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_codas-hep-students/2026/Liangyu5.md

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+---
+layout: codas-hep-participant
+e-mail: liangyu5@stanford.edu
+institution: Stanford University & SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
+name: Liangyu Wu
+photo: "/assets/images/codas-hep/2026/Liangyu-Wu.png‎"
+github-username: Liangyu5wu
+linkedin-profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liangyu-wu-aa84b6327/
+orcid: 0009-0003-2402-0735
+title: Physics PhD Candidate
+website: https://liangyu5wu.github.io
+logos:
+    - /assets/images/codas-hep/logos/Stanford_logo.png
+    - /assets/images/codas-hep/logos/ATLAS-logo.png
+    - /assets/images/codas-hep/logos/SLAC_logo.png
+---
+
+## My research:
+HL-LHC ATLAS ITk data transmission testing; real-time ML for FCC-ee and HEP front-end electronics; foundation models for HEP.
+
+## My expertise is:
+Readout electronics testing and deep learning for HEP data.
+
+## A problem I'm grappling with:
+Training large models fast and efficiently, and training tiny simulation-trained models that still work on real data.
+
+## I've got my eyes on:
+Cable-less data transmission and differentiable simulation.
+
+## I want to know more about:
+Large model training techniques and AI/LLM skills.

_codas-hep-students/2026/elisejsledge.md

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+---
+layout: codas-hep-participant
+e-mail: jsledge@caltech.edu
+institution: California Institute of Technology
+name: Elise Sledge
+photo: "/assets/images/codas-hep/2026/Elise-Sledge.jpg"
+github-username: elisejsledge
+linkedin-profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elise-sledge-a478038b/
+orcid: 0009-0004-7566-6883
+title:
+website:
+logos:
+    - /assets/images/codas-hep/logos/CMS.jpg
+    - /assets/images/codas-hep/logos/Iris-hep-logo.png
+---
+
+## My research:
+I work on Higgs physics at CMS in particular the single Higgs decay to two muons in Run 3
+
+## My expertise is:
+Data analysis for Higgs physics
+
+## A problem I'm grappling with:
+Using machine learning techniques for signal extraction in a bump hunt search for the H to mu mu decay
+
+## I've got my eyes on:
+Looking at all of the final run 2 luminoity to observe rare Higgs decays!
+
+## I want to know more about:
+Modern data analysis tools to speed up my workflow

_codas-hep-students/2026/izdeutsch.md

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+---
+layout: codas-hep-participant
+e-mail: isabelladeutsch8@berkeley.edu
+institution: University of California, Berkeley
+name: Isabella Deutsch
+photo: "/assets/images/codas-hep/2026/Isabella-Deutsch.png"
+github-username: izdeutsch
+linkedin-profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabella-deutsch-1451b11b8/
+orcid:
+title:
+website:
+logos:
+- /assets/images/codas-hep/logos/ATLAS-logo.png
+- /assets/images/codas-hep/logos/Iris-hep-logo.png
+---
+## My research:
+I'm an undergraduate researcher with the ATLAS Experiment at LBNL and UC Berkeley. My current work focuses on improving charm-jet identification for precision LHC measurements.
+## My expertise is:
+Development and validation of charm-jet tagging methods.
+## A problem I'm grappling with:
+Data processing optimization and being patient with technical errors.
+## I've got my eyes on:
+Graduate research in experimental particle physics!
+## I want to know more about:
+Modern ML methods for HEP and scientific software development.
+

_codas-hep-students/2026/mariana-khach.md

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+---
+layout: codas-hep-participant
+e-mail: marianav@jlab.org
+institution: Old Dominion University
+name: Mariana Khachatryan
+photo: "/assets/images/codas-hep/2026/Mariana_Khachatryan.jpeg"
+github-username: mariana-khach
+linkedin-profile: www.linkedin.com/in/mariana-khachatryan-phd-0b54a8115
+orcid:
+title:
+website: https://mariana-khach.github.io/
+logos:
+    - /assets/images/codas-hep/logos/CMS.jpg
+    - /assets/images/codas-hep/logos/Iris-hep-logo.png
+---
+
+## My research:
+Parametrization of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering Form Factors via Neural Networks (NNs) by training on global DVCS data.
+
+## My expertise is:
+Proton mechanical property studies via Generalized Parton Distributions, Hadron Spectroscopy, and Machine Learning.
+
+## A problem I'm grappling with:
+Developing NN training in a C++ package efficiently and following computing best practices.
+
+## I've got my eyes on:
+Improving my knowledge and skills in high energy physics computing.
+
+## I want to know more about:
+Parallel programming and ML/AI applications in high energy physics.

_data/people/milescb.yml

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+active: true
+e-mail: miles.cb@cern.ch
+challenge-area:
+  - agc
+focus-area:
+  - as
+institution: University of Washington
+name: Miles Cochran-Branson
+photo: /assets/images/team/Miles-CB.jpg
+shortname: milescb
+title: PhD Student
+website: https://milescb.com
+presentations:

_data/universities/washington.yml

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   - anapeixotohep
   - RogerJanusiak
   - ArturU043
+  - milescb