Sam Foreman Email & Phone Number

Lemont, IL

Postdoctoral appointment in the Leadership Computing Facility division at Argonne National Lab (ALCF), focusing on scientific machine learning (ML) and high performance computing (HPC) for Argonne's next-generation exascale supercomputer, Aurora (https://aurora.alcf.anl.gov).

Lemont, IL

• Software development focused on applying machine learning models to help improve the efficiency of Hybrid Monte Carlo simulations and their use in Lattice QCD.
• Builtand deployed learning models (tensorflow) on Argonne’s massively parallel,many-core supercomputer (Theta) using state of the art high performance computing techniques.
• Developed a generalized method for training Markov Chain Monte Carlo kernels parameterized with deep neural networks that successfully… Show more
• Developed a generalized method for training Markov Chain Monte Carlo kernels parameterized with deep neural networks that successfully outperforms traditional methods for a variety of different models. Show less

Iowa City, Iowa Area

• Carried out interdisciplinary research focused on applying ideas from machine learning and data science to simulations in lattice gauge theory (LGT) and lattice quantumchromodynamics (LQCD).
• Discovered a new method for describing the phase transition in the 2-dimensional Ising model by applying unsupervised learning techniques (PCA, k-means clustering) to Monte Carlo simulation data.
• Helped to create a new technique for implementing renormalization group transformations on… Show more
• Helped to create a new technique for implementing renormalization group transformations on arbitrary image sets, which may have potential applications in dynamic image analysis and action recognition.
• Built and trained a multi-layer convolutional neural network in tensorflow used for classifying configurations of the Ising model by temperature.
• Current work involves using deep feed-forward neural networks and restricted Boltzmann machines to help improve the efficiency of Hybrid Monte Carlo simulations in LQCD. Show less

Iowa City, Iowa Area

• Software and hardware development for HaloSat, a miniaturized satellite built with the goal of better understanding the missing baryon problem.
• Helped to design the event detection logic and was responsible for creating the interface necessary for digitizing and interpreting received signals.
• Worked with a team to build the telemetry system that handled data transmission between the satellite and ground communications networks.
• Contributed to the in-flight… Show more
• Contributed to the in-flight optimization algorithms aimed at maximizing the incoming X-ray signals (by minimizing background noise) while in operation. Show less

Center For Complex Systems Research, Uiuc

• Modeling Chaotic and Complex systems, both theoretically and experimentally using MATLAB, Python, and C/C++.
• Helped to construct a model describing the energy density and self-discharge time of nanoscale capacitors. These results helped to identify flaws in many of the previous models and allowed us to create a new design.
• This work was submitted as a patent… Show more
• This work was submitted as a patent (pending) titled "Energy Storage in Quantum Resonators", on which I was designated a co-inventor together with my advisor Alfred Hübler. Show less

Champaign, Illinois

Grading homework, quizzes, and tests for introductory level Astronomy. In addition, I served as a guide at the observatory, and was responsible for helping students understand the importance of astronomical research and taking care of equipment.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics

Bachelor'S Degree, Engineering Physics, Gpa: 3.48

Bachelor'S Degree, Applied Mathematics, Gpa: 3.5