Theses

All Bachelor, Masters and PhD theses containing NNPDF-related research are listed here and available for download.

2023

• Theory predictions for PDF fitting
  Alessandro Candido, PhD, University of Milan
• On the Impact of Data Inconsistencies on Parton Distribution Determination
  Giovanni De Crescenzo, Masters, University of Milan
• Validation criteria in the determination of parton distributions
  Samuele Voltan, Masters, University of Milan

2022

• Statistical learning for standard model phenomenology
  Roy Stegeman, PhD, University of Milan
• Correlation between statistical and physical properties of ensembles of Parton Distribution Functions
  Elisa Stabilini, Bachelor, University of Milan

2021

• Resummation and Machine Learning Techniques: Towards Precision Phenomenology at the LHC
  Tanjona Rabemananjara, PhD, University of Milan

• Sampling statistical distributions in physics: a machine learning approach
  Michael Wilson, PhD, University of Edinburgh
• Towards a new generation of Parton Distribution Functions: from high-precision collider data to lattice Quantum Chromodynamics
  Tommaso Giani, PhD, University of Edinburgh
• Exploring the substructure of nucleons and nuclei with machine learning
  Rabah Abdul Khalek, PhD, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• Theory uncertainties in parton distribution functions
  Rosalyn Laura Pearson, PhD, University of Edinburgh
• Colliding partons at the LHC
  Hayden Hollenbeck, Masters, University of Edinburgh

2020

• Precision fits for the LHC and beyond
  Emma Slade, PhD, Oxford University
• Impact of the NOMAD data on the strangeness in the proton
  Ferran Faura, Masters, Universiteit van Amsterdam
• High-order matching for heavy quarks in perturbative QCD
  Silvia Zanoli, Masters, Università degli Studi di Milano
• Optimized regression models for parton distribution functions determination using deep learning models
  Nicola Lambri, Masters, Università degli Studi di Milano

2019

• Stability studies in the determination of parton distributions
  Federico Settimo, Bachelor, Università degli Studi di Milano
• Optimization of parton density uncertainties
  Luca Talon, Masters, Università degli Studi di Milano
• Determination of the charm quark mass in a global parton fit
  Elisa Radaelli, Bachelor, Università degli Studi di Milano

2018

• Precision QCD at the LHC: from the structure of the proton to all-order resummations
  Luca Rottoli, PhD, Oxford University

2017

• Parton distribution functions with percent level precision
  Zahari Kassabov, PhD, Università degli Studi di Milano
• Initial-state heavy quarks in hadronic processes
  Tommaso Giani, Masters, Università degli Studi di Milano

2016

• Studies of parametrization dependence and bias in the determination of parton distributions
  Carlo Mascaretti, Masters, Università degli Studi di Milano
• Impact of systematic uncertainties on PDF determination
  Francesco Saverio Dambrosio, Bachelor, Università degli Studi di Milano

2015

• Parton distribution functions with QED corrections
  Stefano Carrazza, PhD, Università degli Studi di Milano

2014

• Unbiased spin-dependent parton distribution functions
  Emanuele R. Nocera, PhD, Università degli Studi di Milano
• A new hybrid scheme for the treatment of heavy quarks in perturbative QCD
  Davide Napoletano, Masters, Università degli Studi di Milano
• Proton Structure at the LHC
  Nathan P. Hartland, PhD, The University of Edinburgh
• Parton distribution function reweighting in perturbative QCD
  Fabrizio Cimaglia, Bachelor, Università degli Studi di Milano

2013

• Parton Distribution Functions for Precision LHC Phenomenology
  Francesco Cerutti, PhD, Universitat de Barcelona
• Higher Order and Heavy Quark Mass Effects in the Determination of Parton Distribution Functions
  Valerio Bertone, PhD, Albert-Ludwigs-Universtät Frebiurg
• Impact of theoretical uncertainties on PDFs on Higgs cross section
  Andrea Isgrò, Bachelor, Università degli Studi di Milano

2011

• A new approach in the determination of Parton Distribution Functions. Application to processes with heavy quarks in the initial states
  Maria Ubiali, PhD, University of Edinburgh
• The Weinberg angle from the lepton Forward-Backward Asymmetry at the LHC
  Luca Rottoli, Bachelor, Università degli Studi di Milano

2010

• Small x resummed evolution equations and their implementation in a parton fit
  Giulia Calzolaio, Masters, Università degli Studi di Milano
• Joint determination of the strong coupling constant α_s and of the partonic structure of the nucleon
  Simone Lionetti, Bachelor, Università degli Studi di Milano

2009

• The impact of correlated systematics in a global PDF analysis
  Alice Maria Donati, Bachelor, Università degli Studi di Milano
• Determination of the strong coupling from an unbiased global parton fit
  Elisa Mariani, Bachelor, Università degli Studi di Milano

2007

• Geometric scaling in perturbative QCD
  Fabrizio Caola, Masters, Università degli Studi di Milano

2006

• The neural network approach to parton distributions
  Juan Rojo, PhD, Universitat de Barcelona