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Collaborative Research: CyberTraining: Pilot: Monte Carlo General Education Network (MCGEN — NSF Award to Stanford University (CA,

Particle and nuclear physics (PNP) are fundamentally probabilistic due to quantum mechanics. Both fields rely on complex Monte-Carlo (MC)-based simulators that use random number sampling to make predictions for nearly all aspects of experimental design and data interpretation. In fact, most branches of science and engi

Award titleCollaborative Research: CyberTraining: Pilot: Monte Carlo General Education Network (MCGEN
Award ID2601606
AwardeeStanford University
CitySTANFORD
StateCA
Amount obligated$136,326
Principal investigatorBenjamin Nachman
ProgramPHYSICS AT THE INFO FRONTIER, CyberTraining - Training-based
Start date10/01/2025
AbstractParticle and nuclear physics (PNP) are fundamentally probabilistic due to quantum mechanics. Both fields rely on complex Monte-Carlo (MC)-based simulators that use random number sampling to make predictions for nearly all aspects of experimental design and data interpretation. In fact, most branches of science and engineering rely heavily on MC simulations for solving difficult problems, from modeling traffic flow to predicting weather patterns; in the rapidly emerging fields of machine learning
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