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SUMMARY:MCnet Summer School 2026
DTSTART:20260531T064500Z
DTEND:20260605T120000Z
DTSTAMP:20260617T030000Z
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CONTACT:mcnet-school-2026@cern.ch
DESCRIPTION:\nThe 19th MCnet school will be held CERN.\nThe school provide
 s a five-day course of training in the physics and techniques used in mode
 rn Monte Carlo event generators via a series of lectures\, practical sessi
 ons\, and discussions with event-generator authors. The school is aimed at
  advanced doctoral students and early-career postdocs. Please note that th
 e school will take place in person only\; a remote participation option wi
 ll not be offered.\nOur core sessions comprise a series of introductory le
 ctures on the physics of event generators\, further lectures on a wider ra
 nge of associated topics\, a series of hands-on tutorials using all of the
  MCnet event generators for LHC physics\, a poster session\, and evening d
 iscussion sessions with Monte Carlo authors.\nThis year’s theme will loo
 k ahead to the precision era of collider physics\, with a focus on “FCC-
 ee Readiness.” Alongside the established lectures on aspects of the elec
 troweak Standard Model\, the programme will include new sessions on the ex
 perimental precision targets expected at future lepton colliders and the c
 urrent status of theoretical and computational tools needed to meet them. 
 Together\, these lectures will highlight both the remarkable progress achi
 eved and the challenges that lie ahead in preparing the Monte Carlo ecosys
 tem for the next generation of high-precision measurements.\nThe full list
  of lectures is:\n\nIntroduction to Event Generators - Simon Plätzer\, Gr
 az\nParton Showers\, Matching and Merging - Silvia Ferrario Ravasio\, Tori
 no\nAspects of the EW Standard Model - Stefan Dittmaier\, Freiburg\nPrecis
 ion Requirements and Opportunities at FCC-ee - Sarah Williams\, Cambridge
 \nReadiness of the MC Tools for the Sub-Per-Mille Frontier - Jürgen Reut
 er\, DESY\nModel-Independent Measurements - Andy Pilkington\, Manchester\n
 Event Generators for Heavy Ion Collisions - Leif Lönnblad\, Lund\nModer
 n Computing Paradigms - Enrico Bothmann\, CERN\nMachine Learning and Eve
 nt Generators - Michael Spannowsky\, Karlsruhe\nSimulating Human Behaviou
 r for Decision-Making in Complex Systems - Joseph Bullock\, United Natio
 ns\nInvisible Dimensions of Diversity - Louise Carvalho\, CERN Diversity &
  Inclusion Programme\n\nTutorials:\n\nComputing on GPUs - Enrico Bothmann 
 (CERN)\nHerwig - Siddharth Sule (Manchester)\, Andreas Papaefstathiou (Ke
 nnesaw)\nPythia - Leif Lönnblad (Lund)\, Ilkka Helenius (Jyväskylä)\, 
 Albi Kerbizi (Trieste)\nSherpa - Zara Graham-Jones (Durham)\, Daniel Reic
 helt (CERN)\, Peter Meinzinger (Zürich)\nWrite your own Parton Shower - 
 Daniel Reichelt (CERN)\, Joanne Roper (Durham)\, Silvia Ferrario Ravasio (
 Torino)\nMadGraph+Rivet+Contur - Andy Buckley (Glasgow)\, Theo Heimel (Lou
 vain)\, Ramon Winterhalder (Milano)\, Luca Beccatini (Louvain)\n\nRegistra
 tion procedure:\nSubmit your registration by filling the form in the Regis
 tration page. Please note that a supporting reference from your superviso
 r is required if neither you nor your supervisor is a core MCnet member. A
 n email reference is sufficient\, but it must confirm the home institute
 ’s willingness to cover the participant’s travel and registration fees
  (unless a bursary is requested). You will receive Instructions for sendin
 g the email reference automatically after registration.\nThe deadline for 
 registrations (including supporting references) is April 15.\nThe deadline
  for payments is April 30.\nParticipants will be selected on a first-come\
 , first-served basis upon receipt of a satisfactory supervisor reference. 
 Applicants will be notified of the outcome as soon as possible thereafter.
 \nPlease do not make travel arrangements until you have received a confirm
 ation of acceptance\, as we may not be able to accommodate all applicants.
 \nOnce your registration has been approved\, you will receive further inst
 ructions\, including details on payment of the registration fee (CHF 100).
 \nIf a bursary is requested\, the supervisor’s supporting email referenc
 e should briefly explain the financial circumstances motivating the reques
 t.\nOrganised by:\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Sponsors:\nThis year's school h
 as received funds by the LHC Physics Center at CERN (LPCC) and the Eric & 
 Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation through the CERN Next Generati
 on Triggers project under grant agreement number SIF-2023-004.\n\n \n \n
 \nhttps://indico.cern.ch/event/1573048/
LOCATION:4/3-006 - TH Conference Room (CERN)
URL:https://indico.cern.ch/event/1573048/
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