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SUMMARY:Adventures with Agentic AI in Particle Physics
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: David Shih (NHETC\, Rutgers University)\n\nAbstract:
 Agentic AI -- where powerful LLMs are given the ability to autonomously pl
 an and execute complex tasks -- is reshaping nearly every corner of societ
 y. I will give an overview of the impact agentic AI is having in high ener
 gy physics\, with examples drawn from my recent research. On the one hand\
 , many groups are exploring the development of fully automated agentic AI 
 systems for anomaly detection\, data analysis\, and other important tasks 
 in particle physics. I will describe ColliderBench\, a recent paper from m
 y group at Rutgers\, which provides a quantitative benchmark for these sys
 tems based on the highly nontrivial task of reproducing an analysis paper 
 from the LHC. On the other hand\, some of us are exploring the frontier of
  human-AI collaboration\, where the agent is treated like a remote graduat
 e student that does all of the hands on work in a research project. I will
  describe my recent experience working in this "vibe physics" mode with Cl
 aude Code\, which led to two single-author papers developing a new framewo
 rk for symbolic simplification of mathematical expressions based on an ana
 logy with scrambling and unscrambling Rubik's cubes. Finally\, I will conc
 lude with some lessons learned working with agentic AI and general thought
 s for the future of AI and physics.Speaker Bio:David Shih is a theoretical
  particle physicist currently working at the interface of AI/ML and fundam
 ental physics. Educated at Harvard University (AB)\, University of Cambrid
 ge (M.Phil)\, and Princeton University (Ph.D)\, Shih has been a Professor 
 at the New High Energy Theory Center in the Department of Physics & Astron
 omy at Rutgers\, New Brunswick since 2010. Shih's career has spanned a bro
 ad set of topics\, from neutrino experiment and X-ray astronomy\, to strin
 g theory\, supersymmetry\, collider phenomenology and dark matter. His wor
 k has been recognized by numerous awards\, including the DOE Early Career 
 Award\, the Sloan Foundation Fellowship and the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel R
 esearch Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.Alternative onlin
 e link: https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/kphUOa4jGdhDID: 762219102 (No Pa
 ssword)\n\nhttps://indico-tdli.sjtu.edu.cn/event/5241/
LOCATION:Tsung-Dao Lee Institute/N6F-N600 - Lecture Room (Tsung-Dao Lee In
 stitute)
URL:https://indico-tdli.sjtu.edu.cn/event/5241/
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