SLAC ATLAS activity overview (see left menu bar top section for more details)
Summer 2014 Rotation Project Proposals
Projects | Contact person | Student | Location |
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| Fuzzy logic, information theory, and entropy for LHC physics event reconstruction | Ariel Schwartzman, Ben Nachman |
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Jet tree-structure analysis for W boson tagging | Ariel Schwartzman, Ben Nachman |
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| Jet-image reconstruction and tagging in ATLAS | Ariel Schwartzman, Michael Kagan | ||
Search for supersymmetric particles in high jet multiplicity events using new jet substructure observables | Ariel Schwartzman, Max Swiatlowski | ||
| Subjet reconstruction and performance in ATLAS | Ariel Schwartzman, Ben Nachman | ||
| Investigation of new jet algorithms for the high luminosity LHC upgrade | Ariel Schwartzman, Pascal Nef | ||
| Topological vertex finding | Ariel Schwartzman, Qi Zeng, Michael Kagan | ||
| MSSM Higgs bH/A(bb) search analysis | Giacinto Piacquadio, Katie Malone, Su Dong | CERN/SLAC | |
| Muon CSC Readout with RCE/ATCA | Su Dong | SLAC | |
| Pixel/IBL detector commissioning tests and readout development | Martin Kocian, Michael Kagan | CERN | |
| Cooling Project for a Possible High-Eta Muon Detector | Charlie Young, Marco Oriunno | SLAC |
Summer 2013 Projects (was proposed and assigned not using this page)
Summer 2012 Rotation Project Proposals
Projects | Contact person | Student | Location |
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Ben Nachman | CERN | ||
Ben Nachman, Qi Zeng | CERN | ||
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Qi Zeng, Ben Nachman | CERN | ||
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b-Jet tagging in boosted jets and jet substructure |
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Topological vertex reconstruction |
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Jet-vertex identification at high luminosity |
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Search for new physics in high multiplicity final state using jet substructure |
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Search of Higgs decaying to bbar pairs using jet substructure techniques | Ben Nachman | SLAC/CERN | |
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Fall 2011 Rotation Project Proposals
Projects | Contact person | Student |
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Tim Wiser | ||
Advanced Clustering/Tracking Algorithms in the Pixel Detector |
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Summer 2011 Rotation Project Proposals
Projects | Contact Person | Student | Location |
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Xinlu Huang | SLAC | ||
Studying the ATLAS Interaction Region with LHC Beam Instrumentation | Danjie Wenren | CERN | |
Xinlu Huang | SLAC |
Spring 2011 Rotation Project Proposals
Projects | Contact Person | Student | Location |
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Advanced Tracking Algorithms using the ATLAS Pixel Detector 2 |
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Martin Kocian | Kurt Barry | SLAC |
Winter 2011 Rotation Project Proposals
Projects | Contact Person | Student | Location |
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Andy Haas |
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Andy Haas |
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Kurt Barry | SLAC |
Fall 2010 Rotation Project Proposals
Projects | Contact Person | Student | Location |
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Philippe Grenier |
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Jim Black | SLAC | ||
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Martin Kocian |
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Jet Pull Study | Andy Haas |
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Study of cosmic muon backgrounds in calorimeter | Andy Haas | Kurt Barry | SLAC |
Summer 2010 Rotation Projects
Projects | Contact Person | Student | Location |
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Jet energy offset correction for pile up | Ariel Schwartzman | Spencer Gessner | CERN |
Jet Substructure Study | Ariel Schwartzman | Max Swiatlowski | CERN |
Pixel optical link longevity tests | Charlie Young | Katie Malone | CERN |
Beam spot Z position jitter effect | Charlie Young | Spencer Gessner | CERN |
Pixel occupancy data truncation study | Tim Nelson | Max Swiatlowski | CERN |
Per Hansson | Per Dahlback (CERN) | CERN | |
DSP tile programming in RCE | Martin Kocian | Jesse Sherer | SLAC |
High Speed I/O board testing | Martin Kocian/Dave Nelson | Lawrence Carlson (Fresno State) | SLAC |
Philippe Grenier |
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Andy Haas |
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Andy Haas |
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Andy Haas |
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Charlie Young |
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Past Rotation Projects
For any general questions regarding the SLAC ATLAS program or choices of the rotation projects, please contact Prof. Dong Su (sudong@slac.stanford.edu)