Name: USLUA annual meeting
Start: 2025-12-16T13:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-12-18T23:30:00-08:00
Location: Physics and Astronomy Tower (PAC)

USLUA annual meeting

from Tuesday, 16 December 2025 (13:00) to Thursday, 18 December 2025 (23:30)

Monday, 15 December 2025
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
13:00 Mini-symposium in honor of Henry Lubatti
13:00 - 17:00
Room: C520
Contributions

13:30 Mini-symposium in honor of Henry Lubatti
15:00 *Closed session*

15:00 - 16:30
Room: WRF Data Science Studio

16:30 Check-In (Collect Name Tag)

16:30 - 17:30
Room: WRF Data Science Studio

17:00 Joint reception with Henry Fest participants
Joint reception with Henry Fest participants
17:00 - 19:00
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Wednesday, 17 December 2025

08:30 Check-In (Collect Name Tag)

08:30 - 09:00
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
09:00 Welcome & Introductory Talks
09:00 - 10:00
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

09:00 Welcome, University of Washington and its Programs by Associate Dean for Research - Xiaosong Li (University of Washington Seattle (US))

09:20 USLUA Chair Report - Harvey Newman (California Institute of Technology (US))

09:50 Introduction, Welcome, Logistics and Safety - Shih-Chieh Hsu (University of Washington Seattle (US))
10:00 Coffee
Coffee
10:00 - 10:30
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
10:30 Report from APS DPF
10:30 - 10:50
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

10:30 Report from APS DPF - Heidi Marie Schellman (Oregon State University (US))
10:50 Government relations
10:50 - 12:15
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

10:50 Government relations and DC trip report and plans - Lauren Larson (University of Texas at Austin (US))

11:15 Government relations panel discussion - Breese Quinn (University of Mississippi) Heidi Marie Schellman (Oregon State University (US)) Herman White Kevin Pedro (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)) Leland Cogliani (Lewis-Burke Associates) Sally Seidel (University of New Mexico / ATLAS)
12:15 Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 13:30
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
13:30 Lightning Round Talks
13:30 - 14:42
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

13:30 HL-LHC Upgrade of the ATLAS LAr Calorimeter Front-End Readout Electronics - Maria Bressan (Columbia University (US))

13:42 Scaling together: Building the Backend Systems alongside the Detector for the CMS Phase 2 Outer Tracker Upgrade - John Lawless (University of Tennessee (US))

13:54 Jet Mass in Multijet Events as a Probe of QCD at CMS - Lauren Meryl Hay (SUNY Buffalo)

14:06 Developing and deploying GPU-accelerated tracking as-a-Service - Miles Cochran-Branson (University of Washington (US))

14:18 Colder than Ice, Stronger than Steel: The Mechanical Structures for the CMS Phase-II Outer Tracker Flat Barrel - Christopher Cosby (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

14:30 Search for single production of a Maverick Top partner using the ATLAS detector - Zackary Lee Alegria (Oklahoma State University (US))
14:42 Tea
Tea
14:42 - 15:10
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
15:10 LHC Reports
15:10 - 16:50
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

15:10 ATLAS Report - Alex Zeng Wang (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))

15:30 CMS Report - Marko Stamenkovic (Brown University (US))

15:50 LHCb Report - Jake Pfaller (University of Cincinnati (US))

16:10 Machine Report - Maria Baldini

16:30 ALICE Report - Anthony Robert Timmins (University of Houston (US)) Daniel Tapia Takaki (University of Kansas)
16:50 Careers
16:50 - 18:00
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

16:50 Career strategies for HEP postdocs, and how their faculty mentors can help - Robert Harris (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

17:20 Breaking into Industry from HEP - Nicholas Haubrich

17:50 Questions & Comments from Early Career Scientists
18:30 Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
18:30 - 20:30
Thursday, 18 December 2025
09:00 Reports from Agencies
09:00 - 10:00
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

09:00 DOE NP - Sharon Stephenson

09:30 DOE HEP - Regina Abby Rameika (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

09:50 Questions & Comments from LHC Users
10:00 Coffee
Coffee
10:00 - 10:30
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
10:30 Report from CERN Users Office
10:30 - 11:00
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

10:30 Report from CERN Users Office - Gaelle Duperrier (CERN)
11:00 Lightning Round Talks
11:00 - 12:10
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

11:00 Improving vertex tagging efficiency in the search for Higgs decays to dark photons - Timothy Thankachen Mathew (University of Oregon (US))

11:12 The Power of Positive Samples: Eliminating Negative Weights with Optimal Transport - Camille Alessia Mauceri (Brown University (US))

11:24 Lessons Learned at the CHARM Beam Test for CMS Phase-2 Outer Tracker Modules - Ashling Clare Quinn (Princeton University (US))

11:36 Search for Higgs Pairs decaying to the bbgammagamma final state with 308ifb of data from ATLAS - Alex Zeng Wang (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))

11:48 Cell-Level Classification of Merged Photons: Insights from a Simplified Calorimeter Model - Lauren Larson (University of Texas at Austin (US))
12:10 Group Photo
Group Photo
12:10 - 12:20
Room: WRF Data Science Studio

12:20 Lunch
Lunch
12:20 - 13:15
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
13:15 AI in HEP: A3D3, IRIS HEP, WATCHEP et al: Extending Our DIscovery Reach - Shih-Chieh Hsu (University of Washington Seattle (US)) Gordon Watts (University of Washington (US))
AI in HEP: A3D3, IRIS HEP, WATCHEP et al: Extending Our DIscovery Reach
- Shih-Chieh Hsu (University of Washington Seattle (US))
- Gordon Watts (University of Washington (US))
13:15 - 14:15
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
14:15 Committee Reports
14:15 - 15:00
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

14:15 Quality of Life - Steven Goldfarb (University of Melbourne (AU))

14:25 Meetings & Events - Steven Goldfarb (University of Melbourne (AU))
15:00 Tea
Tea
15:00 - 15:30
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
15:30 Invited Theorist
15:30 - 16:15
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

15:30 Melting LHC detectors: a novel search for stopped long-lived particles - Samuel S. Y. Wong (University of Washington)
16:15 Awards & Concluding Remarks

16:15 - 16:45
Room: WRF Data Science Studio