Karlsruhe School of Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics: Science and Technology (KSETA)

Fiona Ellwanger

Information

Institute IAP Credits: Emily Martins
Group Auger
Building 425, CN
Room 110
Doctorial Project Working title: Neutrinos and Photons at the Pierre Auger Observatory and how to find them
Supervisor: Dr. Markus Roth, Dr. Darko Veberič
Referees: Prof. Dr. Ralph Engel, Prof. Dr. Guido Drexlin
Started: March 2023
Contact fiona.ellwanger#kit.edu

KSETA Work Reports

2023 2024

Publications

Unreviewed

Collaboration Internal (GAP) Notes

Conferences and Talks

Event Contribution Location Date
DPG Conference Session: Kosmische Strahlung II: Performance of IceTop enhancement with scintillator array Aachen
Deutschland
2019
DPG Conference Session: AKPIK: Arbeitskreis Physik, moderne Informationstechnologie und Künstliche Intelligenz 4: Reconstruction of primary particle energy from data taken by the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory using deep neural networks Heidelberg (Virtuell)
Deutschland
2022
Code des Universums Multimessenger Astronomie Karlsruhe
Deutschland
2022
Auger Collaboration Meeting Deep-Learning based Estimation of the Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Spectrum using the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory Malargüe
Argentinien
2022
DPG Conference Session: AKPIK: Arbeitskreis Physik, moderne Informationstechnologie und Künstliche Intelligenz 3: Deep-Learning based Estimation of the Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Spectrum using the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory Dresden
Deutschland
2023
Auger Analysis Meeting Investigations of a Novel Energy Estimator using Deep Learning for the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory Brüssel
Belgien
2023
Matter and Universe Estimating the Primary Energy of UHE cosmic ray indiced Particle Showers using Deep Learning for the Surface Detector Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory [Poster prize] Karlsruhe
Deutschland
2023
38th International Cosmic Ray Conference Poster: Cosmic-Ray Physics (Indirect, CRI): Investigations of a Novel Energy Estimator Using Deep Learning for the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory [remote] Nagoya
Japan
2023
Auger Collaboration Meeting On the effect of (de)thinning for photon induced showers Malargüe
Argentinien
2023
Auger Collaboration Meeting [remote] Does the CORSIKA thinning level impact (DNN) observables for photon/hadron discrimination? Malargüe
Argentinien
2024
DPG Conference Session: T4 Cosmic rays 1: Investigations of Photon-Hadron Separation at the Pierre Auger Observatory using Monte Carlo Simulations Karlsruhe
Deutschland
2024
TeVPA Auger talk: The energy spectrum of ultra-high energy cosmic rays measured using the Pierre Auger Observatory Chicago
USA
2024
Auger Collaboration Meeting Searching for ultra-high energy photons using SD1500 Malargüe
Argentinien
2024
UHECR 2024 Poster: Investigations of CORSIKA Thinning Levels Suitable for Studies of Photon-Hadron Discrimination at Ultra-High Energies Malargüe
Argentinien
2024
Auger Collaboration Meeting Photon Search with Neural Networks and the SD-1500 [remote] Malargüe
Argentinien
2025
DPG Conference Session: AKPIK3.2: Searching for Ultra-High Energy Photons applying Machine Learning Methods Using the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory Göttingen
Deutschland
2025
Auger Analysis Meeting Update on Investigations on Photon Search with Neural Networks for the SD-1500 L'Aquila
Italy
2025
Auger Analysis Meeting Towards Understanding Neural Network decisions with Integrated Gradients L'Aquila
Italy
2025

Workshops and Schools

Event Location Date
ErUM-Data-Hub Active Training Cource Advanced Deep Learning Meinerzhagen
Deutschland
28.11 - 01.12.2022
KSETA Plenary Workshop Poster Session: Investigations of Photon-Hadron Separation at the Pierre Auger Observatory using Monte Carlo Simulations Wildberg
Deutschland
2024
23rd International School of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics: Multi-Messenger Astroparticle Physics Erice
Sicily
20 - 28.07.2024
Auger Youngster Meeting Siegen
Germany
4 - 6.09.2024
Auger Early-Career Masterclass Malargüe
Argentina
8 - 9.11.2024
Auger Offline Software Tutorial: Talk: Using ADSTs with python L'Aquila
Italy
16 - 17.05.2025

Bachelor and Master Thesis

Title Supervisors Year
Capabilities of the KIT/DESY Scintillator station at the South Pole Prof. Dr. Ralph Engel,
Dr. Andreas Haungs
2019
Deep-Learning based Estimation of the Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Spectrum using the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory Prof. Dr. Ralph Engel,
Dr. Markus Roth
2022

KSETA Topical Courses

Date Course Speaker
Sep 22, 25 2023 Selected Topics on Instrumentation for Particle and Astroparticle Physics Elena Aprile (Columbia University, USA)
Sep 19, 20, 22 2023 Medical Physics in Radiation Therapy Niklas Wahl (DKFZ), Tim Gehrke (DKFZ), Oliver Jäkel (DKFZ)
Apr 20 – Jul 20 2023 Astroparticle Physics II: Gamma-Ray Astronomy and Neutrinos Darko Veberič (KIT)
Feb 19, 20 2024 The Standard Model Effective Field Theory: theory and phenomenological applications Ilaria Brivio (University of Bologna)
Feb 20, 21 2024 Dynamics of spacetime: gravitational waves and cosmology Bjoern Malte Schaefer (Uni. of Heidelberg)
Feb 29, Mär 1 2024 Acceleration and transport of galactic cosmic rays Phillipp Mertsch (RWTH Aachen)
Jun 16-24 2025 Bayesian Machine Learning for Scientific Research Prof. Dr. Ezequiel Alvarez (UNSAM)

Teaching and Assistance

WS23/24 Rechnernutzung für Physiker
SS24 Computergestützte Datenauswertung
06/23 - 06/24 Supervising master student Daniel Rech: Classical and Machine Learning Approaches for Determination of the Energies of Ultra-High-Energy Photons using the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
SS25 Computergestützte Datenauswertung