Javier Duarte

Javier Duarte is an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) and a member of the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.13 His research focuses on developing new artificial intelligence (AI) techniques for high-energy particle collisions to better measure the properties and interactions of elementary particles, like the Higgs boson, and search for new physics.13

Career and Education

Duarte's academic journey includes:

• Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics from MIT (2006-2010)1
• Ph.D. in Physics from Caltech (2011-2016)1
• Lederman postdoctoral fellow at Fermilab (2016-2019)1
• Assistant Professor of Physics at UC San Diego (2019-2023)1
• Associate Professor of Physics at UC San Diego (July 2023-Present)13

Research and Achievements

Duarte leads a research group that focuses on:

• Hardware-accelerated machine learning for trigger and computing
• Geometric deep learning for particle physics
• LHC data analyses for Higgs and exotic new physics1

He has received several prestigious awards, including:

• Sloan Research Fellowship (2023)
• RCSA Cottrell Scholar Award (2023)
• DOE Early Career Award (2020)
• APS Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics13

Duarte is also a co-PI of the NSF HDR Institute for Accelerated AI Algorithms for Data-Driven Discovery.3

Commitment to Inclusive Excellence

Duarte has been recognized for his efforts in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in physics:

• Received UC San Diego's Inclusive Excellence Award for his work on making graduate admissions more equitable2
• Developed a more holistic admissions rubric for graduate students, de-emphasizing GPA and standardized tests2
• Advocates for considering non-cognitive competencies in evaluating applicants2

Duarte is committed to creating an antiracist, inclusive, and supportive workspace in his lab.3