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 |
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| 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:
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| 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) |