Research and Technical Work
How do humans learn complex tasks?
How does expertise allow people to solve problems in a dynamic, complex task environment?
Our future relies on humans and machines collaborating to solve problems together.
How can we integrate human brilliance and the immense computational power of machines to solve the complex problems of our future?
Sundermeir A. (2025). Humans in the loop: How accelerator operators are partnering with AI. SLAC National Laboratory Communications.
Selected Research
Rahman R, Shtalenkova J, Mishra A A, Hu W. (2024). Network Models of Expertise in the Complex Task of Operating Particle Accelerators. https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.17988
Zhang Z, Edelen A, Mayes C, Garrahan J, Shtalenkova J, et al. (2022). Badger: The Missing Optimizer in ACR. 13th International Particle Accelerator Conference. doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOST058
Hanuka A. Huang X. Shtalenkova J. Kennedy D, Edelen A, et al. (2021). Physics model-informed Gaussian process for online optimization of particle accelerators. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams. 24(7):072802. https://journals.aps.org/prab/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.072802
Gibbs M, Colocho W, Shtalenkova J, Osman A. (2020). A Model-Based Simulator for the LCLS Accelerator. 17th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems. doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-TUCPL04
Duris J, Kennedy D, Hanuka A, Shtalenkova J, Edelen A, et al. (2020). Bayesian optimization of a free-electron laser. Physical Review Letters 124(12):124801. https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.124801
Gibbs M, Colocho W, Osman A, Shtalenkova J, Slepicka H. (2020) A PyDM User Interface for an LCLS Simulator 17th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems. https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-WESH4002
Neveu N, Maxwell T, Mayes C, Saad A, Shtalenkova J, Vetter S, Zhou F. (2019). Benchmarking the LCLS-II Photoinjector. North American Particle Accelerator Conference. https://proceedings.jacow.org/napac2019/papers/tuyba3.pdf