[UGRAD] Honors Thesis Presentation: Optimal Transport for Collider Data Analysis

Student Name: Hancheng Li
Title: Optimal Transport for Collider Data Analysis
Date of Presentation: Tuesday, March 18th from 9am-10am in Broida 3302
Description: Originally introduced by French mathematician Gaspard Monge for optimizing the relocation of soil, the concept of optimal transport has since evolved into a powerful mathematical framework. In the 1940s, Soviet mathematician Leonid Kantorovich formalized and generalized Monge’s problem, giving rise to the Monge-Kantorovich transportation problem. More recently, optimal transport has found innovative applications in high-energy physics, particularly in distinguishing different collider events and jet tagging. In this thesis, we will explore the use of optimal transport in collider data analysis, with a focus on its potential for anomaly detection. Additionally, we will discuss framework developments tailored to the collider environment.