Kyle Cranmer — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor of Physics, Statistics, and Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he heads the Data Science Institute
Specialized in data analysis techniques, statistical methodology, and machine learning for particle physics
Contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN and made its first property measurements
Pioneered Simulation-Based Inference, combining mechanistic models with machine learning for scientific discovery

Biography

Kyle Cranmer is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he heads the Data Science Institute. He is an American physicist with a background in particle physics, statistics, and computer science. His early professional focus from 1999-2013 was particle physics, primarily searching for the Higgs particle and other signs of new physics with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.