USLUA annual meeting

America/Vancouver
University of Washington

University of Washington

Harvey Newman (California Institute of Technology (US))
Description

The US LHC Users Association (https://www.uslua.org) represents the US community of scientists and engineers working in the LHC physics and accelerator programs, and provides a forum of support for, and discussion of, US participation at CERN. We aim to support and uplift US personnel — particularly early career scientists and engineers — as well as acting as a communications channel between the community, US agencies, and the Congressional and Executive Branches.

Please note that early career members of our community are especially encouraged to attend in person, and travel support for a limited number of early career participants can be provided. Requests should be addressed to the Local Organizing Committee. We also encourage them to sign up for Lightning Round Talks to win a trip to our annual advocacy meeting to Washington DC in the Spring.

Early Career Scientists: There is still room left in the schedule for remote Lightning Round talks. Although registration for local participation closed on December 7th, remote registration is open until the meeting. No fee required.

Registration Fee:

  • Non-Students: $275
  • Students: $200 (possibility of aid - see registration)
  • Pay here

 

Short URL: https://indico.cern.ch/e/uslua-general-2025

University of Washington Physics/Astronomy Building
University of Washington Physics/Astronomy Building
Local Organizing Committee
Registration
Registration Form
Participants
Surveys
Lightning Round Talks
    • Mini-symposium in honor of Henry Lubatti
      • 13:00
        Check-In for Henry Fest
      • 1
        Mini-symposium in honor of Henry Lubatti

        It really lasts until 17:00, but we have our Exec Session at 15:00.

    • *Closed session*
      Convener: Harvey Newman (California Institute of Technology (US))
    • Check-In (Collect Name Tag)
    • 17:00
      Joint reception with Henry Fest participants
    • Check-In (Collect Name Tag)
    • Welcome & Introductory Talks
    • 10:00
      Coffee
    • Report from APS DPF
      • 2
        Report from APS DPF
        Speaker: Heidi Marie Schellman (Oregon State University (US))
    • Government relations
      • 3
        Government relations and DC trip report and plans
        Speaker: Lauren Larson (University of Texas at Austin (US))
      • 4
        Government relations panel discussion
        Speakers: 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
    • Lightning Round Talks
      • 5
        HL-LHC Upgrade of the ATLAS LAr Calorimeter Front-End Readout Electronics
        Speaker: Maria Bressan (Columbia University (US))
      • 6
        Scaling together: Building the Backend Systems alongside the Detector for the CMS Phase 2 Outer Tracker Upgrade
        Speaker: John Lawless (University of Tennessee (US))
      • 7
        Jet Mass in Multijet Events as a Probe of QCD at CMS
        Speaker: Lauren Meryl Hay (SUNY Buffalo)
      • 8
        Developing and deploying GPU-accelerated tracking as-a-Service
        Speaker: Miles Cochran-Branson (University of Washington (US))
      • 9
        Colder than Ice, Stronger than Steel: The Mechanical Structures for the CMS Phase-II Outer Tracker Flat Barrel
        Speaker: Christopher Cosby (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
      • 10
        (No Title Yet)
        Speaker: Zackary Lee Alegria (Oklahoma State University (US))
    • 15:00
      Tea
    • LHC Reports
      • 11
        ALICE Report
      • 12
        ATLAS Report
        Speaker: Alex Zeng Wang (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))
      • 13
        CMS Report
        Speaker: Marko Stamenkovic (Brown University (US))
      • 14
        LHCb Report
        Speaker: Jake Pfaller (University of Cincinnati (US))
      • 15
        Machine Report
        Speaker: Maria Baldini
    • Careers
      • 16
        Career strategies for HEP postdocs, and how their faculty mentors can help
        Speaker: Robert Harris (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
    • 18:30
      Conference Dinner Off site

      Off site

    • Reports from Agencies
      • 17
        DOE HEP
        Speaker: Regina Abby Rameika (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
      • 18
        DOE NP
      • 19
        Questions & Comments from LHC Users
    • 10:00
      Coffee
    • Report from CERN Users Office
      • 20
        Report from CERN Users Office
        Speaker: Gaelle Duperrier (CERN)
    • Lightning Round Talks
      • 21
        Improving vertex tagging efficiency in the search for Higgs decays to dark photons
        Speaker: Timothy Thankachen Mathew (University of Oregon (US))
      • 22
        The Power of Positive Samples: Eliminating Negative Weights with Optimal Transport
        Speaker: Camille Alessia Mauceri (Brown University (US))
      • 23
        Lessons Learned at the CHARM Beam Test for CMS Phase-2 Outer Tracker Modules
        Speaker: Ashling Clare Quinn (Princeton University (US))
      • 24
        Search for Higgs Pairs decaying to the bbgammagamma final state with 308ifb of data from ATLAS
        Speaker: Alex Zeng Wang (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))
      • 25
        (No Title Yet)
        Speaker: Lauren Larson (University of Texas at Austin (US))
    • 12:00
      Group Photo
    • 12:10
      Lunch
    • Committee Reports
    • Lightning Round Talks
    • 15:35
      Tea
    • Invited Theorist
      • 26
        Theory Presentation (TBD)
        Speaker: Mr Samuel Wong (Stanford University)
    • Awards & Concluding Remarks