Jan Gerrit Schulz

Jan GERRIT SCHULZ

Doctoral student

My name is Jan, and I am a doctoral student working on the CMS experiment. My research focuses on developing fast and efficient algorithms to reconstruct particles produced in high-energy collision events within the CMS detector. Specifically, I work on tracking charged particles and jet-flavor tagging within the high-level trigger, where strict real-time constraints necessitate innovative and carefully optimized solutions.
I enjoy the opportunity to rethink existing algorithms from first principles and expand my horizons with new techniques and ideas daily. What motivates me is the challenge of improving performance beyond what is commonly thought possible, as well as the knowledge that our NGT output will hopefully serve as the foundation for many future CMS analyses.
My interest in event reconstruction began as a summer student at CERN’s LHCb experiment and continued with my master’s thesis on an AI-based di-jet tagging technique for CMS. This work led me to earn a Master of Science in Experimental Particle Physics with honors from RWTH Aachen University.
Outside of work, I enjoy playing all kinds of sports with friends (as long as a ball is involved), playing board games, and making music.

Fields of interest:

• High-Energy Physics
• Machine Learning
• High-Performance Computing
• Tracking and Vertexing
• Jet-Flavor Tagging