First PEARLS days - Freiburg

22 Sept 2026, 14:00 → 24 Sept 2026, 13:10 Europe/Zurich

HS1 (Physics Highrise, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg)

Tuesday 22 September

14:00 → 15:10 Session 1: Status of PEARLS

The following Zoom connection should be valid for the entire meeting:
https://uni-freiburg.zoom-x.de/j/68360580815?pwd=xL3b1hzYRnYkDCTK2aAIqnI1ihp2r0.1

Convener: Valerie Lang (University of Freiburg (DE))

14:00 Welcome

Speaker: Valerie Lang (University of Freiburg (DE))

Welcome_VLang_22092026.pdf

14:10 Status in Freiburg (15+5min)

Speaker: Valerie Lang (University of Freiburg (DE))

StatusUFR_VLang_22092026.pdf

14:30 Status in Zeuthen (15+5min)

Speakers: Simran Gurdasani, Simran Sunil Gurdasani (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

PEARLSDays_ZeuthenStatus_Sep2026_Gurdasani.pdf

14:50 Who am I and what is my research? (15+5min)

Speaker: Philipp Höfele

Hoefele_Presentation_PEARLS_22092026.pdf

Hoefele_Presentation_PEARLS_22092026.pptx

15:10 → 15:40 Coffee break

15:40 → 17:10 Session 2: First studies/work

Convener: Valerie Lang (University of Freiburg (DE))

15:40 Know-your-footprint webpage and plans (20+10min)

Speaker: Naman Kumar Bhalla (University of Freiburg (DE))

20260921_PEARLSDays.pdf

16:10 Importance Scores for Pruning (20+10min)

Speakers: Larissa Prochnow, Simran Gurdasani, Simran Sunil Gurdasani (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

PEARLSDays_PruningStatus_Sep2026_Gurdasani.pdf

16:40 Studying luminosity in ATLAS (20+10min)

Speaker: Valerie Lang (University of Freiburg (DE))

LumiSTA_VLang_22092026.pdf

Wednesday 23 September

10:00 → 11:10 Session 3: First studies/work

Convener: Naman Kumar Bhalla (University of Freiburg (DE))

10:00 Finding a Common Data Language at Accelerator Facilities — Hamburg Status Update (30+10min)

Speaker: Pardis Niknejadi (DESY)

PEARLS-PN-Sep23rd-Final.pdf

10:40 Who am I and my mini-CO2 project (20+10min) (20+10min)

Speaker: Komal Tauqeer (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))

Towards Sustainable AI - A mini CO2 project.pdf

11:10 → 11:40 Coffee break

11:40 → 13:00 Session 4: First studies/work

Convener: Naman Kumar Bhalla (University of Freiburg (DE))

11:40 Who am I and what is my research? (25+5min)

Speaker: Gesa Inken Caroline Goetzke

PresPearls.pdf

12:10 Who am I and what is my research (5+5min)

Speaker: Larissa Prochnow

AboutMe-2.pdf

12:50 Workshop picture

20260923_131913.jpg

20260923_132001.jpg

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 → 15:30 Session 5: Collaboration opportunities

Convener: Valerie Lang (University of Freiburg (DE))

14:30 My research and why and what am I interested in PEARLS (15+5min)

Speaker: Maren Hackenberg

14:50 My research and what interests me about PEARLS (15+5min)

Speaker: André Biedenkapp

PEARLS_Biedenkapp_23092026.pdf

15:10 Discussion on further collaboration possibilities (20min)

Speaker: Valerie Lang (University of Freiburg (DE))

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 17:00 Session 6: Collaboration opportunties

Convener: Valerie Lang (University of Freiburg (DE))

19:00 → 21:00 Dinner

Own payment, not included in a workshop fee (as there is no workshop fee)

Thursday 24 September

10:00 → 11:20 Session 7: Additional funding opportunities

Convener: Valerie Lang (University of Freiburg (DE))

10:00 What are LLMs and how can we work with them? (20+10min)

Speaker: Pardis Niknejadi (DESY)

PEARLS-PN-Sep24th-final.pdf

10:30 What is PEARLS-CRAFT? (15+5min)

Speaker: Rachel Rosten

20260924_PEARLS-CRAFT.pdf

10:50 What is the potential DESY grant? (20+10min)

Speakers: Simran Gurdasani, Simran Sunil Gurdasani (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

PEARLSDays_DESYGrant_Gurdsasani.pdf

PEARLS-PN-Sep24th-Funding.pdf

11:20 → 11:50 Coffee break

11:50 → 13:10 Session 8: Possible student involvement & technology transfer

11:50 How to involve students? (10+20min)

Speaker: Valerie Lang (University of Freiburg (DE))

StudentInvolvement_VLang_24092026.pdf

12:20 Concluding remarks pre-conclusion (10min)

Speaker: Valerie Lang (University of Freiburg (DE))

ConcludingRemarks_VLang_24092026.pdf

12:30 How to recognize potential technology transfer? (25+5min)

Speaker: Markus Bier

Dokumentation_20260924_Patents_IP_Bier.pdf