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General FANTOM Study Week on Statistics and Data Analysis

Groningen, the Netherlands, 7-10 November 2011

FANTOM Director Rob Timmermans presents the FANTOM challenge cup to the winning project team: from left to right Bodhaditya Santra, Corine Meinema and Daniël Fraenkel (all KVI Groningen). The fourth member of the team, Veronique De Leebeeck (IKS Leuven), is not on the picture.

Announcement of the week:

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The 35th general FANTOM study week will be held from Monday 7 until Thursday 10 November 2011 in Groningen, the Netherlands. The general topic of this study week will be: "Statistics and Data Analysis".

Lectures

General Introduction

Gerco Onderwater, TRIµP group, KVI Groningen, the Netherlands

Monte Carlo Methods

Emiel van der Graaf, Accelerator-Physics group, KVI Groningen, the Netherlands

Introduction to Bayesian Inference

Michiel Botje, NIKHEF Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Evening lecture

The Indoctrination Lectures at Los Alamos

Hans Wilschut, TRIµP group, KVI Groningen, the Netherlands

Project

During the week, there will be project sessions related to the topic of the week. On Thursday, the participants will present the results of their project assignments.

> Introduction to the project [PDF]

Students' presentations

Participants are invited to present their work in oral presentations of 15 minutes each. The goal of these presentations is to give students the possibility to present their work to an audience of their peers. This will provide an important opportunity to get useful feedback on both the contents of the talk and the way the talk is presented, which will help to improve the quality of future presentations. Participants are therefore strongly advised to make use of this opportunity. If you wish to give an oral presentation, please inform the FANTOM secretary Amarins Petitiaux (address see below) before 1 October, and send her the title and an abstract of your presentation before 15 October 2011.

Programme

The lectures will start Monday morning 7 November and will end Thursday afternoon 10 November.

> Programme

Accommodation

The study week will be held in Hampshire Hotel Plaza in Groningen, a conference centre in the south of the city.

> Information on the accommodation and how to find it

Participants

The study week in Groningen is meant for FANTOM PhD students, but others who are interested are also welcome. We ask you to kindly inform those people at (or outside) your institute who might be interested in this study week.

Costs

The participants are required to pay a fee that includes lunches, dinners and copies of lecture notes etc. and accommodation costs. The exact amount of the fee will be determined afterwards, so that all the real costs can be incorporated, and invoices will be sent to the home institutes of the participants.

Application before 1 October 2011

If you wish to participate in this study week, please submit the registration form before 1 October 2011. If you wish to give an oral presentation, please indicate this. Make sure you register BEFORE 1 OCTOBER.

For further information please contact:

Amarins Petitiaux/FANTOM Secretary
KVI/RU Groningen
Zernikelaan 25
9749 AA GRONINGEN
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 50 363 7522
Fax: +31 3633555
E-mail: petitiaux at kvi.nl