Tag: SFT
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The CERN School of Computing 2016
The CERN School of Computing 2016 The CERN School of Computing (CSC) fosters the dissemination of knowledge and learning in the field of scientific computing. Its mission is to create a common culture in scientific computing among young scientists and engineers involved in particle physics and other sciences as a strategic direction to facilitate the
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End of year activities in SFT group
End of year activities in SFT group The end of year is traditionally the time when SFT makes new releases of our main software products. It is a very busy time with everyone working energetically to meet various deadlines. All last minute changes and fixes need to be integrated and run through extensive checks to
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SFT participates for fifth year in Google’s Summer of Code programme
SFT participates for fifth year in Google's Summer of Code programme BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/sft-participates-fifth-year-googles-summer-code-programme) The CERN PH/SFT group has participated for the fifth consecutive year in the 2015 Google Summer of Code programme. 14 students have been funded by Google to work for 3 months during the summer on CERN
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First public release of the Virtual Atom Smasher
First public release of the Virtual Atom Smasher In May 2015, the first public release was made of Virtual Atom Smasher, an educational game platform that was developed by a partnership between CERN and Citizen Cyberlab. During the Challenge, more than 19 billion particle collisions in the LHC and other CERN accelerators were simulated by
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CERN participates in the 2015 Google Summer of Code
CERN participates in the 2015 Google Summer of Code The CERN PH/SFT group is participating for the fifth year in the 2015 Google Summer of Code programme. The Google Summer of Code is a global programme funded by Google that offers post-secondary student developers a three month stipend to write code for open source software
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CHEP 2015: Discussing future challenges in HEP computing
CHEP 2015: Discussing future challenges in HEP computing The HEP software and computing communities organise a conference every 18 months with the location rotating between the US, Europe and Asia. This year's conference, CHEP2015, took place from 13-17 April and was organised by our Japanese colleagues on the pacific island of Okinawa, at the Okinawa
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CERN 60: Public Computing Challenge
CERN 60: Public Computing Challenge On Monday 8 December, the CERN 60 Public Computing Challenge began. Volunteers from all over the world are helping the CERN scientists simulate particle collisions in accelerators that have been used over the 60 years of the Organization's existence, including the LHC. They are required to install a simple program
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SFT Activities during 2014
SFT Activities during 2014 LS1 was an opportunity not only to upgrade detectors and accelerators but also the software used for analysis and data processing. The SFT team has worked closely throughout the year with software experts in the four LHC collaborations to prepare the software releases that will be used when data-taking resumes in
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2014 Google Summer of Code students present their projects
2014 Google Summer of Code students present their projects BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/2014-google-summer-code-students-present-their-projects) From 23 to 26 October, the delegates from each successful participating organization in 2014 Google Summer of Code were invited to Google for a reunion, to greet, collaborate, and code. The CERN PH/SFT group was there as well,
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HEP community discusses creation of a Software Foundation
HEP community discusses creation of a Software Foundation A two-day workshop was held at CERN on April 3rd and 4th to discuss a new initiative for establishing a collaboration that would foster the further development of scientific software packages for use in HEP experimental programmes world-wide. The response to the call for participation in this