30m Outside Room 227 (Prefunction Space)
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Plenary Session 2h Room 325/326
Room 325/326
Pyle Center
Chair: Verena Martinez Outschoorn
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Large Projects Continued 25m
- USATLAS Operations
- USCMS Operations
- IRIS-HEP
- HEP-CCE
- IAIFI
Speakers: Dr Adam Lyon, Gordon Watts (University of Washington (US)), J Michael Williams (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US)), Tulika Bose (University of Wisconsin Madison (US)), Verena Ingrid Martinez Outschoorn (University of Massachusetts (US)) -
AI for Smaller Experiments 15mSpeakers: Mayly Sanchez (Florida State University), Mayly Sanchez (Florida State University)
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AI for Theory 15mSpeakers: Stephen Mrenna, Steve Mrenna (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
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TREASURE 5mSpeaker: Gabriele D'Amen (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
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Foundation Models for Nuclear and Particle Physics (FM4NPP) 5mSpeaker: Ray Ren (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
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Scientific User Facilities Infrastructure Partnership 5mSpeaker: Meghna Bhattacharya (Fermilab)
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AI for DQM/Detector Operations 5mSpeaker: Walter Hopkins (Argonne National Laboratory (US))
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Poster Session & Networking 1h 30m Lee Lounge Room 109
Lee Lounge Room 109
Pyle Center
Includes Genesis Projects and US/Japan Projects
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AI Agents for HEP Simulations and Analysis Operations 5mSpeakers: Dr George Fleming (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Konstantin Matchev (University of Alabama (US)), Sergei Gleyzer (University of Alabama (US)), Stephen Mrenna, Steve Mrenna (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
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AIDA-Scout: AI for Inclusive Real-Time Anomaly Detection and Accelerated Discovery in the CMS Level-1 Scouting System 5mSpeakers: Abhijith Gandrakota (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Daniel Diaz (Univ. of California San Diego (US)), Javier Mauricio Duarte (Univ. of California San Diego (US)), Jennifer Ngadiuba (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Keith Ulmer (University of Colorado, Boulder (US)), Oz Amram (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Petar Maksimovic (Johns Hopkins University (US))
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Accelerating DUNE Physics with AI Discovery of Neutrino Interaction Uncertainties 5mSpeakers: Alex Himmel, Alexander Himmel (Fermilab), Bryan Ramson (Fermilab), Harry Prosper (Florida State University (US)), Mayly Sanchez (Florida State University), Mayly Sanchez (Florida State University)
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Expedited Discovery by Leveraging Agentic Workflows for the Mu2e Charged Lepton Flavor Violation Search 5mSpeakers: Cole Erik Kampa (Northwestern University (US)), Craig Dukes, David Hitlin, David Tedeschi, E. Craig Dukes (University of Virginia), James Mott (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Ray Culbertson (FNAL), Robert Group, Sarah Marie Demers (Yale University (US)), Simon Corrodi (Argonne National Laboratory), Sophie Middleton (Caltech), Yuri Oksuzian
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ORACLE: Observatory for Reasoning, Anomaly detection, and Causal Learning in Experiments 5mSpeakers: Eric Darve (Stanford), Gianluca Petrillo (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Mr Hirohisa A. Tanaka (SLAC/Stanford University), Dr Kazuhiro Terao (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Patrick Tsang (SLAC), Taritree Wongjirad (Tufts University), kazuhiro terao
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DORAEMON: Development Of Resilient AI EcosysteM for Oscillating Neutrinos 5mSpeakers: Callum David Wilkinson (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)), Mr Hirohisa A. Tanaka (SLAC/Stanford University), KAZUHIRO TERAO (C), Dr Kazuhiro Terao (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Patrick Tsang (SLAC), Taritree Wongjirad (Tufts University), kazuhiro terao
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Principles of Foundation Models for Particle and Nuclear Physics 5mSpeakers: Manfred Paulini (Carnegie-Mellon University (US)), Maria Zurek, Prof. Mariel Pettee (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Mariel Pettee, Matteo Cremonesi (Carnegie-Mellon University (US)), Nesar Ramachandra, Renee Fatemi (University of Kentucky), Sylvester Joosten (Temple University), Wolfgang Korsch (University of Kentucky), Wolfgang Korsch (University of Kentucky), Wolfgang Korsch (University of Kentucky), Wolfgang Korsch (University of Kentucky)
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Learning Beyond Threshold: AI-Driven Signal Extraction for Rare-Event Searches 5mSpeakers: Dinesh Loomba, Prof. Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine (University of New Mexico), Greg Taylor (UNM), Huaiyu Duan (University of New Mexico), Jayce Dowell (UNM), Ralph Massarczyk (LANL)
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AI-Accelerated Supernova Burst Response with DUNE 5mSpeakers: Georgia Karagiorgi, Jennifer Ngadiuba (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Kate Scholberg (Duke University), Kate Scholberg, Michael H L Wang, Tom Junk (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
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Multi-modal and multi-facility application of the FM4NPP foundation model: silicon trackers and electron colliders 5mSpeakers: Cameron Dean (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US)), Christof Roland (MIT), Dr Gian Michele Innocenti (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US)), Gunther Roland (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US)), Joe Osborn (BNL), Marzia Rosati
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Agentic AI for Real-time Expedited Discovery from High-Complexity EIC Data Streams 5mSpeakers: Dantong Yu (NJIT), Jovan Mitrevski (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Jovan Mitrevski (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Miaoyuan Liu (Purdue University (US)), Ming Xiong Liu (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Nhan Tran (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Philip Coleman Harris (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US)), Ruqi Zhang (Purdue), Wei Xie (Purdue University (US)), Xuan Li (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Xuan Li (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Enabling Rare Event Discovery with Surrogate Modeling and Simulation AI Agents 5mSpeakers: Alan Poon (Berkeley Lab), Aobo Li (UC San Diego), Ian Guinn (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Julieta Y Gruszko, Reyco Henning (UNC Chapel Hill)
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Characterizing Jet Modification in the Quark-Gluon Plasma Using Unsupervised, Cycle-Consistent Generative Learning 5mSpeakers: Bill Zajc (Columbia University), Dennis Perepelitsa (University of Colorado Boulder), Dmitri Torbunov (BNL), Jamie Nagle (Boulder), Stefan Bathe, William Zajc, Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
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Multimodal Enhancements to the Foundation Model for Nuclear and Particle Physics (FM4NPP) 5mSpeakers: Bill Zajc (Columbia University), David Park (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Dennis Perepelitsa (University of Colorado Boulder), Ron Soltz (Lawrence Livermore Nat. Laboratory (US)), William Zajc, Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
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Foundation Models for Transferable Particle Tracking in Nuclear Physics 5mSpeakers: Axel Drees (SBU), Jan Bernauer, Jan Christopher Bernauer (Stony Brook University (US)), Paul Reimer, Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)), Yi Huang
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Coffee/Light breakfast 1h Outside Room 227 (Prefunction Space)
Outside Room 227
Prefunction Space
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Plenary Session 1h Room 325/326
Room 325/326
Pyle Center
Chair: Tulika Bose
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Looking ahead with open AI’s 25mSpeaker: Nathaniel Craig
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Discussion & Next Steps 25m
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Goals for the Parallel Session Discussions 5mSpeaker: Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US))
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Coffee Break 25m Outside Room 227 (Prefunction Space)
Outside Room 227
Prefunction Space
Pyle Center -
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Parallel Sessions: Analysis Agentic Workflows 1h 30m Room 325/326
Room 325/326
Pyle Center
Speakers: Andrzej Novak (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US)), Giordon Stark (University of California,Santa Cruz (US)), Haichen Wang (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)), Petar Maksimovic (Johns Hopkins University (US)) -
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Parallel Sessions: Open/Closed Data 1h 30m Room 313
Room 313
Pyle Center
Speakers: David Schultz, Prof. Jianming Bian (University of California Irvine (US)), Prof. Jianming Bian (University of California, Irvine), Matthew Bellis (Cornell University (US) / Siena University (US)) -
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Lunch Break 1h On your own
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Parallel Sessions: Analysis Agentic Workflows 1h Room 325/326
Room 325/326
Pyle Center
Speakers: Andrzej Novak (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US)), Giordon Stark (University of California,Santa Cruz (US)), Haichen Wang (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)), Petar Maksimovic (Johns Hopkins University (US)) -
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Parallel Sessions: Open/Closed Data 1h Room 313
Room 313
Pyle Center
Speakers: David Schultz, Prof. Jianming Bian (University of California Irvine (US)), Prof. Jianming Bian (University of California, Irvine), Matthew Bellis (Cornell University (US) / Siena University (US)) -
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Parallel Sessions: Agentic Workflows for Operations 1h Room 313
Room 313
Pyle Center
Speakers: Christoph Paus (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US)), Joaquin Hoya (ANL), Ken Herner, Walter Hopkins (Argonne National Laboratory (US)) -
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Parallel Sessions: Foundation Models 1h Room 325/326
Room 325/326
Pyle Center
Speakers: Abhijith Gandrakota (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Dr Kazuhiro Terao (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Mariel Pettee, kazuhiro terao -
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Coffee Break 30m Outside Room 227 (Prefunction Space)
Outside Room 227
Prefunction Space
Pyle Center -
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Parallel Sessions: Agentic Workflows for Operations 2h Room 313
Room 313
Pyle Center
Speakers: Christoph Paus (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US)), Joaquin Hoya (ANL), Ken Herner, Walter Hopkins (Argonne National Laboratory (US)) -
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Parallel Sessions: Foundation Models 2h Room 325/326
Room 325/326
Pyle Center
Speakers: Abhijith Gandrakota (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Dr Kazuhiro Terao (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Mariel Pettee, kazuhiro terao-
AI for theory: foundation models and agents for collider phenomenology 20mSpeaker: Timothy Hobbs (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Group Presentation 30m
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Break 10m
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Sumamry + close out 30m
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Workshop Dinner 2h Tripp Commons (Memorial Union)
Tripp Commons
Memorial Union
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Coffee/Light Breakfast 1h Outside Room 227 (Prefunction Space)
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Plenary Session: Report from Parallels 1h Room 313
Room 313
Pyle Center
Chair: Peter Elmer
Reports from parallels on Tuesday
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Coffee Break 30m Outside Room 227 (Prefunction Space)
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Parallel Sessions: Computing Infrastructure 1h 30m Room 313
Room 313
Pyle Center
Speakers: Daniel Diaz (Univ. of California San Diego (US)), Ian Fisk, Ian Fisk (Simons Foundation), Ian Fisk (Simons Foundation (US)), Oliver Gutsche (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Rob Gardner (U Chicago) -
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Parallel Sessions: Education & Workforce Development 1h 30m Vandeberg Auditorium (121)
Vandeberg Auditorium (121)
Pyle Center
Speakers: Aaron Higuera Pichardo, Prof. Kendall Mahn (Michigan State University), Kendall Mahn (MSU), Toyoko Orimoto -
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Plenary Session: Report from Parallels 30m Room 313
Room 313
Pyle Center
Chair: Verena Martinez Outschoorn
Reports from parallels:
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Plenary Session: Next Steps & Wrap Up 30m Room 313
Room 313
Pyle Center
Chairs: Tulika Bose, Peter Elmer, Verena Martinez Outschoorn
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Lunch Break 1h On your own
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