INFN School of Statistics 2026

14 Jun 2026, 08:30 → 19 Jun 2026, 15:00 Europe/Rome

SNA - Scuola Nazionale dell'Amministrazione

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 Caserta, Italy from 14th to 19th of June 2026. 

For further information, please contact infnstat2026_at_na.infn.it.

Previous editions:

• INFN School of Statistics 2024
• INFN School of Statistics 2022
• INFN School of Statistics 2019
• INFN School of Statistics 2017
• INFN School of Statistics 2015
• INFN School of Statistics 2013

 

This school is co-funded by INFN, INFN - Sezione di Napoli, Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, University "Federico II", Naples, and by the Department of Physics of University "Federico II", Naples.

 

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Sunday 14 June

19:00 → 20:00 Registration

20:00 → 21:30 Dinner

Monday 15 June

08:15 → 08:55 Registration

08:55 → 09:00 Welcome

Speakers: Alberto Orso Maria Iorio (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Prof. Luca Lista (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

09:00 → 10:30 Probability Theory

Speaker: Harrison Prosper (Florida State University)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffe break

11:00 → 12:30 Probability Theory

Speaker: Harrison Prosper (Florida State University)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Parameter Estimation

Speaker: Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway University of London)

15:30 → 16:00 Coffe break

16:00 → 17:30 Hypothesis Testing for Discovery

Speaker: Nicholas Wardle

20:00 → 21:30 Dinner

Tuesday 16 June

09:00 → 10:30 Parameter Estimation

Speaker: Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway University of London)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffe break

11:00 → 12:30 Hypothesis Testing for Discovery

Speaker: Nicholas Wardle

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Systematic Uncertainties and Nuisance Parameters

Speaker: Lukas Koch

15:30 → 16:10 Coffe break

16:10 → 17:40 Systematic Uncertainties and Nuisance Parameters

Speaker: Lukas Koch

20:00 → 21:30 Dinner

Wednesday 17 June

09:00 → 10:30 Machine Learning

Speaker: Gregor Kasieczka

10:30 → 11:00 Coffe break

11:00 → 12:30 Machine Learning

Speaker: Gregor Kasieczka

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 20:00 Excursion

20:30 → 22:30 Dinner

Thursday 18 June

09:00 → 10:30 Machine Learning

Speaker: Gregor Kasieczka

10:30 → 11:00 Coffe break

11:00 → 12:30 Statistical methods for underwater neutrino identification at KM3NeT

Speaker: Luigi Antonio Fusco (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Software tools hands-on session

Speaker: Mario Pelliccioni (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

15:30 → 16:00 Coffe break

16:00 → 17:30 Software tools hands-on session

Speaker: Mario Pelliccioni (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Friday 19 June

09:00 → 10:30 Software tools hands-on session: ROOT RDataFrame

Speaker: Jindrich Lidrych

10:30 → 11:00 Coffe break

11:00 → 12:30 Software tools hands-on session: ROOT RDataFrame

Speaker: Jindrich Lidrych

12:30 → 14:00 Departure