Fitting Workshop / School

Contribution List

0. Welcome

Dr Olaf Behnke (DESY), Dr Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius (DESY)

30/03/2009, 14:30

1. Introductory Lecture on Fitting I

Hermann Kolanoski (HU Berlin/DESY Zeuthen)

30/03/2009, 14:45

2. Introductory Lecture on Fitting II

Hermann Kolanoski (Humboldt-Universität Berlin)

30/03/2009, 15:55

3. Getting started with local computers (environment) for practical work

30/03/2009, 17:00

4. Mini-lectures and Practical Work I: Linear Least squares fit problems: constant, straight line, parabola & others, physics examples, clever parameter choice, solution by normal equations, parameter errors and correlations, fit quality tests, outlier rejection

Igor Rubinsky (Uni HH), Mr Martin Goebel (Uni Hamburg / DESY), Dr Olaf Behnke (DESY), Dr Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius (DESY)

31/03/2009, 09:15

Diving into the world of most frequent fit problems: fits of a constant, straight line, parabola, polynom, physics examples, clever choice of parameters, solution by normal equations, parameter errors and correlations, fit quality tests, outlier rejection

5. Mini-Lectures and Practical Work II: Non-linear fit problems: e.g. fit of signal peak(s) on background, cases of small and large stats., systematic and correlated errors, Poisson vs gaussian approximation, other likelihood estimators

Carsten Hensel (Uni Goettingen), Dr Kevin Kroeninger (University of Goettingen)

31/03/2009, 13:45

9. Highlight lecture: Systematic uncertainties in statistical data analysis

Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway University of London)

31/03/2009, 17:00

6. Mini-Lectures and Practical Work III: Extended fits with many parameters such as kinematic constraint fits, e.g. ttbar reconstruction

Mr Benedikt Mura (Universität Hamburg), Dr Benno List (Uni Hamburg), Dr Christian Sander (University of Hamburg)

01/04/2009, 09:15

7. Mini lectures and practical work IV: Advanced fitting tool in ROOT (RooFit and others)

Gregory Schott (University of Karlsruhe)

01/04/2009, 13:30

8. See you!

Dr Olaf Behnke (DESY), Dr Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius (DESY)

01/04/2009, 16:15