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

Publications

Title Journal Authors
Investigations of a Novel Energy Estimator using Deep Learning for the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory PoS ICRC23/275 Abdul Halim, Adila and others

Collaboration Internal Publications

Partial De/Convolution of SD Traces for Reversal of Ageing Effects GAP2022_039 Fiona Ellwanger, Ralph Engel, Steffen Hahn, Markus Roth, David Schmidt and Darko Veberič
Streamlining the OMT Pulse Shape in SD Simulations GAP2024_006 Fiona Ellwanger, Ralph Engel, Steffen Hahn, Markus Roth, David Schmidt and Darko Veberič

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 Nagoya
Japan
2023
Auger Collaboration Meeting On the effect of (de)thinning for photon induced showers Malargüe
Argentinien
2023
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

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

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)

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