Check out our new paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09852 where we introduced the PNG-pmwd Suite — a collection of 22,410 halo catalogs developed to support data-driven analyses of large-scale structure formation and the impact of primordial non-Gaussianity (PNG). Topological data analysis together with machine learning can unlock new ways to squeeze out early Universe signals beyond traditional n-point statistics:
Group News
Expanding the Weak Gravity Conjecture in AdS Space
New paper with Puxin Lin and Alessandro Mininno:
Swampland Seminar: “Searching for String-theoretic Dark Energy”
Gary Shiu and Flavio Tonioni talked about “Searching for string-theoretic dark energy” at the Swampland Seminar Series on October 21, 2025: https://sites.google.com/view/swamplandseminars/list-of-seminars
Puxin Lin presenting his work on black holes at the Board of Visitors Meeting
Students Haotian Cao, Puxin Lin, and Jacky Yip presented at the Lepton-Photon 2025 Conference
Students Haotian Cao, Puxin Lin, and Jacky Yip presented at the Lepton-Photon 2025 Conference: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1493037/timetable/?view=standard
Puxin Lin presenting an invited talk at the String Pheno Seminar Series
Puxin Lin presented an invited talk at the String Pheno Seminar Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9chiLBamME based on his recent papers:
Congratulations to Qing (Helena) Huang for winning the Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Qing (Helena) Huang for winning the Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship!
Undergraduate advisees Aditya Goyal, Helena Huang, and Joseph Zarling presenting at the 2025 Undergraduate Symposium
Undergraduate advisees Aditya Goyal, Helena Huang, and Joseph Zarling presenting at the 2025 Undergraduate Symposium on Friday, April 25, 2025:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ar5FSPxhS8y5QB1ZtITYrERUZvZp1mnJ0jda2SaQsQU/edit?gid=973963874#gid=973963874
GENERATING PYTHON SCRIPTS TO GAIN INSIGHTS INTO HOW NN LEARNS (Aditya Goyal)
TOPOGRAPHNET: ENHANCING GRAPH LEARNING IN COSMOLOGY WITH PERSISTENT HOMOLOGY (Helena Huang)
Computer, Data, and Information Sciences (Joseph Zarling)
Formulating the Weak Gravity Conjecture in AdS Space
New paper by Puxin Lin, Alessandro Mininno, and Gary Shiu on “Formulating the Weak Gravity Conjecture in AdS Space” posted on the arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05862.
Puxin Lin presenting his first talk at the Worldline Seminars
Puxin Lin gave his first talk at the Worldline Seminars: https://sites.google.com/view/worldlineseminars/ based on his paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02197.
Recording of the talk: https://plymouth.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=4849ebb8-8123-4f3e-8299-b24201067a0c