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, December 16, 2025 (1:00 PM) to Thursday, December 18, 2025 (11:30 PM)

Monday, December 15, 2025
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
1:00 PM Mini-symposium in honor of Henry Lubatti
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: C520
Contributions

1:30 PM Mini-symposium in honor of Henry Lubatti
3:00 PM *Closed session*

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio

4:30 PM Check-In (Collect Name Tag)

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio

5:00 PM Joint reception with Henry Fest participants
Joint reception with Henry Fest participants
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

8:30 AM Check-In (Collect Name Tag)

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
9:00 AM Welcome & Introductory Talks
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

9:00 AM Welcome, University of Washington and its Programs by Associate Dean for Research - Xiaosong Li (University of Washington Seattle (US))

9:20 AM USLUA Chair Report - Harvey Newman (California Institute of Technology (US))

9:50 AM Introduction, Welcome, Logistics and Safety - Shih-Chieh Hsu (University of Washington Seattle (US))
10:00 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
10:30 AM Report from APS DPF
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

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

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

11:15 AM 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 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
1:30 PM Lightning Round Talks
1:30 PM - 2:42 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

1:30 PM HL-LHC Upgrade of the ATLAS LAr Calorimeter Front-End Readout Electronics - Maria Bressan (Columbia University (US))

1:42 PM Scaling together: Building the Backend Systems alongside the Detector for the CMS Phase 2 Outer Tracker Upgrade - John Lawless (University of Tennessee (US))

1:54 PM Jet Mass in Multijet Events as a Probe of QCD at CMS - Lauren Meryl Hay (SUNY Buffalo)

2:06 PM Developing and deploying GPU-accelerated tracking as-a-Service - Miles Cochran-Branson (University of Washington (US))

2:18 PM 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))

2:30 PM Search for single production of a Maverick Top partner using the ATLAS detector - Zackary Lee Alegria (Oklahoma State University (US))
2:42 PM Tea
Tea
2:42 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
3:10 PM LHC Reports
3:10 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

3:10 PM ATLAS Report - Alex Zeng Wang (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))

3:30 PM CMS Report - Marko Stamenkovic (Brown University (US))

3:50 PM LHCb Report - Jake Pfaller (University of Cincinnati (US))

4:10 PM Machine Report - Maria Baldini

4:30 PM ALICE Report - Anthony Robert Timmins (University of Houston (US)) Daniel Tapia Takaki (University of Kansas)
4:50 PM Careers
4:50 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

4:50 PM Career strategies for HEP postdocs, and how their faculty mentors can help - Robert Harris (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

5:20 PM Breaking into Industry from HEP - Nicholas Haubrich

5:50 PM Questions & Comments from Early Career Scientists
6:30 PM Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Thursday, December 18, 2025
9:00 AM Reports from Agencies
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

9:00 AM DOE NP - Sharon Stephenson

9:30 AM DOE HEP - Regina Abby Rameika (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

9:50 AM Questions & Comments from LHC Users
10:00 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
10:30 AM Report from CERN Users Office
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

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

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

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

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

11:36 AM 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 AM Cell-Level Classification of Merged Photons: Insights from a Simplified Calorimeter Model - Lauren Larson (University of Texas at Austin (US))
12:10 PM Group Photo
Group Photo
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio

12:20 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:20 PM - 1:15 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
1:15 PM 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))
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
2:15 PM Committee Reports
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

2:15 PM Quality of Life - Steven Goldfarb (University of Melbourne (AU))

2:25 PM Meetings & Events - Steven Goldfarb (University of Melbourne (AU))
3:00 PM Tea
Tea
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
3:30 PM Invited Theorist
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio
Contributions

3:30 PM Melting LHC detectors: a novel search for stopped long-lived particles - Samuel S. Y. Wong (University of Washington)
4:15 PM Awards & Concluding Remarks

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: WRF Data Science Studio