US ATLAS / IRIS-HEP Analysis Software Training Event 2025

24 Jul 2025, 08:30 → 25 Jul 2025, 17:20 US/Eastern

747 (Weiser Hall)

Gordon Watts (University of Washington (US)), Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

The joint IRIS-HEP computational and data science software training event will take place from Thursday 24 July through Friday 25 July, 2025 at the University of Michigan. The training event will be co-located with the US ATLAS Summer Workshop 2025 in Ann Arbor, MI.

Training event materials GitHub repository

Workshop communication will take place on the IRIS-HEP Slack channel #us-atlas-iris-hep-analysis-software-training-2025

Advanced software is a critical ingredient to scientific research. Training young researchers in the latest tools and techniques is an essential part of developing the skills required for a successful career both in research and in industry.

Specific topics to be covered at the school include:

• Columnar analysis and uproot 

• Distributed analysis and Dask
• Data Visualization techniques and libraries
• Using the UChicago Analysis Facility
• Statistical tools

 

The school offers a limited number of young researchers an opportunity to learn these skills from experienced scientists and instructors. Successful applicants will receive travel and lodging support to attend the school. Thank you to everyone who applied!

Instructor Team

• Matthew Feickert, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Artur Cordeiro Oudot Choi, University of Washington
• Gordon Watts, University of Washington
• KyungEon Choi, The University of Texas at Austin
• Roger Janusiak, University of Washington
• Fengping Hu, University of Chicago
• Iason Krommydas, Rice University

Organizing Committee

• Matthew Feickert, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Gordon Watts, University of Washington

Local Organizers

• Christian Herwig, University of Michigan

 

This event is sponsored by the National Science Foundation through Cooperative Agreement PHY-2323298 (Institute for Research and Innovation in Software - IRIS-HEP) and grant OAC-2103945 (Awkward Array). Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the developers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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Thursday 24 July

08:30 Breakfast

Thursday Morning: Lecture Block 1

Convener: Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

1 Welcome / Introduction

Speaker: Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

us_atlas_iris-hep_training_event_2025-07-24.pdf

Weiser Hall 747

Weiser Hall location on campus

2 Coffea-Casa and Compute Infrastructure: Introduction

Speaker: Fengping Hu (University of Chicago (US))

Analysis Facility at UChicago.pdf

UChicago AF link

3 Columnar analysis and Awkward

Speaker: Iason Krommydas (Rice University (US))

Materials on GitHub

10:30 Coffee Break

4 Group Photo

Speakers: Gordon Watts (University of Washington (US)), Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

Thursday Morning: Lecture Block 2

Convener: Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

5 Columnar analysis and Awkward (continued)

Speaker: Iason Krommydas (Rice University (US))

Materials on GitHub

6 Dask

Speaker: Iason Krommydas (Rice University (US))

Materials on GitHub

12:20 Lunch

Thursday Afternoon: Lecture Block 3

Convener: Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

7 PHYSLITE

Speaker: Gordon Watts (University of Washington (US))

2025-07-24 - PHYSLITE.pdf

2025-07-24 - PHYSLITE.pptx

8 Introduction to hist and visualization

Speaker: Roger Janusiak (University of Washington)

Materials on GitHub

15:10 Coffee Break

Thursday Afternoon: Lecture Block 4

Convener: Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

9 Coffea columnar analysis framework

Speaker: Iason Krommydas (Rice University (US))

Materials on GitHub

10 Sample game introduction

Speaker: Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

Answer submission form

Materials on GitHub

17:00 Time to drop off bags and walk to dinner

Time to finish discussions, walk to lodging to drop off bags, and walk to dinner.

11 Group Dinner - Jolly Pumpkin Cafe & Brewery

Dinner at Jolly Pumpkin Cafe & Brewery

Location is ~ 1 mile from workshop location.

Google map directions

Friday 25 July

08:30 Breakfast

Friday Morning: Lecture Block 5

Convener: Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

12 Statistical tools: pyhf and cabinetry

Speaker: Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

held_template_fits_pyhf_cabinetry_2024-07-19.pdf

Materials on GitHub

10:00 Coffee Break

Friday Morning: Lecture Block 6

Convener: Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

13 ServiceX

Speaker: Artur Cordeiro Oudot Choi (University of Washington (US))

Materials on GitHub

14 Analysis Grand Challenge Pipeline with PHYSLITE

Speaker: Kyungeon Choi (University of Texas at Austin (US))

Materials on GitHub

11:45 Lunch

Friday Afternoon: Interactive Session 1

Convener: Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

15 Training Session Survey

Speaker: Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

Feedback Survey

16 Interactive work session

17 Sample game summary

Speaker: Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))

15:00 Coffee Break

Friday Afternoon: Interactive Session 2

18 Q&A / Discussion and work time

Speaker: Matthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))