The discovery of a Higgs boson at Europe's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012 was a major achievement in particle physics. Experimental efforts are ongoing to confirm that it is the Higgs boson predicted by the Standard Model of elementary particle physics and to probe signs for new physics beyond the Standard Model. More importantly, physicists wish to build new powerful particle colliders to fully study this unusual particle, in order to probe the nature, and to attempt to discover new physics. The colloquium will present initiatives for new, large-scale accelerators that include the International Linear Collider (ILC) in Japan, the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) in Europe, the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) in China, and Future Circular Collider (FCC) in Europe, all designed to study the Higgs boson in detail or to go beyond in energy the current LHC for particle physics in the energy frontier.

Bio of the speaker:  
CAS Distinguished Professor, Director of Experimental Physics Division, IHEP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2012 - present Professor of Physics, University of Texas at Dallas, Sept. 2003 - (on leave)Head of Physics Department, University of Texas at Dallas, 2004 - 2008 Associate Professor of Physics, University of Texas at Dallas, 2000 - 2003 Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Texas at Dallas, 1994 - 2000 Paid Scientific Associate, 1993 - 1994 CERN, Geneva, Switzerland Postdoctoral Fellow, 1989 - 1993, Indiana UniversityPh.D. in Physics, December 1989, MS in Physics, 1985, State University of New York at Albany B. S. in Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics, 1984, The University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China 

Project Director, Circular e+e- Collider Study Group (CEPC), China, 2013 - present Chief Scientist, ATLAS-CMS Program at IHEP, CEPC Program at IHEP Member of Exec. Board, Deputy Chair of Inst. Board, BESIII Intl. Collab., 2013 - presentMember of ATLAS ITK Steering Committee, CERN, 2014 - 2017Executive Council, High Energy Phys. Div., Chinese Physical Society, 2014 - presentDirector, Energy Frontier, Ctr. of Excellence for Particle Phys., CAS, 2014 - presentCo-principal Investigator, US Department of Energy research grants, 1995 - 2012Chinese Academy of Sciences Noted Overseas Scientist, December 2007US Physics Coordinator, Beijing Spectrometer International Collab. (BES), 1998 - 2000 Faculty Adviser Award, University of Texas at Dallas, May 1995Leader, OPAL Exclusive B Working Group, CERN, 1992 - 1993