Name: INSIGHTS Workshop on Statistics, Machine Learning and Outreach at CERN
Start: 2018-09-17T10:10:00+02:00
End: 2018-09-21T18:00:00+02:00
Location: CERN

INSIGHTS Workshop on Statistics, Machine Learning and Outreach at CERN

from Monday 17 September 2018 (10:10) to Friday 21 September 2018 (18:00)

Monday 17 September 2018

10:30 Introduction, INSIGHTS closed session
Introduction, INSIGHTS closed session
10:30 - 12:30
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Software Development
Software Development
14:00 - 18:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber
Contributions

14:00 Introduction to C++ - Wouter Verkerke (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

15:45 Introduction to Python - Graeme Stewart (CERN)
Tuesday 18 September 2018
09:00 Statistics and Machine Learning
Statistics and Machine Learning
09:00 - 12:30
Room: 6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin
Contributions

09:00 Introduction to Statistics I - Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway, University of London)

11:00 Introduction to Machine Learning I - Sergei Gleyzer (University of Florida (US))
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Introduction to ROOT with Hands-on Session
Introduction to ROOT with Hands-on Session
14:00 - 18:00
Room: 6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin
Contributions

14:00 Introduction to ROOT withs hands-on session - Danilo Piparo

16:00 Introduction to ROOT with hands-on session (Part 2) - Danilo Piparo
Wednesday 19 September 2018
09:00 Public Outreach Workshop/Event
Public Outreach Workshop/Event
09:00 - 18:00
Room: 30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium
Contributions

09:00 Introduction and goals of the workshop - Tommaso Dorigo (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))

09:10 Outreach: Just do it - Sascha Mehlhase (Ludwig Maximilians Universitat (DE))

09:40 Engaging formats for science events - Leonardo Alfonsi (Psiquadro)

10:10 How Did the Higgs Boson Become a Rock Star? - Arnaud Marsollier (CERN)

11:00 Measuring the impact of the Higgs - Jonathan Butterworth (University College London (UK))

11:30 Our Universe in a Box - Claire Lee (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

12:00 Physics Outreach: Why? & How? - Steven Goldfarb (University of Melbourne (AU))

12:30 Escaping the echo chamber - Patrick Koppenburg (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

14:30 Science divulgation at a literature festival - Matteo Polettini

15:00 The Art and Science initiative - Dario Menasce (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))

15:30 Just for the kick of it - learning by playing - Joao Antunes Pequenao (CERN)

16:20 Abolish Outreach! - James Beacham (Ohio State University (US))

16:50 Panel session and conclusions - Sergei Gleyzer (University of Florida (US)) Tommaso Dorigo (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))
19:00 A CAPELLA SCIENCE
A CAPELLA SCIENCE
19:00 - 20:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

19:00 A CAPELLA SCIENCE event - Tim Blais
Thursday 20 September 2018
09:00 Statistics and Machine Learning II
Statistics and Machine Learning II
09:00 - 12:30
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
Contributions

09:00 Introduction to Statistics II - Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway, University of London)

11:00 Introduction to Machine Learning II - Sergei Gleyzer (University of Florida (US))
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Machine Learning Tutorials
Machine Learning Tutorials
14:00 - 18:00
Room: 40/S2-B01 - Salle Bohr
Contributions

14:00 Introduction to Machine Learning Tools in ROOT - Lorenzo Moneta (CERN) Sergei Gleyzer (University of Florida (US))

16:00 Tutorial (TMVA, Keras, PyKeras)
Friday 21 September 2018
09:00 Statistics and Machine Learning III
Statistics and Machine Learning III
09:00 - 12:30
Room: 222/R-001
Contributions

09:00 Introduction to Statistics - Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway, University of London)

11:00 Machine Learning III - Sergei Gleyzer (University of Florida (US))
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Introduction to Roofit and Roostats
Introduction to Roofit and Roostats
14:00 - 18:00
Room: 222/R-001
Contributions

14:00 Introduction to RooFit and Rootats - Wouter Verkerke (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

16:00 RooFit and RooStata tutorial