JGU Jogustine Courselists

Fitting, Unfolding, Nuisance parameters - How to turn data into results in HEP with FUN

Instructors: Dr. Lukas Koch
Shortname: 08.128.7038
Course No.: 08.128.7038
Course Type: Vorlesung

Requirements / organisational issues

There are no formal requirements for this lecture.

Students are expected to have some basic experience in programming.

Recommended reading list


  1. JupyterLab User Guide
  2. ZDV Jupyter Hub
  3. Bohm & Zech, "Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis for Physicists"

Contents

One of the fundamental tasks of experimental physics is turning data points into insights into the physical world. This usually means doing some form of statistical analysis. In this course we will explore different ways how this is done in practice in the High Energy Physics (HEP) context, and discuss the theoretical backgrounds of these methods.

By the end of the course, the students should be able to

  1. Understand the different concepts of uncertainty
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  2. Statistical variance
  3. Confidence intervals
  4. Credible intervals

  • Perform parameter fits of models to data points
  • Unfold measured distributions to their true counterpart
  • Deal with systematic uncertainties in a robust manner
  • Understand the assumptions that go into different analysis methods and when they break down
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    We will do practical exercises using Python and its scientific computing ecosystem (NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, etc). Students can use different programming languages or libraries if they prefer, but must work out problems on their own in that case.
     

    Dates

    Date (Day of the week) Time Location
    10/21/2026 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik
    10/28/2026 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik
    11/04/2026 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik
    11/11/2026 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik
    11/18/2026 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik
    11/25/2026 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik
    12/02/2026 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik
    12/09/2026 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik
    12/16/2026 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik
    01/06/2027 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik
    01/13/2027 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik
    01/20/2027 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik
    01/27/2027 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik
    02/03/2027 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik
    02/10/2027 (Wednesday) 16:15 - 17:45 01 122 Newton-Raum
    2413 - Neubau Physik/Mathematik