US LUA annual meeting
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
SLAC
The US LHC Users Association (https://www.uslua.org/) represents the US community of scientists and engineers working in the LHC physics and accelerator programs, and provides a forum of support for, and discussion of, US participation at CERN. We aim to support and uplift US personnel — particularly early career scientists and engineers — as well as acting as a communications channel between the community, US agencies, and the Congressional and Executive Branches.
Please note that early career members of our community are especially encouraged to attend in person, and travel support for a limited number of early career participants can be provided.
Registration closes on December 4th at 23:59 PST.
Contact uslua2024-local-org@cern.ch for Zoom links.


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*Closed meeting* USLUA EXC meeting 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
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Check-In (Collect Name Tag) 1h
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Reception 2h SLAC Café
SLAC Café
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Check-In (Collect Name Tag) 30m
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Welcome & Introductory Talks 51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
SLAC
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Report on LHC, HL LHC and the US Accelerator R&D Program 25mSpeaker: Maria Baldini
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Coffee 30m Kavli Lobby
Kavli Lobby
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P5 Update and Roundtable Discussion 51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
SLAC
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Roundtable on P5 and future particle physics programs 55mSpeaker: Karri Folan Di Petrillo (University of Chicago)
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Lunch 50m 48/1-112A/B/C/D - Redwood A/B/C/D
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SLAC Site tour: Please pick your preference among the three options.
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Lightning Round Talks: 8 Talks 51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
SLAC
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A foundational model for particle physics discovery 10mSpeaker: AJ Wildridge (Purdue University)
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Anomaly Detection and Stability Measurements with the CMS Pixel Luminosity Telescope 10mSpeaker: Katie Ream (University of Michigan)
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Automating ATLAS control room anomaly detection with deep learning 10mSpeaker: Avery Hanna (Tufts University)
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eFPGA-based ML Implementation on Future Collider Detector Readout 10mSpeaker: Kenny Jia (SLAC)
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Search for millicharged particles with the MilliQan experiment using Run 3 data 10mSpeaker: Sai Neha Santpur (University of California, Santa Barbara)
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Search for production at CMS Run 2 with each Higgs boson decaying to a b-quark pair 10mSpeaker: Wei Wei (University of California, Davis)
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A journey through module quality control of the ATLAS Inner Tracker pixel upgrade 10mSpeaker: Emily Thompson (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)
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Real-time analysis in HLT1 at LHCb in Run 3 10mSpeaker: Kate Richardson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Coffee 20m Kavli Lobby, SLAC
Kavli Lobby, SLAC
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Reports from LHC 51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
SLAC
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CMS Report 20mSpeaker: Abhisek Datta (University of California, Los Angeles)
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Conference Dinner 2h Off Site
Off Site
Trellis Restaurant https://www.trellisrestaurant.com
1077 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
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Reports from Agencies & Societies 51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
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DOE NP Report 20mSpeaker: Sharon Stephenson (DOE Office of Science)
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Questions and Comments from LHC Users 10m
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Coffee 45m Kavli Lobby, SLAC
Kavli Lobby, SLAC
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Government relations and DC trip report and plans 51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
SLAC
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Government Relations, DC Report and Plans 30mSpeaker: Kiley Kennedy (Princeton University)
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SLAC Users Organization 15mSpeakers: Caterina Vernieri (SLAC), Kelly Stifter (SLAC)
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Lightning Round Talks: 6 Talks 51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
SLAC
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The BEST Searches for Vector-Like Quarks at CMS 10mSpeaker: Samantha Abbott (University of California, Davis)
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Harnessing Anomaly Detection Tools as Novel Analysis Resources for High Energy Physics 10mSpeaker: ROCKY GARG (SLAC)
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Transformer networks for constituent-based b-jet calibration with the ATLAS detector 10mSpeaker: Brendon Bullard (SLAC)
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Performance and production of the COLUTA ADC ASIC for the ATLAS HL-LHC Liquid Argon Calorimeter 10mSpeaker: Lauren Larson (The University of Texas at Austin)
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GPU-Accelerated Particle Tracking as-a-Service 10mSpeaker: Miles Cochran-Branson (University of Washington (UW))
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Glue, Cracking, and Interposers: The ATLAS Inner Tracker Upgrade 10mSpeaker: Aaron Petersen (Duke University)
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Group Photo 10m
Outside stairs SUSB Bld 53
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Lunch 1h 48/1-112A/B/C/D - Redwood A/B/C/D
48/1-112A/B/C/D - Redwood A/B/C/D
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Lightning Round Talks: 7 Talks 51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
SLAC
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Standalone Barrel Electron/Photon Reconstruction Performance in the CMS Level-1 Phase-2 Calorimeter Trigger 10mSpeaker: Ashling Quinn (Princeton University CMS)
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Integration Testing of the Global Common Modules for the ATLAS Global Trigger 10mSpeaker: Timothy Mathew (University of Oregon)
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Using Unsupervised Machine Learning to Rediscover Standard Model Physics at CMS 10mSpeaker: Elliott Kauffman (Princeton University)
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Heavy-Flavour Jet Tagging Using Graph Neural Networks at LHCb 10mSpeaker: Gabriella Pesticci (Kenyon College)
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Primary Vertex identification using deep learning in the ATLAS Experiment 10mSpeaker: Qi Bin Lei (Stanford University)
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Waveform Sampling for Future Detector Timing Layers 10mSpeaker: Andrew Dowling (Syracuse University)
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Committee Reports 51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
SLAC
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Outreach and Communications Committee 10mSpeaker: Julia Gonski (SLAC)
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Quality of Life Committee 10mSpeaker: Steven Goldfarb (University of Melbourne)
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Meetings and Events Subcommittee 10mSpeaker: Steven Goldfarb (University of Melbourne)
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Plans for the March 2025 APS Meeting 5m
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Election Plans for the 2025-6 Executive Committee 10m
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Coffee 20m Kavli Lobby, SLAC
Kavli Lobby, SLAC
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion 51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
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Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives by the LHC Experiments 20mSpeaker: Steven Goldfarb (University of Melbourne)
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Panel Discussion: The Future of Particle Physics 51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
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Awards & Concluding Remarks 51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
51/1-102 - Kavli Auditorium
SLAC
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