Agenda for 28 June 2011

1. Introductions, who's interested in what
2. Discussion of scope: What comparisons to make?
   1. Which signals? Probably at least top and W/Higgs/Other (WHO). Anything else?
   2. What samples? That is, which MC issues to explore (shower models, matching, etc.)
   3. What effects? See laundry list above.
   4. Which tools? Ditto.
3. Practical considerations (should largely be decided by those who do the work, but worth discussing, I think)
   1. What is the comparison metric?
      1. Should at least do some with 2010 metric (BG eff. vs. signal eff.)
      2. How to compare before/after effect X? Show two 2010 plots, or do, e.g. before vs. after BG eff. plots? Someone should get out a copy of Tufte and think about this one.
   2. How to optimize consistently? Most methods have some input parameters, and some cut parameters (e.g., R_sub is an input, but m_W is usually a cut). This is closely related to the next item.
   3. How to implement tools? I'm working on getting all of this is SpartyJet, but in a way that's easy to pull out as standalone. Open to comments on how this should be done.
4. Time frame/plan going forward. Depends largely on scope!
   1. Who wants to really work on this (versus just provide input)?
   2. Should this be a standalone paper?
   3. Make assignments and plan for next meeting.