[PDF][PDF] Badger: The missing optimizer in ACR

Z Zhang, AL Edelen, JR Garrahan, Y Hidaka… - 2022 - osti.gov
… reuse, plus the optimization progress can not be easily monitored and controlled. In this
study, we propose an optimization platform named Badger to tackle the obstacles in ACR online …

[PDF][PDF] Optimisation of the Touschek Lifetime in Synchrotron Light Sources Using Badger

S Liuzzo, N Carmignani, L Carver, L Hoummi… - JACoW …, 2023 - epaper.kek.jp
Badger [1] is a software designed to easily access several optimizers (simplex, RCDS [2],
Bayesian optimization, etc.) … The Badger software is very flexible and easy to adapt to different …

[PDF][PDF] Updates to Xopt for online accelerator optimization and control

R Roussel, D Kennedy, T Boltz, C Mayes, A Edelen - Proc. IPAC'24 - jacow.org
… and offline accelerator optimization problems at a … optimization performance in solving
online optimization problems. We also discuss how Xopt has been incorporated into the Badger

[PDF][PDF] Integration of an Optimizer Framework into the Control System at KARA

C Xu, E Blomley, AS Garcia, AS Müller… - … , Cape Town, South …, 2023 - inspirehep.net
… an alternative generic optimizer framework … Badger as the optimization framework for its
simplicity and adaptability to new tasks. In this paper, we share our experience adapting Badger

[PDF][PDF] Mini-beta optics commissioning at the european synchrotron radiation facility extemely brilliant source

S White, G Le Bec, N Carmignani, J Drnec… - Proc. IPAC'24 - jacow.org
… and injection efficiency optimization using Badger were developed [7] The Badger optimizer
proved to be extremely useful as it allowed to quickly run several optimization of many …

[PDF][PDF] PROGRESS ON COMBINING DIGITAL TWINS AND MACHINE LEARNING-BASED CONTROL FOR ACCELERATORS AT SLAC

AL Edelen, R Roussel, E Cropp, C Emma, C Mayes… - jacow.org
OPTIMIZATION AND MODEL-INFORMED OPTIMIZATION For online optimization, we are
developing the Xopt and Badger … algorithms [12], and Badger is a graphical user interface to …

[PDF][PDF] Bayesian Optimization for SASE Tuning at the European XFEL

C Xu, E Bründermann, AS Müller, AS Garcia - Pulse, 2023 - cr-xu.github.io
… In the future, it is foreseen to integrate BO with the existing optimization frameworks like
Ocelot optimizer and Badger [23] and use it as a routine tuning tool. The code package and data …

[PDF][PDF] Vertical beam halo characterisation at the ESRF EBS for operation with reduced in vacuum undulator gap

N Carmignani, LR Carver, G Le Bec, SM Liuzzo… - Proc. IPAC'24 - jacow.org
… been performed, using the optimizer Badger [11] and the algorithm Trust Region Bayesian
Optimization (TuRBO) [12], in the Xopt library [13]. The optimizer have found a setting where …

Bridging the gap between machine learning and particle accelerator physics with high-speed, differentiable simulations

J Kaiser, C Xu, A Eichler, A Santamaria Garcia - Physical Review Accelerators …, 2024 - APS
optimization methods like Bayesian optimization (BO) have been used to achieve impressive
results [13]. However, demands to solve optimization … to efficiently optimize objective …

Large language models for human-machine collaborative particle accelerator tuning through natural language

J Kaiser, A Lauscher, A Eichler - Science Advances, 2025 - science.org
… In doing so, we also show how LLMs can perform numerical optimization of a nonlinear
real-world objective. Ultimately, this work represents another complex task that LLMs can solve …