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Darius Faroughy, PhD

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Postdoctoral Researcher at Rutgers University
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Darius Faroughy is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Rutgers University, specializing in the application of machine learning to theoretical particle physics. He has a background from the University of Zurich and Jozef Stefan Institute, and focuses on building transformer-based generative models for scientific discovery using high-performance GPU clusters.

He is deeply involved in the scientific community, advocating for open access to research facilities and data. His work is highly collaborative, evidenced by numerous co-authored publications aimed at advancing the field of particle physics through shared knowledge and innovative, open-source tools.

Unique fact: He is a key contributor to Aspen Open Jets, the first large-scale, machine learning-ready dataset of real particle jets from the Large Hadron Collider.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Postdoctoral Researcher
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
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Generative Models
He develops transformer-based and multimodal generative models for point-cloud data, achieving state-of-the-art performance in particle physics applications.
Foundation Models
His recent work focuses on pre-training foundation models on massive, real-world datasets from the Large Hadron Collider to improve downstream generative tasks.
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10-2022
Postdoctoral Researcher
Rutgers University
9-2019 - 10-2022
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Zurich
9-2019 - 10-2022
Teacher Assistant
ETH Zürich
3-2015 - 7-2019
Doctoral Student
Jozef Stefan Institute
9-2011 - 7-2013
Diploma Student
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
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9-2019 - 10-2022
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University of Zurich
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