Jul 8 – 10, 2026
University of Manchester
Europe/London timezone

Getting the final state right matters: An experimentalist’s perspective

Jul 8, 2026, 9:15 AM
50m
Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture Theatre, Schuster Building (University of Manchester)

Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture Theatre, Schuster Building

University of Manchester

Speaker

Jonathan Butterworth (UCL)

Description

With the HL-LHC on its way, and FCC-ee on the horizon, we are entering an era of precision collider physics, motivated not only by probing the limits of the Standard Model, but by looking for clues as to a bigger theory that contains it. The improved calculational techniques under discussion at this meeting will be critical. However, issues such as reproducibility of analyses, reliability of uncertainty estimates, and reinterpretability of measurements will also be of increasing importance, and are in some ways challenged by the growing use of sophisticated machine-learning-enabled analysis techniques. I will discuss some ways in which these challenges can be and are being addressed.

Author

Jonathan Butterworth (UCL)

Presentation materials