Physics Event Generator Computing Workshop

from Monday, 26 November 2018 (09:00) to Wednesday, 28 November 2018 (18:00)
CERN (4/3-006)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
26 Nov 2018
27 Nov 2018
28 Nov 2018
AM
09:00 Welcome and Practicalities - Andrea Valassi (CERN) Graeme Stewart (CERN)   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
09:05 CWP Challenges and Workshop Aims - Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)) Graeme Stewart (CERN)   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
09:30 Introduction to Generator Codes - Simon Platzer (University of Vienna (AT))   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
10:00 ATLAS Needs and Concerns - Josh McFayden (CERN)   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
10:20 CMS Needs and Concerns - Efe Yazgan (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
10:40 --- Coffee ---
11:10 LHCb Needs and Concerns - Philip Ilten (University of Birmingham (GB))   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
11:30 Practical Computing Considerations - David Lange (Princeton University (US))   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
11:50 Discussion   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
09:00 High-multiplicity multi-jet merging with HPC technology - Holger Schulz (Fermilab)   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
09:25 A novel workflow of generator tunings in HPC for LHC new physics searches - Xiangyang Ju (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
09:50 Adaptive multi-channel integration with MPI - Simon Brass (University of Siegen) Simon Braß (Universität Siegen)   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
10:15 Discussion   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00 Optimising Generator Usage - Marek Schoenherr (CERN) Stefan Hoeche (SLAC) Andy Buckley (University of Glasgow (GB))   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
09:00 Hackathon - Morning Session (NOTE CHANGED LOCATION!) - Servesh Muralidharan (CERN) Graeme Stewart (CERN)   (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)
PM
12:15 --- Lunch ---
13:15 Performance Optimisation Introduction - Servesh Muralidharan (CERN)   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
13:45 Optimising Memory Use - Sebastien Ponce (CERN)   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
14:15 Performance Discussion   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
15:00 --- Coffee ---
15:30 Sherpa Status and Plans - Marek Schoenherr (CERN)   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
15:53 Madgraph Status and Plans - Olivier Mattelaer (UCLouvain)   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
16:16 PYTHIA 8 Status and Plans - Philip Ilten (University of Birmingham (GB))   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
16:38 Herwig Status and Plans - Peter Richardson (CERN & IPPP, Durham University)   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
17:00 POWHEG Status and Plans - Emanuele Re (CERN)   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
17:20 Discussion   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
12:00 Photos and Tauola Status and Plans - Zbigniew Andrzej Was (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
12:15 EvtGen Status and Plans - Michal Kreps (University of Warwick (GB))   (4/3-006 - TH Conference Room)
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00 NNLO / N^3LO calculations with NNLOJet - Alexander Yohei Huss (CERN)   (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
14:25 NNLO calculations with Matrix - Marius Wiesemann (CERN)   (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
14:50 NNLO calculations with MCFM - Tobias Neumann (Illinois Tech / Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)   (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
15:15 --- Coffee ---
15:45 Beyond Current Paradigms - Simon Platzer (University of Vienna (AT))   (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
16:05 Overflow Discussion, Closeout and Planning - Stefano Frixione (INFN)   (31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre)
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00 Hackathon - Afternoon Session (NOTE CHANGED LOCATION!) - Servesh Muralidharan (CERN) Graeme Stewart (CERN)   (30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium)