Shabnam Jabeen
Research Associate
Boston University
630 840 4613
email: jabeen@fnal.gov
My work:
I work on the D0 experiment, at the Tevatron collider at Fermilab. Recently, I have started focusing on the CMS experiment at the LHC (CERN). At CMS, I am working on data quality monitoring for the high level trigger.
At D0, I have worked on almost all aspects of the experiment.
Data Analysis - I led one of the analyses that found the first evidence for the standard-model-like single top quarks in Dec. 2006 at D0 and was one of the analyzers who finally discovered single top production in march 2009.
I also led a serach for beyond the standard model anomalous Wtb couplings in single top production.
Working on these analyses, I have immensely enjoyed exploring new data analysis techniques like neural networks , Bayesian neural networks , decision trees , and random forest .
Jet Energy Scale - At present, I am leader of the jet energy scale group at D0.
Central Track Trigger - I played a leading role in central track trigger RunII upgrade, commissioning and operations.
Central Fiber Tracker - I was a also a part of the commisioning effort for the central fiber tracker
Taking captain shifts has also been part of my D0 experience.
I am a member of the editorial board for top quark properties.
My Ph.D thesis was on the search for single top qaurks and before that I wrote a review of supersymmetery as part of the requirements for the degree of M.Phil. Some more details of my work can be found here.
"Towards a Theory of Everything" is the title of lecture for Saturday Morning Physics , at fermilab. Here is a link to some material related to this topic.
Collection of invited talks, seminars and Colloquia
- Seminar at Nortwestern University, June. 09, "Discovery of Single Top Quarks at Dzero"
- SUSY09 (the 17th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unification of Fundamental Interactions),June 09, "Contamination of New physics in top samples and Wtb anomalous couplings".
- Seminar at Broohaven National Lab, Apr. 09, "Discovery of Single Top Quarks at Dzero"
- Seminar at Rice University, Apr. 09, "Discovery of Single Top Quarks"
- Seminar at PUC, Apr. 09, "Discovery of Single Top Quarks"
- HEP seminar at Kansas, Apr. 09, "Discovery of Single Top Quark Production at the Tevatron"
- Colloquium at Kansas University, Apr. 09, "Discovery of Singles and First Kiss of the God Partcile"
- HEP seminar at ISU , Apr. 09, "Discovery of Single Top Quark Production at D0"
- HEP seminar at FSU , Feb. 09, "Looking for Answers from the Top"
- HEP seminar at SMU , Jan 09, "Looking for Answers from the Top"
- Wine & Cheese seminar at Fermilab on behalf of D0 collaboratio, Dec 08, "Top Quark as a Window to New Physics at D0"
- International Top Workshop 2008 (Elba, Italy), May 08, Talk given on behalf of D0 collaboration, "Single top and single top like searches at D0", Procceedings Paper
- PHENO 2008, May 08, "Anomalous Wtb Couplings", Talk given on behalf of D0 collaboration
- PHENO 2007, May 07, "First Evidence for Single Top Production at D0", Talk given on behalf of D0
- DIS Workshop 2007, April 07, "Evidence for Single Top Production", Talk given on behalf of D0 and CDF collaborations Procceedings Paper
- HEP Seminar given at Kansas University, March 07, "Evidence for Single Top Production at D0",
- HEP Seminar given at Kansas State University, March 07, "Evidence for Single Top Production at D0",
- HEP Seminar given at Northwestern University, November 06, "Single Top at D0",
- HEP Seminar given at Boston University, November 05, "Searching for Single Top",
- HEP Seminar given at Brookhaven National Laboratory "Looking for Lonely Top",
- HEP Seminar given at Kansas University "Connecting the Dots: Tracking at D0",
- APS meeting April 05, Tampa, "Single Top at D0",
- HEP Seminar given at Kansas University, "Single Top Analysis at D0",
- APS meeting May 04, Denver, "Single Top at D0",
- "Search for Single Top Quark Production Using Likelihood Discriminants at D0 in Run II", Poster presented at HCP06 (Durham)and Procceedings Paper