Compton Lecture Series - Understanding the Building Blocks of Nature with Particle Collisions and AI
11:00 am KPTC Room 106
Anthony Badea
Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellow
This lecture series will discuss the forefront of research in particle physics, focusing on accelerator-based experiments to understand the conditions, objectives, and technology needs. In particular, the series will highlight how new computing hardware and artificial intelligence (AI) are opening up novel experimental programs.
This event is free and for the public.
John Jumper (Google DeepMind) - Bloch Lecture
3:45–5:00 pm Kent Chemical Laboratory, Room 120
This year’s Bloch lecture will be given by John Jumper, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of Alphafold2, an AI model that predicts the structures of proteins and nanostructures.
Jumper is a University of Chicago Department of Chemistry alum (PhD’17) who worked with Prof. Karl Freed and Prof. Tobin Sosnick.