CHACAL 2024

from Monday, January 15, 2024 (8:00 AM) to Saturday, January 27, 2024 (4:00 PM)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Jan 15, 2024
Jan 16, 2024
Jan 17, 2024
Jan 18, 2024
Jan 19, 2024
Jan 20, 2024
Jan 21, 2024
Jan 22, 2024
Jan 23, 2024
Jan 24, 2024
Jan 25, 2024
Jan 26, 2024
AM
8:30 AM Registration  
9:00 AM Welcome  
9:20 AM High energy physics refresher: the SM, new physics and the LHC - Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))  
10:30 AM
BREAK (until 11:00 AM)
11:00 AM Refresher on scientific computing: Python and working on a terminal - Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))  
9:00 AM Data analysis in HEP - Jonathan Butterworth (UCL)  
10:30 AM
BREAK (until 11:00 AM)
11:00 AM Refresher: C++ programming - Caterina Doglioni (University of Manchester (GB))  
9:00 AM Statistics for HEP 1 - James Michael Keaveney (University of Cape Town (ZA))  
10:30 AM
BREAK (until 11:00 AM)
11:00 AM Statistics for HEP 1 - James Michael Keaveney (University of Cape Town (ZA))  
11:45 AM Coding Challenge: Searching for the 'X' boson in a toy analysis - Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))  
9:00 AM Statistics for HEP 2 - James Michael Keaveney (University of Cape Town (ZA))  
10:30 AM
BREAK (until 11:00 AM)
11:00 AM Overview of machine learning techniques - David Rousseau (IJCLab-Orsay)  
9:00 AM Funamentals of MC Generation (Part II) - Benjamin Fuks  
10:30 AM
BREAK (until 11:00 AM)
11:00 AM Designing measurements for the LHC - Jonathan Butterworth (UCL)  
9:30 AM Advanced ML for HEP - David Rousseau (IJCLab-Orsay)  
11:00 AM
BREAK (until 11:30 AM)
11:30 AM Machine Learning synergies with business and industry - Caterina Doglioni (University of Manchester (GB))  
5:00 AM
SOCIAL (until 3:00 PM)
9:00 AM Welcome back: welcome by Wits VC Prof. Zeblon Vilakazi  
9:20 AM Data/MC comparisons and Generator Tuning - Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB))  
9:50 AM Monte Carlo Event Generation for Heavy Ions - Dr Isobel Kolbe (IGFAE)  
10:35 AM
BREAK (until 11:00 AM)
11:00 AM Re-interpretations to exclude new physics: Searches - Benjamin Fuks  
11:45 AM Re-interpretation to exclude new physics: measurements - Jonathan Butterworth (UCL)  
9:00 AM Supervised vs Unsupervised learning - Ana Peixoto (University of Washington (US))  
10:30 AM
BREAK (until 11:00 AM)
11:00 AM Challenges in HEP: Monte Carlo Event Generation - Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB))  
11:45 AM Challenges in HEP: Lessons learnt from the LHC - Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))  
9:00 AM Validation and Hyper-Parameters in ML - Ana Peixoto (University of Washington (US))  
9:45 AM Challenges in HEP: Machine Learning - Ana Peixoto (University of Washington (US))  
10:30 AM
BREAK (until 11:00 AM)
11:00 AM Coding Challenge: X boson continued  
9:00 AM Novel computing hardwares in HEP - Heather Gray (UC Berkeley/LBNL)  
10:30 AM
BREAK (until 11:00 AM)
11:00 AM Quantum Computing basics - Prof. Francesco Petruccione (Stellenbosch)  
9:00 AM Quantum Computing applications - Prof. Francesco Petrucionne (Stellenbosch)  
10:30 AM
BREAK (until 11:00 AM)
11:00 AM Novel computing hardwares in HEP (Part 2) - Heather Gray (UC Berkeley/LBNL)  
PM
12:30 PM
BREAK (until 1:30 PM)
1:30 PM TUTORIAL: Docker trial run, and basic Bash and Python - Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))  
3:00 PM
BREAK (until 3:15 PM)
3:15 PM TUTORIAL: Monte Carlo integration using Python  
12:30 PM
BREAK (until 1:30 PM)
1:30 PM TUORIAL: C++ - Caterina Doglioni (University of Manchester (GB))  
3:00 PM
BREAK (until 3:15 PM)
3:15 PM TUTORIAL: C++ - Caterina Doglioni (University of Manchester (GB))  
12:30 PM
BREAK (until 1:30 PM)
1:30 PM Coding Challenge: Searching for the 'X' boson in a toy analysis - Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))  
3:00 PM
BREAK (until 3:15 PM)
3:15 PM Coding Challenge: Searching for the 'X' boson in a toy analysis - Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))  
7:00 PM
SOCIAL (until 9:00 PM)
12:30 PM
BREAK (until 1:30 PM)
1:30 PM TUTORIAL: Boosted Decision Tree and generic Machine Learning diagnostics for HEP - David Rousseau (IJCLab-Orsay)  
3:00 PM
BREAK (until 3:15 PM)
3:15 PM Fundamentals of MC Generation (Part I) - Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB))  
12:30 PM
BREAK (until 1:30 PM)
1:30 PM Tutorial: Monte Carlo Event Generation (Part I) - Benjamin Fuks Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB))  
3:00 PM
BREAK (until 3:15 PM)
3:15 PM Tutorial: More diagnostics and Neural Networks for HEP - David Rousseau (IJCLab-Orsay)  
12:15 PM Career Development Q&A session with the lecturers - Caterina Doglioni (University of Manchester (GB))  
1:00 PM
SOCIAL (until 5:00 PM)
12:30 PM
BREAK (until 1:30 PM)
1:30 PM Generating BSM physics events - Benjamin Fuks  
3:00 PM
BREAK (until 3:15 PM)
3:15 PM TUTORIAL: Rivet/CONTUR - Jonathan Butterworth (UCL) Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB))  
12:30 PM
BREAK (until 1:30 PM)
1:30 PM TUTORIAL: Anomaly detection and clustering (part 1) - Ana Peixoto (University of Washington (US)) Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))  
3:00 PM
BREAK (until 3:15 PM)
3:15 PM TUTORIAL: Anomaly detection and clustering (part 2) - Ana Peixoto (University of Washington (US)) Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))  
12:30 PM
BREAK (until 1:30 PM)
1:30 PM Coding Challenge: X boson continued  
3:00 PM
BREAK (until 3:15 PM)
3:15 PM Coding Challenge: X boson continued - Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))  
12:30 PM
BREAK (until 1:30 PM)
1:30 PM TUTORIAL: Quantum Computing basics - Prof. Francesco Petruccione (Stellenbosch) Omid Hassasfar (Stellenbosch)  
3:00 PM
BREAK (until 3:15 PM)
3:15 PM TUTORIAL: Quantum Computing basics - Omid Hassasfar (Stellenbosch) Prof. Francesco Petruccione (Stellenbosch)  
6:00 PM SOCIAL: Farewell Dinner at Mike's  
12:30 PM Farewell and close-out  
1:00 PM
BREAK (until 2:00 PM)