Title: 

Progress and Puzzles of Physics at the TeV Scale: Recent Results from the CMS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider

Abstract:

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has just completed a series of data-taking runs at 13 TeV center-of-mass energy and is preparing for future upgrades to increase its performance. This is an appropriate time to assess what we have learned so far and what the LHC physics program might accomplish in the future. I will discuss the basic elements of LHC physics processes and measurement techniques for the non-expert, highlight major questions and puzzles, and summarize key results from the CMS experiment. These results will include measurements of key standard model processes, such as top-quark production; studies of the Higgs boson; and searches for new physics beyond the standard model, such as supersymmetry.