James Halverson Assistant professor of physics j.halverson@northeastern.edu 617.373.2957 Expertise cosmology, particle physics James Halverson for Northeastern Global News Why you need a computer to understand strings and knots Why you need a computer to understand strings and knots Some questions are simply too big for humans to answer alone. “How does the universe work?” is a good example. James Halverson and Brent Nelson, physicists at Northeastern, are getting a little extra help from artificial intelligence to uncover the secrets of why we exist. How theoretical physicist James Halverson is using data science and machine learning to study string theory How theoretical physicist James Halverson is using data science and machine learning to study string theory Assistant professor James Halverson is working with string theory and machine learning to better understand physical laws of the universe.