Events on Friday, February 17th, 2023
- Academic Calendar
- Deadline for students (except Graduate) to change variable credits
- Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.* CONTACT: 262-3811, registrar@em.wisc.edu URL:
- Academic Calendar
- Deadline for students (except Graduate) to request pass/fail or credit/audit options for a Spring term course
- Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.* CONTACT: 262-3811, registrar@em.wisc.edu URL:
- Academic Calendar
- Deadline for students to drop a Spring term course and receive 50% tuition adjustment
- Abstract: *Note: actual end time may vary.* CONTACT: 262-3811, registrar@em.wisc.edu URL:
- Preliminary Exam
- 2D Convolutional Network for IceCube DeepCore Oscillation Studies
- Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Place: 2335 Sterling or
- Speaker: Josh Peterson, Physics Graduate Student
- Abstract: IceCube DeepCore is an extension of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory designed to measure GeV scale atmospheric neutrino interactions. Neutrino reconstruction and classification tasks are especially difficult at GeV scale energies in IceCube DeepCore due to sparse instrumentation. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been found to have better success at neutrino event reconstruction than likelihood-based methods. I present a new CNN model that exploits time and depth translational symmetry in IceCube DeepCore data and present the model’s performance, specifically for neutrino flavor identification. This new CNN model will be used for inelasticity reconstruction and/or matter effect dependent neutrino oscillation studies.
- Host: Kael Hanson
- Physics Department Colloquium
- So a quantum computer walks into the White House…
- Time: 3:25 pm - 6:00 pm
- Place: 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Charles Tahan , Laboratory for Physical Sciences
- Abstract: Charle Tahan is Director of the National Quantum Coordination Office (NQCO) within the
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Tahan is also
Chief Scientist of the National Security Agency's Laboratory for Physical Sciences.
He got his PhD degree under the supervision of Bob Joynt at UW-Madison.
- Host: Robert Joynt