August 2013
Artificial L. Intelligence C. E.
My name is Ioannis Kiaras, I am a Computer Scientist specialised in Artificial Intelligence and I received my bachelors degree from the University of Hertfordshire/IST Campus in Athens. My thesis project was to create an Artificial Neural Network…
Read moreA summer of...chasing electrons
I had heard about the CERN summer student program many years ago when a relative of mine was working here as summer student. This winter I was in my third year of Engineering Physics in Aalto University (Helsinki, Finland) and CERN was…
Read moreAn Olympic winner at CERN!
I am a physics/astrophysics student at The University of Manchester. I also did a year in exchange at National University of Singapore this year. My background also contains 12 National Olympiads in 4 different scientific fields (one of them being…
Read moreWorking with Gas Chromatographs
I am Meera Al Mehairi, a Mechanical - Nuclear Engineering undergrad from Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates. In CERN , I'm working in PH-DT department under the supervision of Dr. Roberto Guida. At the beginning I had some handouts…
Read moreWorking on a "cool"-ing project for detectors
My name is Kaltham Tahnon. I study at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. I applied for the summer student programme through my scholarship ENEC (Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation). Eight students were chosen…
Read moreFrom Thailand to CERN
How did you decide to apply for the summer student programme? I have always wanted to explore the world. Studying abroad is the perfect choice since I can continue my study and see the world in parallel. CERN summer student programme was advertised…
Read moreSimulating a detector for iOS/Android devices.
How did you decide to apply for the summer student programme? I knew about CERN's summer program long time ago. Actually, I was planning to apply for it last year. However, for a certain reason, I decided to apply for the CERN's program in…
Read moreSearch engines for metadata in ATLAS
How did you decide to apply for the summer student programme? I was a DESY summer student last year(2012) and that's when I first heard about the CERN summer student. It sounded like a great experience working at CERN and hence I decided to…
Read moreUsing GEANT4 for medical applications
How did you decide to apply for the summer student programme? I heard about CERN summer student program from the internet and learnt more from my supervisor. What is your previous background? My previous background is…
Read moreThe greatest journey of my life
To me, this has been a humbling experience and the greatest journey of my life in search of understanding the truth in science and belief. I have never imagined in my wildest dream to be working among the top and the greatest people in the…
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