Colloquia

Most of the ordinary matter in the universe does not reside inside stars or galaxies. Instead, it drifts in the vast, dark expanses between them, woven into a colossal, interconnected structure known as the cosmic web. To read the secret history of this gas, astrophysicists look for the "Lyman-alpha forest ...

Artificial intelligence tools are becoming ubiquitous in everyday life as a tool for facilitating and speeding up tasks, such as retrieving information. In fundamental physics they are instead being used as tools for discovery. Specifically drawing from examples in high-energy physics, I show that AI and machine learning are enabling ...