prof. dr. Borut Paul Kerševan - Head of Department

Room: C085

T: +386 14773 774

I am active in developing new methods in particle physics data simulation and analysis. I participated in several new physics searches at the LHC as well as developments of Monte Carlo tools and experimental techniques, which were also used in the Higgs boson discovery in 2012. I became involved in the field of Machine Learning in physics already during my doctorate, using neural networks for the reconstruction of W bosons. During my term as the ATLAS Computing Coordinator, coordinating all software and computing activities of the ATLAS collaboration, I have set up a working group to investigate the potential of using ML techniques and HPC facilities for ATLAS. Lately I am focusing my interest in Machine Learning applications in various aspects of experimental particle physics, from event categorization, background modeling and object reconstruction to fast simulation techniques of LHC processes. Invited speaker at many international events, h-index higher than 100, more than 1000 papers published in the highest ranked international journals with more than 10000 citations.

· 1997: M. Sc. in Physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (FMF), University of Ljubljana (UL), Slovenia.

· September 2000: Ph. D. in Physics at the FMF, UL.

· 1997 - 2000: Postgraduate Researcher at Experimental Particle Physics Department of
»Jožef Stefan« Institute (JSI).

· From 1997: Scientific Associate at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN),
member of the DELPHI collaboration, from 2001 onwards also a member of the ATLAS collaboration.

· From 1999: Teaching Assistant for Physics at the FMF, UL.

· 2000 - 2001: Doctoral Assistant Researcher at the Experimental Particle Physics Department of JSI.

· 2001 - 2002: Research Fellow at CERN.

· From 2002: Permanent position at FMF, UL.

· From 2004: Assistant Professor at the UL.

· From 2009: Associate Professor at the UL.

· From 2013: Full Professor at the UL.

· From 2015: Scientific Councillor at the JSI.

The ATLAS experiment at the European Particle Physics Laboratory CERN in Geneva.

EPS HEP Prize 2013: In the year 2013 the members of the ATLAS collaboration were awarded the prize “2013 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society”, given to the ATLAS and CMS international collaborations.
Order or merit of the Republic of Slovenia, march 2016: For outstanding scientific achievements in the fields of experimental physics and technological development and contribution of promoting Slovenian science in international research the Slovenian group of scientists participating in the ATLAS experiment at CERN (Dr. Vladimir Cindro, Dr. Andrej Filipčič, Dr. Andrej Gorišek, Dr. Borut Paul Kerševan, Dr. Gregor Kramberger, Dr. Igor Mandić, Dr. Marko Zavrtanik and its leader Dr. Marko Mikuž). was awarded the Order of the Republic by the president of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor.

ARRS Grants

· 2001 - 2003: Head of the basic research project of ARRS, Slovenian Research Agency: »Simulation and analysis of proton collision at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)«.

· 2004 – 2007: Head of the basic research project of ARRS: »Data Analysis Tools and Environment for Physics Research with the ATLAS Detector«.

· 2007 - 2009: Head of the basic research project of ARRS: “Development and Implementation of Tools for the Physics Research with the ATLAS Detector in the Grid Environment”

· 2021 - 2024 : Head of the basic research project of ARRS: “Application of Machine Learning Methods in the Data Analysis at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)"

· 2022 - 2027: Head of the basic research program of ARRS: "Experimental Particle Physics"

EU Grants

· 2017- 2021: Slovenian representative in the EU Cost project named "VBSCan", dedicated to the theoretical and experimental studies of the Vector Boson Scattering (VBS).

· 2020 - 2022: The representative of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in the project named "EuroCC", funded within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) European Union research framework.