ACAT'2002    Topics :

I. Very Large-scale Computing and GRID

• Innovations in Distributed Computing
• Computational and Data Intensive GRIDs
• Challenge of LHC Computing and GRID
• GRID Middleware and Standard Services
• Parallel Computing Technologies and Applications
• Data Fabric and Data Management
• Online Monitoring and Control

II. Artificial Intelligence

• Neural Networks and Other Pattern Recognition Techniques
• Evolutionary and Genetic Algorithms
• Wavelet Analysis
• New Human Interfaces, Virtual Reality
• Alternative Algorithms

III. Simulations and Computations in Theoretical Physics and Phenomenology

• Automatic Computation Systems: from Feynman Diagrams to Events
• Multi-loop Calculations and Higher Order Corrections
• Multi-dimensional Integration and Event Generators
• Computer Algebra Techniques and Applications

IV. Innovative Algorithms and Tools

• Advanced Analysis Environments
• Large Scale Detector Simulations
• Reconstruction Algorithms
• Innovations in Software Engineering
• Graphic User Interfaces, Common Libraries

V. Advanced Statistical Methods for Data Analysis

• Signal Significance
• Separation of Signal from Background, Rare Events
• Combining Analysis and Results
• Unfolding Methods
• Confidence Limits and Intervals
• Treatment of Systematics