Name: 1st PhyStat School of Statistics: Statistics in the era of ML
Start: 2025-11-17T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-21T18:00:00+01:00
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1st PhyStat School of Statistics: Statistics in the era of ML

from Monday, 17 November 2025 (09:00) to Friday, 21 November 2025 (18:00)

Monday, 17 November 2025

10:00 Arrival
Arrival
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 Introduction - Lydia Brenner (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
Introduction
- Lydia Brenner (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
11:00 - 11:05
11:05 Basics of Statistics
11:05 - 13:05
Contributions

11:05 Lecture - Robert Cousins Jr Robert Cousins Jr (University of California Los Angeles (US)) Robert Dacey Cousins Jr (Univ. of California Los Angeles (UCLA))
13:05 Lunch
Lunch
13:05 - 14:00
14:00 Basics of Statistics
14:00 - 16:00
Contributions

14:00 Lecture - Robert Cousins Jr Robert Cousins Jr (University of California Los Angeles (US)) Robert Dacey Cousins Jr (Univ. of California Los Angeles (UCLA))
16:00 Basics of Statistics: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
16:00 - 18:00
Contributions

16:00 Hands-on
18:00 Guest Lecture: What not to do - Roger Barlow (University of Huddersfield (GB))
Guest Lecture: What not to do
- Roger Barlow (University of Huddersfield (GB))
18:00 - 19:00
19:00 Dinner
Dinner
19:00 - 20:00

20:00 Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
20:00 - 21:00
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
09:00 Fundamentals of Machine Learning
09:00 - 11:00
Contributions

09:00 Lecture - Tilman Plehn (Heidelberg University) Tilman Plehn Tilman Plehn Tilman Plehn
11:00 Fundamentals of Machine Learning: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
11:00 - 13:00
Contributions

11:00 Hands-on
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 Fundamentals of Machine Learning
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions

14:00 Lecture - Tilman Plehn (Heidelberg University) Tilman Plehn Tilman Plehn Tilman Plehn
15:00 Fundamentals of Machine Learning: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
15:00 - 16:00
Contributions

15:00 Hands-on
16:00 Simulation Based Inference
16:00 - 17:00
Contributions

16:00 Lecture - Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))
17:00 Simulation Based Inference: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
17:00 - 18:00
Contributions

17:00 Hands-on
18:00 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))
18:00 - 19:00
19:00 Dinner
Dinner
19:00 - 20:30
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
09:00 Simulation Based Inference
09:00 - 10:00
Contributions

09:00 Lecture - Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))
10:00 Simulation Based Inference: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
10:00 - 12:00
Contributions

10:00 Hands-on
12:00 Guest lecture: SBI for Gravitational Waves - Maximilian Dax
Guest lecture: SBI for Gravitational Waves
- Maximilian Dax
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 Simulation Based Inference
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions

14:00 Lecture - Jay Ajitbhai Sandesara (University of Wisconsin Madison (US))
15:00 Simulation Based Inference: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
15:00 - 16:00
Contributions

15:00 Hands-on
19:00 Dinner
Dinner
19:00 - 20:30
Thursday, 20 November 2025
08:55 Group photo - Lydia Brenner (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
Group photo
- Lydia Brenner (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
08:55 - 09:00
09:00 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
09:00 - 10:00
10:00 Anomaly Detection
10:00 - 12:00
Contributions

10:00 Lecture - Gaia Grosso (IAIFI, MIT)
12:00 Anomaly Detection: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
12:00 - 13:00
Contributions

12:00 Hands-on
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 Anomaly Detection
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions

14:00 Lecture - Gaia Grosso (IAIFI, MIT)
15:00 Anomaly Detection: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
15:00 - 16:00
16:00 Guest lecture: Anomaly detection in cosmology - Carolina Cuesta Lazaro
Guest lecture: Anomaly detection in cosmology
- Carolina Cuesta Lazaro
16:00 - 17:00
17:00 Advanced topics
17:00 - 18:00
Contributions

17:00 Lecture - Mikael Kuusela (Carnegie Mellon University (US))
18:00 Guest lecture: Physics informed ML - Purvasha Chakravarti (University College London)
Guest lecture: Physics informed ML
- Purvasha Chakravarti (University College London)
18:00 - 19:00
19:00 Dinner
Dinner
19:00 - 20:30
Friday, 21 November 2025
09:00 Advanced topics
09:00 - 12:00
Contributions

09:00 Lecture - Mikael Kuusela (Carnegie Mellon University (US))
12:00 Advanced topics: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
12:00 - 13:00
Contributions

12:00 Hands-on
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 Advanced topics: Hands-on session
Hands-on session
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions

14:00 Hands-on
15:00 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)
15:00 - 16:00
16:00 Wrap up
Wrap up
16:00 - 17:00