arxiv ref: 1502.02485Title: Search for a standard model Higgs boson produced in association with a top-quark pair and decaying to bottom quarks using a matrix element methodAuthors: CMS CollaborationNode: CNRSDESYDFTTOETHUDURSupervisor: DaunceyDaviesDissertoriMariottiRasperezaVirdeeWork Packages: WP1: Interpretation of DataMilestones: M1.1.1 Extraction of model-independent results for cross sections times branching ratios in different Higgs search channelsM1.1.3 Extending the mass range and coupling range in different Higgs boson search channels