New Directions in Data Analysis

Abstract

In the next decade, high energy physicists will use very sophisticated equipment to record unprecedented amounts of data in the hope of making major advances in our understanding of particle phenomena. Some of the signals of new physics will be small, and the use of advanced analysis techniques will be crucial for optimizing signal to noise ratio. I will discuss new directions in data analysis and some novel methods that could prove to be particularly valuable for finding evidence of any new physics, for improving precision measurements and for exploring parameter spaces of theoretical models.Comment: 5 pages, 1 Figure, Presented at DPF2000. Proceedings of the American Physical Society DPF2000 Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, to be published in the International Journal of Modern Physics