PDF4LHC with PHYSTAT

Europe/Zurich
4/3-006 - TH Conference Room (CERN)

4/3-006 - TH Conference Room

CERN

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Amanda Sarkar (University of Oxford (GB))
Description

This meeting of the PDF4LHC will include a session jointly with the PHYSTAT forum in addition to the usual contributions from the experiments and PDF providers. Agenda is currently provisional

Participants
Zoom Meeting ID
64620743241
Host
Amanda Sarkar
Passcode
75778959
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  • Monday 6 October
    • PHYSTAT session: PHYSTAT for PDFs

      PDF4LHC joint with PHYSTAT empasis on uncertainties on PDFs

      • 1
        Welcome
        Speakers: Lydia Brenner (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)), Olaf Behnke (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)), Olaf Behnke (DESY)
      • 2
        PDF fitting overview
        Speaker: Dr Lucian Alexander Harland-Lang (University College London)
      • 3
        Session 1: Uncertainty quantification in practice, a dialogue between Pavel Nadolsky and Josh Bendavid: perspectives on the PDF tolerance from the vantage points of PDF fitters and experimentalists working on EW precision measurements.
        Speakers: Josh Bendavid (CERN), Prof. Pavel Nadolsky (Michigan State University)
      • 4
        Session 1: Uncertainty quantification in practice, response from statisticians and audience
        Speaker: Lydia Brenner (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
      • 11:00
        Coffee
      • 5
        Session 2: Detecting an treating inconsistent data, a dialogue between Mark Constantini and Sofia Olhede
        Speakers: Mark Costantini, sofia olhede
      • 6
        Session 2: Detecting an treating inconsistent data, response from audience
        Speaker: Robert Samuel Thorne (University College London (UK))
      • 12:40
        Lunch
    • PDF4LHC meeting: PHYSTAT for PDFs
      • 7
        Session 3: PDF parametrisation and model uncertainty, a dialogue between Aurore Courtoy and Chad Schafer
        Speakers: Aurore Courtoy, Aurore Courtoy (Instituto de Física, UNAM), Chad Schafer
      • 8
        Session 3: PDF parametrisation and model uncertainty, response from audience
        Speaker: Amanda Sarkar (University of Oxford (GB))
      • 9
        Highlight talk: A Theory of almost Everything--- Statistically Speaking
        Speaker: Prof. Xiao-Li Meng (Harvard University)
      • 15:55
        Tea/Coffee
      • 10
        Session 4: Fit complexity and nuisance parameters, a dialogue between Bogdan Malaescu and David van Dyk
        Speakers: Bogdan Malaescu (LPNHE-Paris CNRS/IN2P3 (FR)), David van Dyk
      • 11
        Session 4: Fit complexity and nuisance parameters, response from audience
        Speaker: Olaf Behnke (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))
      • 12
        Wrap-up
        Speakers: Prof. Pavel Nadolsky (Michigan State University), Robert Samuel Thorne (University College London (UK))
  • Tuesday 7 October