ML4Accelerators @Cockcroft Working Group

→ Europe/London
(next to CLARA control room) (CR1 DL)

(next to CLARA control room)

CR1 DL
Amelia Pollard (ASTeC), Andrea Santamaria Garcia (University of Liverpool and Cockcroft Institute)
Description

The aim of the ML4Accelerators WG is to share progress on projects, troubleshoot common issues (coding errors, file organization, data standards, repositories), and exchange practical know-how. We’ll also use the space to keep each other updated on conferences, abstract submissions and deadlines, new papers, and relevant news.

This is an informal but structured gathering: a place to discuss what you worked on last month, learn from each other’s experiences, and make sure nobody gets stuck in isolation. Whether you’re working on experiments, simulations, or coding pipelines, this is a chance to get feedback, stay on top of developments, and build good habits as a community.

When the first Thursday of every month  
Where

In person: meeting room next to CLARA's control room (Daresbury Laboratory)

Remote: Teams link
Who

the meeting is open to students, postdocs, staff, academics from the Cockcroft Institute and anyone interested in discussing AI/ML

 
What

Rountable of attendants: share your latest news and work on AI/ML (max 5 min/person).

Latest news: chairperson will go through latest news, upcoming events, and interesting papers (max 10 min).

Rest of the meeting will have different options depending on the month:

  • Discussion session: bring a particular technical topic you want to discuss, a technical difficulty you want help with, or a new idea to brainstorm.
  • Journal club: we will read a paper in advance and discuss it during the meeting. Needs to be decided at least a month in advance.
  • Rehearsal talk: feel free to rehearse with us before an important event and prepare for technical questions.

 

Link to add topics of discussion (you need to be part of the group mlatcockroft@stfc365.onmicrosoft.com): ML4AcceleratorsWG-meeting-schedule.xlsx

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Events

Acronym and full name with link Date Location Comment/Info
1-7 Sept 2026

Crete (Greece)

 Large physics community (particle, astro) talking about differentiable simulations
3rd International Reinforcement Learning Bootcamp 16-18 Sept 2026

Salzburg (Austria)

 Good opportunity for students to learn RL
AISSAI Hackathon on AI for Particle Accelerators 11-16 Oct 2026

Les domaines de Gaston (France)

 Amy will be a team leader, good opportunity for students
Reinforcement Learning for Experimental Sciences Workshop 12 December Paris (France) Simon Hirlaender will be presenting new ideas for RL in particle accelerators. Event part of NeurIPS2026.
RL4AA'27 (5th collaboration workshop on Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Accelerators) 21-23 April 2027 SLAC (United States)  
MaLAPA 2027 (7th Beam Dynamics Mini-Workshop on Machine Learning for Particle Accelerators) 26-29 April 2027 Berkley (United States)  

 

Interesting papers

Interesting news

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