CERN
CERN is the world's largest particle physics laboratory, operating the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and dedicated to fundamental research in high-energy physics. It has increasingly promoted the application of AI in scientific computing.
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Zenodo promises to preserve for at least as long as the lifespan of CERN experiments.
CERN calls the Large Physics Model "the first foundation model in the field of collider physics."
The High-Luminosity LHC upgrade is expected to start around 2030, at which point the number of collisions will increase tenfold.
The High-Luminosity LHC aims to increase instantaneous luminosity to 5 to 7.5 times the current level and about tenfold the integrated luminosity over a ten-year run period, by upgrading superconducting magnets (using stronger niobium-tin magnets), improving the beam focusing system, and replacing some detectors.
This collaboration builds on negotiations since 2025.
CERN has a prior tradition of embracing open source: last month it had just migrated 2,200 industrial computers from RHEL to Debian 13.
Neither side has stated whether the weights of the Large Physics Model will be open-sourced.
CERN and the French AI company Mistral AI have signed a declaration of intent to build AI foundation models for science.
The first collaborative project is a foundation model called the "Large Physics Model," trained on billions of simulated particle collision events from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
What CERN and Mistral AI signed is a declaration of intent for a long-term strategic partnership, not a contract with committed funding; neither side disclosed a timeline or budget.
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LHC的加速链包括Linac4（160 MeV）、PSB（2 GeV）、PS（26 GeV）、SPS（450 GeV），最终在主环达到6.5-7 TeV
85%UnverifiedThe LHC is located approximately 100 meters underground near Geneva, Switzerland, on the Franco-Swiss border, and has a circumference of approximately 27 kilometers.
60%UnverifiedZenodo promises to preserve for at least as long as the lifespan of CERN experiments.
50%UnverifiedThis collaboration builds on negotiations since 2025.
50%UnverifiedIn the division of labor, CERN provides physics expertise, scientific data, and large-scale computing resources; Mistral contributes its experience in large model training.
50%UnverifiedCERN's LHC experiments have so far stored about 1 EB (exabyte) of data, roughly 1 million TB.
50%UnverifiedThe High-Luminosity LHC aims to increase instantaneous luminosity to 5 to 7.5 times the current level and about tenfold the integrated luminosity over a ten-year run period, by upgrading superconducting magnets (using stronger niobium-tin magnets), improving the beam focusing system, and replacing some detectors.
50%UnverifiedNeither side has stated whether the weights of the Large Physics Model will be open-sourced.
50%UnverifiedThe first collaborative project is a foundation model called the "Large Physics Model," trained on billions of simulated particle collision events from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
50%UnverifiedWhat CERN and Mistral AI signed is a declaration of intent for a long-term strategic partnership, not a contract with committed funding; neither side disclosed a timeline or budget.
50%UnverifiedThe Large Physics Model will be used for four core tasks: reconstructing collision events, identifying particles, flagging anomalous signals, and evaluating future detector designs.
50%UnverifiedCERN calls the Large Physics Model "the first foundation model in the field of collider physics."
50%UnverifiedZenodo is an open-science storage platform operated by CERN that automatically assigns DOIs to uploaded datasets, code, and documents and commits to their long-term preservation.
50%UnverifiedKiCAD is an open-source EDA tool initiated in 2007 by Jean-Pierre Charras at CERN in France.
50%UnverifiedKiCAD is an open-source EDA tool initiated in 2007 by Jean-Pierre Charras at CERN; KiCAD 8.0 was released in 2023 and introduced features including an interactive router, 3D viewer, and design rule checks.
50%UnverifiedProtonMail was founded in Switzerland in 2014 by scientists from CERN.
50%UnverifiedProtonMail was founded in 2014 by scientists from CERN in Switzerland, adopting a zero-knowledge architecture that derives encryption keys from passwords.
50%UnverifiedThe High-Luminosity LHC upgrade is expected to start around 2030, at which point the number of collisions will increase tenfold.
50%UnverifiedCERN has a prior tradition of embracing open source: last month it had just migrated 2,200 industrial computers from RHEL to Debian 13.
50%UnverifiedCERN and the French AI company Mistral AI have signed a declaration of intent to build AI foundation models for science.
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