[W184] Pellegrino Piantadosi: Rediscovering the Standard Model with AI

[Latin American Webinars on Physics]

Dear colleagues, 

We invite you to our next webinar on Wednesday, September 10, 15:00 UTC. Our guest will be Pellegrino Piantadosi (NYUAD, UAE), who will talk about "Rediscovering the Standard Model with AI". The abstract can be found below. 

Join us via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEedx0J4-zM

Abstract:In this talk, I will explore whether artificial intelligence can autonomously rediscover known structures of the Standard Model of particle physics using only experimental data and without theoretical input. By applying unsupervised machine learning techniques, such as dimensionality reduction and clustering, to intrinsic particle properties and decay modes, I will show how key features of particle physics emerge from the data itself. These include the relative strength of interactions, the distinction between baryons and mesons, conserved quantum numbers like baryon number, strangeness, and charm, as well as isospin structure and the Eightfold Way multiplets. Clustering methods reveal groupings aligned with interaction types and flavor symmetries, and I will also highlight signatures of Regge trajectories in baryon excitations. These results suggest a promising direction for data-driven discovery in fundamental physics, where machine learning reveals deep physical structures without prior theoretical assumptions.

https://lawphysics.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/w184-pellegrino-piantadosi-rediscovering-the-standard-model-with-ai/