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PMG week 2026

from Monday, 8 June 2026 (09:00) to Friday, 12 June 2026 (17:00)
CERN (40/S2-C01)

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8 Jun 2026
9 Jun 2026
10 Jun 2026
11 Jun 2026
12 Jun 2026
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09:00
Top - Dominic Hirschbuehl (Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal (DE)) Peter Berta (Charles University, Prague (CZ)) (until 12:40)
09:00 Defining a complete uncertainty model for off-shell MC (15' + 10') - Nedaa Alexandra Asbah (CERN)  
09:25 Defining a complete uncertainty model for MiNNLOps (15' + 10') - Dominic Hirschbuehl (Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal (DE)) Dimitra Samara (Charles University (CZ))  
09:50 Defining an uncertainty model for multileg matched and merged (15' + 10') - Tetiana Moskalets 🐦‍⬛ (Southern Methodist University (US)) Frank Siegert (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))  
10:15 Understanding the lineshape (15' + 10') - Shayma Wahdan (Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal (DE)) Dominic Hirschbuehl (Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal (DE))  
10:40 When to use NLO, NNLO or multileg (15' + 10') - Xinyuan Tan (University of Glasgow (GB)) Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB))  
11:05 --- Break ---
11:35 Understanding top-quark decay modelling in event generators (20' + 10') - Christopher Young (CERN) Matilde Uboldi (University of Sussex (GB))  
12:05 Missing Higher Order Uncertainties with focus on top-antitop production (20' + 10') - Rene Poncelet (IFJ PAN Krakow)  
09:00
Matrix Element 1 - Ynyr Harris (University of Bonn (DE)) Zach Marshall (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)) (until 12:30)
09:00 Future of Heterogeneous Computing (20'+10') - Enrico Bothmann (CERN)  
09:30 MadGraph7 + MadNIS/MadSpace (20'+10') - Theo Heimel (UCLouvain)  
10:00 More efficient event generation in MadGraph (30'+15') - Rikkert Frederix (Lund University)  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 Overview of Progress in NNLOPS (20'+10') - Marius Wiesemann (Max Planck Institute for Physics)  
11:45 Welcome to Sherpa 3 (30'+15') - Frank Martin Krauss  
09:00
PS & Hadronisation - Giancarlo Panizzo (INFN e Universita degli Studi di Udine (IT)) Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB)) (until 12:30) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
09:00 Higher precision Parton Showers (30'+10') - Melissa Corona van Beekveld (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)) Melissa van Beekveld (Nikhef)  
09:40 Beyond-leading-colour and amplitude-level showers (20'+5') - Simon Platzer (University of Graz (AT))  
10:05 EvtGen phase-space sampling in semileptonic B decays involving resonances (20'+5') - Florian Herren (UZH)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
10:50 Hadronisation uncertainties: Sherpa (20'+5') - Moritz Pabst  
11:15 Shower uncertainties (15'+5') - Betsy Cunnett (University of Sussex (GB))  
11:35 VINCIA (+studies in ttbar) (15'+5') - Baris Tuncay (University of Oxford (GB))  
11:55 Final discussion: strategy/brainstorming (35') - Giancarlo Panizzo (INFN e Universita degli Studi di Udine (IT))  
09:00
Jet & Photon -Prof. Juan Terron Cuadrado (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (ES)) Daniel Camarero Munoz (Brandeis University (US)) (until 12:30)
09:00 Prompt photon production with two jets in POWHEG - Michael Klasen  
09:40 Modelling limitations: feedback from JetEtMiss - Amartya Rej (Technische Universitaet Dortmund (DE))  
10:20 Modelling limitations: feedback from analyses on jets and/or photons as well as others - Line Delagrange (Brandeis University (US))  
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30 Diphoton+2jet production using MadGraph - Timothee Theveneaux-Pelzer (CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3 (FR))  
11:50 Multijet production using MadgGraph - Jerry Wu (University of Toronto (CA))  
12:10 Multijet production using Sherpa 3 - Luca Sesto Colangeli (University of Toronto (CA))  
PM
13:00 Introduction - Spyros Argyropoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)) Dr Francesco Giuli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))  
13:05
Weak Boson - Miha Muskinja (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI), Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (SI)) Weitao Wang (University of Oxford (GB)) (until 17:05)
13:05 Known multi-bosons modeling limitations: treatments in the analyses - Danning Liu (Technion- Israel Institute of Technology (IL))  
13:35 Known V(V)+jets modeling limitations: treatments in the analyses - Antonio Giannini (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))  
14:05 MINNLOPS W and Z central samples - Jan Kretzschmar (University of Liverpool (GB))  
14:35 MINNLOPS diboson samples and polarisation modelling - Aonan Wang (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))  
15:05 --- Coffe Break ---
15:35 V+jets FxFx with MadGraph 3.5.11 - Lenart Jerala (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))  
16:05 V+HF modeling for Run 3 analyses - Dr Federico Sforza (University and INFN Genoa)  
16:35 Lesson learnt from past years of MC production: towards next steps - Michiel Jan Veen (University of Massachusetts (US))  
12:40 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Higgs - Stefano Manzoni (CERN) Marisilvia Donadelli (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR)) Hannah Arnold (Stony Brook University) (until 18:05)
14:00 Introduction to the new Higgs processes subgroup - Marisilvia Donadelli (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR)) Hannah Arnold (Stony Brook University)  
14:15 Brief overview on state-of-the art (Multi)Higgs modelling/samples in ATLAS (15'+5') - Guglielmo Frattari (CERN)  
14:35 Single Higgs Uncertainties in ATLAS (20'+10') - Valerio Dao (Stony Brook University)  
15:05 LHC WG1 Overview - single Higgs (20'+10') - Robin Hayes (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
15:35 LHC WG4 Overview: HH and HHH (20'+10') - Arantxa Ruiz Martinez (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))  
16:05 --- Coffee Break ---
16:40 MiNNLO status for Higgs physics: VH, bbH, ttH (20'+10') - Christian Biello  
17:10 Status of ggZH @NLO (15'+10') - Marco Vitti  
17:35 NLO EWK corrections in ATLAS (15'+10') - Weitao Wang (University of Oxford (GB))  
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Matrix Element 2 - Tetiana Moskalets 🐦‍⬛ (Southern Methodist University (US)) Hannes Mildner (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE)) (until 18:00)
14:00 MG5 checkpointing (10'+5') - Jakob Novak (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))  
14:15 Hackathon: jO review and sample requests  
16:00 --- Tea break ---
16:30 Hackathon: migration to the Component Accumulator  
20:00 --- Social Dinner ---
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
14:00
Tuning - Marjorie Shapiro (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)) Baris Tuncay (University of Oxford (GB)) (until 18:00) (40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac)
14:00 A26 Overview [25' + 5'] - Baris Tuncay (University of Oxford (GB))  
14:30 Herwig Tunes in ATLAS [25'+5'] - Tomasz Procter (Jagiellonian University (PL))  
15:00 Tuning for Herwig: Status and Next Steps [25' + 5'] - James Whitehead  
15:30 Tuning Issues for Heavy Flavour [25' + 5'] - Michael Kent Wilkinson (University of Oklahoma (US))  
16:00 --- Coffee Break ---
16:30 Tuning Hands-On: A26 and ATLAS Herwig Tunes - Baris Tuncay (University of Oxford (GB))  
12:30 Concluding remarks - Spyros Argyropoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)) Dr Francesco Giuli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))