PHYSTAT-nu 2019

from Tuesday 22 January 2019 (00:30) to Friday 25 January 2019 (20:00)
CERN

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
22 Jan 2019
23 Jan 2019
24 Jan 2019
25 Jan 2019
AM
08:30
Registration (until 09:00) (222/R-001)
09:00 Introduction to PHYSTAT-nu - Olaf Behnke (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))   (222/R-001)
09:10
Opening Session (until 10:30) (222/R-001)
09:10 Introduction to neutrino physics - Alain Blondel (Universite de Geneve (CH))   (222/R-001)
09:50 Overview of stastistics for neutrino physics - Yoshi Uchida (Imperial College London)   (222/R-001)
10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00
Statistical issues in neutrino experiments (until 12:30) (222/R-001)
11:00 Long-baseline experiments - Alexander Himmel (Fermilab)   (222/R-001)
11:30 Atmospheric neutrinos - Christophe Bronner (University of Tokyo)   (222/R-001)
12:00 Reactor experiments - Chao Zhang (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   (222/R-001)
09:00
Statistical issues in neutrino experiments (until 10:00) (222/R-001)
09:00 Neutrino-less double-beta decay experiments - Dr Matteo Agostini (Technical University Munich)   (222/R-001)
09:30 Supernova neutrino signal detection in the NOvA experiment: - Andrey Sheshukov (JINR)   (222/R-001)
10:00 Almost-perfect signal detection - Prof. Anthony Davison (EPFL )   (222/R-001)
10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00
Statistical issues in neutrino experiments and contributed talks (until 12:30) (222/R-001)
11:00 Uncertainty in the Reactor Neutrino Spectrum and the Mass Hierarchy - Emilio Ciuffoli (IMP, CAS)   (222/R-001)
11:15 Look-elsewhere effect in neutrino oscillation searches: - Phillip Litchfield (Imperial College, London)   (222/R-001)
11:30 Reactor Anti-neutrino Data in Global Analyses - Alvaro Hernandez Cabezudo (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))   (222/R-001)
11:45 Statistical issues on the neutrino Mass Hierarchy determination - Fatma Sawy (INFN Padova) Fatma Helal Sawy (ENHEP Egyptian Network of High Energy Physics (EG))   (222/R-001)
12:00 Short-Baseline experiments - Prof. Georgia Karagiorgi (CU)   (222/R-001)
09:00
Machine learning session (until 10:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:00 Introduction to machine learning - Michael Aaron Kagan (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
09:30 The collider experience - Maurizio Pierini (CERN)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
10:00 The neutrino experiment experience - Saul Alonso Monsalve (University Carlos III (ES))   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00
Machine learning session (until 11:40) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:00 Theoretical aspects of Machine Learning - Chad Shafer (CMU)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:30 Discussion   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:40
Contributed talks session (until 12:30) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:40 Machine Learning methods for JUNO Experiment - Yu Xu   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
11:55 Simulating Light in Large Volume Detectors Using Metropolis Light Transport - Gabriel Collin   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
12:10 A GPU-based framework for multi-variate analysis in particle physics - Xuefeng Ding (Gran Sasso Science Insitute (INFN)) Xuefeng Ding (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
PM
12:30
Registration (until 13:30) (61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -)
13:30
Introductory Statistics Course (voluntary participation) (until 16:00) (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
13:30 Introductory Statistics Course - Part I - Louis Lyons (Imperial College (GB))   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
14:45 Introductory Statistics Course - Part II - Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway, University of London)   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
16:00
Registration (until 17:00) (61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -)
17:00 Bayesian techniques - Prof. James Berger (Duke University)   (222/R-001)
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Session on systematic uncertainties (until 15:40) (222/R-001)
14:00 Model building, analysing and treatment of systematic uncertainties in modern HEP experiments - Wouter Verkerke (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))   (222/R-001)
14:30 Practical experiences with ATLAS/CMS Higgs combine procedures - Nicholas Wardle (Imperial College (GB))   (222/R-001)
15:00 The neutrino experiment experience - Prof. Constantinos Andreopoulos (University of Liverpool and STFC/RAL) Costas Andreopoulos (University of Liverpool & STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)   (222/R-001)
15:30 Discussion   (222/R-001)
15:40 --- Coffee ---
16:10
Statistical issues in neutrino experiments (until 17:35) (222/R-001)
16:10 Fits to large data sets - Dr Stefano Gariazzo (IFIC-CSIC/University of Valencia)   (222/R-001)
16:40 Cosmological neutrinos - Tim Ruhe (TU Dortmund)   (222/R-001)
17:10 Direct neutrino mass measurement - Thierry Lasserre (CEA)   (222/R-001)
17:40 Summary of the day / discussions - Tom Junk (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))   (222/R-001)
18:40
Welcome Reception and poster session (until 20:30) (61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -)
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Session on unfolding (until 15:40) (222/R-001)
14:00 Introduction to Unfolding - Mikael Kuusela (Carnegie Mellon University (US))   (222/R-001)
14:30 The collider experience with unfolding - Stefan Schmitt (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))   (222/R-001)
15:00 The neutrino experiment experience with unfolding - Philip Andrew Rodrigues (University of Oxford (GB))   (222/R-001)
15:30 Discussion   (222/R-001)
15:40 --- Coffee ---
16:10
Contributed talks session (until 17:55) (222/R-001)
16:10 Regularisation for T2K cross-section analyses - Stephen Dolan (University of Oxford)   (222/R-001)
16:35 A new unified perspective on the problem of limited Monte Carlo for likelihood calculations - Thorsten Glüsenkamp (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)   (222/R-001)
17:00 Statistical Models with Uncertain Error Parameters - Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway, University of London)   (222/R-001)
17:25 Review of Linear Algebra Applications in Some Recent Neutrino Experiments - Xin Qian (Brookhaven National Laboratory)   (222/R-001)
18:00 Summary of the day / discussions - Tom Junk (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))   ()
19:00
Workshop Dinner (until 21:30) (NN )
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Contributed talks session (until 15:00) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:00 Efficient Neutrino Oscillation Parameter Inference with Gaussian Processes - Bannanje Nitish Nayak (University of California Irvine (US))   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
14:25 Reflections on the 20th year of Feldman-Cousins: Hypothesis testing of a point null vs a continuous alternative - Robert Cousins Jr (University of California Los Angeles (US)) Robert Cousins Jr (University of California Los Angeles (US))   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
15:00
Concluding session (until 16:20) (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
15:00 Physicist's summary talk - Kevin McFarland (University of Rochester)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
15:35 Statistician's summary talk - David van Dyk (Imperial College)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
16:10 Goodbye - Davide Sgalaberna (CERN)   (503/1-001 - Council Chamber)
16:20 --- Coffee ---