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KITP Program: Generative AI for High & Low Energy Physics
(Nov 3 - Dec 19, 2025)
Coordinators: James Halverson, Jessica N. Howard, Anindita Maiti, Roger Melko, and J. Quetzalcoatl Toledo-Marin
Scientific Advisors: Geoffrey Fox, Eun-Ah Kim, and Maximilian Swiatlowski

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Time Speaker Title
11/03, 1:30pm James Halverson
(Northeastern)
Jessica N. Howard
(UCSB/KITP)
Anindita Maiti
(Perimeter Inst.)
Roger Melko
(U. Waterloo)
J. Quetzalcoatl Toledo-Marín
(TRIUMF)
Welcome and Introductions
11/04, 10:30am Francois Charton
Axiom - Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees
Transformers for physics - Translators, generators and world models[Video][CC]
11/04, 1:30pm Zohar Ringel
Hebrew Univ.
A field theory approach to implicit bias and generalization in deep neural networks.[Video][CC]
11/05, 1:30pm Sascha Diefenbacher
LBNL
Unfolding with Generative and Bridge-Based Models[Video][CC]
11/06, 10:30am Zohar Ringel
Hebrew Univ.
Deep Learning: Some Perspectives from Physics[Video][CC]
11/07, 1:30pm Mohamed Hibat Allah
U. Waterloo
Recurrent neural networks for Rydberg atom arrays[Video][CC]
11/10, 12:15pm Yi Zhuang You
UCSD
Generative Models and Physics [Video]
KITP Blackboard Lunch
11/10, 1:30pm Jessica N. Howard
(UCSB/KITP)
Anindita Maiti
(Perimeter Inst.)
Javier Quetzalcoatl Toledo-Marín
(TRIUMF)
Welcome and Introductions
11/10, 2:00pm Lance Dixon
SLAC
Machine Learning for Scattering Amplitudes[Slides][Video][CC]
11/12, 1:30pm Eva Silverstein
Stanford
Two physics-inspired architectures: Symmetry breaking in transformer training and Wilson lines as activation functions[Video][CC]
11/13, 10:30am Wojciech Fedorko
TRIUMF
CaloQVAE: Adding a Dash of Quantum Sauce to Generative Calorimeter Simulation[Video][CC]
11/13, 11:30am Eliska Greplova
KIND
Quantum Computing in the age of AI[Video][CC]
11/13, 2:30pm Thomas Spriggs
KIND
Equivariant Neural Wavefunctions for Lattice Gauge Theory[Slides][Video][CC]
11/14, 1:30pm Maria Schuld
Xanadu
Why quantum computers might be interesting for machine learning after all[Slides][Video][CC]
11/17, 1:30pm Jessica N. Howard
(UCSB/KITP)
Anindita Maiti
(Perimeter Inst.)
J. Quetzalcoatl Toledo-Marín
(TRIUMF)
Welcome and Introductions
11/18, 10:30am Maximilian Swiatlowski
TRIUMF
Examples of (Potentially Useful to You) (Generative) AI Applications in High Energy Experiment[Video][CC]
11/18, 11:30am Javier Toledo-Marin
TRIUMF
Symmetry breaking and hierarchical learning in RBMs[Video][CC]
11/18, 1:45pm Ejaaz Merali
UC Davis/SJSU
Do you even need attention?[Video][CC]
11/19, 1:30pm Eun Ah Kim
Cornell
To gen or not to gen[Video][CC]
11/20, 10:30am Agnes Valenti
Flatiron Institute
How smart should neural-network quantum states be?[Video][CC]
11/20, 11:30am David Shih
Rutgers
GenAI for Anomaly Detection at LHC and Beyond[Video][CC]
11/21, 10:30am Vishnu Jejjala
Wits University
Precision String Phenomenology[Slides][Video][CC]
11/21, 1:30pm Michael Albergo
Harvard
Overview on dynamical transport generative models: new frontiers and applications[Embargoed]
11/24, 1:30pm Jessica N. Howard
(UCSB/KITP)
Anindita Maiti
(Perimeter Inst.)
J. Quetzalcoatl Toledo-Marín
(TRIUMF)
Welcome and Introductions
11/24, 2:00pm Anna Dawid
Leiden Univ.
Curious loss landscapes of neural networks[Video][CC]
11/25, 10:30am Matija Medvidovic
ETH Zurich
Adiabatic transport of neural network quantum states[Video][CC]
11/25, 11:30am Yitian Sun
McGill Univ.
Inference Generative models and the Galactic Center gamma-ray Excess[Video][CC]
12/01, 1:30pm Jessica N. Howard
(UCSB/KITP)
Anindita Maiti
(Perimeter Inst.)
Roger Melko
(U. Waterloo)
J. Quetzalcoatl Toledo-Marín
(TRIUMF)
Welcome and Introductions
12/02, 10:30am Liang Fu
MIT
Discovering new quantum phases with fermionic neural network[Video][CC]
12/03, 10:30am Daniel Hackett
Fermilab
AI/ML for lattice quantum field theory[Video][CC]
12/03, 1:30pm Eliska Greplova
(KIND)
Maria Schuld
(Xanadu)
Yi Zhuang You
(UCSD)
Discussion
12/04, 10:30am Ayodele Ore
Universitaet Heidelberg
Fitting neural models of hadronization[Video][CC]
12/04, 11:30am Estelle Inack
Perimeter Inst.
Generative Al for High & Low Energy Physics[Video][CC]
12/08, 1:30pm Jessica N. Howard
(UCSB/KITP)
Anindita Maiti
(Perimeter Inst.)
Roger Melko
(U. Waterloo)
J. Quetzalcoatl Toledo-Marín
(TRIUMF)
“Welcome and Introductions”
12/08, 1:45pm Marina Marinkovic
ETH Zurich
What is difficult in simulating Lattice Gauge Theories and how ML methods can help?[Video][CC]
12/09, 10:30am Gregor Kasieczka
Univ. Hamburg
Agents, Surrogates, and Foundation Models: Rethinking Particle Physics with GenAI[Video][CC]
12/09, 2:00pm Savannah Thais
Hunter College
Good AI for Physics Needs AI Ethics and Good AI Ethics Needs Physics[Video][CC]
12/09, 3:00pm James Osborn
Argonne
Some Use Cases for AI/ML in Lattice Field Theory Simulations[Video][CC]
12/10, 1:30pm Savannah Thais
Hunter College
Discussion
12/11, 10:30am Koji Hashimoto
Kyoto Univ.
Holography, QCD and neural networks[Video][CC]
12/11, 11:15am William Detmold
MIT
Machine Learning Contour Deformations for Lattice Field Theory[Video][CC]
12/11, 1:45pm Ying Jer Kao
NTU
Synergy of Tensor Networks and Variational Quantum Circuits for Quantum Machine Learning[Video][CC]
12/11, 2:45pm Peter Boyle
BNL
Field Transformation Hybrid Monte Carlo (+ Agentic workflow baby steps)[Video][CC]
12/12, 10:30am Mathis Gerdes
Univ. of Amsterdam
Generation with Unified Diffusion - RG inspired Diffusion Models[Video][CC]
12/12, 1:30pm Richard Scalettar
UC Davis
Quantum Simulation in Condensed Matter Physics: Connections to Lattice Gauge Theory and what we want from Artificial Intelligence[Video][CC]
12/15, 1:30pm James Halverson
(Northeastern)
Jessica N. Howard
(UCSB/KITP)
Anindita Maiti
(Perimeter Inst.)
Roger Melko
(U. Waterloo)
J. Quetzalcoatl Toledo-Marin
(TRIUMF)
Welcome and Introductions
12/15, 1:45pm Anna Golubeva
Zyphra
What matters at scale
12/16, 10:30am Sebastian Wetzel
U. Waterloo
Retrieving physical concepts learned by artificial neural networks[Video][CC]
12/16, 11:30am Sung Hak Lim
IBS Korea
Understanding Galactic Dark Matter with Generative Models[Video][CC]
12/17, 10:30am Cengiz Pehlevan
Harvard
Scaling Neural Networks: Laws, Limits, and Implications
12/17, 1:30pm Aishik Ghosh
Georgia Tech
Unlocking statistical inference in high-dimensions with reliable uncertainty quantification for particle physics
12/18, 10:00am Yi Zhuang You
UCSD
How Focused are LLMs?
12/18, 11:30am James Halverson
(Northeastern)
Jessica N. Howard
(UCSB/KITP)
Anindita Maiti
(Perimeter Inst.)
Roger Melko
(U. Waterloo)
J. Quetzalcoatl Toledo-Marin
(TRIUMF)
Closing remarks
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