Advances in artificial intelligence over the past decade are transforming the discovery potential of modern scientific experiments. By integrating AI into the data-analysis, data-generation, and real-time decision-making processes of large, complex scientific instruments, researchers are opening new paths toward discoveries that were previously inaccessible. At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), proton-proton collisions occur at unprecedented energies and rates, producing enormous volumes of data to probe the nature of space and time at the smallest scales. Professor Liu develops and applies AI methods to advance studies of the Higgs boson and electroweak interactions using current and future LHC data. This talk will highlight opportunities and challenges in handling LHC data, discuss paradigm-shifting strategies and innovative AI approaches for scientific discovery, and explore synergistic developments across science domains and beyond.
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