Online Machine Learning Workshop
ICTP Physics Without Frontiers - Afghanistan

Dates: 29, 30 September and 1 October 2025
Format: Online via Google Meet
Reference Time Zone: Central European Time (CET/CEST), Rome

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Workshop Schedule

Day 1: Monday, 29 September 2025

Focus: Foundational Programming and Data Handling   |   Chair: Baktash Amini

Time (AFT) Lecturer Topic Language Notebook
07:00 – 07:30Opening SessionWelcome and Workshop OverviewFarsi/English-
07:30 – 08:15Ramazan Ali BahramiFundamentals of Python ProgrammingFarsiOpen in Colab
08:15 – 09:00-Exercises & BreakoutFarsi-
09:00 – 09:45Carl Stermann-Lücke, Leila KalhorEssential Libraries for Data Manipulation and Analysis with NumPy and PandasFarsiOpen in Colab
09:45 – 10:30-Exercises & BreakoutFarsi-
10:30 – 11:30-Lunch Break--
11:30 – 12:15Mohammad Eqbal BalaghiPrinciples of Data Visualization with Matplotlib and SeabornFarsiOpen in Colab
12:15 – 13:00-Exercises & BreakoutFarsi-
13:00 – 13:45Anirban Roy, Leila KalhorAn Introduction to Machine Learning with Scikit-learnFarsiOpen in Colab
13:45 – 14:30-Exercises & BreakoutFarsi-

Day 2: Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Focus: Core Machine Learning Concepts   |   Chair: Zainab Nazari

Time (CET/CEST)LecturerTopicLanguageNotebook
07:30 – 08:15Zainab NazariSupervised Learning: Classification with k-NN and Decision TreesFarsi
08:15 – 09:00-Exercises & BreakoutFarsi-
09:00 – 09:45Baktash AminiRegression Models and Evaluation MetricsFarsi
09:45 – 10:30-Exercises & BreakoutFarsi-
10:30 – 11:30-Lunch Break--
11:30 – 12:15Ramazan Ali BahramiUnsupervised Learning: Clustering with k-MeansFarsi
12:15 – 13:00-Exercises & BreakoutFarsi-
13:00 – 13:45Leila KalhorIntroduction to Neural NetworksFarsi
13:45 – 14:30-Exercises & BreakoutFarsi-

Day 3: Wednesday, 1 October 2025

Focus: Focus: Applications of Machine Learning in Physics   |   Chair: Kate Shaw

Time (CET/CEST)SpeakerTopicLanguageSlides
07:30 – 08:30Leila KalhorAI Meets the Dark UniverseFarsi[Slide]
08:45 – 09:45Thomas StevensonMachine Learning in Collider Particle Physics English Abstract | Slide
10:00 – 11:00 Stephen Serjeant Machine learning / AI in astronomy English Abstract | Slide
11:15 – 12:15Nayara FonsecaLarge Language Model Debate for Scientific Decisions: A Particle Physics Prototype English Abstract | Slide
12:15 – 13:00-Lunch Break--
13:00 – 14:00Sadegh RaeisiApplications of Machine Learning in PhysicsFarsi[Slide]
14:15 – 15:15Sultan HassanApplication of Machine Learning in AstrophysicsEnglish[Slide]