UK HEP Forum 2026: "Will the LLM revolution uncover the secrets of the Universe?"
from
Monday, 23 November 2026 (20:00)
to
Wednesday, 25 November 2026 (19:05)
Monday, 23 November 2026
20:00
Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 21:30
Tuesday, 24 November 2026
10:00
Registration and coffee
Registration and coffee
10:00 - 10:25
10:25
Welcome
Welcome
10:25 - 10:30
10:30
HEP: the big questions
-
Gavin Salam
(
University of Oxford and All Souls College
)
HEP: the big questions
Gavin Salam
(
University of Oxford and All Souls College
)
10:30 - 11:05
11:15
Collider anomalies, tensions, and opportunities
Collider anomalies, tensions, and opportunities
11:15 - 11:50
12:00
Noncollider anomalies, tensions, and opportunities
-
Juri Smirnov
Noncollider anomalies, tensions, and opportunities
Juri Smirnov
12:00 - 12:35
12:45
Lunch
Lunch
12:45 - 13:45
14:00
Introduction to LLMs
Introduction to LLMs
14:00 - 14:35
14:45
LLMs in industry
LLMs in industry
14:45 - 15:20
15:30
Student talks: 1
1
15:30 - 16:05
16:05
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:05 - 16:35
16:35
Student talks
16:35 - 17:10
17:10
Proving theorems using LLMs
-
Sven Krippendorf
(
University of Cambridge
)
Proving theorems using LLMs
Sven Krippendorf
(
University of Cambridge
)
17:10 - 17:45
17:55
AI and QCD
-
Daniel Maitre
(
IPPP
)
AI and QCD
Daniel Maitre
(
IPPP
)
17:55 - 18:30
18:40
LLMs and AI and phenomenology
-
Tilman Plehn
(
Heidelberg University
)
LLMs and AI and phenomenology
Tilman Plehn
(
Heidelberg University
)
18:40 - 19:15
19:30
Dinner
Dinner
19:30 - 21:30
Wednesday, 25 November 2026
09:00
Hotel checkout
09:00 - 09:15
09:15
LLMs: research tool or research assistant?
-
Veronica Sanz
LLMs: research tool or research assistant?
Veronica Sanz
09:15 - 09:50
10:00
LLMs and scientific integrity
-
Joseph Tooby-Smith
LLMs and scientific integrity
Joseph Tooby-Smith
10:00 - 10:35
10:45
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:10
11:10
Will the LLM bubble burst?
Will the LLM bubble burst?
11:10 - 11:45
11:55
Computing, grid and sustainability
-
Alastair Dewhurst
(
STFC
)
Computing, grid and sustainability
Alastair Dewhurst
(
STFC
)
11:55 - 12:30
12:40
Transformers for low-energy neutrino triggers in Hyper-Kamiokande
-
Saúl Alonso-Monsalve
Transformers for low-energy neutrino triggers in Hyper-Kamiokande
Saúl Alonso-Monsalve
12:40 - 13:00
13:05
Lunch
Lunch
13:05 - 14:05
14:05
What can LHC triggers learn from LLMs?
-
Benedikt Maier
What can LHC triggers learn from LLMs?
Benedikt Maier
14:05 - 14:25
14:30
Using LLMs for physics analysis
-
Caterina Doglioni
Using LLMs for physics analysis
Caterina Doglioni
14:30 - 15:05
15:15
Future of LLMs in HEP
-
Daniel Murnane
Future of LLMs in HEP
Daniel Murnane
15:15 - 15:50
16:00
Farewell
Farewell
16:00 - 16:05