School on data combination and limit setting
from
Tuesday 4 October 2011 (08:00)
to
Friday 7 October 2011 (18:00)
Monday 3 October 2011
Tuesday 4 October 2011
12:30
Registration (SR2)
Registration (SR2)
12:30 - 13:00
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
13:00
Welcome
-
Gero Flucke
(
DESY
)
Welcome
Gero Flucke
(
DESY
)
13:00 - 13:10
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
13:10
Statistics in LHC Physics Analyses
-
Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius
(
DESY
)
Statistics in LHC Physics Analyses
Thomas Schoerner-Sadenius
(
DESY
)
13:10 - 13:40
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
13:40
Computer Setup Testing
Computer Setup Testing
13:40 - 14:00
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
14:00
Data Combination (Method 1) I
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Volker Blobel
(
Uni HH
)
Gero Flucke
(
DESY
)
Data Combination (Method 1) I
Volker Blobel
(
Uni HH
)
Gero Flucke
(
DESY
)
14:00 - 16:00
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
16:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
16:30
Data Combination (Method 1) II
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Volker Blobel
(
Uni HH
)
Gero Flucke
(
DESY
)
Data Combination (Method 1) II
Volker Blobel
(
Uni HH
)
Gero Flucke
(
DESY
)
16:30 - 18:30
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
19:00
Reception
Reception
19:00 - 21:00
Room: Canteen extension
Wednesday 5 October 2011
09:00
Lecture/Tutorial: Foundations of Limit Setting I
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Glen Cowan
(
University of London
)
Lecture/Tutorial: Foundations of Limit Setting I
Glen Cowan
(
University of London
)
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
The series of lectures will cover the statistical methods used in searches for new phenomena in a particle physics experiment. Statistical tests will be formally defined and used to quantify the level of agreement between a specified model and the observed data. Specifically, one tries to reject the Standard Model in such a test, as this will indicate the discovery of something new. Even in the absence of a discovery, we would like to say what possible signal models one may exclude by setting limits on their parameters. Several procedures for doing this will be discussed, including CLs, Power-Constrained Limits (PCL), Bayesian, and Feldman-Cousins methods. The lectures will focus on frequentist methods, but the Bayesian approach will be addressed as well. In both cases the role of systematic uncertainties will be emphasized. Computer tutorials will provide a practical exposure to the procedures covered in the lectures.
10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
11:00
Lecture/Tutorial: Foundations of Limit Setting II
-
Glen Cowan
(
University of London
)
Lecture/Tutorial: Foundations of Limit Setting II
Glen Cowan
(
University of London
)
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
14:00
Lecture/Tutorial: Foundations of Limit Setting III
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Glen Cowan
(
University of London
)
Lecture/Tutorial: Foundations of Limit Setting III
Glen Cowan
(
University of London
)
14:00 - 15:30
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
15:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
16:00
Lecture/Tutorial: Data Combination (Method 2) I
-
Alexander Glazov
(
DESY
)
Lecture/Tutorial: Data Combination (Method 2) I
Alexander Glazov
(
DESY
)
16:00 - 18:00
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
Thursday 6 October 2011
09:00
Lecture/Tutorial Introduction to BAT
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Shabnaz Pashapour
(
University of Göttingen
)
Lecture/Tutorial Introduction to BAT
Shabnaz Pashapour
(
University of Göttingen
)
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
11:00
BAT Limit Tutorial I
-
Shabnaz Pashapour
(
University of Göttingen
)
BAT Limit Tutorial I
Shabnaz Pashapour
(
University of Göttingen
)
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
14:00
BAT Limit Tutorial II
-
Shabnaz Pashapour
(
University of Göttingen
)
BAT Limit Tutorial II
Shabnaz Pashapour
(
University of Göttingen
)
14:00 - 15:30
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
15:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
16:00
BAT Data combination tutorial
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Julia Grebenyuk
(
DESY
)
BAT Data combination tutorial
Julia Grebenyuk
(
DESY
)
16:00 - 18:00
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
19:00
Dinner
Dinner
19:00 - 22:00
Room: Main gate
Friday 7 October 2011
09:00
09:00 - 12:00
Room: Seminar room 2 (Building 2a, ground floor)
Contributions
09:00
Personal View and Perspectives of an ATLAS Expert
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Glen Cowan
(
University of London
)
10:30
Personal View and Perspectives of a CMS Expert
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Robert Cousins
(
University of California, Los Angeles
)
11:30
Discussion