PDF4LHC with PHYSTAT

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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
  • 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