Name: Representative Signatures in Data Analysis - Epistemological Reflections
Start: 2026-10-15T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-16T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Lamarr/RC Trust Dortmund

Representative Signatures in Data Analysis - Epistemological Reflections

from Thursday, 15 October 2026 (10:00) to Friday, 16 October 2026 (18:00)

Monday, 12 October 2026
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Thursday, 15 October 2026

10:00 Introduction

10:00 - 10:10
Room: JvF25/3-303 - Conference Room
10:10 Unfolding
10:10 - 12:25
Room: JvF25/3-303 - Conference Room
Contributions

10:10 Knowledge, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence - From Critical to Probabilistic Rationalism - Wolfgang Rhode (TU Dortmund)

10:55 Unfolding data with AI at the LHC: Epistemological implications - Pierre-Hugues Beauchemin (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Department of Philosophy)

11:40 Unfolding, Systematics, and Trustworthiness - Mirko Bunse (Lamarr Institute, TU Dortmund University)
12:25 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:25 - 14:00
14:00 Signal-background separation and data quality
14:00 - 15:30
Room: JvF25/3-303 - Conference Room
Contributions

14:00 Statistical separation of signal and background based on partial prior knowledge - Michael Schmelling (Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik Heidelberg)

14:45 The impact of data quality and representativity for statistical learning models - Katja Ickstadt (TU Dortmund)
15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 15:45
Room: JvF25/3-303 - Conference Room
15:45 Signatures in statistical data of (astro-)particle physics
15:45 - 17:15
Room: JvF25/3-303 - Conference Room
Contributions

15:45 Data flows in observational astrophysics - Dominik Elsässer (TU Dortmund)

16:30 Signatures of electrons at ATLAS: The entheorization of data - Kent W. Staley (Department of Philosophy, Saint Louis University)
17:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
17:15 - 17:45
Room: JvF25/3-303 - Conference Room
17:45 Signatures in statistical data of (astro-)particle physics
17:45 - 19:15
Room: JvF25/3-303 - Conference Room
Contributions

17:45 A generalized concept of signatures? - Michael Stöltzner (Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina)

18:30 Tracing Particles: “Scanning Girls” and the Automation of Image Evaluation at the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) - Dinah Pfau (Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Deutsches Museum Munich)
20:00 Dinner
Dinner
20:00 - 22:00
Friday, 16 October 2026
10:00 Models and representation in astroparticle physics
10:00 - 11:30
Room: JvF25/3-303 - Conference Room
Contributions

10:00 Models and Signatures in Astroparticle Physics - Brigitte Falkenburg (TU Dortmund)

10:45 Scientific Models as Representations: From Astroparticle Physics to Physics Education - Marlene Doert (Department of Physics, TU Dortmund)
11:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:30 - 11:45
Room: JvF25/3-303 - Conference Room
11:45 Deep learning and scientific realism
11:45 - 12:30
Room: JvF25/3-303 - Conference Room
Contributions

11:45 The Prospects for Realism in AI-Driven Science: The Case of Exoplanet Detection - Mahdi Khalili (Institute of Philosophy, University of Bern)
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Deep learning and scientific realism
14:00 - 15:30
Room: JvF25/3-303 - Conference Room
Contributions

14:00 What can we learn from hallucination? Scientific realism and models in astrophysics in the age of the AI - Silvia De Bianchi (Department of Philosophy, Università degli Studi di Milano)

14:45 The Explanation–Justification Gap in Deep Learning Astroparticle Physics - Koray Karaca (Middle East Technical University Ankara)
15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 15:45
Room: JvF25/3-303 - Conference Room
15:45 Deep learning and scientific realism
15:45 - 16:30
Room: JvF25/3-303 - Conference Room
Contributions

15:45 Does machine-learning-driven scientific discovery pose new challenges to the No Miracles Argument? - Johannes Mierau (TU Dortmund)