LHC students poster session

Wednesday 18 Nov 2026, 18:00 → 22:26 Europe/Zurich

Poster session on the most recent physics results from the LHC experiments, prepared by the experiments' PhD students, held during the week of the 168th LHCC meeting. 

 

The session will take place in the Restaurant 1 area on the B40 side, in the afternoon (6:00-8:00pm) of Wednesday 18 November. Details about the technical arrangements will be provided before the event.

 

Refreshments will be offered to the participants.

18:00 → 20:00 EW interactions and gauge bosons

18:05 → 20:00 Jets and QCD studies

18:05 Probing jet quenching via the correlation of groomed jet substructure with ALICE

Speaker: Johanna Lömker (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

18:06 Probing nuclear modification of inclusive charged-particle jets in OO collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.36 TeV with ALICE

Speaker: Wooseok Ham (Sungkyunkwan University (KR))

18:07 Exploring strangeness enhancement in proton-proton collisions using rapidity correlations among a $\phi$ meson and a strange hadron with ALICE

Speaker: Stefano Cannito (Universita e INFN Trieste (IT))

18:08 $\bar{\Lambda}/K_\mathrm{S}^0$ production cross-section ratio in $pp$ collisions at 13.6 TeV with the LHCb detector

Speaker: Noah Albin Behling (Technische Universitaet Dortmund (DE))

18:10 → 20:00 Heavy Ion collisions

18:10 Dielectron production in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$= 5.36 TeV with ALICE

Speaker: Emma Charlotte Ege (Goethe University Frankfurt (DE))

18:11 Resonance production and nuclear modification in small and light-ion collisions with ALICE

Speaker: Veronika Barbasova (Pavol Jozef Safarik University (SK))

18:12 Probing charm-quark collectivity in heavy-ion and light-ion collisions with ALICE

Speaker: Marcello Di Costanzo (Politecnico di Torino (IT))

18:13 Investigating the role of strangeness in charm-quark hadronisation from small to large collision systems with ALICE

Speaker: Fabrizio Chinu (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))

18:11 → 20:00 Physics of heavy flavours (charm and bottom, including production)

18:11 Search for the decays $B^+_{(c)}\to\ell^+\nu_\ell\gamma$ at LHCb

Speaker: Alice Moro (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))

18:12 Discovery of an unexpectedly light and narrow beauty-strange state at LHCb

Speaker: Zifan Li (Peking University (CN))

18:13 Observation of $\Xi_{b}^{0} \to \Xi^{0} J/\psi$ and evidence for $\Xi_{b}^{0} \to \Xi^{0} \psi(2S)$ decays at LHCb

Speaker: Leandra Moeser (Technische Universitaet Dortmund (DE))

18:14 New results on $B^0_{(s)} \to \mu^+ \mu^-$ with LHCb Upgrade I data

Speaker: Federico Manganella (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))

18:15 Measurement of the CP-asymmetry difference between Lambda_c-> proton K-K+ and Lambda_c-> proton pi-pi+ decays at LHCb

Speaker: Nanyang Wang (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))

18:16 Searching for New Physics with Leptonic Bs -> tau tau at LHCb

Speakers: Sophie Elizabeth Hannon (Imperial College (GB)), Sophie Hannon

18:15 → 20:00 Top quark physics

18:15 Measurement of single top t-channel production at 13.6 TeV with CMS

Speaker: Jorge Ayllon Torresano (Universidad de Oviedo (ES))

18:16 Measurement of differential cross sections for WbWb production in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with CMS

Speaker: Javier Del Riego Badas (Universidad de Oviedo (ES))

18:17 Measurement of the ttW production cross section at 13.6 TeV with CMS

Speaker: Miguel Obeso Menendez (Universidad de Oviedo (ES))

18:18 Measurement of the CKM matrix element |V_cb| at 13.6 TeV with CMS

Speaker: Emily Tsai (Northeastern University (US))

18:16 → 20:00 BSM

18:16 Search for Magnetic Monopoles in ALICE

Speaker: Tuba Gundem (Goethe University Frankfurt (DE))

18:17 VBF-RNN: a general tool to solve the VBF/VBS identification task for the ATLAS experiment

Speaker: Vincenzo Del Piano (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

18:18 A New Window on the Higgs: Probing the WWHH Interaction with VBS in the ATLAS experiment

Speaker: Alexandro Martone (L2I Toulouse, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Toulouse)

18:19 Search for long-lived particles decaying to muons using CMS scouting data

Speaker: Javier Garcia De Castro Iribas (Boston University (US))

18:20 Search for light pseudoscalar bosons, pair-produced in Higgs boson decays in the four-electron final state in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with CMS

Speaker: Yipin Wang (Peking University (CN))

18:17 → 20:00 Higgs

18:17 Combination of Higgs Boson Measurements and Their Interpretations with the ATLAS Experiment

Speaker: Zhiliang Chen (University of Science and Technology of China (CN))

18:18 Determination of the b-quark running mass from Higgs boson couplings at the ATLAS Experiment

Speaker: Juan Ramirez Alfaro (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES))

18:19 Measurements of the Higgs boson total, inclusive, and differential fiducial cross sections in the four-lepton decay channel with the ATLAS detector using partial Run 3 data

Speaker: Elena Cuppini (Max Planck Society (DE))

18:20 Study of spin correlations and quantum entanglement in Higgs boson decays to four leptons at CMS

Speaker: Mr Leyun Gao (Peking University (CN))

18:21 Search for non-resonant Higgs boson pair production in the bbtautau final state at CMS

Speaker: Lea-Maria Rabour (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

18:22 Precision measurement of the Higgs boson mass with the CMS detector

Speaker: Paul Gaigne (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

18:20 → 20:00 Detector operations, upgrades and R&D

18:20 DAQ integration of the FASER Pixel Preshower

Speaker: Edward Galantay (Universite de Geneve (CH))

18:21 Toward Off-Axis High-Energy Neutrino Measurements with FASER

Speaker: Yasuhiro Maruya (Kyushu University (JP))

18:22 Novel CMOS-LGAD sensors for the ALICE 3 Time-of-Flight detector: preliminary results and latest developments

Speaker: Gaia Fabbri (infn bologna)

18:23 Performance studies for the ALICE 3 Time-of-Flight detector

Speaker: Giorgio Alberto Lucia (Politecnico di Torino (IT))

18:24 Qualification of the MOSAIX High Speed Links for the ALICE ITS3 Upgrade

Speaker: Nikolaus Juch (CERN, Graz University of Technology (AT))

18:25 From filament to FoCal: how rapid prototyping accelerates particle detector development and construction for ALICE

Speaker: Maciej Czarnynoga (Warsaw University of Technology (PL))

18:26 A Unified Subsystem-Agnostic Beam Injection Mechanism with Integrated LHC Handshake Emulation for the ATLAS Muon DCS

Speaker: Ioannis Drivas-Koulouris (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

18:27 An AI-Assisted Calibration Operations Manager for the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter

Speaker: David Avetisyan (A.Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (AM))

18:28 Evaluation of Detector and Electronics Cross-Talk in the ATLAS LAr Calorimeter

Speaker: Rafet Kavak (CERN)

18:29 The ATLAS ITk Strip Detector: Module Assembly and Testing at BNL

Speaker: Abdullah Sayed (Brandeis University (US))

18:30 Electron Trigger Performance and Efficiency Measurements in ATLAS Run 3

Speaker: Timoty Duong (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

18:31 HitZ: Hit-based Pile-up Rejection for HL-LHC ATLAS EF Trigger

Speaker: Theresa Reisch (Universite de Geneve (CH))

18:32 Performance and upgrade of the ATLAS MET Trigger

Speaker: Ida Asljung (University of Oxford (GB))

18:33 Enhancement of the ATLAS NSW DCS performance in Run 3

Speaker: Michaela Arampatzi (National Technical Univ. of Athens (GR))

18:34 X-ray Irradiation Studies of ATLAS ITk Pixel Modules with the Core-Column Problem

Speaker: Nicolo' Salimbeni (University of Oxford (GB))

18:35 Charge Injection System Constant Plots for Run 3 in ATLAS

Speakers: Johnny Fan (University of Chicago (US)), Sophia Kristina Winney (University of Chicago (US))

18:36 The ATLAS Tile Calorimeter upgrade: status and development of the new laser calibration system

Speaker: Viola Floris (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))

18:37 Drift Circle Error Calibration in the ATLAS TRT Detector

Speaker: Julia Leszczynska (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))

18:38 De-tuning behaviour of the ATLAS Insertable B-Layer during LHC Run 2 and Run 3

Speaker: Johannes Klas (University of Bonn (DE))

18:39 Quality Control and Data Reporting for ATLAS ITK Pixel Modules

Speaker: Matteo Ventura (INFN - Universita' degli Studi di Udine (IT))

18:40 Variation of VELO module alignment constants with temperature in 2025 at LHCb

Speaker: Jinyi Sun (The University of Manchester (GB))

18:41 A test infrastructure for Data Center Direct Liquid Cooling systems qualification at LHCb

Speaker: Ellena Bovingdon-Dance (University of Bath (GB))

18:42 Picosecond-level Clock Distribution System with PCIe40 board for the LHCb Experiment

Speaker: Volodymyr Svintozelskyi (CERN)

18:43 High Rate Picosecond Photodetector: HRPPD for a time resolved LHCb RICH

Speaker: George Ramsey (The University of Edinburgh (GB))

18:44 Characterization of plastic scintillating fibers for SPACAL calorimeter modules in the LHCb ECAL Upgrade II

Speaker: Emile Caire (CERN)

18:45 Simulation and performance studies for the LHCb Mighty-Tracker

Speaker: Donata Osthues (Technische Universitaet Dortmund (DE))

18:46 Luminosity Determination at LHCb in Run 3

Speaker: Giulio Cordova (SNS & INFN Pisa (IT))

18:47 Conceptual Design and Operation of the Calibration Loop for the Next Generation Triggers in the CMS Experiment

Speaker: Jessica Prendi (ETH Zurich (CH))

18:48 Installation and Commissioning of the CMS Drift Tube On-Detector Electronics for the HL-LHC

Speaker: Arianna Pajola (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))

18:49 The Phase-2 Minicrate Electronics for the CMS Drift Tube System

Speaker: Nils Esper (RWTH Aachen University, Phys. Inst. 3A (DE))

18:50 System testing and performance evaluation of the CMS Endcap Timing Layer

Speaker: Taiwoo Kim (Kyungpook National University (KR))

18:51 HGCAL 2026 test beam MIP calibration at the SPS beamline and cosmic-muon commissioning at CMS Point 5

Speaker: Gizem Gul Dincer (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (DE))

18:52 Assembly and Commissioning of CMS HGCAL CE-H Cassettes at Fermilab

Speaker: Gabriela Hamilton (University of Virginia)

18:53 Overview of the assembly and testing sites for the CMS Drift Tubes Phase-2 Upgrade

Speaker: Licia Mozzina (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

18:54 Quality Control of ME0 GEM Modules for Phase-2 CMS Muon Upgrade

Speaker: Erik Ehlert (RWTH Aachen Universtiy (DE))

18:55 Integration and Commissioning of the Phase 2 CMS Outer Tracker Upgrade at the Tracker Integration Facility at CERN

Speaker: Jessica Tang (Brown University (US))

18:56 Assembly, Electronics Integration and Quality Control of CMS ME0 Triple-GEM Detectors for the HL-LHC

Speaker: Abdul Ahad Abdul Ahad (University of Delhi (IN))

18:25 → 20:00 Physics and detector performance

18:25 Investigating sensitivity to the Pythia8 recoil in ttbar events with ATLAS

Speaker: Matilde Uboldi (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))

18:26 Top-quark-pair production using the MiNNLOPS generator at the ATLAS experiment

Speaker: Dimitra Samara (Charles University (CZ))

18:27 Transforming Boosted Higgs Tagging with the ATLAS Detector: ML algorithms and their performance

Speaker: Edoardo Critelli (UCL (GB))

18:28 Graph Neural Networks for Calorimeter-Based Cluster Calibration at the ATLAS Experiment

Speaker: Weixi Xu (Nanjing University (CN))

18:29 High-throughput graph based track seeding for ATLAS in HL-LHC

Speaker: Jasper Preston (Royal Holloway, University London (GB))

18:30 A machine learning based 4-prong tagger for hadronic decays of highly boosted in ATLAS

Speaker: Jae Jin Hong

18:31 Transformer-based Electron and photon energy calibration with the ATLAS detector

Speaker: Chengxi Yang

18:32 Electron ProbNN retraining for LHCb Run 3

Speaker: Ernest Olivart Pino (University of Barcelona (ES))

18:33 New machine-learning methods for low-mass Drell-Yan measurements at LHCb

Speaker: Alisha Lightbody (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

18:34 Tau-embedding for background estimation in H > tau tau analyses in CMS Run3

Speaker: Christian Winter (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (DE))

18:54 Flower Events Study in CMS GEM Detectors

Speaker: Sharon Kilel (University of Nairobi (KE))

19:14 Long-term evolution of the CMS RPC integrated charge and projections for the HL-LHC era

Speaker: Jose Antonio Reyes Vega (Universidad de los Andes (CO))

19:34 Online pixel clustering on Apollo ATCA boards: performance, validation, and test beam measurements for CMS-BRIL Phase 2 Inner Tracker Luminosity

Speaker: Jonathan Alexandus (Lulea University of Technology (SE))