INFN School of Statistics 2017

Europe/Rome
Hotel Continental Terme, Ischia

Hotel Continental Terme, Ischia

Description
The INFN School Of Statistics intends to provide an overview of statistical methods and tools used in particle, astro-particle and nuclear physics.
This School is targeted towards physicists interested in data analysis ranging from PhD students to senior physicists willing to extend their knowledge and skills in the field of statistical methods. The School takes place in Ischia (Napoli, Italy) from 7th to 11th of May 2017.
Lectures are subdivided into five sections: the first section will be an introduction to probability theory, including fundamental definitions of frequentist and Bayesian approaches to probability. The second section is devoted to statistical methods, including parameter estimates, maximum likelihood and chi-squared methods. The third section will provide an overview of statistical methods adopted to define confidence intervals and upper limits. The fourth section will cover multivariate techniques, including artificial neural networks and boosted decision trees. Finally, the fifth section will present the state-of-the-art software tools used for statistical evaluations with interactive exercises.

For further information, please contact infnstat2017@na.infn.it.

Previous editions:
University 'Federico II', NaplesINFN Sezione di NapoliThis school is co-funded by INFN, INFN - Sezione di Napoli, University "Federico II", Naples, and by the Department of Physics of University "Federico II", Naples.
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Participants
    • 12:00 13:00
      Registration 1h
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:30 16:00
      Lecture 1.1: Probability theory 1h 30m
      Speaker: Roger Barlow
      Slides
    • 16:00 16:30
      Coffe break 30m
    • 16:30 18:00
      Lecture 1.2: Probability theory 1h 30m
      Speaker: Roger Barlow (Univ. of Huddersfield)
      Slides
    • 20:00 21:00
      Dinner 1h
    • 09:00 10:30
      Lecture 2.1: Statistical methods 1h 30m
      Speaker: Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway, London)
      Slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffe break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Lecture 2.2: Statistical methods 1h 30m
      Speaker: Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway, London)
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:30 16:00
      Lecture 3.1: Multivariate analysis and complex networks 1h 30m
      Speaker: Antonio Scala (CNR, Rome)
    • 16:00 16:30
      Coffe break 30m
    • 16:30 18:00
      Lecture 3.2: Multivariate analysis and complex networks 1h 30m
      Speaker: Antonio Scala (CNR, Rome)
    • 20:00 21:00
      Dinner 1h
    • 09:00 10:30
      Lecture 4.1: Hypothesis testing and interval estimation 1h 30m
      Speaker: Olaf Behnke (DESY)
      Macros
      Slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffe break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Lecture 4.2: Hypothesis testing and interval estimation 1h 30m
      Speaker: Olaf Behnke (DESY)
      Macros
      Slides
    • 12:45 13:45
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:00 20:00
      Excursion 6h
    • 20:30 22:30
      Dinner 2h
    • 09:00 10:30
      Lecture 5.1: Multivariate analysis, 1 1h 30m
      Speaker: Ilya Narsky (MathWorks, USA)
      Slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffe break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Lecture 5.2: Multivariate analysis, 1 1h 30m
      Speaker: Ilya Narsky (MathWorks, USA)
      Slides
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:30 16:00
      Lecture 6.1: Multivariate analysis, 2 1h 30m
      Speaker: Andrey Ustyuzhanin
      Slides
    • 16:00 16:30
      Coffe break 30m
    • 16:30 18:00
      Lecture 6.2: Multivariate analysis, 2 1h 30m
      Speaker: Andrey Ustyuzhanin
      Slides
    • 20:00 21:00
      Dinner 1h
    • 09:00 10:30
      Lecture 7.1: Statistical software tools, with hands-on session 1h 30m
      Speaker: Mario Pelliccioni (TO)
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    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffe break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Lecture 7.2: Statistical software tools, with hands-on session 1h 30m
      Speaker: Mario Pelliccioni (TO)
      TWiki
    • 12:30 13:30
      Departure 1h