ACAT 2014

from Monday, 1 September 2014 (08:00) to Friday, 5 September 2014 (18:00)
Faculty of Civil Engineering

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
1 Sept 2014
2 Sept 2014
3 Sept 2014
4 Sept 2014
5 Sept 2014
AM
09:00
Opening - Milos Lokajicek (until 10:15) ()
09:00 Welcome - Denis Perret-Gallix (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))   ()
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09:10 Czech Technical University - vice-rector, Vojtech Petracek   ()
09:17 Prague municipality - councillor, Martin Dlouhy (Prague municipality)   ()
09:24 Charles University - dean, Jan Kratochvil   ()
09:31 Nuclear Physics Institute AS CR - director, Petr Lukas   ()
09:38 Institute of Pysics AS CR - director, Jan Ridky   ()
09:45 Czech Science and education, financing, physics - Jiri Chyla (Acad. of Sciences of the Czech Rep. (CZ))   ()
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10:15 --- Coffee break ---
11:10
Plenary - Denis Perret-Gallix (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) (until 12:25) (B280)
11:10 Logistics - Tomas Davidek (Charles University (CZ))   (B280)
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11:15 Statistical tools for the Higgs discovery - the status and future of collaborative statistical model building - Wouter Verkerke (NIKHEF (NL))   (B280)
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11:50 THE POTENTIAL OF GENOMIC MEDICINE—THE MANY ASPECTS OF COMPUTING ARE DEMANDING AND THE COMPLEXITY MUST BE MANAGED. - Janis Landry-Lane (IBM)   (B280)
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08:00
Poster session (until 09:00) ()
08:00 A model independent search for new phenomena with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=8TeV - Mr Simone Amoroso (University of Freiburg)   ()
08:00 A self-configuring control system for storage and computing departments at INFN CNAF Tier1. - Daniele Gregori (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN))   ()
Paper
08:00 AliEn File Access Monitoring Service (FAMoS) - Narine Manukyan (A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute) Foundation) Armenuhi Abramyan (A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute) Foundation)   ()
08:00 Analyzing data flows of WLCG jobs at batch job level - Christopher Jung (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))   ()
08:00 B-tagging at High Level Trigger in CMS - Eric Chabert (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR))   ()
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08:00 Challenges of the ATLAS Monte Carlo Production during Run-I and Beyond - Claire Gwenlan (University of Oxford (GB))   ()
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08:00 CMS Software Documentation System - Ali Mehmet Altundag (Cukurova University (TR))   ()
08:00 Data Recommender System for the Production and Distributed Analysis System «PanDA» - Mikhail Titov (University of Texas at Arlington (US))   ()
08:00 Data-flow performance optimization on unreliable networks: the ATLAS data-acquisition case - Tommaso Colombo (CERN and Universität Heidelberg)   ()
08:00 Deep learning neutral networks - a TMVA perspective - Eckhard Von Torne (Universitaet Bonn (DE))   ()
08:00 Designing and recasting LHC analyses with MadAnalysis 5 - Mr Eric Conte (GRPHE)   ()
08:00 EicRoot: yet another FairRoot framework clone - Dr Alexander Kiselev (BNL)   ()
08:00 EOS : Current status and latest evolutions. - Geoffray Michel Adde (CERN)   ()
Poster
08:00 Evolution of the ATLAS Trigger and Data Acquisition System - Mikel Eukeni Pozo Astigarraga (CERN)   ()
Paper
08:00 From DIRAC towards an Open Source Distributed Data Processing Solution - Ricardo Graciani Diaz (University of Barcelona (ES)) Andrei Tsaregorodtsev (Marseille)   ()
08:00 Going Visual - Vasil Georgiev Vasilev (CERN)   ()
08:00 High-speed zero-copy data transfer for DAQ applications - Niko Neufeld (CERN)   ()
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08:00 Integration of PanDA workload management system with Titan supercomputer at OLCF - Sergey Panitkin (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   ()
08:00 Intelligent operations of the Data Acquisition system of the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC - Dr Giuseppe Avolio (CERN)   ()
08:00 Massive Affordable Computing Using ARM Processors in High Energy Physics - Joshua Wyatt Smith (University of Cape Town (ZA))   ()
08:00 Monitoring of IaaS and scientific applications on the Cloud using the Elasticsearch ecosystem - Sara Vallero (Universita e INFN (IT))   ()
08:00 Multilevel Workflow System in the ATLAS Experiment - Dr Alexandre Vaniachine (ANL)   ()
Poster
08:00 New exclusive CHIPS-TPT algorithms for simulation of neutron-nuclear reactions - Mr Dmitry SAVIN (VNIIA, Moscow)   ()
08:00 Particle-level pileup subtraction for jets and jet shapes - Peter Berta (Charles University (CZ))   ()
08:00 Performance and development for the Inner Detector Trigger algorithms at ATLAS - Ondrej Penc (Acad. of Sciences of the Czech Rep. (CZ))   ()
08:00 Quality Factor for the Hadronic Calorimeter in High Luminosity Conditions - Jose Seixas (Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR))   ()
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08:00 Scalable cloud without dedicated storage - Mr Dmitry Batkovich (St. Petersburg State University (RU))   ()
08:00 Testing and improving performance of the next generation ATLAS PanDA monitoring - Jaroslava Schovancova (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   ()
08:00 The Error Reporting in the ATLAS TDAQ system - Mr Serguei Kolos (University of California Irvine (US))   ()
08:00 The INFN CNAF Tier1 GEMSS Mass Storage System and Database facility activity - Pier Paolo Ricci (INFN CNAF)   ()
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08:00 The Linear Collider Software Framework - Andre Sailer (CERN)   ()
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08:00 The Long Term Data Preservation (LTDP) project at INFN CNAF: CDF user case. - Pier Paolo Ricci (INFN CNAF)   ()
08:00 The Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Computing Model and its evolution - Dr Maxim Potekhin (Brookhaven National Laboratory)   ()
08:00 The TileCal Online Energy Estimation for Next LHC Operation Period - Bernardo Sotto-Maior Peralva (Juiz de Fora Federal University (BR))   ()
08:00 Tier 3 batch system data locality via managed caches - Christopher Jung (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))   ()
08:00 Toolbox for multiloop Feynman diagram calculations using R* operation - Mr Batkovich Dmitry (St. Petersburg State University (RU)) Mikhail Kompaniets (St. Petersburg State University (RU))   ()
08:00 Traditional Tracking with Kalman Filter on Parallel Architectures - David Abdurachmanov (Vilnius University (LT))   ()
08:00 Using Functional Languages and Declarative Programming to analyze ROOT data: LINQtoROOT - Gordon Watts (University of Washington (US))   ()
Poster
08:00 VISPA: Direct access and execution of data analyses for collaborations - Mr Christian Glaser (RWTH Aachen University)   ()
Poster
Slides
09:00
Plenary - Denis Perret-Gallix (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) (until 10:10) (B280)
09:00 A Survey on Distributed File System Technology - Jakob Blomer (CERN)   (B280)
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09:35 Event simulation for colliders - A basic overview - Christian Reuschle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))   (B280)
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10:10 --- Coffee break ---
10:40
Plenary -Dr Jerome LAURET (BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY) (until 12:28) ()
10:40 Direct water cooling vs free air cooling - Volodymyr Saviak (HP)   ()
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11:15 Next Generation Workload Management System for Big Data on Heterogeneous Distributed Computing - Dr Alexei Klimentov (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   ()
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11:50 Memory Models in HPC: Successes and Problems - Dr Antun Balaz (Institute of Physics Belgrade)   ()
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12:25 Concert logistics   ()
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08:00
Poster session (until 09:00) ()
09:00
Plenary - Fons Rademakers (CERN) (until 09:35) ()
09:00 Dark matter review: recent astronomical and particle physics results - Michael Prouza (Institute of Physics Prague)   ()
09:35 --- Conference photo (10:00) + Coffee break ---
10:40
Plenary - Grigory Rubtsov (INR RAS) (until 12:25) ()
10:40 Fast detector simulation and the GeantV project - Andrei Gheata (CERN)   ()
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11:15 Modern messaging solutions for distributed applications - Luca Magnoni (CERN)   ()
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11:50 Extracting Rigorous Conclusions from Model/Data Comparisons - Scott Pratt (Michigan State University)   ()
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09:00
Plenary - Thomas Hahn (MPI f. Physik) (until 10:10) ()
09:00 Future trends and challenges in scientific computing - Branislav Jansik (I)   ()
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09:35 NLO calculations for high multiplicity processes - Daniel Maitre (University of Durham (GB))   ()
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10:10 --- Coffee break ---
10:40
Plenary - Axel Naumann (CERN) (until 12:30) ()
10:40 High performance computing based on mobile processors - Dr Filippo Mantovani (Barcelona Supercomputing Center)   ()
Slides
11:15 The interrelation between stability of Vacuum (absence of new physics up to Plank scale) and value of running mass of top-quark: problems and perspectives. - Mikhail Kalmykov (II. Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Universitat Hamburg)   ()
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11:50 Multivariate Data Analysis in HEP. Successes, challenges and future outlook. - Helge Voss (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (DE))   ()
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12:25 Dinner logistics   ()
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09:00
Summary - Andrey Kataev (Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)) (until 10:10) ()
09:00 Poster lightning: VISPA: Direct access and execution of data analyses for collaborations - Christian Glaser (RWTH Aachen)   ()
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09:05 Poster lightning: EOS : Current status and latest evolutions. - Geoffray Michel Adde (CERN)   ()
09:10 Poster lightning: Using Functional Languages and Declarative Programming to analyze ROOT data: LINQtoROOT - Gordon Watts (University of Washington (US))   ()
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09:15 Poster lightning: Analyzing data flows of WLCG jobs at batch job level - Christopher Jung (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))   ()
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09:20 Poster lightning: The Linear Collider Software Framework - Andre Sailer (CERN)   ()
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09:25 Poster lightning: Designing and recasting LHC analyses with MadAnalysis 5 - Eric Conte (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR))   ()
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09:35 Summary for Track 1 - Computing Technology for Physics Research - Clara Gaspar (CERN)   ()
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10:10 --- Coffee Break ---
10:40
Summary - Alina Gabriela Grigoras (CERN) (until 12:25) ()
10:40 Summary for Track 2 - Data Analysis - Algorithms and Tools - Martin Spousta (Charles University)   ()
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11:15 Summary for Track 3 - Computations in Theoretical Physics: Techniques and Methods - part I - Radja Boughezal (Argonne National Laboratory)   ()
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11:32 Summary for Track 3 - Computations in Theoretical Physics: Techniques and Methods - part II - Grigory Rubtsov (INR RAS)   ()
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11:50 ACAT 2014 summary - Dr Jerome LAURET (BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY)   ()
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PM
12:25 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Computations in Theoretical Physics: Techniques and Methods - Michal Malinsky (IFIC/CSIC and University of Valencia) (until 15:40) (C221)
14:00 Parallel Cuba - Thomas Hahn (MPI f. Physik)   (C221)
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14:25 Presentation of Redberry: a computer algebra system designed for tensor manipulation - Stanislav Poslavsky (I)   (C221)
Paper
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14:50 New features of AMBRE - Tord Riemann (DESY)   (C221)
Paper
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15:15 Computations and generation of elements on the Hopf algebra of Feynman graphs - Michael Norbert Borinsky (Humboldt-University Berlin)   (C221)
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14:00
Computing Technology for Physics Research - Axel Naumann (CERN) (until 15:40) (C217)
14:00 The LHCb trigger and its upgrade - Gerhard Raven (NIKHEF (NL))   (C217)
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14:25 The Massive Affordable Computing Project: Prototyping of a High Data Throughput Processing Unit - Mitchell Arij Cox (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))   (C217)
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14:50 STAR Online Framework: from Metadata Collection to Event Analysis and System Control - Dmitry Arkhipkin (Brookhaven National Laboratory)   (C217)
Paper
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14:00
Data Analysis - Algorithms and Tools - Martin Spousta (Charles University) (until 15:40) (C219)
14:00 The Matrix Element Method within CMS - Camille Beluffi (Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (BE))   (C219)
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14:25 Developments in the ATLAS Tracking Software ahead of LHC Run 2 - Nicholas Styles (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))   (C219)
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14:50 Delphes 3: A modular framework for fast simulation of a generic collider experiment - Alexandre Jean N Mertens (Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) (BE))   (C219)
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15:15 A Neural Network z-Vertex Trigger for Belle II - Mrs Sara Neuhaus (TU München)   (C219)
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15:40 --- Coffee break ---
16:10
Computations in Theoretical Physics: Techniques and Methods - Radja Boughezal (Argonne National Laboratory) (until 17:50) (C221)
16:10 GoSam-2.0: a tool for automated one-loop calculations within and beyond the Standard Model - Johann Felix von Soden-Fraunhofen (Max Planck Institute for Physics)   (C221)
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16:35 Modern Particle Physics event generation with WHIZARD - juergen reuter (DESY Hamburg, Germany)   (C221)
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17:00 On calculations within the nonlinear sigma model - Karol Kampf (Charles University (CZ))   (C221)
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17:25 A new generator for the Drell-Yan process - Vitaly Yermolchyk (Byelorussian State University (BY))   (C221)
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16:10
Computing Technology for Physics Research - Niko Neufeld (CERN) (until 17:50) (C217)
16:10 ATLAS FTK challenge: simulation of a billion-fold hardware parallelism - Alexandre Vaniachine (ATLAS)   (C217)
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16:35 Heterogeneous High Throughput Scientific Computing with ARMv8 64-bit and Xeon Phi - David Abdurachmanov (Vilnius University (LT))   (C217)
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17:00 Techniques and tools for measuring energy efficiency of scientific software applications - Goncalo Marques Pestana (H)   (C217)
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17:25 The ALICE analysis train system - Markus Bernhard Zimmermann (CERN and Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster (DE))   (C217)
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16:10
Data Analysis - Algorithms and Tools - Martin Spousta (Charles University) (until 17:50) (C219)
16:10 HistFitter: a flexible framework for statistical data analysis - Dr Jeanette Lorenz (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen) Mr Geert-Jan Besjes (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)   (C219)
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16:35 Clad - Automatic Differentiation Using Cling/Clang/LLVM - Vasil Georgiev Vasilev (CERN)   (C219)
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17:00 ROOT 6 - Axel Naumann (CERN)   (C219)
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17:25 Identifying the Higgs boson with a Quantum Computer - Mr Alexander Mott (California Institute of Technology)   (C219)
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18:00 Veřejná přednáška: Petabytová astronomie (in Czech) - Dr Jiří Grygar (Czech Academy of Sciences)   (B280)
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18:30 --- Welcome reception ---
12:28 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Computations in Theoretical Physics: Techniques and Methods - Tord Riemann (DESY) (until 15:40) (C221)
14:00 Numerical multi-loop calculations with SecDec - Gudrun Heinrich (Max Planck Institute for Physics)   (C221)
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14:25 General formulation of the sector improved residue subtraction - David Heymes (RWTH Aachen)   (C221)
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14:50 Automatic numerical integration methods for Feynman integrals through 3-loop - Prof. Elise de Doncker (Western Michigan University)   (C221)
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15:15 Six-loop calculations of the critical exponents in the phi^4 theory - Dr Mikhail Kompaniets (SPbSU)   (C221)
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14:00
Computing Technology for Physics Research - Niko Neufeld (CERN) (until 15:40) (C217)
14:00 Adaptative track scheduling to optimize concurrency and vectorization in GeantV - Andrei Gheata (CERN)   (C217)
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14:25 Towards a generic high performance geometry library for particle transport simulation - Sandro Christian Wenzel (CERN)   (C217)
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14:50 Native Language Integrated Queries with CppLINQ in C++ - Vasil Georgiev Vasilev (CERN)   (C217)
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15:15 Modernising ROOT: Building Blocks for Vectorised Calculations - Sandro Christian Wenzel (CERN)   (C217)
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14:00
Data Analysis - Algorithms and Tools - Alina Gabriela Grigoras (CERN) (until 15:40) (C219)
14:00 Clustering analysis for muon tomography data elaboration in the Muon Portal project - Marilena Bandieramonte (Dept. Of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania and Astrophysical Observatory, Inaf Catania)   (C219)
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14:25 Densities mixture unfolding for data obtained from detectors with finite resolution and limited acceptance - Prof. Nikolay Gagunashvili (University of Akureyri, Borgir, v/Nordurslod, IS-600 Akureyri, Iceland & Max-Planck-Institut f\"{u}r Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, 69029 Heidelberg, Germany)   (C219)
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14:50 Geant4 developments in reproducibility, multi-threading and physics - John Apostolakis (CERN)   (C219)
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15:15 The Run 2 ATLAS Analysis Event Data Model - Marcin Nowak (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   (C219)
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15:40 --- Coffee break ---
16:10
Computations in Theoretical Physics: Techniques and Methods - Grigory Rubtsov (INR RAS) (until 17:50) (C221)
16:10 Differential reduction of generalized hypergeometric functions in application to Feynman diagrams. - Mr Vladimir Bytev (JINR)   (C221)
16:35 Two-loop matching for Standard Model RGE analysis - Andrey Pikelner (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU))   (C221)
17:00 Mathematica and Fortran programs for various analytic QCD couplings - Gorazd Cvetic (Santa Maria University)   (C221)
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17:25 A development of an accelerator board dedicated for multi-precision arithmetic operations and its application to Feynman loop integrals - Dr Shinji Motoki (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization)   (C221)
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16:10
Computing Technology for Physics Research - Niko Neufeld (CERN) (until 17:50) (C217)
16:10 Gaudi Components for Concurrency: Concurrency for Existing and Future Experiments - Daniel Funke (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))   (C217)
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16:35 Belle II distributed computing - Pavel Krokovny (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (RU))   (C217)
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17:00 Implementation of a multi-threaded framework for large-scale scientific applications - Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))   (C217)
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17:25 Evolution of the ATLAS Software Framework towards Concurrency - Roger Jones (Lancaster University (GB))   (C217)
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16:10
Data Analysis - Algorithms and Tools - Alina Gabriela Grigoras (CERN) (until 17:50) (C219)
16:10 GENFIT - a Generic Track-Fitting Toolkit - Johannes Rauch (T)   (C219)
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16:35 An automated framework for hierarchical reconstruction of B mesons at the Belle II experiment - Christian Pulvermacher (KIT)   (C219)
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17:00 A novel robust and efficient algorithm for charge particle tracking in high background flux. - Mr Cristiano Fanelli (INFN Sezione di Roma, Universit\`a di Roma `La Sapienza', Roma, Italy)   (C219)
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17:25 HERAFitter - an open source QCD fit framework - Andrey Sapronov (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU))   (C219)
Paper
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19:00 --- Concert ---
12:25 --- Lunch ---
14:00 --- Tours ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:45
Computing Technology for Physics Research - Jiri Chudoba (Acad. of Sciences of the Czech Rep. (CZ)) (until 15:50) (C217)
13:45 An overview of the DII-HEP OpenStack based CMS Data Analysis - Tomas Linden (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI))   (C217)
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14:10 Distrubuted job scheduling in MetaCentrum - Mr Šimon Tóth (CESNET)   (C217)
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14:35 WLCG Tier-2 site in Prague: a little bit of history, current status and future perspectives - Dr Dagmar Adamova (NPI AS CR Prague/Rez)   (C217)
Paper
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15:00 Recent Developments in the CVMFS Server Backend - Rene Meusel (CERN)   (C217)
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15:25 Planning for distributed workflows: constraint based co-scheduling of computational jobs and data placement in distributed environments. - Mr Dzmitry Makatun (Nuclear Physics Institute (CZ))   (C217)
Paper
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14:00
Computations in Theoretical Physics: Techniques and Methods - Daniel Maitre (University of Durham (GB)) (until 15:40) (C221)
14:00 The generalized BLM approach of fixng the scales in the multiloopQCD expressions for the physical quntities: the current status of investigations - Dr Andrei Kataev (Institute for Nuclear Research of the Academy of Sciences of Russia)   (C221)
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14:25 Data Processing at the Pierre Auger Observatory - Jakub Vícha on behalf of Pierre Auger Collaboration (Institute of Physics AS CR)   (C221)
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14:50 Cosmic ray propagation with CRPropa 3 - David Walz (RWTH Aachen)   (C221)
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15:15 Statistical methods for cosmic ray composition analysis at the Telescope Array Observatory - Grigory Rubtsov (INR RAS)   (C221)
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14:00
Data Analysis - Algorithms and Tools - Martin Spousta (Charles University) (until 15:40) (C219)
14:00 Pidrix: Particle Identification Matrix Factorization - Dr Evan Sangaline (Michigan State University)   (C219)
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14:25 High-resolution deconvolution methods for analysis of low amplitude noisy gamma-ray spectra - Vladislav Matoušek (Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences)   (C219)
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14:50 Combination of multivariate discrimination methods in the measurement of the inclusive top pair production cross section - Jiri Franc (Czech Technical University in Prague)   (C219)
15:15 Simulation Upgrades for the CMS experiment - David Lange (Lawrence Livermore Nat. Laboratory (US))   (C219)
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15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:10
Expanding software collaboration beyond HEP: pros, cons, dos and donts - Gordon Watts (University of Washington (US)) (until 17:40) (B280)
16:10 David Fellinger - David Fellinger (DDN, Chief Scientist, Office of Strategy and Technology)   (B280)
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16:10 Denis Perret-Gallix - Denis Perret-Gallix (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))   (B280)
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16:10 Federico Carminati - Mr Federico Carminati (CERN)   (B280)
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16:10 Fons Rademakers - Fons Rademakers (CERN)   (B280)
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16:10 Gordon Watts - Gordon Watts (University of Washington (US))   (B280)
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19:30 --- Conference dinner ---
12:25
Conference closing (until 12:35) ()
12:25 Conference closing   ()