Name: USCMS/IRIS-HEP Analysis Software Training 2026
Start: 2026-06-01T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-02T18:00:00-04:00
Location: University of Maryland

USCMS/IRIS-HEP Analysis Software Training 2026

from Monday, 1 June 2026 (08:00) to Tuesday, 2 June 2026 (18:00)

Monday, 1 June 2026
09:00 Lectures: Lectures (Block 1)
Lectures (Block 1)
09:00 - 10:30
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122
Contributions

09:00 Welcome / Introduction

09:15 Coffea-Casa and Compute Infrastructure - Andres Rios-Tascon (Princeton University) Samuel Albin (University of Nebraska Lincoln (US))

09:45 Columnar analysis and Awkward Array (1) - Ianna Osborne (Princeton University)
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122
11:00 Lectures: Lectures (Block 2)
Lectures (Block 2)
11:00 - 12:10
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122
Contributions

11:00 Columnar analysis and Awkward Array (2) - Ianna Osborne (Princeton University)

11:45 Distributed Analysis and Dask - Giordon Holtsberg Stark (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))
12:10 Lunch
Lunch
12:10 - 13:15
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122
13:10 Lectures: Lecture (Block 3)
Lecture (Block 3)
13:10 - 16:00
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122
Contributions

13:15 Distributed Analysis and Dask (2) - Giordon Holtsberg Stark (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))

14:00 Data Visualization techniques and libraries - Roger Janusiak (University of Washington)

14:45 Coffea columnar analysis framework - Andres Rios-Tascon (Princeton University) Giordon Holtsberg Stark (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))
16:00 Coffee
Coffee
16:00 - 16:30
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122
16:30 Interactive
16:30 - 17:30
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122
Contributions

16:30 Sample game introduction - Giordon Holtsberg Stark (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))

17:00 Q&A for day 1 - Andres Rios-Tascon (Princeton University) Giordon Holtsberg Stark (University of California,Santa Cruz (US)) Ianna Osborne (Princeton University) Lino Oscar Gerlach (Princeton University (US)) Roger Janusiak (University of Washington)
17:30 Group Photo
Group Photo
17:30 - 17:50
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122

19:00 Dinner at Ledo Pizza
Dinner at Ledo Pizza
19:00 - 21:00
Tuesday, 2 June 2026
09:00 Lectures: Statistical tools
Statistical tools
09:00 - 10:30
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122
Contributions

09:00 Statistics concepts overview - Lino Oscar Gerlach (Princeton University (US))
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122
11:00 Lectures: Analysis Grand Challenge
Analysis Grand Challenge
11:00 - 12:30
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122
Contributions

11:00 AGC: coffea with virtual arrays + Combine - Andres Rios-Tascon (Princeton University) Lino Oscar Gerlach (Princeton University (US))
12:30 Lectures: ServiceX for CMS
ServiceX for CMS
12:30 - 13:00
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122
Contributions

12:30 ServiceX for CMS - Roger Janusiak (University of Washington)
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122
14:00 Interactive: Interactive (Block 2)
Interactive (Block 2)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122
Contributions

14:00 Training Session Survey
14:30 Interactive: Interactive (Session 3)
Interactive (Session 3)
14:30 - 16:00
Room: John Toll Building (PHY) 2122
Contributions

14:30 Bring your questions, topics raised during day 1 - Andres Rios-Tascon (Princeton University) Giordon Holtsberg Stark (University of California,Santa Cruz (US)) Ianna Osborne (Princeton University) Lino Oscar Gerlach (Princeton University (US)) Roger Janusiak (University of Washington)

15:00 Sample game summary - Giordon Holtsberg Stark (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))