Name: PHYSTAT2011
Start: 2011-01-17T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2011-01-20T18:30:00+01:00
Location: CERN

PHYSTAT2011

from Monday, January 17, 2011 (8:00 AM) to Thursday, January 20, 2011 (6:30 PM)

Monday, January 17, 2011

8:45 AM

8:45 AM - 9:15 AM
Room: 222/R-001
9:15 AM Introduction - Sergio Bertolucci (CERN)
Introduction
- Sergio Bertolucci (CERN)
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: 222/R-001
9:30 AM Open issues in the wake of Banff 2010 - Luc Demortier (High Energy Physics - Rockefeller University) Luc Demortier (The Rockefeller University)
Open issues in the wake of Banff 2010
- Luc Demortier (High Energy Physics - Rockefeller University)
- Luc Demortier (The Rockefeller University)
9:30 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: 222/R-001
10:20 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: 222/R-001
10:50 AM Discovery problems: a statistical view - David Cox
Discovery problems: a statistical view
- David Cox
10:50 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: 222/R-001
11:40 AM Bayesian approach to discovery - James Berger (Duke University)
Bayesian approach to discovery
- James Berger (Duke University)
11:40 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 222/R-001
12:30 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 222/R-001
2:00 PM Bayes and discovery - Jose Bernardo
Bayes and discovery
- Jose Bernardo
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Room: 222/R-001
2:50 PM Discussion on reference priors
Discussion on reference priors
2:50 PM - 3:50 PM
Room: 222/R-001

3:50 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM
Room: 222/R-001
4:20 PM Reference priors and model inference - Maurizio Pierini (Conseil Europeen Recherche Nucl. (CERN))
Reference priors and model inference
- Maurizio Pierini (Conseil Europeen Recherche Nucl. (CERN))
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: 222/R-001
4:50 PM CMS searches - Amnon Harel (University of Rochester)
CMS searches
- Amnon Harel (University of Rochester)
4:50 PM - 5:20 PM
Room: 222/R-001
5:20 PM ATLAS searches - Diego Casadei (New York University)
ATLAS searches
- Diego Casadei (New York University)
5:20 PM - 5:50 PM
Room: 222/R-001
5:50 PM LHCb searches - Jose Angel Hernando Morata (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
LHCb searches
- Jose Angel Hernando Morata (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
5:50 PM - 6:20 PM
Room: 222/R-001
6:30 PM Welcome drink
Welcome drink
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Room: 222/R-001
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
9:00 AM Combining significances - Nikolai Krasnikov (Institute for Nuclear Research (INR))
Combining significances
- Nikolai Krasnikov (Institute for Nuclear Research (INR))
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Room: 222/R-001
9:20 AM Experience from searches at the Tevatron - Harrison Prosper (Department of Physics, B-159-Florida State University)
Experience from searches at the Tevatron
- Harrison Prosper (Department of Physics, B-159-Florida State University)
9:20 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: 222/R-001
10:10 AM Coffee break and Poster Session
Coffee break and Poster Session
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Room: 222/R-001
10:40 AM Combining ATLAS+CMS Higgs searches - Kyle Cranmer (NYU)
Combining ATLAS+CMS Higgs searches
- Kyle Cranmer (NYU)
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: 222/R-001
11:10 AM Likelihood ratios for search experiments - Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway)
Likelihood ratios for search experiments
- Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway)
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: 222/R-001
11:40 AM Parton distributions: determining probabilities in a space of functions - Stefano Forte (Milan University)
Parton distributions: determining probabilities in a space of functions
- Stefano Forte (Milan University)
11:40 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 222/R-001
12:30 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 222/R-001
2:00 PM A Statistician's approach to setting limits - David van Dyk
A Statistician's approach to setting limits
- David van Dyk
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Room: 222/R-001
2:50 PM Deriving upper limits on event magnitude, in case of non-detection, from gravitational wave searches - Christian Roever
Deriving upper limits on event magnitude, in case of non-detection, from gravitational wave searches
- Christian Roever
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: 222/R-001
3:20 PM Multichannel number counting experiments - Valery Zhukov (University Karlsruhe)
Multichannel number counting experiments
- Valery Zhukov (University Karlsruhe)
3:20 PM - 3:50 PM
Room: 222/R-001
3:50 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM
Room: 222/R-001
4:20 PM Banff Challenge 2 - signal significance - Tom Junk (Department of Physics) Tom Junk (Department of Physics-Carleton University-Unknown)
Banff Challenge 2 - signal significance
- Tom Junk (Department of Physics)
- Tom Junk (Department of Physics-Carleton University-Unknown)
4:20 PM - 5:10 PM
Room: 222/R-001
5:10 PM Global SUSY fits - Roberto Trotta (Imperial College London) Kyle Cranmer (NYU)
Global SUSY fits
- Roberto Trotta (Imperial College London)
- Kyle Cranmer (NYU)
5:10 PM - 5:40 PM
Room: 222/R-001
5:40 PM Profiling nuisance parameters for search experiments - John Conway (University of California, Davis)
Profiling nuisance parameters for search experiments
- John Conway (University of California, Davis)
5:40 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: 222/R-001
7:00 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: 222/R-001
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
9:00 AM Bayesian Analysis Toolkit for searches - Shabnaz Pashapour (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, II. Physikalisches Institut)
Bayesian Analysis Toolkit for searches
- Shabnaz Pashapour (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, II. Physikalisches Institut)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: 222/R-001
9:30 AM RooStats for Searches - Grégory Schott (Universität Karlsruhe)
RooStats for Searches
- Grégory Schott (Universität Karlsruhe)
9:30 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: 222/R-001
10:20 AM p-values for model validation - Frederik Beaujean (Max Planck Institute for Physics)
p-values for model validation
- Frederik Beaujean (Max Planck Institute for Physics)
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: 222/R-001
10:50 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
Room: 222/R-001
11:20 AM Detection of small/rare features - Sylvain Sardy (Université de Genève)
Detection of small/rare features
- Sylvain Sardy (Université de Genève)
11:20 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: 222/R-001
11:50 AM Searches in Astrophysics and Cosmology - Ofer Lahav
Searches in Astrophysics and Cosmology
- Ofer Lahav
11:50 AM - 12:40 PM
Room: 222/R-001
12:40 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:40 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: 222/R-001
2:00 PM Signal discovery in sparse spectra: a Bayesian analysis - Allen Caldwell (Max Planck Institute)
Signal discovery in sparse spectra: a Bayesian analysis
- Allen Caldwell (Max Planck Institute)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: 222/R-001
2:30 PM Look Elsewhere Effect - ofer vitells
Look Elsewhere Effect
- ofer vitells
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: 222/R-001
3:00 PM An alternative view of LEE - Gioacchino Ranucci (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
An alternative view of LEE
- Gioacchino Ranucci (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 222/R-001
3:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: 222/R-001
4:00 PM Conference Summary - Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway) Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway College-University of London-Unknown)
Conference Summary
- Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway)
- Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway College-University of London-Unknown)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: 222/R-001
Thursday, January 20, 2011
8:00 AM
8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Room: 222/R-001
Contributions

8:45 AM Registration

9:00 AM Introductory comments - Louis Lyons (Imperial College and Oxford)

9:10 AM A statistician's view - Victor Panaretos (EPFL)

10:00 AM Unfolding methods for particle physics - Volker Blobel (UHH - Institut fuer Experimental Physik-Universitaet Hamburg-Un)

11:10 AM Regularization and error assignment in unfolding - Guenter Zech (Universitaet Siegen)

11:40 AM Unfolding with SVD - Vato Kartvelishvili (Lancaster University)

12:10 PM Bayesian Unfolding - Katharina Bierwagen (Fak. fur Phys., II Physikal. Inst.-Georg-August-Universitaet Goe)

12:25 PM Discussion: comparison of HEP methods

2:00 PM Iterative dynamically stabilized method of data unfolding - Bogdan Malaescu (CERN)

2:25 PM SVD-based unfolding: implementation and experience - Kerstin Tackmann (CERN)

2:45 PM Regularization by control of resolution function - Michael Schmelling

3:05 PM ARU - towards optimal unfolding of data distributions - Hans Dembinski (KIT Karlsruhe, Germany)

3:30 PM Unfolding algorithms and tests using RooUnfold - Tim Adye (RAL)

4:25 PM CMS unfolding - Matthias Artur Weber (Eidgenossische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (ETHZ))

4:55 PM ATLAS unfolding - Georgios Choudalakis (University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute)

5:25 PM ALICE unfolding - Jan Fiete Grosse-Oetringhaus (CERN)

5:45 PM Summary and discussion - Victor Panaretos (EPFL)

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