Name: Canadian Astro-Particle Physics Summer Student Talk Competition
Start: 2021-08-23T10:45:00-04:00
End: 2021-08-24T19:50:00-04:00
Location: No location set

Canadian Astro-Particle Physics Summer Student Talk Competition

from Monday, August 23, 2021 (10:45 AM) to Tuesday, August 24, 2021 (7:50 PM)

Monday, August 23, 2021
10:45 AM Opening Remarks - Benjamin Tam (Queen's University)
Opening Remarks
- Benjamin Tam (Queen's University)
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Session 1
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM K40 Backgrounds in the SNO+ Neutrino Detector - Parmesh Ravi (University of Waterloo)

11:15 AM Dark matter search and calibration of detectors at Université de Montréal - Audréanne Matte-Landry (Université de Montreal)

11:30 AM Lab Weather Station - Felix Belair (McGill University)

11:45 AM Cherenkov Light Simulations with Chroma for nEXO’s Muon Veto - Emma Klemets (McGill University, UBC)

12:00 PM Hunting Unicorns: Model-Free Detection of Time Series Anomalies in GW Detector Data - Julian Ding (University of British Columbia)
12:30 PM Session 2
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Contributions

12:30 PM Ab Initio Correlation between Double Gamow-Teller Transitions and Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay - Izzy Ginnett (TRIUMF)

12:45 PM Evaluation C14 background in the SNO+ detector - keegan paleshi (Snolab)

1:00 PM Machine Learning for Top Quark Pair Kinematic Reconstruction - Maggie Wang (University of Toronto)

1:15 PM Measurements of Radon Concentration in SNOLAB air - Matt Stollman (SNOLAB)

1:30 PM Using Machine Learning to Denoise Acoustic Pulses - Charlotte Reed
2:00 PM Session 3
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM An Analysis of C14 for SNO+ - Victoria Howard (SNOLAB)

2:15 PM Analyzing Neck Events in the SNO+ Experiment - Kai Soini (SNO+ - Queen's University)

2:30 PM NEWS-G3 Muon Background Simulation - Clara Mitchinson (Queen's University)

2:45 PM Feature Recognition and labelling for Photogrammetry Calibration of the Super-Kamiokande Detector - Tapendra B C

3:00 PM PICO 500 Muon Veto Optical Calibration System - Laurie Amen (Queen's University)
3:30 PM Session 4
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Contributions

3:45 PM Improving Gravity Spy's Classification Accuracy of Real Gravitational Wave Events and Excess Noise Artifacts - Seraphim HSIEH JAROV (University of British Columbia)

4:00 PM URM Pressure Equalizing System - Ashley McCambley

4:15 PM Finding Functional Approximations of the Absolute Counting Efficiencies for radon 222 and radon 220 for ESC’s under certain Pressures and High Voltages - Drake Wickman (nEXO)

4:30 PM Particle Discrimination Using Machine Learning Techniques - Megan McArthur (SNOLAB)
5:00 PM Session 5
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Contributions

5:00 PM Analysis of Alpha Particle Quenching in SNO+ Scintillator Using Internal Polonium Backgrounds - Anthony Allega (Queen's University)

5:15 PM Simulating Gamma Ray Interactions to Determine Dead Layer of Germanium - Erin Bolger

5:30 PM Recent development of the radiopurity.org materials database - Vicente Garrido (SNOLAB)

5:45 PM Radon Measurements and the Lucas Cell System - Julia Azzi

6:00 PM Characterization of ion plumes in laser ablation ion sources - Joseph Torsiello

6:15 PM The Evolution of Fundamental Galaxy Scaling Relations - Katherine Frazer
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
12:30 PM Session 6
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Contributions

12:45 PM Using Machine/Deep Learning to Analyze Acoustic Data and Probe the Physical Development of Bubble Nucleation - Kyle Yeates (SNOLAB/Laurentian University)

1:00 PM Geometries and PMT Configurations for nEXO Outer Detector Simulations - Liam Retty (Laurentian University)

1:15 PM Measuring the Mass of the Milky Way: Converting a 350 PHYS Project into a 250 Lab - Madelynn Mast (Queen's University)

1:30 PM Logical Muon Generation for Monte Carlo Simulations (Underground) - Regan Ross
2:00 PM Session 7
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Identification of a Directional Cherenkov Signal in Tl208 Decays in the SNO+ Detector - Maeve Cockshutt (SNO+)

2:15 PM Improving Background Simulation Efficiency with Flux Surfaces - Alexander Pleava (McMaster University)

2:30 PM NEWS-G Sensor Characterization - Irina Babayan (Queen's University)

2:45 PM In-gas laser ablation source (IGLAS) for nEXO's Ba-tagging group at McGill - Laura Gonzalez Escudero (McGill University)

3:00 PM Building a Public Database for Transient High-Energy Event Analyses - Tai Withers (Queen's University)
3:30 PM Session 8
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Contributions

3:45 PM Simulations of PMT and Track Reconstruction in Magnetic Field - Kishankumar Patel (The University of Winnipeg)

4:00 PM Black hole quasinormal mode spectroscopy - Ashley Chraya (IISER Mohali)

4:15 PM In-Gas Laser Ablation Source (IGLAS) Development at McGill University - Minya Bai

4:30 PM Distinguishing signal from background for a direct measurement of antihydrogen’s Lamb shift - Abbygale Grace Swadling (University of Calgary Dep. of Phys. and Astronomy (CA))
5:00 PM Session 9
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Contributions

5:00 PM Tellurium Plants and Tellurium Purification in SNO+ - Julia Patterson (SNOLAB)

5:15 PM A comparative study of various Deep Learning techniques for spatio-temporal Super-Resolution reconstruction of forced isotropic turbulent flows - T.S.Sachin Venkatesh (Delhi Technological University)

5:30 PM Simulation of backgrounds for the Ar2D2 detector. - Maria Ortiz

5:45 PM Cascade Reconstruction in Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE) - Kaustav Dutta (University of Alberta)

6:00 PM Right Time, Right Place: a Comparative Analysis of DEAP-3600’s Position Reconstruction Algorithms - Raveen Sidhu (DEAP-3600)
6:30 PM Deliberation Period
Deliberation Period
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
7:30 PM Prize Announcement and Closing Remarks - Christine Kraus (Laurentian University)
Prize Announcement and Closing Remarks
- Christine Kraus (Laurentian University)
7:30 PM - 7:50 PM