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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…
Read moreFirst beta release of ROOT 6
The ROOT team is proud to announce the first beta release of ROOT 6. This beta release is targeted at the LHC experiments' ongoing migration to ROOT 6. ROOT 6 is going to be a major update of the ROOT system. Notably the "good old" CINT C++…
Read moreThe new Geant4 release 10.0
The new 2013 release of Geant4 is the first major release of the simulation toolkit since 2007. Release 10.0 incorporates many changes in almost all areas, including an evolved API for allowing efficient execution of simulation programs on modern…
Read moreGeant4: A powerful tool for Medical Applications
There have been rapid developments in recent years in using tools based on Monte Carlo (MC) simulation for medical physics applications. The challenges of more accurate estimations have led to the need for customised simulation tools and the use of…
Read more2013 Google Summer of Code students present their projects
On the 19th and 20th of September, Google Summer of Code students of the SFT group, presented their projects to their mentors and colleagues. The students connected through Vidyo to present their results and discuss the challenges that they faced…
Read moreSFT group participation in EPLANET project
SFT group is participating in the Scientific Computing Work Package (WP8) of the EPLANET project (http://www.roma1.infn.it/exp/eplanet/). The main objective of EPLANET is to create and reinforce networks for joint research projects and for high-…
Read moreInterview with René BRUN
Rene joined CERN in 1973. While working with C. Rubbia at the ISR he developped the HBOOK package still in use today. In 1975 he was in charge of the simulation and reconstruction software for NA44 where GEANT1 and GEANT2 were created. In 1981, he…
Read moreA new iOS application for CERN
The SFT and the Education Group at CERN are joining forces and present a new iOS application for CERN. The application gives to the users real time information on the status of the LHC and live displays of LHC events from the four experiments: ALICE…
Read moreC++ and CERN
In 1998, about fifteen years after its invention, C++ became a standard. Not in the sense of a few vendors agreeing on a minimal feature set, but in the sense of the standard for screws, paper and photographic film: a standard governed by the rules…
Read moreGoogle Summer of Code
In 2013, CERN PH/SFT will apply to participate for a third year in Google Summer of Code, a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for open source projects. The program was launched in 2005 and since then it has brought…
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