Advanced Graduate Lectures on practical Tools, Applications and Techniques in HEP

3 Jun 2024, 08:50 → 7 Jun 2024, 17:30 Europe/London

Hamilton Room (RAL, Visitors Centre)

The Advanced Graduate Lectures on practical Tools, Applications and Techniques in HEP will be held at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory from 3rd June to 7th June.

Invited theorists and experimentalists will explain the hands-on reality of designing and running detectors and accelerators, computing, machine learning, Monte-Carlo and simulation, trigger and data acquisition, and practical statistics. Several of these topics are complemented by tutorials. This course was constructed with 1st year HEP PhD students in mind, but all students and postdocs from any scientific background who find this lecture series useful are welcome.

 

The timetable for the lecture series is preliminary and likely to change!

 

For transport to Harwell Campus, please use this link. If you come by bus, use the Diamond bus stop. You will clearly see the round silver Diamond Light Source building when you arrive at the stop. There is a regular service from Didcot Parkway to RAL though less frequent on Sundays. 

 

For people wanting accommodation during the lecture series, we have reserved rooms at Ridgeway House. Information about Ridgeway House can be found here https://www.ridgewayhousehotel.com/

 

 

Monday, 3 June

09:30 → 09:35 Welcome

Speaker: Emmanuel Olaiya (STFC)

09:40 → 11:35 New directions in computing (stewart.martin-haugh@stfc.ac.uk)

Speaker: Stewart Martin-Haugh (STFC)

11:40 → 12:00 coffee/tea

12:00 → 12:55 Machine Learning lectures and tutorial (emmanuel.olaiya@stfc.ac.uk)

Speaker: Emmanuel Olaiya (STFC)

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:40 Machine Learning lectures and tutorial (emmanuel.olaiya@stfc.ac.uk)

Speaker: Emmanuel Olaiya (STFC)

15:40 → 16:00 coffee/tea

16:00 → 17:30 Machine Learning lectures and tutorial (emmanuel.olaiya@stfc.ac.uk)

Speaker: Emmanuel Olaiya (STFC)

Tuesday, 4 June

09:00 → 10:55 Simulation (Ben Smart@stfc.ac.uk)

Speaker: Ben Smart (STFC)

11:00 → 11:30 coffee/tea

11:30 → 12:25 Monte-Carlo simulation lectures and tutorials (andy.buckley@cern.ch)

Speaker: Andy Buckley (Glasgow University)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:40 Monte-Carlo simulation lectures and tutorials (andy.buckley@cern.ch)

Speaker: Andi Buckley (Glasgow University)

15:40 → 16:00 coffee/tea

16:00 → 17:30 Monte-Carlo simulation lectures and tutorials (andy.buckley@cern.ch)

Speaker: Andy Buckley (Glasgow University)

Wednesday, 5 June

09:00 → 09:55 Introductory lecture on UK HEP structure, funding, decision for future exp etc.

10:00 → 10:55 Low background searches (pawel.majewski@stfc.ac.uk)

Speaker: Pawel Majewski (STFC)

11:00 → 11:30 coffee/tea

11:30 → 12:25 Hands-on Statistics (Tim.Adye@stfc.ac.uk, Will.Buttinger@stfc.ac.uk)

Speakers: Tim Adye (STFC), William Buttinger (STFC)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:40 Hands-on Statistics (Tim.Adye@stfc.ac.uk, Will.Buttinger@stfc.ac.uk)

Speakers: Tim Adye (STFC), William Buttinger (STFC)

15:40 → 16:00 coffee/tea

16:00 → 17:30 Hands-on Statistics (Tim.Adye@stfc.ac.uk, Will.Buttinger@stfc.ac.uk)

Speakers: Tim Adye (STFC), William Buttinger (STFC)

Thursday, 6 June

09:00 → 09:55 Designing and running tracking detectors (Craig.Sawyer@stfc.ac.uk)

Speaker: Craig Sawyer (STFC)

10:00 → 10:55 Data Acquisition (alessandro.thea@stfc.ac.uk)

Speaker: Alessandro Thea (STFC)

11:00 → 11:30 coffee/tea

11:30 → 12:25 Trigger

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:40 FPGA Programming lectures and tutorial (kristian.harder@stfc.ac.uk)

Speaker: Kristian Harder (STFC)

15:40 → 16:00 coffee/tea

16:00 → 17:30 FPGA Programming lectures and tutorial (kristian.harder@stfc.ac.uk)

Speaker: Kristian Harder (STFC)

Friday, 7 June

09:00 → 09:55 Designing and running calorimeters (David.Petyt@stfc.ac.uk)

Speaker: David Petyt (STFC)

10:00 → 10:55 Designing and running particle identification detectors (tai-hua.lin@stfc.ac.uk)

Speaker: Tai-Hua Lin (STFC)

11:00 → 11:30 coffee/tea

11:30 → 12:25 Useful things to know about accelerators (Chris.Rogers@stfc.ac.uk)

Speaker: Chris Rogers (STFC)

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:25 Useful things to know about accelerators (Chris.Rogers@stfc.ac.uk))

Speaker: Chris Rogers (STFC)

14:30 → 14:35 Good-bye and departure