August 17 - 28, 2026



The Experimental High Energy Physics Directorate (EHEPD) at the National Centre for Physics (NCP), Islamabad will host the 15th School on LHC Physics. The event brings together students, researchers, and professionals in high-energy physics, with more than 100 participants expected from universities, research institutions, and industry.

The school will provide participants with a comprehensive introduction to experimental high-energy physics, accelerator physics, and data science. It will cover modern tools and techniques used to analyze data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), including advanced detector technologies and the application of artificial intelligence to explore the fundamental structure of the universe.

Main Topics

  • Accelerators and Collider Physics
  • Big data and machine learning
  • Statistical methods for data analysis
  • The Standard Model and new physics
  • Top quark, Higgs boson, and electroweak physics
  • SUSY, dark matter, and long-lived particles
  • Object reconstruction and data acquisition
  • Particle detectors and new technologies

Special Activities

  • CMS Posters Exhibition
  • CMS virtual visit
  • Students Posters Presentations
  • Live Demonstration: Developing Silicon Detectors
  • EHEP Labs visit

Popular Talks

  • Future Prospects of Particle Physics
  • The Rise of Machine Learning and Agentic AI in High-Energy Physics

Directors

Qaisar Ahsan (NCP, Pakistan) Muhammad Aftab Rafiq (NCP, Pakistan) Ashfaq Ahmad (NCP, Pakistan)
Roberto Tenchini (Pisa, Italy)

Advisory Committee

Thomas Muller (KIT, Germany) Mehar Ali Shah (UIA, Mexico) Shahzad Ali (CSU, USA)
Faisal Akram (CHEP, Pakistan)

Speakers (Tentative)

Roberto Tenchini (Pisa, Italy) Thomas Muller (KIT, Germany) Bruce Mellado (IHEP/CAS, China)
Adnan Bashir (University of Huelva, Spain) Jan Eysermans (MIT, USA) Roger Barlow (UoH, UK)
Jonathan R. Ellis (Kings College, UK) Phat Srimanobh (Chulalongkorn, Thailand) Juliette Alimena (DESY, Germany)
Henning Kirschenmann (Helsinki, Finland) Federica Maria Simone (INFN, Bari) Bilal Masood (CHEP, Pakistan)
Ashfaq Ahmad (NCP, Pakistan) Faisal Akram (CHEP, Pakistan) Jamil Aslam (QAU, Pakistan)
Wajid Ali Khan (NCP, Pakistan) Saleh Muhammad (NCP, Pakistan) Imran Malik Awan (NCP, Pakistan)
M. Irfan Asghar (NCP, Pakistan)

Scientific Committee

Saleh Muhammad Wajid Ali Khan Imran Malik Awan
Muhammad Irfan Asghar

Administrative Committee

Muhammad Kamran Saadat Malik Zia-ud-Din Kasi Ali Ahmad
Tanzeel Murtaza

Participation

The graduate/undergraduate students, faculty members, scientists, engineers from universities and R&D organizations are encouraged to apply. Online application form can be accessed here. The application deadlines is June 20, 2026.

Registration Fee

  • Students Local: Rs. 3000/-
  • Students Outstation: Rs. 5000/-
  • Employee/Professionals Local: Rs. 5000/-
  • Employee/Professionals Outstation: Rs. 10000/-

LHC School Poster

To download the school brochure, click here.




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National Centre for Physics
Islamabad, Pakistan
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