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We built new algorithms to accelerate the discovery of new physics.

yuan-tang.chou@cern.ch ORCID 0000-0002-2204-5731
TEAM LEADER

Yuan-Tang Chou 周圓唐

I am an experimental particle physicist primarily pursuing searches for beyond-the-Standard-Model physics. I have spent most of my research effort on the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider since 2016. My work spans exotic Higgs searches, real-time trigger systems, and AI infrastructure for science. I joined NTHU as Assistant Professor of Physics in August 2026. I currently serve as ATLAS b-jet trigger signature coordinator and Fast ML foundation coprocessor subgroup coordinator.

APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor (from Aug 2026)
Dept. of Physics, National Tsing Hua University
Postdoctoral Scholar (2023–2026)
University of Washington · NSF A3D3 Institute · Data Science Institute Fellow
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Physics (2023)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
B.S. in Physics (2015)
National Tsing Hua University
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Yushan Fellow Program logo Yushan Young Fellow (2026)
Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan
NERSC logo NERSC Director Reserve Allocation Award (AI for Science) (2025–2026)
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
University of Washington eScience Institute logo UW Data Science Postdoctoral Fellow (2024)
University of Washington, Data Science Institute
Recruiting! Recruiting the founding cohort of Ph.D., M.S., and undergraduate students for 2026.
How to apply
STUDENTS

Students across institutions

We welcome motivated students from other institutions to collaborate with us on research projects.

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

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PH.D. STUDENTS

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

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ALUMNI

DS
Daniel James Smith
University of Bath · Computer Science · 2025–2026
Mixture of Experts for the event-level foundation model
Next: CERN Fellow
FW
Feng Wei
National Taiwan University · Physics · 2024–2025
Large-radius tracking with the Open Data Detector
Undergraduate research
KF
Kenechi Fortune
California State University · Summer 2025
ML-based track reconstruction
US ATLAS Summer Student
AA
Aadi Anand
University of Washington · Physics · 2024–2025
NSF HDR ML challenge and ML-based track reconstruction
Next: M.S. student in Computer Science at the University of Washington
HZ
University of Washington · Physics · 2023–2024
Tracking as a Service and the ATLAS Run 2 charged-Higgs combination
In collaboration with Xiangyang Ju (LBNL)
Next: NESAP Postdoctoral Fellow at NERSC, Berkeley Lab
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