VBSCan@Helsinki: Second In-person Meeting in the Third Grant Period

19 Feb 2020, 17:00 → 21 Feb 2020, 20:30 Europe/Helsinki

Porthania, Thursday: PIII; Friday: P674 (University of Helsinki)

Chariclia Petridou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)), Giacomo Ortona (Universita e INFN Torino (IT)), Ilaria Brivio (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (ES)), Ivica Puljak (Technical University of Split FESB), Kadri Ozdemir (Piri Reis University (TR)), Kristin Lohwasser (University of Sheffield (GB)), Magdalena Slawinska (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)), Mathieu Pellen (University of Cambridge), Philip Sommer (University of Sheffield (GB)), Roberto Covarelli (University/INFN Torino (IT))

Welcome to VBSCan@Helsinki!

The second in-person meeting in the third grant period of VBScan will take place on 20/21 February 2020 in the central campus of the University of Helsinki in the heart of the city.

Venue

The main venue for the meeting will be in Porthania (20/21 February), conveniently located between the central railway station and the senate square. The outreach event will take place in Think Corner/Tiedekulma/Tankehörnan on 19 February 17:00-19:00

Porthania (main venue): Yliopistonkatu 3, Universitetsgatan 3

Think Corner (Outreach Event): Yliopistonkatu 4, Universitetsgatan 4

Wednesday 19 February

17:00 → 19:00 Outreach event at ThinkCorner

https://www.helsinki.fi/en/think-corner

19:00 → 21:00 (Optional) Visit to Allas Sea Pool (Sauna+swimming pool)

Thursday 20 February

09:00 → 09:30 Registration

2019_02_20_Helsinki_VBSCAN.pdf

09:30 → 10:30 WG1

Conveners: Ilaria Brivio (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (ES)), Ilaria Brivio (University of Heidelberg), Mathieu Pellen (University of Cambridge)

09:30 Review of theoretical predictions for VBF

Speaker: Alexander Karlberg (University of Oxford)

200220VBSCAN.pdf

10:00 Review of theoretical predictions for VBS

Speaker: Mathieu Pellen (University of Cambridge)

PELLEN_Helsinki_2020.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 coffee

11:00 → 11:30 WG1

Conveners: Ilaria Brivio (University of Heidelberg), Ilaria Brivio (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (ES)), Mathieu Pellen (University of Cambridge)

11:00 Review of BSM models in VBS

Speaker: Jürgen Reuter (DESY Hamburg, Germany)

JRR_2020_VBScan_Helsinki.pdf

11:30 → 12:30 WG2

Conveners: Magdalena Slawinska (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)), Roberto Covarelli (University/INFN Torino (IT))

11:30 Machine learning for VBS

Speaker: Michele Grossi (Universita and INFN (IT))

Grossi_Novak_VBS_reconstruction.pdf

IBM Quantum Computing

12:30 → 14:00 lunch

14:00 → 15:30 WG2

Conveners: Magdalena Slawinska (Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)), Roberto Covarelli (University/INFN Torino (IT))

14:00 DNNs for quark/gluon discrimination

Speaker: Kimmo Kallonen (Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI))

Kallonen_QGdiscr_VBSCanHelsinki

14:30 Future perspectives for same-sign WW with Delphes

Speakers: Ankita Mehta (Eötvös University, Budapest), Xavier Janssen (University of Antwerp (BE))

ppt_VBS_20022020.pdf

15:00 → 15:30 WG3

Conveners: Giacomo Ortona (Universita e INFN Torino (IT)), Philip Sommer (University of Sheffield (GB))

15:00 Latest VBS measurements in ATLAS

Speaker: Shu Li (Tsung-Dao Lee Institute (CN) & Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (CN))

Slides

15:30 → 16:00 coffee

16:00 → 17:00 WG3

Conveners: Giacomo Ortona (Universita e INFN Torino (IT)), Philip Sommer (University of Sheffield (GB))

16:00 Update on ATLAS/CMS VBS-simulation comparisons

Speaker: Ankita Mehta (Eötvös University, Budapest)

ATLASCMS_VBScomparisons.pdf

MC comparison studies for VBS with ssWW from ATLAS & CMS

16:30 ATLAS/CMS VBS combination of dim-8 operators

Speaker: Joany Manjarres (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))

Dropbox link

JManjarres_dim-8.pdf

17:00 → 18:00 WG5 Inclusiveness Policy and STSM Summary: WG5

Conveners: Chariclia Petridou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)), Kadri Ozdemir (Piri Reis University (TR))

WG5_InclusivenessReport_20_2_2020.pdf

19:00 → 19:01 Dinner arrangement

2019_02_20_Helsinki_VBSCAN_Dinner-compressed.pdf

19:00 → 20:30 Dinner at Lasipalatsi

12 minutes walk from Porthania or 10 minutes by public transport (trams 2,3,4,7 and possibly more):
https://reittiopas.hsl.fi/reitti/Yliopistonkatu%203%2C%20Helsinki%3A%3A60.17013459999999%2C24.9480088/Lasipalatsi%2C%20Mannerheimintie%2022-24%2C%20Helsinki%3A%3A60.170709%2C24.93649?arriveBy=true&time=1582217701

https://www.google.ch/maps/dir/60.1701346,24.9480088/Restaurant+Lasipalatsi,+Mannerheimintie+22-24,+00100+Helsinki/@60.1700168,24.9366615,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m1!4e1!1m5!1m1!1s0x46920bccb1550df1:0x922954dd36078a8b!2m2!1d24.9368596!2d60.1703715!2m3!6e1!7e2!8j1582224900

Friday 21 February

09:00 → 10:00 WG4

Conveners: Ivica Puljak (University of Split. Fac.of Elect. Eng., Mech. Eng. and Nav.Arc), Ivica Puljak (Technical University of Split FESB), Kristin Lohwasser (University of Sheffield (GB))

09:00 Future events/meetings

Speaker: Ivica Puljak (University of Split. Fac.of Elect. Eng., Mech. Eng. and Nav.Arc)

WG4_Ivica_Helsinki_2020.pdf

09:10 2020 PREFIT School in DESY

Speaker: Marco Zaro (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))

vbscan_prefitschool_feb20.pdf

09:30 VSBCan 3rd year annual meeting in Budapest

Speaker: Gabriella Pasztor (Eötvös University, Budapest)

3rd VSBCan Annual Meeting _in Budapest.pdf

09:40 Developing Career in Physics

Speaker: Kristin Lohwasser (University of Sheffield (GB))

VBSCan_HandbookCareer_followup.pdf

10:00 → 10:30 coffee

10:30 → 12:30 MC meeting

10:30 status report and GP 4 planning

Speaker: Pietro Govoni (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))

2020-02-21-MCmeeting.pdf

CA16108 Action Dashboard 20191210.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 lunch