Next Generation Triggers
Innovative computing technologies for data acquisition and processing
for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider and beyond
Our research
Experiment Trigger Systems
ATLAS and CMS experts in NextGen develop new workflows and data processing techniques to increase the sensitivity of future particle physics triggers
Heterogeneous Computing
NextGen develops and benchmarks software and techniques to exploit accelerated computing architectures keeping in mind cost and energy efficiency
Artificial Intelligence
NextGen investigates the use of AI technologies to improve the experiments’ physics impact leveraging massive data throughput pipelines and large-scale models
Physics Simulation
Theoretical physicists and software engineers in NextGen look at new event generators techniques to improve simulation and detection of exotic signatures
Education and Training
NextGen works with the High-Energy Physics community and computer science experts to provide new generations of scientists with the right skills for tomorrow’s challenges
News & Events
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Precision Matters: Unlocking the Future of Floating Point at CERN
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in WorkshopOn 1–2 July 2025, the “Optimising Floating Point Precision” Workshop, co-organized by Next Generation Triggers and CERN Openlab, took place at CERN, gathering experts to explore how floating point operations — in single, double, or higher precision — can be optimized for future high-energy physics applications in heterogeneous computing environments. With increasing demands in data…
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From Theory to Trigger: First NGT Workshop on BSM Benchmarks
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in WorkshopOn 4 July 2025, the first NGT workshop dedicated to BSM benchmarks for Next Generation Triggers took place at CERN’s Theory Department, bringing over 100 participants both in person and online together. The event marked the launch of discussions under Task 1.6 of the Next Generation Triggers (NGT) project, aiming to define benchmark BSM (Beyond…
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Optimising floating point workshop – Registrations open!
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Scientific applications in high energy physics depend in many areas on floating point operations in single, double or even higher precision. With the upcoming runs at the LHC, both the amount of data and the precision for its calculation will increase significantly and therefore the computing resource requirements. It has already been proven that the…
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Bringing ML to the Trigger: Highlights from the ATLAS & CMS MLOps Workshop
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On 2 June 2025, the NGT ATLAS & CMS MLOps Workshop took place at CERN’s IdeaSquare, marking the first installment in a new series of workshops & events looking to bring together intra and inter-experiment groups to start discussion on the effective deployment of Machine Learning algorithms into the hardware trigger systems and beyond in…
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“Being at CERN made everything much more real”
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Tasos and Erwan reflect on their time at CERN through the NGT Exchange Programme As part of the Next Generation Triggers (NGT) exchange programme, we recently welcomed two master’s students from Uppsala University—Anastasios Kakos (Greece) and Erwan Larie-Kerboull (France)—. Working under the supervision of Prof. Rebeca González Suárez and collaborating with NGT fellows Maria Carnesale…
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Tackling Negative Weights in High-Energy Physics Simulations
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Last week, from May 5 to 8, researchers from across the high-energy physics community gathered at CERN to take on a thorny problem in modern event generation: negative weights. As computing demands rise with the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), so too does the urgency to make Monte Carlo (MC) simulations more efficient. Negative weights—an artefact of…