HMBS-Exotics workshop 2026

Session

Joint session

26 Oct 2026, 10:15

Amphitheatre 219 (MSH)

Conveners

Joint session: Techniques and Tricks for success I

• Jackson Carl Burzynski (University of Oklahoma (US))
• Michael Holzbock (Technische Universitat Munchen (DE))

Joint session: Techniques and Tricks for success II

• Michael Holzbock (Technische Universitat Munchen (DE))
• Jackson Carl Burzynski (University of Oklahoma (US))

Joint session: New tools and what we need to exploit them

• Makayla Vessella 🐏 (University of California Irvine (US))
• Robert Les (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

Joint session: New tools and what we need to exploit them

• Makayla Vessella 🐏 (University of California Irvine (US))
• Robert Les (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

Joint session: Reinterpretation / Combinations / Summary papers

• Claudia Merlassino (Universita degli Studi di Udine (IT))
• Mahsana Haleem (Julius Max. Universitaet Wuerzburg (DE))

Joint session: Open discussion + BSM WG debrief

• Tamara Vazquez Schroeder (Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE))
• Sara Alderweireldt (The University of Edinburgh (GB))

Joint session: Run 4 and the future

• Brian Petersen (CERN)
• Marco Montella (Ohio State University (US))

Joint session: Challenges for AP/REI contacts – new developments and ease of use

• Tomasz Procter (Jagiellonian University (PL))
• Jonas Wurzinger (Technische Universitat Munchen (DE))

Joint session: What can we learn from each other

• Joany Manjarres (Université de Toulouse, CNRS/IN2P3, L2IT, Toulouse, France)
• Janna Katharina Behr (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

3. Analysis milestones and common showstoppers

26/10/2026, 10:15

4. Finding the right samples: navigating MC productions and derivations

26/10/2026, 10:30

5. Producing ntuples efficiently: frameworks, grid tasks, and common traps

26/10/2026, 10:45

6. Integrating ML pipelines into your analysis workflow

26/10/2026, 11:00

7. When the fit misbehaves: diagnosis and remedies

26/10/2026, 11:15

8. Coding assistants and agents in daily analysis work - what actually helps

26/10/2026, 11:30

11. (Snake)Make your analysis chain reproducible with workflow management

26/10/2026, 11:45

16. Beyond Main-Stream: Event Picking

Serafima Nechaeva (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

26/10/2026, 13:30

17. Pileup Searches & TLA for Calibrations

Maximilian Amerl (Michigan State University (US))

26/10/2026, 14:00

18. A jet of all trades: q/g, multi-tagging, di-tau, displaced taus and other LLP, low mass taggers

Andrés Duque Bran

26/10/2026, 14:30

19. ML tools: SPAnet/v-flows, anomaly detection, GPR/background-shape regression

Theresa Reisch (Universite de Geneve (CH))

26/10/2026, 15:00

20. PMG: Shower eigenvariations, ChATLAS assisted MC requests, other foreseen improvements (remote)

Dr Francesco Giuli (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))

26/10/2026, 16:00

21. Into the (Omni)fold: Unfolding for Exotics/HMBS

26/10/2026, 16:30

22. A LITE at the end of the tunnel?: Feedback on PHYSLITE

26/10/2026, 17:00

23. Future Summaries of Dark Matter Searches

29/10/2026, 14:00

24. Future Summaries of Exotic BSM Particle Searches

29/10/2026, 14:30

25. What do we need to make Combinations and Reinterpretation?

29/10/2026, 15:00

26. Prompt → long-lived lessons learnt from RPC-SUSY meets RPV-SUSY?

29/10/2026, 15:20

28. Summary and interplay LHC BSM WG and HMBS/Exotics groups

Monica D'Onofrio (University of Liverpool (GB))

29/10/2026, 16:00

29. Discussion session: Prompt BSM

Eleanor Jones (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)), Tobias Golling (Universite de Geneve (CH))

29/10/2026, 16:30

30. Discussion session: LLP

Elena Pompa Pacchi (University of Oklahoma (US)), John Kenneth Anders (University of Liverpool (GB))

29/10/2026, 16:45

31. Discussion session: DM

Silvia Resconi (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT)), Sukanya Sinha (The University of Manchester (GB))

29/10/2026, 17:00

32. Discussion session: Reinterpretation

Jonas Wurzinger (Technische Universitat Munchen (DE)), Jonathan Butterworth (UCL)

29/10/2026, 17:15