Name: Precision Frontier of QCD Matter: Inference and Uncertainty Quantification
Start: 2025-09-01T00:00:00+08:00
End: 2025-09-12T18:00:00+08:00
Location: Building 9 (Physics Building)

Precision Frontier of QCD Matter: Inference and Uncertainty Quantification

from Monday, September 1, 2025 (12:00 AM) to Friday, September 12, 2025 (6:00 PM)

Monday, September 1, 2025

9:00 AM Registration (Week I)
Registration (Week I)
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM
Room: Room 409

9:25 AM

9:25 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Room 409
9:30 AM Toward constraining QCD phase transitions in neutron star interiors: Bayesian inference with a Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkof linear response analysis - Shuzhe Shi (Tsinghua University)
Toward constraining QCD phase transitions in neutron star interiors: Bayesian inference with a Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkof linear response analysis
- Shuzhe Shi (Tsinghua University)
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Room 409
10:15 AM Coffee Break + Week-I photo
Coffee Break + Week-I photo
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Room 409
11:00 AM Inferring the Equation of State from Neutron Star Observables via Machine Learning - NARESH KUMAR PATRA (BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, NH-B, South Goa, Goa, Pin-757040)
Inferring the Equation of State from Neutron Star Observables via Machine Learning
- NARESH KUMAR PATRA (BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, NH-B, South Goa, Goa, Pin-757040)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Room 409
11:45 AM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM
Room: Room 409

2:00 PM Panel discussion
Panel discussion
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Room 409
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
9:15 AM Bayesian inference in heavy ion collisions - Wilke Van Der Schee (CERN / Utrecht University)
Bayesian inference in heavy ion collisions
- Wilke Van Der Schee (CERN / Utrecht University)
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Room 409
10:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Room 409
10:30 AM Special Colloquium: From Quarks to Neutron Stars - Tetsuo Hatsuda (RIKEN iTHEMS)
Special Colloquium: From Quarks to Neutron Stars
- Tetsuo Hatsuda (RIKEN iTHEMS)
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Room 409
12:00 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Room 409
2:00 PM Bayesian and frequentist model comparison for nuclear symmetry energy - Zhen Zhang (SYSU)
Bayesian and frequentist model comparison for nuclear symmetry energy
- Zhen Zhang (SYSU)
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Room 409
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
9:30 AM Calibration of rapidity dependent mulitplicities using a three-dimensional initial state model - Andreas Kirchner (Duke University)
Calibration of rapidity dependent mulitplicities using a three-dimensional initial state model
- Andreas Kirchner (Duke University)
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Room 409
10:15 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Room 409
11:00 AM Hadron-Hadron Interaction from Lattice QCD: Theory meets experiments - Tetsuo Hatsuda (RIKEN iTHEMS)
Hadron-Hadron Interaction from Lattice QCD: Theory meets experiments
- Tetsuo Hatsuda (RIKEN iTHEMS)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Room 409
11:45 AM Lunch Box
Lunch Box
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: Room 409

1:00 PM Hubei Province Museum Tour (Week-I)
Hubei Province Museum Tour (Week-I)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room 409
Thursday, September 4, 2025
9:30 AM High-Dimensional Unfolding in Large Backgrounds - Adam Takacs (Heidelberg University)
High-Dimensional Unfolding in Large Backgrounds
- Adam Takacs (Heidelberg University)
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Room 409
10:15 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Room 409
11:00 AM Quantifying the impact of longitudinal information on ultra-relativistic collision measurement across systems at the RHIC top energy with a 3D Bayesian calibration - Andi Mankolli (Vanderbilt University)
Quantifying the impact of longitudinal information on ultra-relativistic collision measurement across systems at the RHIC top energy with a 3D Bayesian calibration
- Andi Mankolli (Vanderbilt University)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Room 409
11:45 AM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM
Room: Room 409
2:00 PM Emergence and quantification of collective effects across collision systems - Jasper Parkkila (Warsaw University of Technology)
Emergence and quantification of collective effects across collision systems
- Jasper Parkkila (Warsaw University of Technology)
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Room 409
6:00 PM Group Dinner (Week I)
Group Dinner (Week I)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: Room 409
Friday, September 5, 2025
9:30 AM Extreme QCD matter exploration with machine learning - 凯周 (CUHK-Shenzhen)
Extreme QCD matter exploration with machine learning
- 凯周 (CUHK-Shenzhen)
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Room 409
10:15 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Room 409
11:00 AM Quantifying the role of strangeness in baryon production mechanisms through angular correlations in pp collisions at 13.6 TeV with ALICE 2 - Shirajum Monira (Warsaw University of Technology)
Quantifying the role of strangeness in baryon production mechanisms through angular correlations in pp collisions at 13.6 TeV with ALICE 2
- Shirajum Monira (Warsaw University of Technology)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Room 409
11:45 AM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM
Room: Room 409
2:00 PM Deep generative event-by-event heavy-ion simulations for next-generation experiments - Manjunath Omana Kuttan (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies )
Deep generative event-by-event heavy-ion simulations for next-generation experiments
- Manjunath Omana Kuttan (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies )
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Room 409
Saturday, September 6, 2025

9:00 AM Free Weekend
Free Weekend
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room 409
Sunday, September 7, 2025

9:00 AM Free Weekend
Free Weekend
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room 409

Monday, September 8, 2025

9:00 AM Registration (Week II)
Registration (Week II)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Room 409
9:30 AM High-energy experimental imaging of nuclear shapes for precise constraints on QGP initial conditions - Chunjian Zhang (Fudan University)
High-energy experimental imaging of nuclear shapes for precise constraints on QGP initial conditions
- Chunjian Zhang (Fudan University)
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Room 409
10:15 AM Coffee Break + Week-II photo
Coffee Break + Week-II photo
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Room 409
11:00 AM Statistical Analysis of Energy Loss Across System Size - Coleridge Faraday (University of Cape Town)
Statistical Analysis of Energy Loss Across System Size
- Coleridge Faraday (University of Cape Town)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Room 409
11:45 AM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM
Room: Room 409

2:00 PM Panel discussion
Panel discussion
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Room 409
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
9:30 AM Neural network enhanced Bayesian analysis of heavy-ion observables - Henry Hirvonen (Vanderbilt University)
Neural network enhanced Bayesian analysis of heavy-ion observables
- Henry Hirvonen (Vanderbilt University)
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Room 409
10:15 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Room 409
11:00 AM Event-by-event jet-induced hydrodynamic response from machine learning - Kaiyi Wu (CCNU)
Event-by-event jet-induced hydrodynamic response from machine learning
- Kaiyi Wu (CCNU)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Room 409
11:45 AM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM
Room: Room 409

2:00 PM Panel discussion
Panel discussion
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Room 409
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
9:30 AM Extract QCD speed of sound in the presence of quantum fluctuations - Yushan Mu (Fudan)
Extract QCD speed of sound in the presence of quantum fluctuations
- Yushan Mu (Fudan)
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Room 409
10:15 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Room 409
11:00 AM Resolving the flow puzzle in relativistic heavy ion collisions with detailed nuclear structure - Haojie Xu (Huzhou University)
Resolving the flow puzzle in relativistic heavy ion collisions with detailed nuclear structure
- Haojie Xu (Huzhou University)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Room 409
11:45 AM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: Room 409

1:00 PM Hubei Province Museum Tour (Week-II)
Hubei Province Museum Tour (Week-II)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room 409
Thursday, September 11, 2025
9:30 AM Shear and bulk viscosities of gluon plasma across the transition temperature - Zhang Cheng (CCNU)
Shear and bulk viscosities of gluon plasma across the transition temperature
- Zhang Cheng (CCNU)
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Room 409
10:15 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Room 409
11:00 AM An end-to-end generative diffusion model for high-energy heavy-ion collisions - Li Yan (复旦大学)
An end-to-end generative diffusion model for high-energy heavy-ion collisions
- Li Yan (复旦大学)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Room 409
11:45 AM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM
Room: Room 409

2:00 PM Panel discussion
Panel discussion
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Room 409

6:00 PM Group Dinner (Week II)
Group Dinner (Week II)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: Room 409
Friday, September 12, 2025
9:30 AM Open challenges for Bayesian inference in heavy-ion collisions - Raymond Ehlers (UC Berkeley)
Open challenges for Bayesian inference in heavy-ion collisions
- Raymond Ehlers (UC Berkeley)
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Room 409
10:15 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Room 409
11:00 AM Constraining the Vacuum–Medium Transition with Hadron and Jet $R_{AA}$ and Substructure (EEC) - Lin Li (CCNU)
Constraining the Vacuum–Medium Transition with Hadron and Jet $R_{AA}$ and Substructure (EEC)
- Lin Li (CCNU)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Room 409