CERN and Mistral sign a statement of intent to establish a strategic partnership

What happened: CERN and Mistral signed a statement of intent for a long-term strategic partnership to develop foundation models for scientific discovery, starting with high-energy physics. Key numbers: About one exabyte of LHC experimental data stored to date. Collisions set to increase tenfold with HL-LHC, expected to begin operation around 2030. Why it matters: The partners aim to build the first foundation model for collider physics, trained on billions of simulated proton-proton collisions, to support tasks from particle reconstruction to flagging unexpected signals.

CERN and Mistral signed a statement of intent for a long-term strategic partnership to develop foundation models for scientific discovery, starting with high-energy physics.

The partners aim to build the first foundation model for collider physics, trained on billions of simulated proton-proton collisions, to support tasks from particle reconstruction to flagging unexpected signals.