2017 CTEQ School

The Coordinated Theoretical-Experimental Project on QCD

(CTEQ)

will organize and conduct the
CTEQ School
on
QCD and Electroweak Phenomenology
at

University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
18 - 28 July 2017

The school will be locally hosted by PITT PACC, and the Monte Carlo Tutorial Sessions will be organized with the cooperation of the MCnet Collaboration.

POSTER

TRAVEL INFORMATION

SCHEDULE

TALKS

Tutorial on MC event generators

FEEDBACK

References in preparation for the School can be found on the CTEQ Pedagogical Page

The School is ideally suited for advanced graduate students and recent PhDs.

Topics to be covered:

Focused Introductory Reviews:
Introduction to the Parton Model and Perturbative QCD
Introduction to Monte Carlo Event Generators
Deeply Inelastic Scattering
Higgs Boson Physics
Vector Bosons / Direct Photons
Production and Structure of High Energy Jets
Heavy Quarks

In-depth Analysis and Phenomenology:
Monte Carlo Tutorial
Higgs at Hadron Colliders
QCD/EWK/Top/Searches at Hadron Colliders
PDFs and Global Fits
Neutrino Physics
Intensity Frontier
Electron-Ion Collider and Related Topics
The Standard Model and Beyond
Higher-order QCD and EW Calculations and Matching to Parton Showers

Organizers:

Brian Batell, Cindy Cercone, Tao Han, Ken Hatakeyama, Stefan Hoeche, Joey Huston, Cynthia Keppel,
Tom LeCompte, Jorge Morfín, Pavel Nadolsky, Fred Olness, Jeff Owens, Dave Soper, Zack Sullivan, Nikos Varelas

Application Form

To apply for the School please fill out the online application form.

The online form will collect your basic contact information, a SHORT statement of current research (just a few sentences), and allow you to upload an (optional) "Curriculum Vitae & Publications" document. It will also send an email request for a letter of reference to someone you specify. All materials are collected online via the AcademicJobsOnline website; do not send hard-copies of any materials.

Applications still being considered on a space-available basis. Review of Applications Begins: 1 March 2017. (Note: Available financial aid will be distributed beginning 1 March 2017.)

Enrollment will be limited to 80 participants.

A registration fee of US$500 covers the participant's portion of lodging as well as most meals. A limited number of fellowships covering all or part of the registration fee will be available.

EMAIL: For questions, you may contact: cteq.school@gmail.com Do not send applications to this email -- all application material is collected online.