1st PhyStat School of Statistics: Statistics in the era of ML
from
Monday, November 17, 2025 (9:00 AM)
to
Friday, November 21, 2025 (6:00 PM)
Monday, November 17, 2025
10:00 AM
Arrival
Arrival
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Introduction
-
Lydia Brenner
(
Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)
)
Introduction
Lydia Brenner
(
Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)
)
11:00 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM
Basics of Statistics
11:05 AM - 1:05 PM
Contributions
11:05 AM
Lecture
-
Robert Cousins Jr
Robert Cousins Jr
(
University of California Los Angeles (US)
)
Robert Dacey Cousins Jr
(
Univ. of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
)
1:05 PM
Lunch
Lunch
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Basics of Statistics
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Contributions
2:00 PM
Lecture
-
Robert Cousins Jr
Robert Cousins Jr
(
University of California Los Angeles (US)
)
Robert Dacey Cousins Jr
(
Univ. of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
)
4:00 PM
Basics of Statistics: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Contributions
4:00 PM
Hands-on
6:00 PM
Guest Lecture: What not to do
-
Roger Barlow
(
University of Huddersfield (GB)
)
Guest Lecture: What not to do
Roger Barlow
(
University of Huddersfield (GB)
)
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Dinner
Dinner
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
8:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
9:00 AM
Fundamentals of Machine Learning
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions
9:00 AM
Lecture
-
Tilman Plehn
(
Heidelberg University
)
Tilman Plehn
Tilman Plehn
Tilman Plehn
11:00 AM
Fundamentals of Machine Learning: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions
11:00 AM
Hands-on
1:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Fundamentals of Machine Learning
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions
2:00 PM
Lecture
-
Tilman Plehn
(
Heidelberg University
)
Tilman Plehn
Tilman Plehn
Tilman Plehn
3:00 PM
Fundamentals of Machine Learning: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Contributions
3:00 PM
Hands-on
4:00 PM
Simulation Based Inference
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Contributions
4:00 PM
Lecture
-
Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara
(
University of Wisconsin Madison (US)
)
5:00 PM
Simulation Based Inference: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Contributions
5:00 PM
Hands-on
6:00 PM
Guest Lecture: What to do
-
Wouter Verkerke
(
Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)
)
Guest Lecture: What to do
Wouter Verkerke
(
Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)
)
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Dinner
Dinner
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
9:00 AM
Simulation Based Inference
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Contributions
9:00 AM
Lecture
-
Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara
(
University of Wisconsin Madison (US)
)
10:00 AM
Simulation Based Inference: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions
10:00 AM
Hands-on
12:00 PM
Guest lecture: SBI for Gravitational Waves
-
Maximilian Dax
Guest lecture: SBI for Gravitational Waves
Maximilian Dax
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Simulation Based Inference
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions
2:00 PM
Lecture
-
Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara
(
University of Wisconsin Madison (US)
)
3:00 PM
Simulation Based Inference: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Contributions
3:00 PM
Hands-on
7:00 PM
Dinner
Dinner
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Thursday, November 20, 2025
8:55 AM
Group photo
-
Lydia Brenner
(
Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)
)
Group photo
Lydia Brenner
(
Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)
)
8:55 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Guest Lecture: Vision of the future
-
Gregor Kasieczka
(
Hamburg University (DE)
)
Gregor Kasieczka
Guest Lecture: Vision of the future
Gregor Kasieczka
(
Hamburg University (DE)
)
Gregor Kasieczka
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Anomaly Detection
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions
10:00 AM
Lecture
-
Gaia Grosso
(
IAIFI, MIT
)
12:00 PM
Anomaly Detection: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Contributions
12:00 PM
Hands-on
1:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Anomaly Detection
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions
2:00 PM
Lecture
-
Gaia Grosso
(
IAIFI, MIT
)
3:00 PM
Anomaly Detection: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Guest lecture: Anomaly detection in cosmology
-
Carolina Cuesta Lazaro
Guest lecture: Anomaly detection in cosmology
Carolina Cuesta Lazaro
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Advanced topics
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Contributions
5:00 PM
Lecture
-
Mikael Kuusela
(
Carnegie Mellon University (US)
)
6:00 PM
Guest lecture: Physics informed ML
-
Purvasha Chakravarti
(
University College London
)
Guest lecture: Physics informed ML
Purvasha Chakravarti
(
University College London
)
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Dinner
Dinner
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Friday, November 21, 2025
9:00 AM
Advanced topics
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions
9:00 AM
Lecture
-
Mikael Kuusela
(
Carnegie Mellon University (US)
)
12:00 PM
Advanced topics: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Contributions
12:00 PM
Hands-on
1:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Advanced topics: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions
2:00 PM
Hands-on
3:00 PM
Guest Lecture: Interpretability
-
Rikab Gambhir
(
Rutgers State Univ. of New Jersey (US)
)
Rikab Gambhir
(
MIT
)
Guest Lecture: Interpretability
Rikab Gambhir
(
Rutgers State Univ. of New Jersey (US)
)
Rikab Gambhir
(
MIT
)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Wrap up
Wrap up
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM