Machine-learned particle flow (MLPF)

Rebuilds the particles in a collision from raw tracks and calorimeter hits in one learned step, replacing hand-written particle-flow rules.

Made by
Joosep Pata, Farouk Mokhtar, Michael Kagan and others (CMS)
Field
Collider physics
Learns from
Simulated detector events
Size
Not stated
Open weights
Not stated
First public
Jan 2021

How it relates to Flare

Proof inside CMS that one trained model can do a large share of reconstruction. A June 2026 paper argues MLPF already works as a foundation model.

Every figure here is from the source above, checked 17 October 2026. Something changed? Email [email protected].

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