COMCHA Network Contributes to the 2026 European Strategy for Particle Physics Update

1st October 2025 | by L. Fiorini and A. Oyanguren

The 2026 Update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics (ESPP), launched by the CERN Council in March 2024, called upon the international community to outline a visionary plan for advancing fundamental physics through the next flagship CERN project. The call attracted 266 written submissions, spanning individual researchers to national collaborations.

Among these contributions, the COMCHA network highlighted the transformative role of artificial intelligence and machine learning in modern physics data analysis. COMCHA’s input emphasized that as AI reshapes triggering, reconstruction, and simulation techniques, the field must adapt to emerging AI hardware trends by integrating specialized infrastructures and optimizing software ecosystems accordingly.
The network underscored that new computing technologies, such as GPUs and FPGAs, have already delivered gains in energy efficiency, while quantum computing and neuromorphic chips could unlock even more sustainable and powerful computing for future experiments. COMCHA also stressed that environmental sustainability must remain a core guiding principle in this technological evolution, calling for concerted efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of scientific computing.