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ATLAS Missing Transverse Energy Reconstruction Software Working Meeting
August 16-20, 2010
Department of Physics
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, USA
 
 
 Goal  This workshop is the continuation of a series of informal working meetings addressing software design and implementation issues concerning missing transverse energy (MET) reconstruction software for the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. This series started in fall of 2004 with the goal of a first object-oriented software design for MET, and has since then produced the ATLAS MET reconstruction software in use today. The goal of this working meeting is to review the present design and implementation in the context of the first data experience, and address open issues and possible improvements, especially concerning computing performance, for future high luminosity data. Some emphasis will also be put on performance for physics issues raised during the first analysis. In particular the calibration of the MET contribution from unassigned calorimeter signals will be discussed in the context of relevant final states like top quark pair production.
 
 Attendance  Workshop attendance is strictly limited to interested ATLAS collaborators, as internal material will be discussed. There is no public session. We usually organize these working meetings by invitation only, because this way we were able to maintain a very productive working atmosphere. Please indicate your interest to attend by e-mail before July 15, 2010, to allow for efficient planning and work topic selection. Note that these meetings are very informal, and we usually do not have any talks at all. The presently active group working on the MET software comprises of collaborators from INFN Milan, State University of New York at Stony Brook, and the University of Arizona. In addition, we already invited ATLAS colleagues from MPI Munich to attend.
 
6th Street Garage to PAS 218  Location & Infrastructure  The working meeting is hosted by the Experimental Elementary Particle Physics Group at the Department of Physics at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The Physics Department is located in building 81 (Physics-Atmospheric Sciences, PAS) on the main campus, see the interactive campus map. The department can easily be reached from the 6th Street Garage - just leave the garage to the North towards Lowell St., cross Lowell, and pass between Ramada #2 and the Veterinary Science and Microbiology building (Vet Sci on the map). PAS is on the right, across the small parking lot. The main entrance is opposite of the high rising Gould-Simpson building, through the glass doors in PAS. Once inside the building, turn left before the stairs, then left again into the hallway. Room 218 is the first door on the left in this hallway. The closest public parking is available at the already mentioned 6th Street Garage, at a rate of $8.00/day (cash or credit/debit cards). The garage can be found on the interactive parking map by selecting "Parking->Garage->Sixth St. Garage". The entrance from 6th Street can easily be missed, it may be helpful to check the "Street View" on the interactive map.
    Just in case you get lost, the offices of our group are on the 4th floor. If for any reason you need to see us there, enter PAS the same way as described before, but then first go up the stairs and turn left. Then turn into the hallway on your right, which has all the academic support and business offices of the department. Take the elevator on your right (just after the business office) to the 4th floor. Out of the elevator turn right into the hallway. Peter Loch's office is room 470, phone (520) 621-8127. The group secretary (Claudia Miller, phone (520) 626-9677) is in room 444, just across from the elevator. Note that the PAS building, like many others at the University of Arizona, is locked outside summer business hours (open weekdays 6:00am through 6:30pm). Of course, you can always exit the building but cannot return outside of these hours. In particular, there is no public access on the weekends.
    The campus-wide open wireless networking is available throughout the PAS building, SSID: UAPublic. This network is not protected or encrypted at all, and does not require any prior registration. If absolutely needed, safer network access can be arranged after arrival. We will provide coffee, tea, soft drinks, water, and snacks during the meeting.
 
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 Lodging  At this time we like to ask you to arrange your lodging in Tucson yourself. We usually recommend the DoubleTree Hotel (check prices and book here), which is about 3 miles from the Physics Department. This is a nice place, and the summer prices should not exceed $100.00/night. It also has a restaurant and bar.
    Other options we recommend are the Adobe Rose Inn and the Sam Hughes bed & breakfast inns. They are both very close to the Physics Department (at most 1 mile), and the prices in summer are typically between $70.00 and $100.00/night, depending on the room.
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The recommended parking garage at the University of Arizona is easy to reach from all suggested accommodations. Descriptions can be found below (click on "View Larger Map" for detailed routing).
From DoubleTree Hotel (4.6 mi)

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From Adobe Rose Inn (1.1 mi) From Sam Hughes Inn (0.8 mi)

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If you have problems finding a place for a decent price, please feel free to contact us for more recommendations. Summer is the low season in Tucson, so there should be plenty of hotel rooms available.
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