Kinematic Study of 𝑯^𝟎→𝒈𝒈→𝒃𝒃̅ 𝒃𝒃̅ and other background processes

Lead Undergraduate Research Assistant to Dr. Stephen Sekula

• Performed a data analysis study on truth-particle simulated kinematic information from POWHEG+PYTHIA8 to study high momentum Higgs events
• Used Python programming language to analyze kinematic information and visually represented frequency distributions of variables from different Higgs processes
• Applied machine learning algorithms, using the Python library class scikit-learn, to classification of Higgs processes using kinematic information of truth-particles
• Constructed detailed report of research project on the Kinematic Study of 𝐻⁰→𝑔𝑔→𝑏𝑏̅ 𝑏𝑏̅ and other background processes that is documented as an official internal note on the CERN Document Server (Record #2676102) as an ATLAS Project
• Research project was funded by the US ATLAS SUPER Project Research Grant, the SMU Hamilton Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, and the SMU Undergraduate Research Assistanceship (URA) Research Grant

American Physical Society National Meeting Virtual Presentation

Presentation on work related to ATLAS Higgs study with Dr. Stephen Sekula

• Virtual Oral Presentation of Research Project at “The Study of the Higgs Particle” session
• Only undergraduate in session with other graduate and post-doctoral presentations
• Provided a ten-minute summary of the research project emphasizing the applications of data science and machine learning to feasibility efforts in isolation of high momentum Higgs events

SMU ATLAS Meeting Presentation on Kinematic Study of 𝑯^𝟎→𝒈𝒈→𝒃𝒃̅𝒃𝒃̅

Presentation on work related to ATLAS Higgs study with Dr. Stephen Sekula

• Oral Presentation of Research Project at the Nuclear and Particle Physics Session at the Texas APS Chapter Meeting at Texas Tech University
• Provided a ten-minute summary of the research project emphasizing the applications of data science and machine learning to feasibility efforts in isolation of high momentum Higgs events
• Received Outstanding Oral Presentation Award for Research Presentation by the Texas Section of the American Physical Society

SMU ATLAS Meeting Presentation on Kinematic Study of 𝑯^𝟎→𝒈𝒈→𝒃𝒃̅𝒃𝒃̅

Presentation on work related to ATLAS Higgs study with Dr. Stephen Sekula

Provided status updates to the SMU ATLAS Group at the weekly meetings on the progress of the research project with peer review from the group.