Name: Higgs Systematics Meeting
Start: 2010-05-17T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2010-05-19T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Fermilab

Higgs Systematics Meeting

from Monday, May 17, 2010 (8:00 AM) to Wednesday, May 19, 2010 (5:00 PM)

Monday, May 17, 2010

8:00 AM Setup
Setup
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Curia II
9:00 AM Welcome, Intro, Goals - Stephen Mrenna (Fermilab)
Welcome, Intro, Goals
- Stephen Mrenna (Fermilab)
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Room: Curia II
9:15 AM Theory Systematic Errors: What are they? Why do they matter? - Tom Junk (Fermilab)
Theory Systematic Errors: What are they? Why do they matter?
- Tom Junk (Fermilab)
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Room: Curia II
9:45 AM Theory Systematics: CDF Perspective - Eric James (Fermilab)
Theory Systematics: CDF Perspective
- Eric James (Fermilab)
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Curia II
10:15 AM Reweighting and PDF Systematics - Jennifer Pursley (Univ. of Wisconsin)
Reweighting and PDF Systematics
- Jennifer Pursley (Univ. of Wisconsin)
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: Curia II
10:45 AM Theorist Comments on Systematics - Frank Petriello (Univ. of Wisconsin)
Theorist Comments on Systematics
- Frank Petriello (Univ. of Wisconsin)
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: Curia II
11:15 AM Discussion
Discussion
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Curia II

12:00 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Curia II

1:00 PM Discussion
Discussion
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Curia II
3:00 PM PDF issues - Joey Huston (Michigan State University)
PDF issues
- Joey Huston (Michigan State University)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Curia II
3:30 PM Director's Coffee Break
Director's Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Curia II

4:00 PM Continuing Discussion
Continuing Discussion
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: WH3NE
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

8:00 AM Setup
Setup
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Curia II
9:00 AM W/Z+jets theory - John Campbell (Fermilab)
W/Z+jets theory
- John Campbell (Fermilab)
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Room: Curia II
9:40 AM Background modeling for low mass Higgs searches at CDF - Ben Kilminster (Fermilab)
Background modeling for low mass Higgs searches at CDF
- Ben Kilminster (Fermilab)
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: Curia II
10:20 AM W/Z + jets measurements at D0 - Dmitry Bandurin (Florida State University)
W/Z + jets measurements at D0
- Dmitry Bandurin (Florida State University)
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Curia II
11:00 AM Signal and Background Modeling for Higgs @ Tevatron - Krisztian Peters (Univ. of Manchester)
Signal and Background Modeling for Higgs @ Tevatron
- Krisztian Peters (Univ. of Manchester)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Curia II
11:30 AM Discussion
Discussion
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Curia II

12:00 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Curia II
1:00 PM Neural Networks, Backgrounds and Systematics - Sergo Jindariani (Fermilab)
Neural Networks, Backgrounds and Systematics
- Sergo Jindariani (Fermilab)
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Room: Curia II
1:45 PM Limit Setting, Backgrounds and Systematics - Wade Fisher (Michigan State University)
Limit Setting, Backgrounds and Systematics
- Wade Fisher (Michigan State University)
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Curia II
2:30 PM Discussion
Discussion
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Curia II
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

8:00 AM Setup
Setup
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Curia II
9:00 AM bb->H and BSM - Bill Kilgore (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
bb->H and BSM
- Bill Kilgore (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Room: Curia II
9:40 AM Limit Setting in the BSM - Tom Wright (Univ. of Michigan)
Limit Setting in the BSM
- Tom Wright (Univ. of Michigan)
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: Curia II
10:20 AM Discussion on how BSM limits are presented
Discussion on how BSM limits are presented
10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Curia II

12:00 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Curia II
1:00 PM Wishlist for Theorists and Experimentalists - CDF/D0 speaker
Wishlist for Theorists and Experimentalists
- CDF/D0 speaker
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Curia II
2:00 PM Wishlist Discussion
Wishlist Discussion
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Curia II