Information • Vol 16 • No 4
ADFilter—A Web Tool for New Physics Searches with Autoencoder-Based Anomaly Detection Using Deep Unsupervised Neural Networks
March 2025 • S. Chekanov, W. Islam, R. Zhang, N. A. Luongo
A web-based tool called ADFilter (short for Anomaly Detection Filter) was developed to process collision events using autoencoders based on a deep unsupervised neural network. The autoencoders are trained on a small fraction of either collision data or Standard Model (SM) Monte Carlo simulations. The tool calculates loss distributions for input events, helping to determine the degree to which the events can be considered anomalous with respect to the SM events used for training. Therefore, it can be used for new p…