Machine learning proliferates in particle physics

A new review in Nature chronicles the many ways machine learning is popping up in particle physics research. Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider produce about a million gigabytes of data every second. Even after reduction and compression, the data amassed in just one hour at the LHC is similar to the data volume Facebook collects in an entire year. Luckily, particle physicists don't have to deal with all of that data all by themselves. They partner with a form of artificial intelligence tha...