ISNET-11: Information and Statistics in Nuclear Experiment and Theory
Aula Renzo Leonardi - Villa Tambosi
Str. delle Tabarelle, 286, 38123 Villazzano TN
Villazzano
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The series of ISNET meetings can be traced to a small workshop held at the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Krakow in 2012 to review the quantification of uncertainties in theoretical predictions. This was followed by an extension to incorporate uncertainty quantification (UQ) in phenomenology and inference from experimental results. The ISNET series developed thereafter, including workshops at ECT* and the INT in Seattle, USA. We are now approaching the 10th edition of ISNET at the Jiangwan Campus of Fudan University in Shanghai, China in November 2024. WHY NOW? Uncertainty quantification is now a key component of nuclear physics research. Statistical inference methods form an increasingly integral part of theoretical, experimental, and computational physics. Rapid advances in computational statistics and machine learning enable exciting possibilities: combining model forecasts, exploring the intricate structure and limits of theoretical models, and guiding future experiments to the most information-rich domains. These techniques can also spur greater computational efficiency, an important consideration given the computer-hungry nature of state-of-the-art nuclear-physics calculations. The landscape of UQ workshops in nuclear physics is very different now to what it was twelve years ago when the first Krakow ISNET happened. This year alone there are meetings focusing on “UQ in Nuclear Physics” at the MITP and INT, in addition to ISNET-10. Nevertheless, ISNET continues to play a unique role in the community due to its explicit focus on bringing together statisticians & applied mathematicians who will share techniques with the nuclear-physics audience. Its small workshop format is specifically designed to encourage the formation of interdisciplinary collaborations on forefront nuclear-physics topics. WHY AT THE ECT*? A very successful ISNET meeting was already held at the ECT* in 2015. The ECT* workshop format is ideally suited to ISNET’s goal of scientific dialog between nuclear physicists, statisticians, and mathematicians. The extensive time that participants spend together outside of the periods set aside for formal presentations & discussions encourages continued learning about one another’s science problems & methods.
Organizers
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Andreas Ekström (Chalmers University of Technology )
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Daniel Phillips (Ohio University )
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Amy Lovell (Los Alamos National Laboratory )
Registration
Registration available from 15/09/2025 until 24/10/2025.