Recent progress in QCD at the LHC

Abstract

Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics has experienced an impressive progress in the last few years, boosted by the requirements of the LHC experimental program. In this contribution, I briefly review a selection of recent results in QCD and LHC phenomenology, covering progress in parton distribution functions, automation of NLO calculations, merging and matching at NLO, new calculations at NNLO accuracy and their matching to parton showers, and new developments and techniques in jet physics and jet substructure tools.

Comments: 10 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the "Rencontres de physique de la Vallee d'Aoste 2014" Conference, La Thuile, Italy, February 2014