SubjectsSubjects(version: 978)
Course, academic year 2025/2026
   Login via CAS
   
Machine Learning in Physics: Advanced Topics and Techniques - NFPL806
Title: Machine Learning in Physics: Advanced Topics and Techniques
Guaranteed by: Department of Condensed Matter Physics (32-KFKL)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2025
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English, Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Tomáš Novotný, Ph.D.
RNDr. Martin Žonda, Ph.D.
RNDr. Pavel Baláž, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): RNDr. Pavel Baláž, Ph.D.
RNDr. Martin Žonda, Ph.D.
Annotation -
This course covers advanced topics in Machine Learning with a focus on physical applications, extending beyond standard introductory material. Each lesson combines theoretical insights with practical, hands-on examples and group discussions. It is intended for students who are already familiar with the fundamentals of machine learning and are interested in exploring its advanced uses in physics and related scientific fields.
Last update: Mikšová Kateřina, Mgr. (12.06.2025)
Aim of the course -

The goal of the course is to provide students with an overview of current challenges in scientific research and selected modern machine learning techniques used to address them.

Last update: Mikšová Kateřina, Mgr. (12.06.2025)
Course completion requirements -

To receive credit for the course, active participation is required. This includes regular attendance and engagement in lectures and discussions. Each student will be assigned a machine learning project, which will be developed throughout the semester and discussed during the practical sessions. The final evaluation will be based on the successful completion of the project and a 20-minute presentation at the end of the semester.

Last update: Mikšová Kateřina, Mgr. (12.06.2025)
Literature -

1. Schutt et al.: Machine Learning Meets Quantum Physics, Springer (2020).

2. Kilpatrick: Deep Learning with Julia: deeplearningwithjulia.com.

3. F. Chollet: Deep learning v jazyku Python. Knihovny Keras, Tensorflow. Grada (2019).

4. P. Mehta, M. Bukov, C.-H. Wang, A. G. R. Day, C. Richardson, C. K. Fisher, and D. J. Schwab, A High-Bias: Low-Variance Introduction to Machine Learning for Physicists, Physics Reports 810, 1 (2019).

5. Anna Dawid et al.: Modern applications of machine learning in quantum sciences, arXiv:2204.04198 [quant-ph] (2022).

6. A. Tanaka,A .Tomiya, K. Hashimoto: Deep Learning and Physics, Springer Verlang (2021)

7. G. Carleo et al., Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences, Rev. Mod. Phys. 91, 045002 (2019).

Last update: Mikšová Kateřina, Mgr. (22.12.2022)
Syllabus -

1. Recent topics of Machine Learning in Science

2. Interpretable Machine Learning

3. Automatic differentiation for Machine Learning in programming languages Python and Julia

4. Neuromorfic computing. Basic concepts and current state of the research in the field TensorFlow Quantum. Machine Learning and Quantum computing

5. Physics-informed Neural Networks

6. Neural Differential Equations

7. Large Language Models, Transformers

8. Diffusion models

Last update: Mikšová Kateřina, Mgr. (12.06.2025)
 
Charles University | Information system of Charles University | http://www.cuni.cz/UKEN-329.html