CHACAL 2024

from Monday 15 January 2024 (08:00) to Saturday 27 January 2024 (16:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
15 Jan 2024
16 Jan 2024
17 Jan 2024
18 Jan 2024
19 Jan 2024
20 Jan 2024
21 Jan 2024
22 Jan 2024
23 Jan 2024
24 Jan 2024
25 Jan 2024
26 Jan 2024
AM
08:30 Registration   ()
09:00 Welcome   ()
09:20 High energy physics refresher: the SM, new physics and the LHC - Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))   ()
10:30
BREAK (until 11:00) ()
11:00 Refresher on scientific computing: Python and working on a terminal - Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))   ()
09:00 Data analysis in HEP - Jonathan Butterworth (UCL)   ()
10:30
BREAK (until 11:00) ()
11:00 Refresher: C++ programming - Caterina Doglioni (University of Manchester (GB))   ()
09:00 Statistics for HEP 1 - James Michael Keaveney (University of Cape Town (ZA))   ()
10:30
BREAK (until 11:00) ()
11:00 Statistics for HEP 1 - James Michael Keaveney (University of Cape Town (ZA))   ()
11:45 Coding Challenge: Searching for the 'X' boson in a toy analysis - Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))   ()
09:00 Statistics for HEP 2 - James Michael Keaveney (University of Cape Town (ZA))   ()
10:30
BREAK (until 11:00) ()
11:00 Overview of machine learning techniques - David Rousseau (IJCLab-Orsay)   ()
09:00 Funamentals of MC Generation (Part II) - Benjamin Fuks   ()
10:30
BREAK (until 11:00) ()
11:00 Designing measurements for the LHC - Jonathan Butterworth (UCL)   ()
09:30 Advanced ML for HEP - David Rousseau (IJCLab-Orsay)   ()
11:00
BREAK (until 11:30) ()
11:30 Machine Learning synergies with business and industry - Caterina Doglioni (University of Manchester (GB))   ()
05:00
SOCIAL (until 15:00) ()
09:00 Welcome back: welcome by Wits VC Prof. Zeblon Vilakazi   ()
09:20 Data/MC comparisons and Generator Tuning - Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB))   ()
09:50 Monte Carlo Event Generation for Heavy Ions - Dr Isobel Kolbe (IGFAE)   ()
10:35
BREAK (until 11:00) ()
11:00 Re-interpretations to exclude new physics: Searches - Benjamin Fuks   ()
11:45 Re-interpretation to exclude new physics: measurements - Jonathan Butterworth (UCL)   ()
09:00 Supervised vs Unsupervised learning - Ana Peixoto (University of Washington (US))   ()
10:30
BREAK (until 11:00) ()
11:00 Challenges in HEP: Monte Carlo Event Generation - Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB))   ()
11:45 Challenges in HEP: Lessons learnt from the LHC - Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))   ()
09:00 Validation and Hyper-Parameters in ML - Ana Peixoto (University of Washington (US))   ()
09:45 Challenges in HEP: Machine Learning - Ana Peixoto (University of Washington (US))   ()
10:30
BREAK (until 11:00) ()
11:00 Coding Challenge: X boson continued   ()
09:00 Novel computing hardwares in HEP - Heather Gray (UC Berkeley/LBNL)   ()
10:30
BREAK (until 11:00) ()
11:00 Quantum Computing basics - Prof. Francesco Petruccione (Stellenbosch)   ()
09:00 Quantum Computing applications - Prof. Francesco Petrucionne (Stellenbosch)   ()
10:30
BREAK (until 11:00) ()
11:00 Novel computing hardwares in HEP (Part 2) - Heather Gray (UC Berkeley/LBNL)   ()
PM
12:30
BREAK (until 13:30) ()
13:30 TUTORIAL: Docker trial run, and basic Bash and Python - Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))   ()
15:00
BREAK (until 15:15) ()
15:15 TUTORIAL: Monte Carlo integration using Python   ()
12:30
BREAK (until 13:30) ()
13:30 TUORIAL: C++ - Caterina Doglioni (University of Manchester (GB))   ()
15:00
BREAK (until 15:15) ()
15:15 TUTORIAL: C++ - Caterina Doglioni (University of Manchester (GB))   ()
12:30
BREAK (until 13:30) ()
13:30 Coding Challenge: Searching for the 'X' boson in a toy analysis - Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))   ()
15:00
BREAK (until 15:15) ()
15:15 Coding Challenge: Searching for the 'X' boson in a toy analysis - Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))   ()
19:00
SOCIAL (until 21:00) ()
12:30
BREAK (until 13:30) ()
13:30 TUTORIAL: Boosted Decision Tree and generic Machine Learning diagnostics for HEP - David Rousseau (IJCLab-Orsay)   ()
15:00
BREAK (until 15:15) ()
15:15 Fundamentals of MC Generation (Part I) - Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB))   ()
12:30
BREAK (until 13:30) ()
13:30 Tutorial: Monte Carlo Event Generation (Part I) - Benjamin Fuks Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB))   ()
15:00
BREAK (until 15:15) ()
15:15 Tutorial: More diagnostics and Neural Networks for HEP - David Rousseau (IJCLab-Orsay)   ()
12:15 Career Development Q&A session with the lecturers - Caterina Doglioni (University of Manchester (GB))   ()
13:00
SOCIAL (until 17:00) ()
12:30
BREAK (until 13:30) ()
13:30 Generating BSM physics events - Benjamin Fuks   ()
15:00
BREAK (until 15:15) ()
15:15 TUTORIAL: Rivet/CONTUR - Jonathan Butterworth (UCL) Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB))   ()
12:30
BREAK (until 13:30) ()
13:30 TUTORIAL: Anomaly detection and clustering (part 1) - Ana Peixoto (University of Washington (US)) Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))   ()
15:00
BREAK (until 15:15) ()
15:15 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
BREAK (until 13:30) ()
13:30 Coding Challenge: X boson continued   ()
15:00
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15:15 Coding Challenge: X boson continued - Dr Louie Dartmoor Corpe (Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC))   ()
12:30
BREAK (until 13:30) ()
13:30 TUTORIAL: Quantum Computing basics - Prof. Francesco Petruccione (Stellenbosch) Omid Hassasfar (Stellenbosch)   ()
15:00
BREAK (until 15:15) ()
15:15 TUTORIAL: Quantum Computing basics - Omid Hassasfar (Stellenbosch) Prof. Francesco Petruccione (Stellenbosch)   ()
18:00 SOCIAL: Farewell Dinner at Mike's   ()
12:30 Farewell and close-out   ()
13:00
BREAK (until 14:00) ()