no code implementations • 14 Sep 2023 • Edoardo Pedicillo, Andrea Pasquale, Stefano Carrazza
Quantum computing is a growing field where the information is processed by two-levels quantum states known as qubits.
no code implementations • 10 Mar 2023 • Andrea Pasquale, Daniel Krefl, Stefano Carrazza, Frank Nielsen
The estimation of probability density functions is a non trivial task that over the last years has been tackled with machine learning techniques.
1 code implementation • 13 Oct 2021 • Carlos Bravo-Prieto, Julien Baglio, Marco Cè, Anthony Francis, Dorota M. Grabowska, Stefano Carrazza
We propose and assess an alternative quantum generator architecture in the context of generative adversarial learning for Monte Carlo event generation, used to simulate particle physics processes at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
no code implementations • 28 Sep 2021 • Giulia Zorzi, Luca Berta, Stefano Carrazza, Alberto Torresin
A Gaussian model developed in Python language was applied to calculate quantitative metrics (QM) describing well-aerated and ill portions of the lungs from the histogram distribution of lung CT numbers in both lungs of each image and in four geometrical subdivision.
1 code implementation • 15 Dec 2020 • Marco Rossi, Stefano Carrazza, Juan M. Cruz-Martinez
We present PDFFlow, a new software for fast evaluation of parton distribution functions (PDFs) designed for platforms with hardware accelerators.
1 code implementation • 5 Oct 2020 • Marco Lazzarin, Simone Alioli, Stefano Carrazza
The parameters tuning of event generators is a research topic characterized by complex choices: the generator response to parameter variations is difficult to obtain on a theoretical basis, and numerical methods are hardly tractable due to the long computational times required by generators.
Computational Physics High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
1 code implementation • 14 Sep 2020 • Stefano Carrazza, Juan M. Cruz-Martinez, Marco Rossi
We present PDFFlow, a new software for fast evaluation of parton distribution functions (PDFs) designed for platforms with hardware accelerators.
6 code implementations • 3 Sep 2020 • Stavros Efthymiou, Sergi Ramos-Calderer, Carlos Bravo-Prieto, Adrián Pérez-Salinas, Diego García-Martín, Artur Garcia-Saez, José Ignacio Latorre, Stefano Carrazza
We present Qibo, a new open-source software for fast evaluation of quantum circuits and adiabatic evolution which takes full advantage of hardware accelerators.
1 code implementation • 28 Feb 2020 • Stefano Carrazza, Juan M. Cruz-Martinez
We present VegasFlow, a new software for fast evaluation of high dimensional integrals based on Monte Carlo integration techniques designed for platforms with hardware accelerators.
no code implementations • 23 Sep 2019 • Stefano Carrazza, Juan Cruz-Martinez, Jesús Urtasun-Elizari, Emilio Villa
In this proceedings we describe the computational challenges associated to the determination of parton distribution functions (PDFs).
2 code implementations • 3 Sep 2019 • Stefano Carrazza, Frédéric A. Dreyer
We introduce a generative model to simulate radiation patterns within a jet using the Lund jet plane.
1 code implementation • 27 May 2019 • Stefano Carrazza, Daniel Krefl, Andrea Papaluca
The probability density function for the visible sector of a Riemann-Theta Boltzmann machine can be taken conditional on a subset of the visible units.
2 code implementations • 22 Mar 2019 • Stefano Carrazza, Frédéric A. Dreyer
We introduce a novel implementation of a reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm which is designed to find an optimal jet grooming strategy, a critical tool for collider experiments.
no code implementations • 8 Jul 2018 • Kim Albertsson, Piero Altoe, Dustin Anderson, John Anderson, Michael Andrews, Juan Pedro Araque Espinosa, Adam Aurisano, Laurent Basara, Adrian Bevan, Wahid Bhimji, Daniele Bonacorsi, Bjorn Burkle, Paolo Calafiura, Mario Campanelli, Louis Capps, Federico Carminati, Stefano Carrazza, Yi-fan Chen, Taylor Childers, Yann Coadou, Elias Coniavitis, Kyle Cranmer, Claire David, Douglas Davis, Andrea De Simone, Javier Duarte, Martin Erdmann, Jonas Eschle, Amir Farbin, Matthew Feickert, Nuno Filipe Castro, Conor Fitzpatrick, Michele Floris, Alessandra Forti, Jordi Garra-Tico, Jochen Gemmler, Maria Girone, Paul Glaysher, Sergei Gleyzer, Vladimir Gligorov, Tobias Golling, Jonas Graw, Lindsey Gray, Dick Greenwood, Thomas Hacker, John Harvey, Benedikt Hegner, Lukas Heinrich, Ulrich Heintz, Ben Hooberman, Johannes Junggeburth, Michael Kagan, Meghan Kane, Konstantin Kanishchev, Przemysław Karpiński, Zahari Kassabov, Gaurav Kaul, Dorian Kcira, Thomas Keck, Alexei Klimentov, Jim Kowalkowski, Luke Kreczko, Alexander Kurepin, Rob Kutschke, Valentin Kuznetsov, Nicolas Köhler, Igor Lakomov, Kevin Lannon, Mario Lassnig, Antonio Limosani, Gilles Louppe, Aashrita Mangu, Pere Mato, Narain Meenakshi, Helge Meinhard, Dario Menasce, Lorenzo Moneta, Seth Moortgat, Mark Neubauer, Harvey Newman, Sydney Otten, Hans Pabst, Michela Paganini, Manfred Paulini, Gabriel Perdue, Uzziel Perez, Attilio Picazio, Jim Pivarski, Harrison Prosper, Fernanda Psihas, Alexander Radovic, Ryan Reece, Aurelius Rinkevicius, Eduardo Rodrigues, Jamal Rorie, David Rousseau, Aaron Sauers, Steven Schramm, Ariel Schwartzman, Horst Severini, Paul Seyfert, Filip Siroky, Konstantin Skazytkin, Mike Sokoloff, Graeme Stewart, Bob Stienen, Ian Stockdale, Giles Strong, Wei Sun, Savannah Thais, Karen Tomko, Eli Upfal, Emanuele Usai, Andrey Ustyuzhanin, Martin Vala, Justin Vasel, Sofia Vallecorsa, Mauro Verzetti, Xavier Vilasís-Cardona, Jean-Roch Vlimant, Ilija Vukotic, Sean-Jiun Wang, Gordon Watts, Michael Williams, Wenjing Wu, Stefan Wunsch, Kun Yang, Omar Zapata
In this document we discuss promising future research and development areas for machine learning in particle physics.
BIG-bench Machine Learning Vocal Bursts Intensity Prediction
no code implementations • 20 Apr 2018 • Stefano Carrazza, Daniel Krefl
We show that the visible sector probability density function of the Riemann-Theta Boltzmann machine corresponds to a gaussian mixture model consisting of an infinite number of component multi-variate gaussians.
1 code implementation • 20 Dec 2017 • Daniel Krefl, Stefano Carrazza, Babak Haghighat, Jens Kahlen
Both the Boltzmann machine and the derived feedforward neural network can be successfully trained via standard gradient- and non-gradient-based optimization techniques.
1 code implementation • 10 May 2016 • Stefano Carrazza, R. Keith Ellis, Giulia Zanderighi
We present a new release of the QCDLoop library based on a modern object-oriented framework.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Theory
1 code implementation • 29 Jan 2016 • Stefano Carrazza, Stefano Forte, Zahari Kassabov, Juan Rojo
We present a methodology for the construction of parton distribution functions (PDFs) designed to provide an accurate representation of PDF uncertainties for specific processes or classes of processes with a minimal number of PDF error sets: specialized minimal PDF sets, or SM-PDFs.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment
no code implementations • 14 Sep 2015 • Valerio Bertone, Stefano Carrazza, Juan Rojo
Calculations of high-energy processes involving the production of b-quarks are typically performed in two different ways, the massive four-flavour scheme (4FS) and the massless five-flavour scheme (5FS).
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment
no code implementations • 27 Aug 2015 • Valerio Bertone, Stefano Carrazza, Davide Pagani, Marco Zaro
We present the implementation of the QED-corrected DGLAP evolution in the presence of photon and lepton PDFs in the APFEL program and, by means of different assumptions for the initial scale PDFs, we produce for the first time PDF sets containing charged lepton distributions.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment
1 code implementation • 2 Jan 2015 • Valerio Bertone, Stefano Carrazza, Emanuele R. Nocera
We present high-precision numerical results for time-like Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi evolution in the $\bar{\rm MS}$ factorisation scheme, for the first time up to next-to-next-to-leading order accuracy in quantum chromodynamics.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
1 code implementation • 20 Oct 2014 • Stefano Carrazza, Alfio Ferrara, Daniele Palazzo, Juan Rojo
We present APFEL Web, a web-based application designed to provide a flexible user-friendly tool for the graphical visualization of parton distribution functions (PDFs).
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment
no code implementations • 5 Jul 2012 • Richard D. Ball, Valerio Bertone, Stefano Carrazza, Christopher S. Deans, Luigi Del Debbio, Stefano Forte, Alberto Guffanti, Nathan P. Hartland, Jose I. Latorre, Juan Rojo, Maria Ubiali
We present the NNPDF2. 3 PDF sets, and compare them to the NNPDF2. 1 sets to assess the impact of the LHC data.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology