DESY Terascale Statistics School — Upcoming Edition

The next edition of the DESY Terascale Statistics School will provide an introduction to key statistical methods used in particle-physics data analysis. The school is aimed primarily at PhD students working on LHC or other HEP experiments, but is also open to interested Master’s students and post-doctoral researchers.

Core topics:

•  Probability
•  hypothesis testing
•  parameter estimation
•  confidence intervals
•  systematic uncertainties
•  machine learning
•  unfolding.

Invited lecturers (confirmed so far):

• Roger Barlow,
• Lydia Brenner
• Glen Cowan
• Stephen Jiggins

(Additional lectures and lecturers will be announced as the program is finalized.) The program will consist mainly of lectures, with some Python-based hands-on exercises. Technical details will be shared ahead of time.

Fee: 100 Euro (includes conference dinner and coffee breaks)

Accommodation: Please book the DESY Hostel independently (limited availability). 

Note: Participants should bring their own laptops for the hands-on sessions.

Organizing Committee:
I. Henning, A. Hinzmann, D. Kruecker, I. Melzer-Pellmann, O. Behnke