Fitting Workshop / School
from
Monday 30 March 2009 (12:00)
to
Wednesday 1 April 2009 (18:00)
Monday 30 March 2009
12:45
Registration
Registration
12:45 - 14:30
Room: DESY auditorium
14:30
Welcome
-
Olaf Behnke
(
DESY
)
Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius
(
DESY
)
Welcome
Olaf Behnke
(
DESY
)
Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius
(
DESY
)
14:30 - 14:45
Room: DESY auditorium
14:45
Introductory Lecture on Fitting I
-
Hermann Kolanoski
(
HU Berlin/DESY Zeuthen
)
Introductory Lecture on Fitting I
Hermann Kolanoski
(
HU Berlin/DESY Zeuthen
)
14:45 - 15:30
Room: DESY auditorium
15:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 15:55
Room: DESY auditorium
15:55
Introductory Lecture on Fitting II
-
Hermann Kolanoski
(
Humboldt-Universität Berlin
)
Introductory Lecture on Fitting II
Hermann Kolanoski
(
Humboldt-Universität Berlin
)
15:55 - 16:40
Room: DESY auditorium
16:40
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:40 - 17:00
Room: DESY auditorium
17:00
Getting started with local computers (environment) for practical work
Getting started with local computers (environment) for practical work
17:00 - 17:45
Room: Sem 2 and Sem 4
18:00
Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
18:00 - 20:00
Room: Canteen annex
Tuesday 31 March 2009
09:15
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
-
Olaf Behnke
(
DESY
)
Martin Goebel
(
Uni Hamburg / DESY
)
Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius
(
DESY
)
Igor Rubinsky
(
Uni HH
)
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
Olaf Behnke
(
DESY
)
Martin Goebel
(
Uni Hamburg / DESY
)
Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius
(
DESY
)
Igor Rubinsky
(
Uni HH
)
09:15 - 12:15
Room: Sem 2 and Sem 4
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
12:15
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:15 - 13:45
Room: Canteen
13:45
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
-
Kevin Kroeninger
(
University of Goettingen
)
Carsten Hensel
(
Uni Goettingen
)
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
Kevin Kroeninger
(
University of Goettingen
)
Carsten Hensel
(
Uni Goettingen
)
13:45 - 16:45
Room: Sem 2 and Sem 4
16:45
Coffee and Tea
Coffee and Tea
16:45 - 17:00
Room: DESY auditorium
17:00
Highlight lecture: Systematic uncertainties in statistical data analysis
-
Glen Cowan
(
Royal Holloway University of London
)
Highlight lecture: Systematic uncertainties in statistical data analysis
Glen Cowan
(
Royal Holloway University of London
)
17:00 - 17:45
Room: DESY auditorium
Wednesday 1 April 2009
09:15
Mini-Lectures and Practical Work III: Extended fits with many parameters such as kinematic constraint fits, e.g. ttbar reconstruction
-
Benno List
(
Uni Hamburg
)
Benedikt Mura
(
Universität Hamburg
)
Christian Sander
(
University of Hamburg
)
Mini-Lectures and Practical Work III: Extended fits with many parameters such as kinematic constraint fits, e.g. ttbar reconstruction
Benno List
(
Uni Hamburg
)
Benedikt Mura
(
Universität Hamburg
)
Christian Sander
(
University of Hamburg
)
09:15 - 12:00
Room: Sem 2 and Sem 4
12:00
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 - 13:30
Room: Canteen
13:30
Mini lectures and practical work IV: Advanced fitting tool in ROOT (RooFit and others)
-
Gregory Schott
(
University of Karlsruhe
)
Mini lectures and practical work IV: Advanced fitting tool in ROOT (RooFit and others)
Gregory Schott
(
University of Karlsruhe
)
13:30 - 16:15
Room: Sem 2 and Sem 4
16:15
See you!
-
Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius
(
DESY
)
Olaf Behnke
(
DESY
)
See you!
Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius
(
DESY
)
Olaf Behnke
(
DESY
)
16:15 - 16:20
Room: Sem 2 and 4