PMG week 2026

Name: PMG week 2026
Start: 2026-06-08T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-12T17:00:00+02:00
Location: CERN

Jun 8, 2026, 9:00 AM → Jun 12, 2026, 5:00 PM Europe/Zurich

40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie (CERN)

40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie

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Francesco Giuli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT)), PMG week chairs, Spyros Argyropoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR))

Description

The first PMG week will be organised from 8 to 12 June 2026 at CERN.

Topics will include:

latest updates on ME and PS generators (MadGraph, Sherpa, Herwig, Pythia, MINNLOPS, ...)
updates and issues on modelling of top/vector boson/Higgs/jets processes
hackathons on software and MC sample requests

Participation to the workshop is free of charge.

A workshop dinner will be held on Wednesday June 10th at Luigia Academy (Meyrin) at 8pm CEST.

Participants should arrange their own travel and accommodation (be aware of spam emails offering travel/accommodation).

If you require a CERN visitor badge, please get in touch with the organising committee.

Group photo:

Contact

atlas-phys-pmg-pmgweekchairs@cern.ch

Registration

Registration form

Participants

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Mon, June 8
- 1:00 PM → 1:05 PM
  
  Introduction 5m 40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  CERN
  
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  Speakers: Dr Francesco Giuli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT)), Spyros Argyropoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR))
  
  PMG week intro-2.pdf
  
  Recording
- 1:05 PM → 5:05 PM
  Weak Boson 40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  CERN
  
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  Conveners: Miha Muskinja (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI), Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (SI)), Weitao Wang (University of Oxford (GB))
  - 1:05 PM
    
    Known multi-bosons modeling limitations: treatments in the analyses 30m
    
    Speaker: Danning Liu (Technion- Israel Institute of Technology (IL))
    
    MultiBoson_Mismodelling_June2026_PMGWeek_Danning_V04.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 1:35 PM
    
    Known V(V)+jets modeling limitations: treatments in the analyses 30m
    
    Speaker: Antonio Giannini (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))
    
    PMG_week_08Jun26.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 2:05 PM
    
    MINNLOPS W and Z central samples 30m
    
    Speaker: Jan Kretzschmar (University of Liverpool (GB))
    
    minnlops_260608.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 2:35 PM
    
    MINNLOPS diboson samples and polarisation modelling 30m
    
    Speaker: Aonan Wang (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))
    
    MiNNLOVVandPolarziedVV.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 3:05 PM
    
    Coffe Break 30m
  - 3:35 PM
    
    V+jets FxFx with MadGraph 3.5.11 30m
    
    Speaker: Lenart Jerala (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))
    
    ljerala_VJetsSamples_PMGWeek2026.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 4:05 PM
    
    V+HF modeling for Run 3 analyses 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Federico Sforza (University and INFN Genoa)
    
    Recording
    
    V+HF modelling for Run 3 analyses.pdf
  - 4:35 PM
    
    Lesson learnt from past years of MC production: towards next steps 30m
    
    Speaker: Michiel Jan Veen (University of Massachusetts (US))
    
    26_06_07_pmgweek_mveen.pdf
    
    Recording
Tue, June 9
- 9:00 AM → 12:40 PM
  Top 40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  CERN
  
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  Conveners: Dominic Hirschbuehl (Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal (DE)), Peter Berta (Charles University, Prague (CZ))
  - 9:00 AM
    
    Defining a complete uncertainty model for off-shell MC (15' + 10') 25m
    
    Speaker: Nedaa Alexandra Asbah (CERN)
    
    PMGWeek_Asbah.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 9:25 AM
    
    Defining a complete uncertainty model for MiNNLOps (15' + 10') 25m
    
    Speakers: Dimitra Samara (Charles University (CZ)), Dominic Hirschbuehl (Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal (DE))
    
    PMGweek_minnlops_validation.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 9:50 AM
    
    Defining an uncertainty model for multileg matched and merged (15' + 10') 25m
    
    Speakers: Frank Siegert (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE)), Tetiana Moskalets 🐦‍⬛ (Southern Methodist University (US))
    
    merging_uncertainties.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 10:15 AM
    
    Understanding the lineshape (15' + 10') 25m
    
    Speakers: Dominic Hirschbuehl (Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal (DE)), Shayma Wahdan (Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal (DE))
    
    PMG_Week_June2026.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 10:40 AM
    
    When to use NLO, NNLO or multileg (15' + 10') 25m
    
    Speakers: Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB)), Xinyuan Tan (University of Glasgow (GB))
    
    2026-06-btan-pmg-ttbar.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 11:05 AM
    
    Break 30m
  - 11:35 AM
    
    Understanding top-quark decay modelling in event generators (20' + 10') 30m
    
    Speakers: Christopher Young (CERN), Matilde Uboldi (University of Sussex (GB))
    
    PMGWeek_topdecay.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 12:05 PM
    
    Missing Higher Order Uncertainties with focus on top-antitop production (20' + 10') 30m
    
    Speaker: Rene Poncelet (IFJ PAN Krakow)
    
    2026.06.09-CERN-PMG-week-poncelet.pdf
    
    Recording
- 12:40 PM → 2:00 PM
  
  Lunch break 1h 20m
- 2:00 PM → 6:05 PM
  Higgs 40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  CERN
  
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  Conveners: Hannah Arnold (Stony Brook University), Marisilvia Donadelli (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR)), Stefano Manzoni (CERN)
  - 2:00 PM
    
    Introduction to the new Higgs processes subgroup 15m
    
    Speakers: Hannah Arnold (Stony Brook University), Marisilvia Donadelli (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR))
    
    20260609_HiggsProcesses@PMGWeek_ArnoldDonadelli.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 2:15 PM
    
    Brief overview on state-of-the art (Multi)Higgs modelling/samples in ATLAS (15'+5') 20m
    
    Speaker: Guglielmo Frattari (CERN)
    
    20260609_PMGWeek_Higgs.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 2:35 PM
    
    Single Higgs Uncertainties in ATLAS (20'+10') 30m
    
    Speaker: Valerio Dao (Stony Brook University)
    
    PMG.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 3:05 PM
    
    LHC WG1 Overview - single Higgs (20'+10') 30m
    
    Speaker: Robin Hayes (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))
    
    260609-WG1-forPMGWeek.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 3:35 PM
    
    LHC WG4 Overview: HH and HHH (20'+10') 30m
    
    Speaker: Arantxa Ruiz Martinez (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))
    
    ARuiz_PMGWeek2026.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 4:05 PM
    
    Coffee Break 35m
  - 4:40 PM
    
    MiNNLO status for Higgs physics: VH, bbH, ttH (20'+10') 30m
    
    Speaker: Christian Biello
    
    ATLASPMweek.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 5:10 PM
    
    Status of ggZH @NLO (15'+10') 25m
    
    Speaker: Marco Vitti
    
    PMGweek_Vitti_ggZH.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 5:35 PM
    
    NLO EWK corrections in ATLAS (15'+10') 25m
    
    Speaker: Weitao Wang (University of Oxford (GB))
    
    PMGweek2026_HiggsNLOEWCorrection.pdf
    
    Recording
Wed, June 10
- 9:00 AM → 12:30 PM
  Matrix Element 1 40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  CERN
  
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  Conveners: Ynyr Harris (University of Bonn (DE)), Zach Marshall (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))
  - 9:00 AM
    
    Future of Heterogeneous Computing (20'+10') 30m
    
    Speaker: Enrico Bothmann (CERN)
    
    Bothmann 2026 - Future of Heterogeneous Computing.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 9:30 AM
    
    MadGraph7 + MadNIS/MadSpace (20'+10') 30m
    
    Speaker: Theo Heimel (UCLouvain)
    
    madgraph7.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 10:00 AM
    
    More efficient event generation in MadGraph (30'+15') 45m
    
    Speaker: Rikkert Frederix (Lund University)
    
    frederix.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 10:45 AM
    
    Coffee break 30m
  - 11:15 AM
    
    Overview of Progress in NNLOPS (20'+10') 30m
    
    Speaker: Marius Wiesemann (Max Planck Institute for Physics)
    
    Recording
    
    Wiesemann_ATLAS_PMG_meeting.pdf
  - 11:45 AM
    
    Welcome to Sherpa 3 (30'+15') 45m
    
    Speaker: Frank Martin Krauss
    
    CERN26_ATLAS_PMG.pdf
    
    Recording
- 12:30 PM → 2:00 PM
  
  Lunch break 1h 30m
- 2:00 PM → 6:00 PM
  Matrix Element 2 40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  CERN
  
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  Conveners: Hannes Mildner (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE)), Tetiana Moskalets 🐦‍⬛ (Southern Methodist University (US))
  - 2:00 PM
    
    MG5 checkpointing (10'+5') 15m
    
    Speaker: Jakob Novak (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))
    
    MG5ckpt_PMGweek.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 2:15 PM
    Hackathon: jO review and sample requests 1h 45m
    
    Common issues in MC requests 15m
    
    Speaker: Ewelina Maria Lobodzinska (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))
    
    Common mistakes-1.pdf
    
    Recording
    
    MC Organizer? 10m
    
    Speaker: Lukas Kretschmann (Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal (DE))
    
    mcorganizer
    
    Recording
    
    Automatic creation of prodsys tickets from yaml files 15m
    
    Speaker: Misha Borodin (University of Texas at Arlington (US))
    
    borodin_10062026.pdf
    
    Recording
    
    AI-assisted jobOption review 15m
    
    Speaker: Gabriel Facini (University of London (GB))
    
    20261006_LLMs_for_MC_Job_Options_HandsOn.mov
    
    20261006_LLMs_for_MC_Job_Options_HandsOn.pdf
    
    Discussion + hands-on 30m
  - 4:00 PM
    
    Tea break 30m
  - 4:30 PM
    Hackathon: migration to the Component Accumulator 1h 30m
    
    Intro: CA general principles 20m
    
    Speaker: Tadej Novak (Jozef Stefan Institute (SI))
    
    PMGConfiguration.pdf
    
    Recording
    
    Discussion/hands-on 1h
    
    Speaker: Spyros Argyropoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR))
    
    Examples
    
    CA jO repository for testing: https://gitlab.cern.ch/atlas/athena/-/tree/main/Generators/EvgenJobTransforms/share/EvgenTest?ref_type=heads
    
    Choose a generator from Sherpa, MadGraph, and Herwig, find the CA jO, and try it...
    
    asetup Athena,main,latest Gen_tf.py --CA \ --jobConfig=Test421106 \ --ecmEnergy=13600. \ --maxEvents=100 \ --outputEVNTFile=EVNT.root
- 8:00 PM → 11:00 PM
  
  Social Dinner 3h Luigia Academy
  
  Luigia Academy
Thu, June 11
- 9:00 AM → 12:30 PM
  PS & Hadronisation 40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac
  
  40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac
  
  CERN
  
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  Conveners: Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB)), Giancarlo Panizzo (INFN e Universita degli Studi di Udine (IT))
  - 9:00 AM
    
    Higher precision Parton Showers (30'+10') 40m
    
    Speakers: Melissa Corona van Beekveld (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)), Melissa van Beekveld (Nikhef)
    
    atlas_may2026.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 9:40 AM
    
    Beyond-leading-colour and amplitude-level showers (20'+5') 25m
    
    Speaker: Simon Platzer (University of Graz (AT))
    
    Recording
    
    slides-compressed.pdf
    
    slides.pdf
  - 10:05 AM
    
    EvtGen phase-space sampling in semileptonic B decays involving resonances (20'+5') 25m
    
    Speaker: Florian Herren (UZH)
    
    ATLAS_PMG.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 10:30 AM
    
    Coffee break 20m
  - 10:50 AM
    
    Hadronisation uncertainties: Sherpa (20'+5') 25m
    
    Speaker: Moritz Pabst
    
    Recording
    
    Sherpa_NP_uncertainties_PMG_week.pdf
  - 11:15 AM
    
    Shower uncertainties (15'+5') 20m
    
    (remotely)
    
    Speaker: Betsy Cunnett (University of Sussex (GB))
    
    ATLASPSUncertainties_PMGWeek.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 11:35 AM
    
    VINCIA (+studies in ttbar) (15'+5') 20m
    
    Speaker: Baris Tuncay (University of Oxford (GB))
    
    Recording
    
    Tuncay_PMGWeek26_Vincia.pdf
  - 11:55 AM
    
    Final discussion: strategy/brainstorming (35') 35m
    
    Speaker: Giancarlo Panizzo (INFN e Universita degli Studi di Udine (IT))
    
    Recording
- 12:30 PM → 2:00 PM
  
  Lunch break 1h 30m
- 2:00 PM → 6:00 PM
  Tuning 40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac
  
  40/S2-D01 - Salle Dirac
  
  CERN
  
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  Conveners: Baris Tuncay (University of Oxford (GB)), Marjorie Shapiro (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))
  - 2:00 PM
    
    A26 Overview [25' + 5'] 30m
    
    Speaker: Baris Tuncay (University of Oxford (GB))
    
    Recording
    
    Tuncay_PMGWeek26_A26.pdf
  - 2:30 PM
    
    Herwig Tunes in ATLAS [25'+5'] 30m
    
    Speaker: Tomasz Procter (Jagiellonian University (PL))
    
    ADDENDUM (Herwig Atlas tuning) (1).pdf
    
    ATLAS Herwig tuning.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 3:00 PM
    
    Tuning for Herwig: Status and Next Steps [25' + 5'] 30m
    
    Speaker: James Whitehead
    
    herwig_string_talk.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 3:30 PM
    
    Tuning Issues for Heavy Flavour [25' + 5'] 30m
    
    Speaker: Michael Kent Wilkinson (University of Oklahoma (US))
    
    Recording
    
    Tuning Issues for Heavy Flavor.pdf
    
    Tuning Issues for Heavy Flavor.pptx
  - 4:00 PM
    
    Coffee Break 30m
  - 4:30 PM
    
    Tuning Hands-On: A26 and ATLAS Herwig Tunes 1h 30m
    
    Speaker: Baris Tuncay (University of Oxford (GB))
    
    hands-on.pdf
    
    Recording
Fri, June 12
- 9:00 AM → 12:30 PM
  Jet & Photon 40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  CERN
  
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  Conveners: Daniel Camarero Munoz (Brandeis University (US)), Prof. Juan Terron Cuadrado (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (ES))
  - 9:00 AM
    
    Prompt photon production with two jets in POWHEG 25m
    
    Speaker: Michael Klasen
    
    Recording
    
    vorlesung.pdf
  - 9:40 AM
    
    Modelling limitations: feedback from JetEtMiss 25m
    
    Speaker: Amartya Rej (Technische Universitaet Dortmund (DE))
    
    Feedback-from-JetEtMiss-forPMG.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 10:20 AM
    
    Modelling limitations: feedback from analyses on jets and/or photons as well as others 25m
    
    Speaker: Line Delagrange (Brandeis University (US))
    
    AnalysisFeedback_PMG.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 11:00 AM
    
    Coffee Break 30m
  - 11:30 AM
    
    Diphoton+2jet production using MadGraph 15m
    
    Speaker: Timothee Theveneaux-Pelzer (CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3 (FR))
    
    PMGworkshop_2026-06-12_yyjets.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 11:50 AM
    
    Multijet production using MadgGraph 15m
    
    Speaker: Jerry Wu (University of Toronto (CA))
    
    multijet_mg_pmg_week.pdf
    
    Recording
  - 12:10 PM
    
    Multijet production using Sherpa 3 15m
    
    Speaker: Luca Sesto Colangeli (University of Toronto (CA))
    
    PMG_week_Sherpa_Jun.12.2026.pdf
    
    Recording
- 12:30 PM → 12:35 PM
  
  Concluding remarks 5m 40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  40/S2-C01 - Salle Marie Sklodowska-Curie
  
  CERN
  
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  Speakers: Dr Francesco Giuli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT)), Spyros Argyropoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR))
  
  PMG week closure.pdf
  
  Recording

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